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Title
[Western Union telegram addressed to Misao Okada]
Creator
Lewis, Robert: author
Okada, Misao: compiler
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
Telegram advising Misao Okada that she is "exempt for all of those provisions pertaining exclusively to persons of Japanese ancestry."This relates to her husband, Charles Okada's active military duty. This information is reiterated in the form of a permit, which was subsequently mailed to Misao --which is found in item csudh_oka_0058. Item from Misao Okada’s album.
Misao Okada’s scrapbook contains photographs, ephemera, notes, and correspondence documenting her time at Amache and a visit and reunion over 50 years later. The scrapbook also includes materials relating to reparations and events observing Japanese American incarceration.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence
1 page
image/jpeg
Identifier
oka_056
csudh_oka_0057
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6664
Language
English
Subject
Geographic communities--Washington--Tacoma
Military service
Place
Tacoma, Washington
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Misao Okada's Album

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