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Title
Our future
Creator
Mitsuuchi, Mary: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1943-01-30
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Materials in the Eastern California Museum may be subject to copyrights. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Eastern California Museum as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. For further information, please contact: ecmuseum@inyocounty.us
Description
Assignment by Mary Mitsuuchi for period 5 Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Mary discusses the future for Japanese Americans. She says the day of forced evacuation brought a number of uncertainties. However, those that have left camp for work have found very favorable conditions. Schools have been established to continue educations, and classes like Social Problems help them understand their current conditions. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9034.
Collection of documents and ephemera from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher at Manzanar War Relocation Center High School and Shirley Elizabeth Wells, registered nurse (R.N.) at Manzanar War Relocation Center. This collection includes correspondence, memos, reports, student papers, grade book, commencement program, prom invitation, and other memorabilia from the eleven months H. Bentley Wells was employed at Manzanar.
Type
text
Format
Essays
1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, handwritten, damaged
application/pdf
Identifier
ecm_wells_0034
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36238
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps--Education
Education--Secondary education
World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration
Place
Manzanar, California
Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Source
Eastern California Museum
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Harry Bentley Wells and Shirley Elizabeth Wells Collection

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