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Title
Senior problem: my future, transcription
Creator
Okamoto, Wataru: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1943
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
Term paper by Wataru Okamoto for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Wataru recounts that before the war and forced evacuation he wanted to be a fisherman or grocery store owner. However, once at Manzanar, he decided on becoming a gym instructor in both baseball and basketball. He reiterates his previous desire to be a fisherman, hoping after the war is over to relocate to Seattle or Mexico. Wataru also hopes to see some of his friends that have left for other incarceration camps again and visit other areas during furlough. Original item is found in item: ecm_wells_0012.
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
3 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
ecm_wells_0012_transciption
ecm_wells_9012
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36275
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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