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Description
A memo to all teachers at Manzanar containing an announcement related to Manzanar Education Week, the organization of the Manzanar Rumor Clinic to collate rumors and questions within their classrooms, a reminder to gain permission prior to taking field trips outside of the boundaries of the Manzanar, and several updates on administrative policies. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9916. 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
Memorandum 1 page, 11 x 5.5 inches, typescript application/pdf
Industry and employment--Educators World War II--Incarceration camps--Education World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration
Place
Manzanar, California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
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