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Title
American refugees
Creator
Foote, Caleb, 1917-2006: author
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.): publisher
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-06
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
American refugees, June 1942. Appeal opposing the Japanese American mass removal from the U.S. west coast.
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
Pamphlets
1 page (folded into 8 panels, 8.5 x 5.625 inches), 8.5 x 22.5 inches
application/pdf
Identifier
ecm_wells_0047
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36223
Language
English
Subject
Activism and involvement
World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
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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