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Title
Postcard from Usami Terada to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, October 2, 1942, transcript
Creator
Terada, Usami: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-10-02
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
A transcript of a postcard from Usami Terada, an incarceree at the Rohwer incarceration camp, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas in Lawndale, California. Usami Terada discusses his arrival to El Paso, Texas, on the way to Arkansas, describing the styles of the houses in Texas, comparing them to homes in Hermosa Beach, California. The postcard depicts a "Scenic Drive" coming into El Paso, Texas. Transcript was provided by the donor; the original form is available: csudh_nis_0005.
The James H. Osborne Nisei Collection contains mainly correspondence between Emiko and Usami Terada, incarcerees in the Rohwer incarceration camp, McGehee Arkansas, and the Thomas family in Lawndale, California, and photographs of the Teradas and the Thomases. The letters describe the trip from the Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Center to the Rohwer incarceration camp, their lives and conditions in the camp, and their concerns about their properties in Lawndale, California. Also included are photographs taken in the camp, some issues of "The Rohwer outpost," and fliers published during wartime.
Type
text
Format
Postcards; Correspondence
1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
nis_05_001_transcript
csudh_nis_9005
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/57757
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--The journey
Place
McGehee, Arkansas
Incarceration Camps--Rohwer
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8h1377p/
James H. Osborne Nisei Collection

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