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Title
Letter from Kiyoko Matsuura to Mizuko Noda, September 5, 1944
Creator
Matsuura, Kiyo: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1944-09-05
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 letter from Kiyoko Matsuura, an incarceree at the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp, to her sister in Lima Peru. In the letter, she includes updates on day to day life at the Crystal City camp and expresses her appreciation for the money sent by her father. Kiyoko states that she is anxiously waiting for a ship to take her back to Japan and is also concerned about her pregnancy.
Gerth Archives Japanese American History Collection contains books, pamphlets, flyers, photographs, booklets, correspondence, periodicals, and oversized material related to Japanese Americans. Subjects in the collection include incarceration camps, Southbay local history, World War II propaganda, Japanese American families, incarceration camp pilgrimages, and other topics.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence
1 page, handwritten, 8 x 14.75 inches
application/pdf
Identifier
jahc_11_08_002
csudh_jahc_0010
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/9449
Language
Japanese
Subject
World War II--Department of Justice camps
Geographic communities--Peru--Lima
Japanese Peruvians
Japanese Peruvians--Deportation and internment during World War II
Japanese Latin Americans
Japanese Latin Americans--Deportation and internment during World War II
Place
Crystal City, Texas
Department of Justice Internment Camps--Crystal City
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8t159pw/
Gerth Archives Japanese American History Collection

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