Personal correspondence mentions a mutual friend's employment "at an aircraft co." and asks about Salzman's work [at Lockheed]; mentions that she is getting ready for school to open and that she is very busy in the Education Department; and states that, because there are "no beds or mattresses for teachers to sleep on," they have been told to stay home pending arrival of furniture. She also states that about 28 teachers who have already arrived are sleeping in barracks on cots, and that some of them are UCLA graduates. She mentions a recent dust storm and that she would like to go home, even if Manzanar "isn't too bad." The Manzanar Collection features materials relating to the forced relocation to Manzanar, California, of Miriko Nagahama and Honey Mitsuye Toda, including correspondence, photographs, and newspapers, donated in 1981 and 1995.
Geographic communities--California World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs World War II--Incarceration camps--Education World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions
Place
Manzanar, California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Source
Special Collections and Archives, Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University
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