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Description
Personal letter written from the Santa Anita Assembly Center expressing thanks to Miller and his congregation for the lunch that they provided on the day of their removal from Los Angeles, departing from the Japanese Methodist Church, May 1, 1942. Reverend Wendell L. Miller was pastor of the University Methodist Church, Los Angeles. He became involved in local politics when gambling and prostitution began edging toward the area surrounding the University of Southern California (USC) campus. Miller founded the Citizens Independent Vice Investigating Committee (C.I.V.I.C.), which also campaigned against crime and corruption in City Hall, ultimately resulting in the recall of Mayor Frank L. Shaw. The collection documents Miller's involvement with C.I.V.I.C., and includes announcements, bulletins, correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases, pamphlets, radio addresses, speeches, statements, and related items. There is also a small amount of material documenting Rev. Miller’s anti-war activities including letters from Japanese Americans sent to incarceration camps during World War II.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence 2 pages, including envelope, handwritten application/pdf
World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Religion World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--'Evacuation Day Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--The journey
Place
Arcadia, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Source
California State University, Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives
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