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Title
Letter from Kiyoharu Mizoguchi to Hiroji Hosaka, May 5, 1942
Creator
Mizoguchi, Kiyoharu: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-05-05
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 Kiyoharu "Eddie" Mizoguchi to Hiroji Hosaka. Mizoguchi informed Hosaka that the Japanese in Los Angeles were leaving for the Santa Anita Assembly Center on May 9 and he and his friends had been helping Mrs. Hosaka and Teruo to leave together. The letter was mailed to the Santa Fe Internment camp where Mr. Hosaka had been imprisoned. Handwritten note on the back of the envelope reads: May 11th, 1942, 26.
Hiroji Hosaka Family Letters consists of correspondence between Hiroji Hosaka and his family and friends while he was imprisoned in the Santa Fe Detention Station, the Santa Anita Assembly Center, and the Heart Mountain incarceration camp during World War II. Also included are prewar photographs of the Daiichi Rafu Gakuen, that is, a Japanese language school in Los Angeles, and Japanese archery, a photograph of the Heart Mountain camp, and his business cards prior to the war.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence
1 page, 8.25 x 6 inches, handwritten
application/pdf
Identifier
hos_01_10_002
csudh_hos_0012
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/54217
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
Identity and values--Issei
Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles
Place
Los Angeles, California
Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Department of Justice Internment Camps--Santa Fe
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/c8t441dn/
Hiroji Hosaka Family Letters

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