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Title
Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Natsumeda from Mr. and Mrs. Okada, April 10, 1944
Creator
Mr. and Mrs. Okada: author
Okada, Misao: compiler
Date Created and/or Issued
1944-04-10
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
Correspondence from Misao Okada's acrapbook. Summary in English: In this letter, the Okadas respond to the marriage proposal of the Natsumeda's son and the Okada's daughter. Mr.& Mrs. Okada appreciate the proposal, however they worry about difference in social rank among both families. And as reference, the Okadas named 2 friends born at the same district in Japan as the Natsumeda's son, both of which are incarcerated at the Amache Internment camp.
Misao Okada’s scrapbook contains photographs, ephemera, notes, and correspondence documenting her time at Amache and a visit and reunion over 50 years later. The scrapbook also includes materials relating to reparations and events observing Japanese American incarceration.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence
1 page, front and back, hand-written
application/pdf
Identifier
oka_122
csudh_oka_0125
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6732
Language
Japanese
Subject
Geographic communities--Colorado
World War II--Incarceration camps
Community activities--Weddings
Place
Murray, Utah
Incarceration Camps--Granada (Amache)
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Misao Okada's Album

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