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Title
Letter from Sophie Toriumi to Olive Hutchison, Secretary to Remsen Bird, September 15, 1942
Creator
Toriumi, Sophie Tagima
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-09-15
2005-04-18
Publication Information
Los Angeles : Occidental College Library, 2005
Contributing Institution
Occidental College Library
Collection
Japanese American Relocation Collection
Rights Information
Property and literary rights reside with the Occidental College Library. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Description
Toriumi describes her arrival at the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming. She details many hardships and frustrations such as the extreme weather, food shortages, discrimination for jobs, incompetent administrators, and a prejudiced head of education. She also notes the difficulty in establishing religious activities without facilities.
Type
image
Format
Letter ; typescript
image/jpeg
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1n39r5s8
117_kt638nc9ww
scjar01ea117_pg1-pg2
Language
English
Subject
Japanese American college students
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Heart Mountain, Wyo.)
Tule Lake Relocation Center (Newell, Calif.)
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Source
Occidental College Library

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