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Title
Letter from Sinpachi Kanow to Morgan Odell, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Occidental College, December 10, [1941]
Creator
Kanow, Sinpachi
Date Created and/or Issued
[1941]-12-10
2005-04-14
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
In this handwritten letter, Kanow writes of an incident in which his brother was "prevented" from boarding a streetcar in Los Angeles. This has prompted Kanow to decide to withdraw from Occidental. Kanow writes that he does not have any plans and does not know what to do. Kanow thanks Odell for his help and asks him to extend his thanks to Dr. Fitch for his counseling. [Letter is transcribed, see 'transcript' field below.]
Type
image
Format
Letter ; handwritten
image/jpeg
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt358034ws
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scjaralum221.jpg
Language
English
Subject
Japanese American college students
Japanese Americans--Ethnic identity
Fitch, Robert E
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Source
Occidental College Library

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