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Letter from Russell Nakata to George Day, Professor of Sociology, Occidental College, May 17, [1942]

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Title: Letter from Russell Nakata to George Day, Professor of Sociology, Occidental College, May 17, [1942]
Creator: Nakata, Russell
Date Created and/or Issued: [1942]-05-17
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: Nakata writes to Day, detailing his current life in Chicago. He describes his living conditions near the seminary, his current employment (as head waiter in a cafe) and the people who inhabit the neighborhood. Nakata expresses optimism, and nostalgia for Occidental College. [Letter is transcribed. Click on 'page & text' to view.]
Type: image
Format: Letter ; handwritten
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Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4c6036d4
081_kt638nc9ww
scjar01ea081_pg1-pg5
Language: English
Subject: Japanese American college students
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Fitch, Robert
Source: Occidental College Library

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