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Title: Letter from Akira Shiraishi to Remsen Bird, October 1, 1942
Creator: Shiraishi, Akira
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942-10-01
2005-04-27
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: Shiraishi expresses hope in reuniting with father after hearing that Bird is on the rehearing board for interned Japanese aliens. He expresses appreciation for all that Bird has done and reminisces on how pleasant his first meeting with Bird was. Akira mentions that he will be on his way to Wyoming by the time this letter is read. [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/kt6489r997
057_kt638nc9ww
scjar01ea057_pg1-pg2
Language: English
Subject: Shiraishi, Kinjiro
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Source: Occidental College Library;

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