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Title: Letter from Akira Shiraishi to Remsen Bird
Creator: Shiraishi, Akira
Date Created and/or Issued: 2005-04-27
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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 appreciation for assistance in the release of his father. He mentions the possibility of attending a Y.M.C.A college even though this course does not particularly appeal to him. But he recognizes Occidental is not currently an option. Akira talks about camp life in Wyoming and the various activities he is involved in. [Letter is transcribed, select "page & text" to view]
Type: image
Format: Letter ; handwritten
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Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt696nf28d
061_kt638nc9ww
scjar01ea061_pg1-pg4
Language: English
Subject: Shiraishi, Kinjiro
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
National Japanese American Student Relocation Council
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Source: Occidental College Library

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