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Description
Bird expresses his desire to keep a full record of all documents concerning the Japanese American situation as "something tremendous happening in our times." Attached is a five page document entitled "August 8, 1942," the source and creator are unknown. It describes growing resentment among the evacuees and deteriorating relations between the camp residents and the authorities at Santa Anita Assembly Center. Under the subheading 'Letters from Santa Anita,' it describes various gatherings and protests by the camp residents and the unannounced raid of the barracks by the police and confiscation of items like cooking utensils, knitting needles, and in one case, a woman's watch in the name of searching for contraband. It ends describing "a vague picture of horror" on life at Poston, Arizona and Salinas Valley camps.
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Letter and separate attachment ; typescript. image/jpeg
Collection development--Libraries Salinas Assembly Center (Salinas, Calif.) Santa Anita Assembly Center (Santa Anita, Calif.) Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) Concentration Camps--United States Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
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