Personal letter discusses mutual friends and acquaintances; the climate at Manzanar; her coursework in psychology, shorthand, and wood carving; and her work teaching a kindergarten class. Nagahama remarks on the contradictions faced in classroom discussions in which teachers are supposed to emphasize the home, given their living conditions in Manzanar, and muses that she may use a doll house as a model in order to give students a glimpse "of what a home is supposed to look like." She also mentions learning to play the saxophone, and that she may play for a PTA party. The Manzanar Collection features materials relating to the forced relocation to Manzanar, California, of Miriko Nagahama and Honey Mitsuye Toda, including correspondence, photographs, and newspapers, donated in 1981 and 1995.
Geographic communities--California Industry and employment--Educators World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities World War II--Incarceration camps--Education World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs
Place
Manzanar, California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Source
Special Collections and Archives, Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University
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