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Description
Term paper by Susie Matsuno for period V Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Susie's greatest ambition is to be a social welfare worker. She had personal experience with one when her mother was sick and greatly admired the patience and kindness of someone who would put aside their own worries to help others in every way. Second: a stenographer or clerk. She would still get to meet many people and help them but also have her own desk. Stenographers and typists are also always in demand in and out of the camp. Third: Susie would like to be a housewife. She likes the idea of building a life and making decisions and sharing worries and joys with another person. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9003. Collection of documents and ephemera from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher at Manzanar War Relocation Center High School and Shirley Elizabeth Wells, registered nurse (R.N.) at Manzanar War Relocation Center. This collection includes correspondence, memos, reports, student papers, grade book, commencement program, prom invitation, and other memorabilia from the eleven months H. Bentley Wells was employed at Manzanar.
Type
text
Format
Essays 10.5 x 8 inches, 6 pages, handwritten application/pdf
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