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Title
Letter from Harry Bentley Wells to Leon C. High, Principal, Secondary School, June 17, 1943
Creator
Wells, Harry Bentley: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1943-06-17
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Materials in the Eastern California Museum may be subject to copyrights. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Eastern California Museum as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. For further information, please contact: ecmuseum@inyocounty.us
Description
Letter of resignation from H. Bentley Wells to Leon C. High effective on July 17, 1943. Wells indicates he has two reasons for leaving: establishing a normal home situation now that he and his wife are expecting, and an offer in public school administration was made to him. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9065.
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
Correspondence
1 page, 10.5 x 8 inches, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
ecm_wells_0065
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36341
Language
English
Subject
Industry and employment--Educators
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
Place
Manzanar, California
Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Source
Eastern California Museum
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Harry Bentley Wells and Shirley Elizabeth Wells Collection

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