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Title
Letter from Lincoln Kanai, June 30, 1942
Creator
Kanai, Lincoln: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-06-30
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
The California Historical Society (CHS) has no information about copyright ownership for this item, and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce it. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of the item. Unpublished works are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation; works published before 1923 have entered the public domain. Upon request, digitized works can be removed from public view if there are rights issues that need to be resolved.
Description
Letter from Lincoln Kanai, addressed "Dear Friend," beginning "En route to Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C." Kanai describes his travels and advocacy efforts at colleges and universities, and meetings with community organizations and individuals in Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa.
Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence
3 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
MS-840_0272
chs_ms840_0272
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/49611
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Resistance and dissidence
World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community
Identity and values--Nisei
Activism and involvement
Community activities--Associations and organizations--Community and social service organizations
Religion and churches--Christianity
Source
California Historical Society
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0v19r86x/
Joseph R. Goodman papers on Japanese American incarceration

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