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[ Letter to Ruth Leppman from Kiyoko Oda | March 28, 1942 ]
Date1942
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 11. in, W: 8.5 in
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth J. Leppman
Object number2006.12.3
DescriptionTwo page typewritten letter to Ruth Armstrong Leppman, a college friend from Oberlin College, talking about the conditions of evacuations in CA. She discusses her friends in Los Angeles receiving special commendations for help with Japanese evacuees when public opinion was so strong against them. She describes voluntary evacuation, overcrowding, and impending forced movement to concentration cramps. She also mentions difficulty in finding work and California Japanese ancestors and their importance in agriculture.
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