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[ Letter to 'My Girl' from Gorman Kelley | June 1942 ]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[ Letter to 'My Girl' from Gorman Kelley | June 1942 ]

Date1942
MediumInk, paper
DimensionsH: 11 in, W: 8.5 in
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of Mary F. Kelley
Object number94.296.6
Description1 page typed letter addressed to "My Girl" but not signed and dated June 8, 1942. Kelley describes his shared living conditions and how he his looking forward to his private bunk being finished soon. He also describes the attitude of incarcerees towards their "property" at Tule Lake, referring to the camp as "a place like this". Typed on Executive Office of the President: Office for Emergency Management.

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