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My Autobiography

Date1942
Made WhereNewell, California, United States
Mediumpaper
Dimensions11 x 8.5 in
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineIn Memory of Garrett Starmer, Gift of the Starmer Family
Object number2020.16.43
DescriptionAutobiographical essay written by Mary K Yamada, dated January 25, 1942. The essay was written for Garrett Starmer's Senior Problems Class at the Tule Lake High School. Mary notes that she hasn't lived her whole life yet, so she will the little she knows of her past. She writes about her father coming to America in 1896, and how he met his mother in Portland, Oregon in 1924.
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Kinoshita, Mary Mitsuko
1942-1945
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Kumagai, Miyo
1942-1945
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Kawahata, Chiyoko
1942-1945
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Tsukamoto, Haruko
1943
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Tonomura, Teruko Mary
1942-1945
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Tomimatsu, Chizuru
1942
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Yoshino, Nina (Nanaye) Jeanne
1943
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Yokoo, Bessie Tomiye
1942-1945
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Ogawa, Esther
1942-1945
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Aramaki, Eva
1942-1945
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Kurosaki, Fumiko
1942-1945
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Toyoda, Yutaka H.
1942-1945

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