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My Autobiography

Date1943
Made WhereNewell, California, United States
Mediumpaper
Dimensions10.5 x 8 in
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineIn Memory of Garrett Starmer, Gift of the Starmer Family
Object number2020.16.47
DescriptionAutobiographical essay written by Nina (Nanaye) Jeanne Yoshino, dated January 22, 1943. The essay was written for Garrett Starmer's Senior Problems Class at the Tule Lake High School. Nina writes that she was born on July 7, 1925 to a family who already had three boys and three girls. She mentions that her parents came to the United States in the early 1900s when they were children.
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Aramaki, Eva
1942-1945
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Kinoshita, Mary Mitsuko
1942-1945
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Sorakubo, Hiroshi
1943
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Ikeda, Frances
1943
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Tomimatsu, Chizuru
1942
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Toyoda, Yutaka H.
1942-1945
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Nakagawa, Kiyoko J.
1942-1945
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Kumagai, Miyo
1942-1945
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Ogawa, Esther
1942-1945
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Murakami, Itsuye
1942-1945
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Ota, Richard Seichi
1942-1945
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Tsukamoto, Haruko
1943

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