Title:

Letter from Sophie Tagima Toriumi to Remsen Bird, May 27, 1942

Creator:

Toriumi, Sophie Tagima

Subject:

Santa Anita Assembly Center (Arcadia, Calif.)

Tajima, Ted

Japanese American college students

American Friends Service Committee

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Description:

Toriumi regrets that she and Bird did not see each other last week (when Bird and his secretary Olive Hutchison visited the assembly center), and thanks Bird for paying off her brother Ted Tajima's debts with Occidental Collegel. She also expresses concern for the attitude of the Japanese in the camp, and observes the challenges of accommodating the thousands who arrive every week.

Publisher:

Los Angeles : Occidental College Library, 2005

Date:

1942-05-27

2005-04-18

Type:

text

Identifier:

118_kt638nc9ww

scjar01ea118_pg1-pg2

Source:

Occidental College Library

Language:

eng

Relation:

Special Collections. Japanese American Relocation (scjar)

Rights:

Property and literary rights reside with the Occidental College Library. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.

Collection:

Japanese American Relocation Collection

Contributing Institution:

Occidental College Library