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
Format:
Letter ; handwritten
image/jpg
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.
Letter from Sophie Tagima Toriumi to Remsen Bird, May 27, 1942