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Farr (Fred S.) Correspondence and Photographs
MS 685  
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Box M0001

Correspondence 1942-1945

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents

Correspondence consists of seven letters to Farr from Japanese American friends from California incarcerated at assembly centers and incarceration camps during World War II. Most of the letters are from Eiko Fujii, beginning shortly after her arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942, continuing through her transfer to Denson, Arkansas, at Jerome Incarceration Camp, and ending after she left the camps and held a teaching position at the university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The letters discuss daily life in the camps and her family's physical, psychological, and emotional adjustment to life there; as well as references to Farr's personal and professional life. Includes an undated piece of ephemera containing a printed message to Japanese Americans from the Reedley Committee on National Security and Fair Play, and a copy of the Japanese American Citizens League Reporter newspaper, of Salt Lake City, Utah, v. 1 no. 11, Nov. 1945.
Box P016

Photographs 1942-1945

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents

Six photographic prints, 1 photographic postcard, and 25 negatives, collected by Fred S. Farr, depicting the deportation of Japanese Americans by train to an unidentified assembly center or incarceration camp; and Japanese Americans at an unidentified assembly center or incarceration camp, possibly in British Columbia, Canada. Also includes a photographic postcard of Mt. Whitney and Lone Pine, California, 3 envelopes, and 1 note card.

Separated Materials

The photographs were separated from collection MS 685 and shelved as MSP 685.