Guide to the Emory Fast Letters to his Wife Ethel Barker Fast
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0528
Creator:
Fast, Emory.
Title: Emory Fast letters to his wife Ethel Barker Fast
Dates: 1944-1945
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
Summary: Fast's personal letters to his wife, Sept. 1944 and August to December 1945 when he was located in Santa Rose, CA, include
mention of other WRA personnel, his visits to Japanese internment camps, and his work relocating Japanese Americans into towns
and jobs after the war, especially in Northern California and the Central Valley. Many Japanese families are mentioned by
name, along with local reactions, both positive and negative, to their return.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
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Gift of Emory Fast, 1993.
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Emory Fast Letters to His Wife Ethel Barker Fast (SC0528). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Emory Fast, who earned a degree in political science at Stanford University in 1938, worked for the War Relocation Authority
during World War II.
Fast's personal letters to his wife, Sept. 1944 and August to December 1945 when he was located in Santa Rose, CA, include
mention of other WRA personnel, his visits to Japanese internment camps, and his work relocating Japanese Americans into towns
and jobs after the war, especially in Northern California and the Central Valley. Many Japanese families are mentioned by
name, along with local reactions, both positive and negative, to their return.
Fast, Emory.
Fast, Ethel Barker.
United States. War Relocation Authority.
Japanese American evacuation and resettlement
Japanese Americans--California, Northern.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.
Box 1
Letters