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Title Shigezo Iwata's English Class Notebook
Author Iwata, Shigezo
Date 17 Nov 1942 - 28 Jan 1943
Document Type Personal Account
Reference MSS 53, Box 2, Folder 18
Library / Archive Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection Name Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata Papers, 1942-1991
Description English class notebook kept by Shigezo Iwata. Includes draft letters to his wife and practice phrases. Also includes some Japanese with the English translation directly below, with several variations in vocabulary. Includes details about his daily life at the camp.
Series Description The collection contains letters between the Iwatas and their friends detailing life in the relocation centre and the internment camp. There are also personal documents and biographical materials.
Biographical Note / History Shigezo Iwata was born in Japan and immigrated to the United States in 1924. Sonoko U. Iwata was born in Los Angeles. The couple made their home in Thermal, California where they farmed and Shigezo was secretary of the Thermal Farmers' Cooperative Association. Separated in the initial part of World War II when Shigezo was arrested and detained by the FBI at the Lordsburg Internment Camp (New Mexico), the Iwatas were reunited in 1943 at the Colorado River Relocation Centre near Poston, Arizona.
Theme(s) Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations
Places Lordsburg, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Nationality Japanese
People Iwata, Sonoko; Iwata, Shigezo
Keywords internment camp, alien enemy, evacuation, war, First World WarI, family, health, education, censorship
Additional Information Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue.
Language English; Japanese
Document(s) linked to List of Internees in Barrack 19 at the Santa Fe Internment Camp
Copyright Historical Society of Pennsylvania