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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Shigezo Iwata to Sonoko Iwata Regarding Being Given Notice That He Will Move Elsewhere, and the Deportation of Those Being Sent Back to Japan |
| Author | Iwata Shigezo (1900-1986) |
| Date | 8 May-18 Jun 1942 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | MSS 53, Box 1, Folder 32 |
| Library / Archive | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| Collection Name | Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata Papers, 1942-1991 |
| Description | Shigezo writes three letters to Sonoko from an internment camp. In the first he states that they have been given their statements of internment and are at their wits end as they do not know the reason for their arrest. In the second he wishes his wife a happy Mothers Day and in the last he speaks of the deportation of those being sent back to Japan. |
| 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, New Mexico, United States |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| People | Iwata, Sonoko U (1911-2004); Iwata, Shigezo (1900-1986) |
| Keywords | family, marriage, children, Second World War, internment, evacuation |
| 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 |
Sonoko Iwata to Shigezo Iwata Regarding Friends of Her Family He Has Met at the Internment Camp and Having to Take a Questionnaire |
| Copyright | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
