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Field name | Value |
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Title | Sonoko Iwata to Shigezo Iwata Regarding Securing Employment at the Relocation Camp as a Kitchen Helper |
Author | Iwata, Sonoko U (1911-2004) |
Date | 4-21 Sep 1942 |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Reference | MSS 53, Box 1, Folder 65 |
Library / Archive | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
Collection Name | Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata Papers, 1942-1991 |
Description | Six letters from Sonoko to her husband. Describes her work as a kitchen helper as mainly involving washing kitchen towels and says that it keeps her busy. Says that she has finished his sweater and will send it to him. Describes songs that the children have learnt at school. |
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 | Poston, Arizona, United States |
Nationality | Japanese |
People | Iwata, Sonoko U (1911-2004); Iwata, Shigezo (1900-1986) |
Keywords | family, marriage, children, Second World War, internment, evacuation, employment, music |
Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue. |
Language | English |
Document(s) linked to |
Sonoko Iwata to Shigezo Iwata Regarding Gossip and Rumour in Camp |
Copyright | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |