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Title Sonoko Iwata to Shigezo Iwata Regarding Life at the Relocation Camp
Author Iwata, Sonoko U (1911-2004)
Date 28 Jun 1942
Document Type Correspondence
Reference MSS 53, Box 1, Folder 46
Library / Archive Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection Name Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata Papers, 1942-1991
Description Describes the extreme heat now that summer has set in and a small but dangerous stream near their room. She questions his use of the term 'internment camp' as she thinks that that has to do with death and burial.
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, hot weather
Additional Information Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue.
Language English
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