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Metadata
Title |
Letter from Eva Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit. Page 2 of 5. |
Catalog Number |
2016.23.125 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Accession number |
2016.23 |
Scope & Content |
163 pages of photocopied documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act request in November of 2016. The documents are mostly from the Department of Justice and the FBI. -------------------- Photocopy of a declassified handwritten letter from Eva Koyama, daughter of Teru and Keizaburo Koyama, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. She adds that both of her parents came to the United States in High School and went on to college. They worked hard to Americanize and raised their children to think of themselves as Americans, not Japanese Americans. She feels that her father is a great man who has worked hard to become an American and that she is having trouble understanding why he is being interned. Eva adds that her mother's health is bad and that she is unable to continue taking care of the family. |
Creator |
Koyama, Eva |
Collection |
Dr. Keizaburo Koyama Family Collection |
Date |
11/4/2016 |
Language of Material |
English |
Caption |
Koyama125 |
Size |
8.50 W x 14 H |
People |
Koyama, Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama, Eva Koyama, Teru |
Search Terms |
Issei WWII petition family reunification alien WRA War Relocation Authority arrest |
Source |
Koyama, Weston |
Subjects |
Time Periods - 20th Century - 1941-1945 (WWII) Text/Writing - English Family Reunification U.S. Government - Department of Justice U.S. Government - Department of Justice United States Attorney - District of Oregon Arrest Internment Camps, U.S. - Santa Fe, NM Internment Camps, U.S. - Portland Assembly Center Internment Camps, U.S. - Minidoka, Hunt, Idaho Places - Hunt, ID |