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Letter from Walter Millsap to Imamura Family – 11 June 1944

Letter from Walter Millsap to Keikichi Imamura, June 5, 1944

Walter Millsap advises the Imamura Family on their impending release from Gila River War Relocation Center. The Imamuras corresponded frequently with friend and socialist cooperative Llano colony member Walter Millsap. Before the war, the Imamuras worked for Millsap’s United Co-Operative Industries.

Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers (WA MSS S-1590). WA, BRBL.

Walter Millsap discusses the Imamura Family’s impending release from Gila River War Relocation Center.

When You Leave the Relocation Center, United States War Relocation Authority (WRA) pamphlet, [c. 1943]

The day of her release, artist Miné Okubo recalled that she was handed a train ticket, $3 a day for meals while in transit, and the War Relocation Authority’s booklet, "When You Leave the Relocation Center." This pamphlet offered guidelines for finding employment, enrolling in school, returning to a western state, and abiding by continued wartime regulations for those termed “aliens.”

Mary Burford Courage Papers Related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, Box 1, Folder 40. WA, BRBL.

WRA pamphlet regarding resettlement

Charter of the Community of Poston, [c. May 1943]

This 1943 charter represents the mixed Issei/Nisei Community Council’s initial draft for Poston camp governance.

Records Related to the Community Government at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona (WA MSS S-2650), Box 1, Folder 25. WA, BRBL.

1943 Charter for community government at Poston