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TitleLetter from the American Civil Liberties Union

Date Created1945-06-08

DescriptionThe Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) contacted the ACLU to express concern that Seabrook Farms might develop into a de facto relocation center if too many Japanese Americans were sent there....

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleTyped transcript of letter to Helen Sater, U.S. Dept. of Labor, November 6, 1943

Date Created1943-11-06

DescriptionIn this letter, a white woman residing at Seabrook writes that although she and other workers had been promised free housing at Seabrook, the company was now attempting to charge them. The company's...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleLetter from Mary Dyckman to NJ Dept of Health, August 11, 1944

Date Created1944-08-11

DescriptionA letter from Mary Dyckman, President of the New Jersey Consumers League, to Dr. Julius Levy, a state health official, details sanitary conditions at the camps and notes racial discrimination in the...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleLetter from Cecil Roach

Date Created1945-06-27

DescriptionCecil Roach fell ill after coming to the United States as a guestworker, and (illegally) went to Boston to receive care from his sister there. In this letter addressed to President Truman, Roach...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleLetter from Harry C. Smalley, Principal of Bridgeton High School, to H. Leon Yager, WRA, May 25, 1945

Date Created1945-05-25

DescriptionA letter from the principal of Bridgeton High School, Harry C. Smalley, praises Japanese American students and the ease with which they have been assimilated into the student body. Smalley claims that...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleLetter from the Roanoke Mayor

Date Created2015-11-18

DescriptionA November 2015 statement issued by David Bowers, the Democratic Mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, justifies barring Syrian refugees from resettlement in the city on the grounds that like Japanese...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitlePeapack-Gladstone, Reformed Church Postcard, 1934 - recto (see also: verso)

Date Issued1934

DescriptionPostmarked Peapack, August 31, 1934, this postcard is addressed to Mrs. P. T. Ramsey, Peapack, N.J. and reads: "Dear Sister: I can't think of anything half nice enough to say; so just wish you many...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleGladstone Street View Postcard - verso (see also: recto)

Date Created1900

DescriptionThis postcard view of Jackson Avenue and Church Street, Gladstone is addressed to Mrs. J. H. Benett [or Bernett?], Califon, R.F.D. #3. and is inscribed: “Dear Mrs. Benett, I received your [postal?]...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleGladstone Street View Postcard - recto (see also: verso)

Date Created1900

DescriptionThis postcard view of Jackson Avenue and Church Street, Gladstone is addressed to Mrs. J. H. Benett [or Bernett?], Califon, R.F.D. #3. and is inscribed: “Dear Mrs. Benett, I received your [postal?]...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePeapack-Gladstone, Reformed Church Postcard, 1934 - verso (see also: recto)

Date Created1934

DescriptionPostmarked Peapack, August 31, 1934, this postcard is addressed to Mrs. P. T. Ramsey, Peapack, N.J. and reads: "Dear Sister: I can't think of anything half nice enough to say; so just wish you many...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)