Materials relating to the forced relocation to Manzanar, California, of Miriko Nagahama and Honey Mitsuye Toda, including correspondence, photographs, and newspapers from Manzanar during the period of Ms. Nagahama and Ms. Toda's internment by the War Relocation Authority. Donated in 1981 and 1995. Collection dates between 1941 and 1995. More information available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt700027b0/
Personal letter describes being too busy to write and thanks Salzman for photographs "of the girls" mentioning that Nagahama feels nostalgic when she views them. Nagahama notes her efforts to educate herself as a kindergarten teacher and that she cannot quit the job because the Education Department told teachers that, if they were to quit, they would be "blacklisted and another job will be difficult if not impossible to obtain"; she also mentions the possibility of relocation, and that she has heard from Honey [Toda], who is attending the University of Maryland. Further discusses open houses for Inyo-Mono County residents and teachers, during which products and produce from Manzanar are featured, and that visitors have been impressed with "what has been done and is being accomplished here."
Request that Betty Salzman write a letter of recommendation to the War Relocation Authority on behalf of Miriko Nagahama so that Nagahama may leave Manzanar.
Personal letter expresses appreciation for Salzman's correspondence and mentions needing to take care of "another bloody nose"; it also describes fond memories of having attended football games during her "Glendale Hi and J.C. days" and notes that baseball and ping-pong are popular sports at Manzanar. Nagahama asks about Salzman and other women's work at Lockheed and about a friend's marriage and studies at UCLA, and mentions Honey [Toda] and a visit by several friends at camp; the friends had secured a permit for only one hour. She also states that she is in a teacher training program for nursery school, and describes activities associated with preparing for classes when the school opens later in the month.
Personal letter describing Nagahama's experience thus far at the National Training School, where she is studying to become a kindergarten teacher, and her appreciation of hearing about their "gang" of friends. Nagahama gives news of Hideo [Watanabe] and mentions that Honey [Toda] is now working as an administrative assistant at the University of Maryland and will be visiting upon returning from a trip to the "Manzanar Relocation Center." She also encourages Salzman to resume her college studies, saying that a college education will prove more beneficial after the war than if Salzman were to continue on with Lockheed as an instrument technician.
Personal letter describing final exams and an impending trip to California; also gives news of Hideo [Watanabe] and of a friend who had to drop out of UCLA.
