Tokoshima Family correspondence Guide to Tokoshima Family correspondence SC 01823

Guide to Tokoshima Family correspondence SC 01823


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
SC 01823
Title
Tokoshima Family correspondence Circa 1946
Quantity
.1 Linear Feet, 1 legal size folder.
Language
Japanese English

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access

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Preferred Citation

Tokoshima Family correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased with the Frances Randolph Howard Endowment.


Biographical / Historical

The Tokoshima Family correspondence contains letters to and from Koichi, of Japan, son to parents, Isamu and Matsuyo residing in the United States. Koichi and his younger brother, Masayuki, are staying with relatives, the Kusamizus, the Amakis, and the Hiratsukas.

Scope and Contents

Four letters and postcards from a son, Koichi, in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, to his parents in Berkeley, California, United States of America. Koichi was staying with relatives in Japan and waiting to go to the United States. The letters were sent in the summer of 1946, after World War II. The letters discuss daily life activities.

Arrangement

The Tokoshima Family Correspondence is arranged by file.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Container List

Mixed Materials Small Collections Box 127 Folder: 1
Letters
1946