Letter from an American Legion committee examining "the Jap question."

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Title

Letter from an American Legion committee examining "the Jap question."

Subject

Japanese Americans--History--20th Century; Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--History; Yakima County (Wash.)--History

Description

2 pages, 8.5x14. This letter addressed to 'The Veterans of the State of Washington' on December 28, 1920 asks for support of Initiative 37, which proposed to close loopholes that allowed Asian immigrants to own land by proxy in the name of children born in the United States and friends and associates who could legally hold land.

Creator

R. K. Fay, Roy S. Campbell, and Joe W. Knight

Source

Austin Mires Papers, cg 212

Publisher

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc

Date

1920-12-28

Contributor

Wapato Post of the American Legion

Rights

For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691.

Format

Original pages were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on an Espon Expression 10000XL scanner and converted to 150 dpi JPEG 2000 using Adobe Photoshop CS2.

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

cg212.b09f097

Original Format

Letter

Citation

R. K. Fay, Roy S. Campbell, and Joe W. Knight, “Letter from an American Legion committee examining "the Jap question.",” Digital Exhibits, accessed March 29, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/4399.