Cynthia Grady - Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind
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Roosevelt signs the declaration
of war against Japan.
persons of Japanese ancestry
must leave their homes.
what they can carry.
made to wear identification tags
while traveling.
and immeasurable.
she said. All Japanese, you know.
Katherine and all people of Japanese heritage living on the
West Coast could be dangerous. They looked like an
enemy of theUnited States in a complicated war halfway
around the world, so the government ordered that they
be imprisoned.
postcard in exchange for her library card.Write to us,
Miss Breed said. Wellwant to know where you are.
eyes. Hundreds of familieswere tagged as if they were
bundles of luggage. Soldiers with guns stood by.
with hugs and smiles aswarm as the San Diego sun.
Miss Breed gave away abagful of books. She handed out
more postcards.
anything, just write.
wave, sweeping away everybody in the neighborhood.
The library was a lonelier place.
her mailbox.
postcards arrived.
Now that Miss Breed knew where her friends were, she
wrote every week. She sent boxes brimming with books
and more stamped postcards.
The guards didnt let herhug the children or even shake
their hands. But they talked,and Miss Breed gave them
more books.
jobs. New children trickled into the library. Miss Breed was
no longer lonely, but she still missedher old friends.
about the treatment of Japanese Americans on the West
Coast. She wrote magazine articles. She wrote letters
asking for alibrary and school for the imprisoned children.
Miss Breed scoured newspapers, listened to the radio, and
attended rallies to learn moreabout the war.
had been transferred from the holding center in Arcadia to
a prison camp in Poston, Arizona.
and rain. People got sick.
and soap for washing. She sentpipe cleaners, crepe paper,
pencils, and glue for making crafts.
they saw around them.
and how they spent their days.
They wrote about fear.
They all waited for peace.
released from each prison camp, theyhad todecide where to
go. Theyno longer had homes orfarms. Their shops,
restaurants, and other businesses were gone. Some feared
that they wouldnot be welcome in their old neighborhoods.
Some moved to otherpartsof the country for a fresh start.
couldnt wait tocome home. Home to San
Diego andto their librarian. Home to their
friend Clara Breed.
yearsfrom 1928 to 1970. She was the childrens
librarian at the East Branch of the SanDiego
County Library, which served many Japanese
American families when the United States
entered World War II. The Japanese navy
attacked the US Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor,
Americans fearedincorrectlythat US citizens
of Japanese descent might be a threat to national
security. In February 1942 President Franklin
Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066:
Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese, which
eventually imprisoned approximately 120,000
Washington, Hawaii, and parts of Arizona. More
than half were children. They had broken no laws
and werent charged with any crime. Much of
their land and belongings were sold.
with their librarian. Miss Breeds letters, books,
and small gifts lifted their spirits during the three
years they were imprisoned in Poston, Arizona.
to a retirement home, she found the box of more
than 250 letters and postcards she received
during the war. She gave them to Elizabeth
Kikuchi Yamada, one of the children who had
written to her, now all grown up.
a reunion for Japanese Americans who had been
imprisoned in Poston, Arizona. More than seven
hundred people gave her a standing ovation for
her kindness, friendship, love, and courage
during the war. Miss Breed died in 1994. She was
eighty-eight.
Reunion he ld in San Diego, Ca lifornia.
Co llection, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California.)
father works with new immigrants on Ellis Island.
Diego, California, after her father dies.
from Western Reserve University (now Case
Western), in Ohio. Hired as a childrens
librarian at the East San Diego Branch of the San
Diego Public Library.
librarian.
Ca mpaign,a book drive forsoldiers. Stepsin as
acting chair ofthe American Library Associations
Ne wbery- Ca ldecott Awards Committee.
Japanese American patrons. Visits them at the
Sa nta Anita racetrack in Arcadia, California, then
at the prison camp in Poston, Arizona.
to discuss the war, relocation, children, and civil
liberties and rights. Read it online:
http://w ww .janm.org/exhibits/breed/art_t.htm
in the Horn Book Magazine . Read it online:
Public Library History, 18821982 .
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