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
Collection
Citation
R. K. Fay, Roy S. Campbell, and Joe W. Knight, “Letter from an American Legion committee examining "the Jap question.",” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 22, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/4399.