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Letter from the Dean of Men requesting birth certificates for Washington born Japanese dated December 12, 1941

Letter from the Dean of Men requesting birth certificates for Washington born Japanese dated December 12, 1941. UW, Vice-President for Student Affairs, Acc. 71-38, Box. 9. UW Libraries Special Collections

December 12, 1941

Miss Elliot
Bureau of Vital Statistics
1416 Smith Tower
Seattle, Washington

Dear Miss Elliot:

May we please have birth certificates for the following University of Washington students:

Mitsuye Fukiage
Miko Inouye
Chiyo Okano
Toshio Sakahara
Meriko Segimoto
George Masaru Takano

Enclosed is three dollars ($3.00) to cover the cost at fifty cents each. Please mail all the certificates to:

Dean Newhouse
Dean of Men
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

We would appreciate very much having these by Wednesday, December 18, as that is the last day of the quarter and the time that the students will be needing them. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Yours very truly,

Dean Newhouse
Dean of Men