Letter from L.P. Sieg to President Wilkins dated March 10, 1942

Letter from L.P. Sieg to President Wilkins dated March 10, 1942. Correspondence Series, 2/7 Ernest H. Wilkins, Box 58, Nisei folder, Oberlin College Archives.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
SEATTLE
March 10, 1942

President Ernest H. Wilkins
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio

My dear President Wilkins:

Because of the exigencies of war, the Army has given advance notice of the evacuation from this area of both native and American born Japanese. Between three and four hundred members of the latter group are students who have been enrolled in the University of Washington this year.

We have known these students as excellent scholars and young people who have contributed their leadership to our classroom work and constructive campus activities. As a group, their scholarship is well above the University average. As citizens of the University community, they have been loyal supporters of academic and defense activities.

Some of these students will wish to continue their education in institutions away from the Pacific Coast area. We are interested in seeing, in so far as it is possible, that the students of this group be given every opportunity to do so.

This letter is in the nature of an exploratory note to inquire whether your institution would be in a position to open its doors to a few well-qualified American students of Japanese ancestry.

Sincerely yours,

L. P. Sieg
President