City of Santa Monica business license certificate for Nikkei Hall, June 30, 2015-June 30, 2018

The Santa Monica Nikkei Hall Records (December 1937-October 2018) includes organizational documents, photo albums, plaques, and a podium from a Japanese American Hall that was located in Santa Monica, California. Documents in the collection include meeting minutes, agendas, invitations, correspondence, anniversary booklets, donation lists, newspaper clippings, membership lists, treasury reports, and articles related to the Hall and its members. There are also publications and notes related to Japanese Americans and Japanese Americans that resided in Santa Monica. Along with the documents, the collection contains seven photograph albums with pictures of dances, picnics, and other events at Hall, primarily from the 1960s-1970s. Additional photographs include Memorial Day events at the Ireito located in the Woodlawn Cemetary and a memorial photo book for one of the members, Hay Uehara. There are also four plaques and a podium that used to be in Hall.