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Gardena Buddhist Church, Buddhist Church of America, and other publications, 1963-2010

 Series

Scope and Contents

This series contains published items mainly by Gardena Buddhist Church and Buddhist Church of America, including anniversary books for the Gardena Buddhist Church and its affiliated Japanese language school, and a clipping (portrait) from a magazine, an issue of a bulletin, brochure, handbook, and books published by Buddhist Church of America.

There are also two autobiography books by George Naohara's friends, George Susumu Ota and Ted T. Miyamoto, documenting their experiences during incarceration and after the attack on Pearl Harbor respectively, “Japanese American Korean War Veterans: May 23-26, 1997 souvenir book,” and an issue of “The town magazine,” which was one of local community magazines in Los Angeles, featuring the history of the Japanese American community in Gardena. Photographs, which capture the author with George and Mitzi Naohara in front of "George's Barber Shop" in his later years, are pasted on Ted T. Miyamoto's autobiography book.

Dates

  • 1963-2010

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Extent

2 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson CA 90747
310-243-3895