40th Anniversary HJCI, 1947-1987, 1987

This collection consists of booklets and newsletters published by Japanese American community-based organizations in Southern California, Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute, Orange County Japanese American Association, San Fernando Valley Japanese Community Center, Japanese Community Pioneer Center, Japanese Women's Society, Troop 379 Boy Scouts of America Troop, Gardena Buddhist Church and Japanese Language School, Koyasan Los Angeles Mission, Japanese Christian Mission in North America, Phoenix Japanese Free Methodist Church, Maryknoll School Los Angeles, Aikido Center of Los Angeles, United States Aikido Federation, Japanese American Republicans, Radio Little Tokyo, Southern California Gardeners' Federation, INC., and National Bonsai Foundation. These organizations have published newsletters and compiled commemorative publications to celebrate their major anniversary milestones, and those publications are not widely known about but distributed among the members only. Anniversary booklets document an overview of the community’s history, historical images, and biographical information on the members, information about events and activities, and local businesses' advertisements.