Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection

Collection

Identifier: SPC-2020-014

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection (April 1944 -1945) contains 345 mb of material collected from the Natsumeda family during their incarceration at the Granada incarceration camp during World War II. The collection includes a Buddhist Sunday service program and a Granada incarceration camp directory.

Dates

April 1944-1945

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Natsumeda Family

The Granada incarceration camp was established on August 27, 1942, in Amache, Colorado. The Natsumeda family likey moved to the camp in September 1942 and left in September or October 1945. After leaving camp, the Natsumeda family most likely moved to New York and then to California.

Extent

345 Megabytes (<emph render="italic">29 pdf files</emph>)

Language of Materials

English

Japanese

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection includes a Buddhist Sunday service program and a Granada incarceration camp directory. All of the materials in this collection are digitized and available online.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

All of the digitized items are available online at Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection. They are also available on the Public Use Drive as PDF files at the Gerth Archives And Special Collections. Please request copies at the reference desk.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated during a Scanning Day event in 2018. All material was returned to the donor.

Existence and Location of Originals

This collection contains digitized items created from loaned material. The donors retained the original items.

Existence and Location of Copies

All of the collection has been digitized and is available at the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project site: Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection.

Related Materials

This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. For more information: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.

Processing Information for Digitized Materials

The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digital reproductions from the original material for long-term preservation and access. These preservation files (11.1 gb, 278 tif files) were scanned to and stored on the Gerth Archives and Special Collections Deparment Drive. For more information on the best practices and standards for the digitization process, please see: CSUJAD Techincal Reference Guide