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The Gripsholm Exchanges (Manuscript). Memoir by Atushi Archi Miyamoto

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2004-004
Abstract

This collection consists of a manuscript/memoir written by Atushi Archi Miyamoto about the Gripsholm Exchanges, or the exchanges of civilians and Prisoners of War, between the United States and Japan during World War II.

Dates: 2007; 2012

Horita Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-026
Abstract

The Horita Family Papers (1940-2010, undated) collection contains 2.6 linear feet of documents from the Horita family, a Japanese American family from the Los Angeles area. The collection focuses on married couple Chitoshi “Harry” Horita (1896-1990) and Marue Nakashima Horita (1901-1982) and their extended family and includes records of the family’s incarceration at the Poston (Colorado River) incarceration camp, research into the family’s history, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: 1940-2010, undated

Tsugitada Kanamori Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-002
Abstract

This collection contains one box of documents belonging to Tsugitada Kanamori. Materials in this collection mostly pertain to Kanamori’s efforts regarding cancelling his renunciation and reinstating his American citizenship. This collection has been digitized and is available online.

Dates: 1948-1958

Mendel Krim Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-019
Abstract

The Mendel Krim Collection contains the photographs and papers of Mendel Krim, M.D., who served as a United States Army doctor in Korea and Japan from 1947-1949. Papers include letters, certificates, and records of Krim’s military service, while the extensive collection of photographs capture Krim’s experiences abroad.

Dates: 1944-1953, undated

Itsuhei Takano camp journal

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-033
Abstract The collection is comprised of seven volumes of the author's accounts from the time of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, during the mass removal and incarceration, and after being released from the Gila River camp. The collection documents his observation and thoughts on a variety issues during the war and the postwar time. Also included are some issues from the Gila River Co-op newsletters, which contain his essays, and Japanese translations of two English announcements presumably made by Captain...
Dates: 1941 December 7-1946 March 19

Terminal Island Personal Histories Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-036
Abstract

The Terminal Island Personal Histories Collection features one transcribed oral history, one autobiography, and one possible rough draft edition of a book entitled, "Terminal Island: An Island in Time, Collection of Personal Histories of Former Islanders 1994-1995". All of the materials in this are available online.

Dates: 1994-1995

Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-010
Abstract

The Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka photographs collection (1916-1990, bulk 1937-1941) includes digital reproductions of family photographs primarily documenting the life of Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka in the years before, during, and after World War II. The collection also includes digital reproductions of a short essay written by Hatsuko Mary Yoshioka Higuchi, redress papers, and a handout from a sewing class at Poston Incarceration Camp. All materials in this collection are digital reproductions.

Dates: 1916-1990; Majority of material found within 1937-1941

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Japan 3
Japanese American families 3
Japan -- History -- 20th century 2
Japanese Americans -- California 2
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Terminal Island (Calif.) 2
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 2
Concentration Camps -- United States 1
Family life 1
Family vacations 1
Fish canneries 1
Fishing stories, American 1
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Interviews 1
Japan -- Emigration and immigration -- History 1
Japanese -- California, Southern -- History 1
Japanese American farmers -- California 1
Japanese American soldiers 1
Japanese American veterans 1
Japanese Americans 1
Japanese Americans -- Biography 1
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Anecdotes 1
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- History -- Sources 1
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century 1
Japanese Americans -- Pacific States -- History -- 20th century 1
Japanese Americans -- Reparations 1
Korea 1
Landmarks in History 1
Lawndale (Calif.) 1
Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) 1
Marmagao (India) 1
Medical photography 1
Newell (Calif.) 1
Oral history 1
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 1
Photograph albums 1
Poston (Ariz.) 1
Racism 1
Reparations for historical injustices 1
Street photography 1
Tokyo (Japan) 1
Torrance (Calif.) 1
Transcription 1
Travel 1
Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.)--1940-1950 1
Tulelake (Calif.) 1
United States 1
United States Army 1
War Photography 1
Women cannery workers 1
World War II 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- California 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced removal of civilians -- United States 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese 1
Yokohama-shi (Japan) 1
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Poston Incarceration Camp 3
Collins, Wayne M. 1
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Gripsholm (Ship) 1
Miyamoto, Atushi Archi 1