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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

Kobata Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-004
Abstract

This collection includes digitized photographs and a commemorative photo album related to the Kobata family. Images in the collection include the Kobata Nursery in Los Angeles, plants at the nursery, tour photographs of Japan, and portraits of the Kobata family. All of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: 1902-1967; Majority of material found within 1910-1925

Kokusai Shashin Joho (the International Graphic)

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-014
Scope and Contents This collection consists of nineteen issues of Kokusai Shashin Joho – “The International Graphic” Magazine from 1927-1931. Kokusai Shashin Joho, first published in 1922, documents current event photography in Japan and around the world. Each issue consists of photography, art prints, and larger fold-out prints. Included in one of the issues is the “Enthronement Pictorial Special Number” documenting Emperor Hirohito’s...
Dates: 1927-1932

Masajiro and Sugi Kotake Family Papers

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Identifier: SPC-2022-011
Abstract

This collection contains Imperial Japanese government passports; Board of Medical Examiners documents and cards; naturalization certificate; and a letter related to the Kotake family.

Dates: circa 1914-May 23, 1955

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

Tawa Family Letters

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Identifier: SPC-2022-021
Abstract

The collection consists of mainly letters to Sukegoro and Chiyoko Tawa from their family and friends between the 1920s and 1960s. Also included are wartime documents issued during the Tawas' incarceration and copies of Sukegoro Tawa's case file as well as family and friends' portraits, and haiku poems.

Dates: circa 1920-1960

Wada Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-016
Abstract

The Wada family photographs features two negatives and ten pre-World War II images of mainly the Wada family as well as some images of members from the Ushijima family. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: circa 1925-1940