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Iwasaki Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-010
Abstract

This collection includes eleven digitized photographs about the Akahoshi family. Images include school portraits, family photographs, and other portraits. All items in this collection have been digitized and are available in the archvies.

Dates: circa 1920-1945

Japanese American History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-035
Abstract

This collection contains books, pamphlets, flyers, photographs, booklets, correspondence, periodicals, and oversized material related to Japanese Americans. Subjects in the collection include incarceration camps, Southbay local history, World War II propaganda, Japanese American families, incarceration camp pilgrimages, and other topics.

Dates: circa 1900-2014

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

Tazu Kawamoto Photo Album Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-013
Abstract This collection contains one album of mostly photographs compiled by Tazu Kawamoto that document various people, events, and activities throughout 1939-1943. Materials in this collection include: photographs, flyers, invitations, and business cards relating to Tazu Kawamoto’s personal life, with a focus on events during the World’s Fair on San Francisco’s Treasure Island in 1939. The photographs are most likely taken inside the Gila River Incarceration Center in Arizona, including a...
Dates: 1939-1943

Ted Kihara Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-003
Abstract

This collection contains one box of photographic images taken by Ted Kahara, a World War II Japanese-American Infantryman and Intelligence Officer. Materials include: 35 mm slides and negatives, and photographs.

Dates: 1945-1964

Masajiro and Sugi Kotake Family Papers

 Collection
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

Kuromi Photo Album Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-012
Abstract

This collection contains two photograph albums and material related to Hitoshi "Yoke" Kuromi and Corrine Nobuko Nishimura Kuromi. Subjects in the collection include the Kuromi family, the Gila River incarceration camp, and hot rods. All of this collection is digitized and some of the material is available online.

Dates: circa 1940-1960; 1970-1972

Kuwahara Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-040
Abstract

This collection documents the Kuwahara family's time at the Poston incarceration camp in Arizona during World War II. Materials include: newsletters from the schools and community in Poston's camp, photographs of the people incarcerated at the camp and the desert landscape, watercolor paintings of the camp facilities, and programs and booklets from the reunions of the Poston camp families. Some of the items in this collection have been digitized and available online.

Dates: 1943-2011

Virginia B. Lowers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-004
Abstract This collection contains one box of three letters addressed to Virginia B. Lowers, a former high school teacher at University High School in Los Angeles, California. The letter from Masaru Teshiba contains information regarding his experiences as an incarceree mostly while at Tule Lake Segregation Center, the letter from Thomas A. Reeves details his combat experiences, and the letter from W.W. [Escherich] describes events during his trips to Maui, Tientsin China, and Okinawa. All of the...
Dates: 1945-1946

Manzanar Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-024
Abstract

This collection contains one album with photographs and newspaper clippings related to the Manzanar incarceration camp, Santa Fe Japanese Baseball team, and the Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles. It also contains oversized photographs of Japanese interior design. Most of this collection is digitized and available online.

Dates: 1942-1945; undated

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Subject
Japanese Americans 32
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 32
Japanese American families 21
Japanese Americans -- California 18
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 9
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Japanese Americans -- California, Southern 8
Japanese Americans -- Reparations 7
Manzanar War Relocation Center 7
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History 7
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans 7
Concentration Camps -- United States 6
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1944-1945 -- Archives 6
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century 6
Japanese American newspapers 5
Japanese American soldiers 5
Japanese Americans -- California 5
Japanese Americans -- Civil rights 5
Reparations for historical injustices 5
Terminal Island (Calif.) 5
World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced removal of civilians -- United States 5
Buddhism 4
Civil rights 4
Gardena (Calif.) 4
Japan 4
Japanese Americans -- Pacific States -- History -- 20th century 4
Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.) 4
Los Angeles (Calif.) 4
Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) 4
Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.)--1940-1950 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
Gila River Relocation Center 3
Japan -- Emigration and immigration -- History 3
Japanese American farmers -- California 3
Korean War, 1950-1953 3
Manzanar (Calif.) 3
Newell (Calif.) 3
Torrance (Calif.) 3
Tulelake (Calif.) 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- California 3
Carson (Calif.) 2
Central Utah Relocation Center 2
Japan -- History -- 20th century 2
Japanese American Farmers 2
Japanese American poetry 2
Japanese American soldiers -- History -- 20th century 2
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- History -- Sources 2
Japanese Americans -- History 2
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs 2
Lawndale (Calif.) 2
Long Beach (Calif.) 2
Manzanar War Relocation Center--1940-1950 2
Oral history 2
Panoramas 2
Photograph albums 2
Reparations for historical injustices -- United States 2
Aerial photography 1
Alabama Hills (Calif.) 1
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) 1
Amache (Colo.) 1
Arts 1
Automobiles, Racing 1
Berkeley (Calif.) 1
Bills, Legislative 1
Bonsai 1
Buddhist temples 1
Buddhist youth 1
California -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
California -- History 1
California -- Politics and government 1
California -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 1
Camp Shelby (Miss.) 1
Carmel (Calif.) 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Communism -- California 1
Correspondence 1
Crystal City (Tex.) 1
Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.) 1
Discrimination in education -- California 1
Disneyland (Calif.) 1
Education, Higher -- California 1
Educational equalization -- California 1
Educational law and legislation -- California 1
Elections -- California 1
Exhibitions -- California -- San Francisco 1
Family-owned business enterprises 1
Feminism 1
Festivals and events 1
Fish canneries 1
Fishery law and legislation -- California 1
Fishing stories, American 1
Florists 1
Flower arrangement, Japanese 1
Fort Lincoln (Burleigh County, N.D.) 1
Gardens, Japanese--California, Southern 1
Gender identity 1
Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.) 1
Haiku 1
Harbors -- California -- Long Beach 1
Harbors -- California -- Los Angeles 1
Harbors -- Law and legislation -- California 1
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Language
English 67
Japanese 30
Korean 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Poston Incarceration Camp 9
Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp 7
Gila River Incarceration Camp 5
Manzanar Incarceration Camp 5
Tule Lake Segregation Center 5
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Jerome Incarceration Camp 4
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress 4
Military Intelligence Service Language School (U.S.) 3
Minidoka Incarceration Camp 3
Santa Anita Assembly Center (Calif.) 3
Tule Lake Incarceration Camp 3
California State University, Dominguez Hills 2
California. Legislature. Assembly 2
Collins, Wayne M. 2
Fukuhara, Henry 2
Fukuhara, Jimmy 2
Hata, Donald Teruo, 1939- 2
Takano, Itsuhei, 1887-1967 2
Anderson, Glenn M. 1
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 1
Buddhist Churches of America 1
California Community Colleges 1
California State University and Colleges 1
California. Governor 1
California. Governor’s Commission on the Los Angeles Riots 1
California. Legislature 1
California. Legislature. Senate 1
California. Legislature. Senate. Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities in California 1
California. National Guard 1
Carter, Jimmy , 1924- 1
Cranston, Alan , 1914-2000 1
Democratic Party (Calif.) 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Fukuwa, Dianne Michiko 1
Fukuwa, Hiroshi, 1914-2013 1
Furutani, Warren, 1947- 1
Gardena Valley Gardners Association 1
Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp 1
Gripsholm (Ship) 1
Haug , Lona 1
Herzig, John A., 1922-2005 1
Historical and Cultural Foundation of Orange County 1
Ikemoto, Henry, 1923-2009 1
Ishibashi, Akira 1
Ishida, Atsushi Art, 1921- 1
Iwasaki, Taye 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Kawabe, Kenji, 1886-1973 1
Kawamoto, Tazu 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kihara, Ted 1
Koyama, Shinkichi 1
Kuromi, Corrine Nobuko Nishimura 1
Kuromi, Hitoshi 1
Kuwahara, June Ikuko, 1930- 1
Kuwahara, Tatsuya, 1925- 1
Kuwahara, Terry 1
Lowers, Virginia B. 1
Maeda, Satoru, 1922-2017 1
Matsuoka, Jim 1
Mayeda, Fumiyo 1
McFarling, Joseph Ralph 1
Meguro, Kumaji, 1878-1957 1
Meguro, Leo Ryoichi 1
Meguro, Ruth Yoshiko 1
Meguro, Tsuruno, 1894-1985 1
Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California 1
Miyamoto, Atushi Archi 1
Mizufune, Midori 1
Mizufune, Suniko 1
Mochizuki, Yukio 1
Nakai, Tsuyoshi Roy 1
Nakano , George 1
Nakano, Kiyomi, 1910- 1
Nakano, Roy 1
Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai. 南加福島県人会 1
Naohara, George, 1919-2014 1
Naohara, Mitzi, 1923-2021 1
Ninomiya Family 1
Ninomiya, Elwin 1
Ninomiya, Kinso 1
Nishimura, Arthur 1
Nishimura, Yemiko 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1944 1
Ogo, Hideo 1
Ogo, Mohei 1
Oku, Toshio, 1925-2010 1
Provinse, John Henry , 1897-1965 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) 1
Sato, Dale Ann 1
Seiji, Fujiye Frances 1
Spicer, Edward H., 1906-1983 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing ), 1835-1914 1
Sylvester, Owen M. 1
Takano, Fumio F. (Fumio Fred), 1914-1989 1
Takano, Jeanne 1
Takano, Tomeyo, 1889-1979 1
Takano, Yoneko, 1918-2007 1
Tenney, Jack B. (Jack Breckinridge ), 1898-1970 1
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