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George Nakano Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-014
Abstract

This collection contains books, booklets, proposals, printed newspaper articles, ephemera, and digitzed scrapbooks related to George Nakano, former Assemblymember and Torrance City Council member. Subjects include the Jerome and Tule Lake incarceration camps, the Nakano family, and George Nakano's political career. This collection contains digitized materials.

Dates: 1942-2010

Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-046
Abstract

This collection documents activties of 南加福島県人会 Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai. Materials include: photographs, books, booklets, news clippings, DVDs and CD recordings.

Dates: 1908-2014

George and Mitzi Naohara Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-011
Abstract

This collection contains photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George Naohara and Mitzi (Masukawa) Naohara, other materials depicting their experiences during World War II and the Korean War, the postwar camp reunion and pilgrimage, and the Gardena Buddhist Church activities in which George Naohara engaged after the war. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and available online.

Dates: 1902-2010; undated; Majority of material found within 1942-1945; Majority of material found within 1950-1959

Ninomiya Studio Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-006
Abstract This collection contains negatives, prints, directories, programs, correspondence, business material, and studio ephemera from the Ninomiya Studio that was located in the Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles, California. The negatives and prints document Japanese American communities in the aftermath of World War II. Some of the images in the collection include photograps of architecture in Los Angeles and Little Tokyo, Nisei Week parades, community and religious groups, family and...
Dates: 1919-1944, 1949-1993; Majority of material found within 1950-1980

Toshio Oku Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-012
Abstract

The Toshio Oku photo album comprises of a collection of photographs that primarily documents the life of Toshio Oku while he, his father, Naojiro Henry, mother, Misao, and sister, Hideko Louise, were incarcerated at Tule Lake Incarceration Camp in Newell, California during World War II. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: 1942-1946

James H. Osborne Nisei Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-001
Abstract The James H. Osborne Nisei Collection contains mostly correspondence between Emiko and Usami Terada, incarcerees in the Rohwer incarceration camp, McGehee Arkansas, and the Thomas family in Lawndale, California and some photographs of the Teradas and the Thomases. The letters describe the trip from the Santa Anita temporary detention faciility to the Rohwer incarceration camp, their lives and conditions in the camp, and their concerns about their properties in Lawndale, California. Also...
Dates: 1941-1971, undated

Paionia Senryu Ginsha パイオニア川柳吟社 = Pioneer Senryu Poetry Circle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-024
Abstract The collection comprises monthly bulletins and anthologies of senryu poetry authored by the members of パイオニア川吟社 Paionia Senryu Ginsha from 1997 to present as well as the works by the members of other circles in Los Angeles, California between 1991 and 2002, including 川柳つばめ吟社 Senryu Tsubame Ginsha, かごめ川柳吟社 Kagome Senryu Ginsha, and 悠々会 Yuyukai and 自適会 Jitekikai. Also included are a reprint of an anthology, “鈴蛇 Suzuhebi,” which was originally published in the Jerome camp during the war, and...
Dates: 1991-2021

Pasadena Buddhist Temple Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-006
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and panoramic photographs of the Pasadena Buddhist Temple and members of the church's congregation. Also included are photographs at different Buddhist churches, conferences, and anniversary events around California. All of the items in this collection have been digitized and some are available online.

Dates: 1951-2019

Santa Monica Nikkei Hall Records

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-031
Abstract

This collection includes organizational documents, correspondence, photographs, and realia from the Santa Monica Nikkei Hall, an organization that was located in Santa Monica, California. The Hall was constructed in 1957 and served the local Japanese American (Nikkei) community over a period of 60 years. Some items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: December 1937-October 2018

Dale Ann Sato Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-011
Abstract The Dale Ann Sato Collection documents the progression of research and preparation for four projects to which oral historian and educator Dale Ann Sato contributed. Initial research and interviews were recorded for community Nisei oral histories, which led to her contribution to the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP). The findings of the initial research also led to the Japanese American Historical Mapping Project (JAHMP), which paved the way for an Arcadia...
Dates: 1800-2012; undated; Majority of material found within 1930-2008

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Japanese Americans -- California 18
Japanese Americans 12
Japanese American families 9
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 9
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 6
Concentration Camps -- United States 5
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Terminal Island (Calif.) 4
Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.)--1940-1950 4
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History 4
Gardena (Calif.) 3
Japanese Americans -- Pacific States -- History -- 20th century 3
Los Angeles (Calif.) 3
Newell (Calif.) 3
Tulelake (Calif.) 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- California 3
Buddhism 2
Carson (Calif.) 2
Japan 2
Japanese American Farmers 2
Japanese American farmers -- California 2
Japanese American poetry 2
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1944-1945 -- Archives 2
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs 2
Lawndale (Calif.) 2
Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
Manzanar War Relocation Center 2
Panoramas 2
Photograph albums 2
Torrance (Calif.) 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced removal of civilians -- United States 2
Aerial photography 1
Bills, Legislative 1
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California -- Politics and government 1
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Exhibitions -- California -- San Francisco 1
Family-owned business enterprises 1
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Fort Lincoln (Burleigh County, N.D.) 1
Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.) 1
Gila River Relocation Center 1
Haiku 1
Japan -- History -- 20th century 1
Japanese American art 1
Japanese American photographers 1
Japanese American soldiers 1
Japanese Americans -- Monuments 1
Japanese Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Religious life and customs 1
Japanese Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- 1940-1950 1
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- History -- Sources 1
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century 1
Japanese Americans -- Reparations 1
Japanese language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) 1
Japanese language -- Study and teaching 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 1
Lakewood (Calif.) 1
Local government -- California 1
Long Beach (Calif.) 1
Manuscripts, Japanese 1
Manzanar (Calif.) 1
Martial law -- United States 1
Nursing 1
Oral history 1
Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.) 1
Photographs 1
Port Hueneme (calif.) 1
Port of Los Angeles 1
Port of Los Angeles -- 1890-1900 1
Portraits 1
Poston (Ariz.) 1
Rancho San Pedro (Calif.) 1
San Francisco (Calif.) 1
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) 1
Santa Cruz (Calif.) 1
Sanām Lūang (Bangkok, Thailand) 1
Senryu 1
Stockton (Calif.) 1
Sumo 1
Tulare Lake (Calif.) 1
University High School (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Waka 1
War brides -- United States 1
Women cannery workers 1
Women in Buddhism 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
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Language
English 27
Japanese 15
 
Names
Poston Incarceration Camp 6
Manzanar Incarceration Camp 3
Tule Lake Segregation Center 3
Collins, Wayne M. 2
Fukuhara, Jimmy 2