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Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-034
Abstract

This collection consists of a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California, along with newsletters, clippings, and handwritten notes created/collected in the incarceration camps during World War II. The diary details his incarceration experiences in the Manzanar camp in California, the Gila River camp in Arizona, and the Tule Lake camp in California. All materials in this collection are born-analog objects (digital reproductions).

Dates: 1942-1945

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

Masumoto and Saito Family Photos

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-028
Abstract The Masumoto and Saito Family Photos documents four generations of the Japanese American family in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. Photographs depict the family’s businesses, trips, weddings, funeral, and others. Included are images of Jack Toshio Robert Masumoto’s trading company in San Francisco, Toraichi Okamoto’s produce store in Glendale, Southern California Sewing School in Little Tokyo, Japanese passenger ships, family outings such as trip to Golden Gate International...
Dates: 1920s-1950s

Hisashi Matsue Tanka Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-005
Abstract This collection comprises tanka poems authored by Hisashi Matsue, who is a master of tanka poetry, an instructor for the California Tankakai in Los Angeles, California, which mainly consists of the Japanese and Japanese American poets in Los Angeles, and the editor for their periodical magazine. Included are a complete set of the California Tankakai’s magazine, "California Tanka," published quarterly (1979-2021) and semiannually (2022-present) since 1979, a set of special issues published...
Dates: 1979-2024

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

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

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

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Japanese Americans -- California 8
Japanese American families 5
Japanese Americans 5
Japanese Americans -- California, Southern 4
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 4
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 3
Gardena (Calif.) 2
Japanese American Farmers 2
Japanese American poetry 2
Japanese Americans -- California 2
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1944-1945 -- Archives 2
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) 2
Terminal Island (Calif.) 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced removal of civilians -- United States 2
Buddhism 1
California -- Politics and government 1
Carson (Calif.) 1
Concentration Camps -- United States 1
Correspondence 1
Family-owned business enterprises 1
Haiku 1
Japan 1
Japanese American art 1
Japanese American farmers -- California 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 -- Pacific States -- History -- 20th century 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 1
Lawndale (Calif.) 1
Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Local government -- California 1
Manuscripts, Japanese 1
Newell (Calif.) 1
Nursing 1
Oral history 1
Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.) 1
Panoramas 1
Photograph albums 1
Photographs 1
Poston (Ariz.) 1
Sanām Lūang (Bangkok, Thailand) 1
Senryu 1
Torrance (Calif.) 1
Tulare Lake (Calif.) 1
Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.)--1940-1950 1
Tulelake (Calif.) 1
Waka 1
War brides -- United States 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- California 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors 1
Yokohama-shi (Japan) 1
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Language
English 14
 
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Poston Incarceration Camp 5
Manzanar Incarceration Camp 3
Tule Lake Segregation Center 3
Jerome Incarceration Camp 2
Collins, Wayne M. 1