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American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-042
Scope and Contents

The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection (1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1955, circa 1959) contains one box and .21 linear feet of mailers; flyers; pamphlets; conference programs and proceedings; press releases; discussion outlines; brochures; and other documents generated by the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, an organization founded in 1933 to defend the rights of foreign born individuals. This collection is organized chronologically.

Dates: 1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1955, circa 1959

Chicano History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-038
Scope and Contents This collection contains magazines, articles, newspaper clippings, theater programs, flyers, pamphlets, vinyl records, t-shirts, and other material regarding Chicano history. A majority of the material relates to topics such as the Zoot Suit riots; education; the East LA High School Walkouts of 1968; immigration; politics; and other areas of activism regarding the Chicano movement. Some of the material in this collection were featured as part of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections...
Dates: 1943-2010; undated; Majority of material found within 1960-1980

Colonisation Japonaise au Perou

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-011
Abstract

This collection contains one photo album complied by a Japanese Peruvian family in which the photos depict the daily occurances and the people of the Japanese Peruvian community from 1930 to 1950. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: 1930-1950

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

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

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

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

 Collection
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

Norma Tecson/Filipino American Council of San Francisco Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-012
Scope and Contents The Norma Tecson/Filipino American Council of San Francisco Collection (1939-2005; undated) contains three boxes and one linear foot of material presumably belonging to Norma Tecson, a former executive director of the Filipino American Employment and Training Center in San Francisco, CA. and includes participation lists, certificates, a brochure, thank you notes, by-laws, memorandums, letters, programs, and other documents mostly related to the Filipino American Council of San Francisco,...
Dates: 1939-2005; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

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

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