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Japanese American newspapers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

The Asian Pacific Studies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1998-001
Abstract

The focus of the Asian Pacific Studies Collection is Japanese American evacuation and internment during World War II. This includes photographs, posters, newspapers, class reports, syllabi, and other materials about Japanese-American life in Los Angeles before World War II, evacuation, internment, and life following release from the camps. Materials were collected by a professor of history at CSUDH.

Dates: 1920-1993

Heart Mountain Sentinel

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-041
Abstract

This collection contains newspapers from the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Some of the newspapers have been digitized and are available online.

Dates: January 1 - March 31, 1945

Ikemoto, (Henry) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2014-006
Abstract The Henry Ikemoto collection includes materials on the Japanese American soldiers of the 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, as well as Japanese-American evacuation and incarceration in camps during WWII. The materials are in the forms of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, booklets, programs, newspaper and magazine clippings, photobooks, books, essays, and newsletters. Of special note are letters from American Red Cross volunteer Shirley Cobb to soldier...
Dates: 1942-2013

Japanese American Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-048
Abstract

This collection includes newspapers and magazines from the Nichibei Manichi, Shin Nichibei New Japanese American News, Maui Shinbun, Rafu Shimpo, and Pacific Citizen published by the Japanese American community pre and post World War II.

Dates: January 1, 1927 - June 12, 2014; Majority of material found within 1940-1967

Kay Ochi Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-040
Abstract

This collection includes flyers, pamphlets, meeting notes, press releases, correspondence, Rafu Shimpo newspaper clippings, posters, and event scripts for the Day of Remembrance events (DOR) organized by the Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR), formally known as the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations. It also includes materials related to Japanese Americans, Japanese Latin Americans, Little Tokyo, incarceration camps, Mexican Americans, and Muslim Americans.

Dates: November 20, 1981-March 26, 2020

Janice Yen Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-043
Abstract

This collection includes flyers, newspaper clippings, organizational documents, press releases, issues of "Banner," digitized photographs, and other material related to the Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR), formally known as the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations. It also includes material related to the Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization (LTPRO), Japanese Americans, and Japanese American redress. This collection contains some digitized material.

Dates: 1981-2019