JASC Scrapbook, 1953

Item — Box: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection contains five scrapbooks (1948-1966) that chronicle the early days of the Chicago Resettlers Committee and its metamorphosis into the Japanese American Service Committee (JASC). Clippings, in Japanese and English, document organizational and personnel changes, the explosive growth of the Japanese American community in Chicago, noteworthy achievements, biographical profiles, obituaries, cultural and social events.

Dates

1953

Extent

From the Collection: 5 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Japanese

Additional Description

General

Scrapbook contains clippings in Japanese; green cover; contents in good condition although many clippings were never attached to the scrapbook pages and instead are nested in between the pages

Japanese

Stacks 2, 5C