Thomas “Tom” Arai – correspondence related to will and bequest to JMAS, circa 1997-2000

Collection contains documents related to Hiro Mayeda’s involvement with the Chicago Nisei Post No. 1183 (1959-1999). Material includes booklets published to honor the Nisei Post’s special anniversaries, as well as correspondence, planning documents and newsletters. Papers also include correspondence, agendas, notes and minutes related to Mayeda’s leadership of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago (JMAS) (1990-2000). Of note is Mayeda’s collection of military scrip and an article that appeared in a 1958 issue of Newsweek magazine that profiled Mayeda along with another Chicagoan, Kenji Nakane.