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Collection contains personal correspondence, notebooks, high school yearbooks, drawings (pencil, watercolor, and oil), a painting, bird sculptures, artifacts, newspaper clippings, Japanese publications and documents related to immigration (1923) and internment (1942-1945). Highlights of this collection include Tamura Hotel (San Francisco) resident and service ledgers dating from 1918 to 1936, Topaz High School yearbooks, and drawings of Topaz Relocation Camp by Shizue Tamura Okubo.

Scope and Contents This collection contains born-digital oral history interviews recorded by or transferred to the Japanese American Service Committee Legacy Center between 2017 and 2021. The subject matter of the interviews varies, but typically includes a combination of topics related to immigration, pre-WWII experience, WWII incarceration, military service, resettlement, family and community life in Chicago and the Midwest, the Japanese American redress movement, and contemporary experiences of people of...

Scope and Contents The Phillip Elkins Photograph Collection contains photos of the United States occupation and reconstruction of Japan after World War II. An unknown photographer documented many aspects of the occupation including the presence of United States servicemen and servicewomen, Japanese people going about their daily lives and the reconstruction of buildings. Also included are postcards, a typed document entitled the “Three Best Scenic Spots in Japan,” loose photographs of a home interior, a train...

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This is a collection of Q Magazines from 1999 to 2005. They are a local area Japanese magazine published by Q Publishing of Schaumburg, Illinois. These magazines are written in Japanese. The collection starts with Vol. 25 and goes through Vol. 46.

Scope and Contents The Chicago Resettlers Committee/Japanese American Service Committee has produced publications documenting its programs, services, and activities since its establishment in 1946. This record group contains JASC's annual reports, newsletters, membership books, and other ephemeral materials published by the organization.Some volumes in the newsletter series are misnumbered. Corrected volume numbers appear in this container list in brackets [ ]. Newsletters are in English and...

Scope and Contents This record group contains audiovisual materials created by or for the Japanese American Service Committee. It includes still images (photographic prints, negatives, and slides), moving images (motion picture film and video formats), and sound recordings in a variety of audio formats.These materials document JASC's programs, events, services, staff activities, and buildings/facilities. They also reflect the organization's public relations efforts and community partnerships. In...

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Collection contains questionnaires administered to the Japanese American community in Chicago (1973-1975). Also included are articles about Reverend Michael Yasutake and an interview outline and schedule.

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Collection contains Reverend Zaishin Mukushina’s diary (1936), the Chicago Japanese American Directory 1966-67 and the Sanseido’s New Concise English-Japanese Dictionary.

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This collection is made up of three rice bags. They were found in the collection. Each of the bags have writing on them. The first and second bag is from Japan Food Corporation. These bags are 50 LBS Blue Rose Rice bags. There is a picture printed on the bags of the Statue of Liberty. Each of these bags states on top Extra Fancy Arkansas. One of the bags are really faded. The third bag is not a full bag it was cut down. It has Arkansas No. 500 Cheristar printed on it.

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Collection contains photocopies of personal correspondence in Japanese, publications that contain profiles of Mine’s architectural contributions, and family photographs.