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Collection
Identifier: 1999.012
Scope and Contents
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:
1948-1966
Collection
Identifier: 2008.025
Scope and Contents
Collection contains academic paper about Iva Toguri written by eighth grade student Jenna Jacobson. A handwritten thank you letter from Jacobson to the JASC archivist is also included.
Dates:
circa 2008
Collection
Identifier: 2009.019
Scope and Contents
The Jerry Katayama Papers contain correspondence between Jerry and his family and friends during his military service (ca. 1943-1947), items such as binoculars and a camera that he carried during his tour of duty, military scrip issued during the Allied occupation of Japan, a clock issued by the Schwinn Bicycle Company to celebrate Jerry’s 25 years of service (1977) and awards related to Jerry’s participation in the American Bowling Congress.
Dates:
circa 1897-2007
Collection
Identifier: 2010.016P
Scope and Contents
The Jerry Jiro Katayama Photograph Collection consists of photographs taken of his parents, Frank Ryotaro and Hisa Sato Katayama, prior to their immigration to the United States and when they first settled into life on the West Coast (ca. 1910s-1930s). Early photographs of Jerry and his siblings are present as well. The majority of the collection consists photos taken by Jerry during his military experience (1943-1947) and photos of his friends and family. Also included are photos related to...
Dates:
circa 1910s-2003
Collection
Identifier: 2017.018
Scope and Contents
This collections consists of 22 audio cassette tapes along with an agenda for Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Public Hearings held in Chicago, IL at Northeastern University on September 22 -23, 1981. There are a total of 22 Cassette audio tapes. (9) Tapes from Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Public Hearings in Chicago, Il at Northeastern University on September 22 -23, 1981, (6) 10/26/1981 Frank Chinn Northeastern University, (1)...
Dates:
1981
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2017.003
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 35mm color slides, black and white photographic prints, documents, and correspondence. The 35mm color slides depict family events, vacations, fishing trips, and images John Arima took for work. The black and white prints document life in the Gila River incarceration camp in Arizona. The documents in this collection include camp newsletters and official government documents from the War Relocation Authority and the American Council on Public Affairs. Also included...
Dates:
1943-1965
Collection
Identifier: 2013.003
Scope and Contents
Contains the writings of George Morimitsu from 1942-1943.
Dates:
1942-1943
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2016.001
Scope and Contents
Collection contains serial publications with content related to World War II, Japan, incarceration camps, and Japanese Americans. Titles include Life Magazine (1943-1970), Saturday Evening Post (1944-1948), Look Magazine (1939-1971), Fortune (1935), House Beautiful (1960), and miscellaneous other newspapers and newsmagazines.
Dates:
1943-1991
Collection
Identifier: 2009.020
Scope and Contents
Collection contains videotapes of the Japanese mini-series, Sanga Moyu (ca. 1984), photographs of Hiroshima several months after its atomic bombing (1945) and publications related to the Nisei’s role in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) (1946-1995). Of note is the presence of a government document entitled Institutional Factors in Japanese Nationalism (1942) written by Shigeya Kihara, one of the first Japanese language instructors for the...
Dates:
circa 1942-2001
Collection
Identifier: 2009.024
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photographs of Dorothy Kaneko and her peers at the Japanese American Service Committee.
Dates:
circa 1988
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