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MKMJAA. Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: MKMJAA
Named in honor of Mr. Kasai for his dedication to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans and for a generous bequest he made through his estate. The story told by this archive begins with the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants who came here to work in the railroad, mining, and agricultural industries. Included are records, photographs, journals, oral histories, and films from their settlement. Salt Lake City’s Japantown, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and other U. S. military involvement, relocation to internment camps, and the establishment of Japanese Buddhist and Christian churches are included in the archive.

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Y. Kasai papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0149
Abstract The Henry Y. Kasai papers (1907-1966) contain material relating to the personal and professional life of Henry Y. Kasai, a leader in Utah's Japanese American community. The bulk of the collection consists of the minutes, history, and president's files of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) of Salt Lake City, the formation of which Kasai initiated in 1935. Kasai was elected president of the Salt Lake JACL in 1960. Other materials include an autobiography, awards, degrees,...
Dates: 1907-1966

Nichiren Buddhist Temple records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1296
Abstract

The Nichiren Buddhist Temple records (1954-2003) contain correspondence, financial reports, membership records, the church newsletter, and other documents pertaining to the Nichiren Buddhist Temple. The temple (which dates from 1971-1991) was operated in Salt Lake City by Yosh Ito and Reverend Kanai Skokai. There were more than two hundred members, a large percentage of whom were Japanese Americans.

Dates: 1954-2003

Japanese American relocation collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0144
Abstract The Japanese American relocation collection (1941-1945) contain materials concerned with the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the Tule Lake Relocation Center, the Topaz Relocation Center, and the Heart Mountain Relocation Project. The collection contains correspondence, reports, statistics, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and other related material. In 1942, after the Pearl Harbor Bombing, Americans of Japanese ancestry, living on the West Coast, were ordered to internment centers in...
Dates: 1941-1945

Beehive Golf Club records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2034
Abstract

The Beehive Golf Club records (1978-1988) consist of club notebooks containing correspondence, financial information, membership rosters, score cards, tournament information, and pamphlets. The Beehive Golf Club was organized in 1948 by a group of Japanese men. Membership is limited to people of Japanese ancestry.

Dates: 1978-1988

Ted and Yeiko Nagata papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2035
Abstract

The Ted and Yeiko Nagata papers (1934-2002) contain financial records for a local fish market and design sheets and posters related to the career of the graphic artist, Ted Nagata. Theodore Genichi Nagata relocated to the Topaz internment camp with his family in the 1940s. He founded Ted Nagata Graphic Design, Inc. Yeiko Nagasawa Nagata is a native of Salt Lake City, where her family operated the New Sunrise Fish Market for many years.

Dates: 1934-2002

Japanese American relocation photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0144
Abstract

The Japanese American relocation photograph collection consists of photographs depicting conditions at the Tule Lake camp at Newell, California and the lives and activities of the Japanese Americans confined in the camp.

Dates: 1942-1943

Henry Y. Kasai photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0149
Abstract

The Henry Y. Kasai photograph collection contains family photographs, and portraits of Henry Kasai at various public activities and events.

Dates: 1890-1966

Tsutomu "Stormy" Mitsui photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1704
Abstract

Stormy Mitsui (1922-2010) owned and operated the City Cafe in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife Chiyoko Yokoyama Mitsui. This collection contains photographs, slides and negatives of Stormy Mitsui’s family portraits, events and gatherings, City Café, Stormy's remote control model airplane hobby, vacations to Japan and California, and hunting and fishing.

Dates: 1900-2007

George Kimura digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1716
Abstract George Kimura (1920-2000) was a Utah photographer and educator who served in the Military Intelligence Service during World war II. This collection contains 10 digitaly-only images of Kimura during his military service in the 1940s. These images were sent to the library digitally (emailed, on CD, flash drive, hard drive). These images are available online. The image files can be requested, but the...
Dates: circa 1940-1949

Sho and Toshi Yamada Higashi digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1532
Abstract

The This collection Sho and Toshi Yamada Higashi digital photograph collection consists of 3 digital-only images of Ken Higashi, Ted Higashi, Sho Higashi, Akira Higashi, Japanese Americans who served in the United States military during World War II, circa 1940s.

Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1943-1949

Christopher Tatsuno digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1304
Abstract

Christopher Tatsuno is a Japanese American skier and adaptive ski coach. This collection contains digital only images of Tatsuno participating in extreme skiing and a United States freeskiing competition circa 2000-2005.

Dates: circa 2000-2005

Wataru "Wat" Misaka papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2761
Abstract

The Wataru "Wat" Misaka papers (1947, 2010) consist of two articles about the basketball career of Misaka.

Dates: 1947-2010

Amy Toda Meeker papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042330912]
Identifier: ACCN 2764
Abstract

The Amy Toda Meeker papers (1946-1949, 2007) consist of news clippings, a biographical sketch, and ski racing programs. Meeker was a former student and ski racer for the University of Utah.

Dates: 1946-2007

Maria Elena Cellino story and screenplay research materials

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 3097
Abstract

The Maria Elena Cellino story and screenplay research materials (1986-1998) deals with the production titled, "U.S. on Trial." The bound materials present endoresements, press and commited cast. Produced by Inner Circle Productions Corporation, the story is about the internment of Japanese Americans within the United States during World War II.

Dates: 1986-1998

Roy and Wuta Terazawa Tsuya papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2826
Abstract

The Roy and Wuta Terazawa Tsuya papers (1906-2013) contains correspondence among family and friends, records from their work with the LDS church, as well as memorabilia from Roy's membership with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Boy Scouts. The collection also contains one box pertaining to Chiye Terazawa, Wuta's sister.

Dates: 1906-2013

Ray Iwao and Margine Mutsuko Sako Nagasawa papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2877
Abstract

The Ray Iwao and Margine Mutsuko Sako Nagasawa papers (1953-1960) contains correspondence, Nisei Invitational tournament rosters and booklets, and newspapers relating to the Nisei Invitational tournaments. The collection also includes financial documents relating to the Invitational and the Sunrise Market, as well as two pains of gimbu pants.

Dates: 1953-1960

Katsu and Grace Miya papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2942
Abstract

The Katsu and Grace Miya papers (1901-2008) consist of newspapers, notes, and various other documents regarding the Japanese internment during WWII, the 442 Regimental Combat Team, and Nisei life in the United States.

Dates: 1901-2008

Seiko Arakaki papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2152
Abstract

The Seiko Arakaki papers (1940s-2009) consists of newsletters from the 100th Infantry Battalion Veteran's Club. Seiko Arakaki served in the 100th Infantry Battalion, which was activated on 12 June 1942, and was composed of American-born Japanese ("Nisei," or second generation). The battalion saw combat in Italy at Salerno, Anzio, and Cassino in 1943-1944 before becoming part of the 442nd RCT.

Dates: 1940s-2009

Takasaburo and Lillian Sakaye Sekino papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042320285]
Identifier: ACCN 2158
Abstract

The Takasaburo and Lillian Sakaye Sekino papers (1940s-1950s) contain documents related to the Sekino family's internment at Topaz during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1949

Toshiko Marian Morimoto autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2190
Abstract

The Toshiko Marian Morimoto autobiography (1981) consist of an unpublished memoir written by Mormioto for her children.

Dates: 1981