MKMJAA. Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archives

Record Group

Identifier: MKMJAA

Staff Only

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:

Ted and Yeiko Nagata photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1087

Abstract

The Ted and Yeiko Nagata photograph collection primarily contains materials related to the family and Japanese internment at Topaz, Utah.

Dates: 1940-1990

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Japanese American Citizens League audio-visual collection

Collection

Identifier: A0286

Abstract The Japanese American Citizens League audio-visual collection (1926-1975) consists largely of black and white, silent 16mm films taken by Ogden resident Dr. Sanji Oda, who recorded parades, sporting events and other activities throughout Northern Utah as well as material specific to the Japanese American community and Oda's own family from the late 1920s through the 1930s. The colleciton also includes a 1927 newsreel and a 1975 audio recording of an appeal to obtain redress for the World War...

Dates: 1926-1975; Majority of material found within 1927-1939

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Frank K. Yoshimura papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1983

Abstract

Frank Yoshimura has been active in the Mount Olympus Japanese American Citizens League. He was involved in getting a monument placed at the site of the Topaz relocation center. This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, maps, brochures, interviews, and articles. Also included is a booklet prepared in honor of the 100th birthday of Charles Kawakami.

Dates: 1971-2003

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Granada Relocation Center (Camp Amache) records

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1984

Abstract

This collection consists of a booklet on Granada Relocation Center, also known as Camp Amache, prepared by Robert Y. Fuchigami in association with the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP). The collection also includes a scrapbook containing copies of photographs taken from the final report of James G. Lindley, director of the Granada Colorado Relocation Center from 1942 to 1945.

Dates: 2000

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Klancy Clark De Nevers papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2285

Abstract The Klancy Clark De Nevers papers (1960-2008) contain World War II research gathered by de Nevers in preparation for the writing or editing of three different books. De Nevers research focuses on World War II, Japanese internment, and Aberdeen, Washington (her hometown). The publications resulting from this research include; The Colonel and the Pacifist, and The Cohasset Beach Chronicles that are a compilation of newspaper...

Dates: 1900-2015

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Frank Kikuhei and Yoshiko Shibuya Endo papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2352

Abstract

The Frank Kikuhei and Yoshiko Shibuya Endo papers (1900-2005) contain family genealogies, photocopies of images and family histories of the Endo, Hirano, Iwamoto, Sugiyama, and Tachiki families, newspaper clippings, and a photographic history of Hachiro Endo. These families have close ties to one another due to intermarriages.

Dates: 1900-2005

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Tsutomu and Shirley Sugimoto Inouye papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2354

Abstract

The Tsutomu and Shirley Sugimoto Inouye papers (1951-2006) consist of scanned copies of the military documents and Japanese American Korean War Veterans materials. Tom Inouye served in Battery A 90th Field Artillery Battalion during the Korean War.

Dates: 1951-2006

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Saburo Shimomura papers

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042301103]

Identifier: ACCN 2355

Abstract

The Saburo Shimomura papers (1951-2006) consist of photocopies of military service documents. The majority of the documents discuss Shimomura's captivity by Chinese forces in 1950.

Dates: 1951-2006

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Jessica Furman scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2372

Abstract

The Jessica Furman scrapbook (2007) contains the handmade book of a class trip to Topaz, the Japanese-American internment camp in Utah.

Dates: 2007

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Utah Cherry Blossom Princesses records

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 2377

Abstract

The Utah Cherry Blossom Princesses records (1974-2007) contains listings and information regarding princesses who represented Utah at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. from 1974-2004.

Dates: 1974-2007

Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections