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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 104 Collections and/or Records:

Barbara Yamada photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0947
Abstract Barbara Yamada (1946-) is a former ski instructor known for preserving and promoting Utah's ski industry through involvement in the boards of the Alf Engen Ski Museum and the J. Willard Marriott Library's Utah Ski Archives. The Barbara Yamada photograph collection contains prints and digital-only items depicting Yamada's family, her life, and her involvement in organizations related to winter sports as well as...
Dates: 1940-2010

William and Mary Nishisaki Yoden photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1511
Abstract

William Utaka "Bill" Yoden (1916-1989) was a Japanese-American veteran of World War II. He and his wife, Mary Nishisaki Yoden (1920-2011) lived with their family in Blackfoot, Idaho. This collection contains copy print portraits: of Bill Yoden in the Army and of a relative of Mary Nishisaki Yoden.

Dates: circa 1940-1945

Yamashiro family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2284
Abstract

Shoichi Yamashiro and Tsuruyo Nakanishi Yamashiro emigrated to Utah from Japan in the early 20th century and raised their five children in Devil's Slide and Kaysville, Utah before the family relocated to California in the 1950s. This collection consists of photograph ablums and prints collected and created by members of the Yamashiro family and depicting their experiences

Dates: 1900-2018; Majority of material found within 1940-1965

George Hata digital photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1444
Abstract

The George Hata digital photograph collection consists of one digital-only photograph of Donald Higa, Ken Nishima, Herbert Elliott and George Hata in Naples, Italy during their service in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II.

Dates: circa 1943-1945

Tomoko Ogi Moses photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1544
Abstract

The Tomoko Ogi Moses photograph collection consists of events and exhibits depicting Tomoko Moses' participation in events and exhibits related to Japanese American history.

Dates: circa 2000-2016

Mitsuru Fujinami photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1430
Abstract

Mitsuru “Mits” Fujinami (1924-2019) was a veteran of the United States Army who served during World War II. This collection contains one portrait photograph of Fujinami during his military service.

Dates: 1943-1946

Mitsuhiro Endo papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2454
Abstract

The Mitsuhiro Endo papers (1927-1947) consist of a report card, graduation program, correspondence, and a life insurance policy.

Dates: 1927-1947

George Nakamura papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2912
Abstract

The George Nakamura Papers (1922-1992) consist primarily of correspondence to George Nagayuki Nakamura from Japanese American concentration camps and United States military installations during World War II.

Dates: 1922-1992

Chieko N. Okazaki papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2839
Abstract The Chieko N. Okazaki papers (1924-2012) consist of correspondence, administrative documents, and memorabilia from her teaching career, the Japan-Okinawa and Japan Central Missions, her term as the first woman of color to serve as a Relief Society General Presidency member, as well as speeches and manuscripts from her time as an author and speaker. Click here to view the digitized journals from the...
Dates: 1924-2012

Topaz Museum interviews

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2465
Abstract

Transcripts of interviews (2008) conducted with individuals associated with internees at the Topaz internment camp in Utah.

Dates: 2008

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

Interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1209
Abstract

The interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah (1984-1988) consists of transcripts of a series of interviews conducted with members of the Japanese community between 1984 and 1988. Common themes within the interviews are family life, work, religion, immigration experiences, discrimination, and relations with the Mormon establishment in Utah.

Dates: 1984-1988

Alice Kasai papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1091
Abstract The Alice Kasai papers (1911-2007) contain correspondence, reports, news clippings, articles, pamphlets, brochures, programs, awards, and newsletters related to the public life of this Utah writer and community activist. Alice Kasai (1916-2007), raised in a small town in rural Utah, saw her husband taken away by the FBI and incarcerated in an internment camp in the early days of World War II. She has been active in community affairs for more than 50 years. She has been affiliated with the...
Dates: 1911-2007

Mike M. Masaoka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0656
Abstract Mike M. Masaoka served as National Secretary (1941-1943) and Washington lobbyist (1945-1953) for the Japanese American Citizens' League. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and served as president of the Japan-America Society. He was active in issues of immigration reform and compensation for victims of wartime internment. The collection includes scrapbooks, yearbooks, correspondence, court and congressional documents, articles, oral history transcripts,...
Dates: 1931-1991

Sandra C. Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1808
Abstract The Sandra C. Taylor papers (1942-1999) contain research files, notes, material related to Vietnam and the Vietnam War, and photocopies of documents produced by the War Relocation Authority Board relative to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. There is also material primarily relating to the conflict in Indochina, and its repercussions in American society. Also included are manuscript drafts written by Taylor and by others whose research she consulted. Taylor is a...
Dates: 1942-1999

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

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

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

Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2248
Abstract

Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa were Japanese Americans who lived and worked in Utah, Idaho, and California. The Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa photograph collection consists of color prints, negatives, and transparencies depicting Kenji Shiozawa's work as a landscape architect; Helen Shiratori Shiozawa's work as a schoolteacher; and images of Japanese American family life through the Shiozawa and Shiratori family and friends.

Dates: 1925-1999

Dave M. Tatsuno Japanese-American internment camp video

 Collection
Identifier: A0668
Abstract The Dave M. Tatsuno Japanese-American internment camp video (1942-1993) consists of a VHS videocassette dub of amateur film footage shot by Dave M. Tatsuno while he was interned at the Topaz War Relocation Center, the Japanese-American internment camp located in Delta, Utah. The footage dates from 1942-1945, the years that Tatsuno was interned in the camp. The VHS tape also includes "San Francisco WWII History TV Production", with an interview with Dave Tatsuno; "Reunion of...
Dates: 1942-1993