Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Utah Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1852
Scope and Contents
The JACL Utah Chapter records contain organizational materials for both the National JACL and local chapters as well as materials from other Japanese American events and organizations. The Mount Olympus Chapter Records were combined with the JACL Utah Chapter Records.
Dates
- 1927-2012
Creator
- Japanese American Citizens' League. Utah Chapter (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Organizational History
The Japanes American Citizens League (JACL), the oldest Asian American civil rights organization, was founded in 1929. The purpose of the JACL is to promote the civil rights of Japanese Americans and other minorities in the United States.
Extent
24.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Japanese
Abstract
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Utah Chapter records (1927-2012) contain organizational materials for both the National JACL and local chapters as well as materials from other Japanese American events and organizations.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Diane Akiyama in 2001.
Donated by Amy F. Tomita in 2004.
Donated by Floyd Mori in 2005.
Donated by Raymond Uno in 2008.
Donated by Amy F. Tomita in 2004.
Donated by Floyd Mori in 2005.
Donated by Raymond Uno in 2008.
Processing Information
Processed by Allison Newman in 2008.
Addenda processed by Halle Fiderlick in 2015 and by Betsey Welland in 2019.
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Addenda processed by Halle Fiderlick in 2015 and by Betsey Welland in 2019.
Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.
- Anti-racism -- Utah -- Sources
- Brochures
- Buddhist temples -- Utah -- Photographs
- Central Utah Relocation Center -- Anniversaries, etc. -- Sources
- Clubs and Societies
- Correspondence
- Instructional and educational works
- Japanese American Citizens' League. Utah Chapter -- Records and correspondence
- Japanese American veterans -- Utah -- Photographs
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Sources
- Japanese Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Sources
- Japanese Americans -- Utah -- Social conditions -- Sources
- Japanese Americans -- Utah -- Sources
- Minutes (Records)
- Multiculturalism -- Utah -- Sources
- Newsletters
- Nichiren Buddhist Temple (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Photographs
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Anniversaries, etc. -- Sources
- Programs (documents)
- Records (Documents)
- Rosters
- Scrapbooks
Creator
- Japanese American Citizens' League. Utah Chapter (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Utah Chapter records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elaine Ball, Halle Fiderlick and Betsey Welland.
- Date
- 2008 (last modified: 2015 and 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2015: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Halle Fiderlick.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu