Sumi (Sue) Niiya Takemoto digital photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1018

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Sumi Niiya Takemoto was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. During World War II the Niiya family was interned in the Minidoka Relocation Center (also know as Hunt) in Jerome County, Idaho. Cameras were not permitted in internment camps, but surprisingly, Sumi was allowed to have her camera in camp and took several photographs while interned.

The Sumi Niiya Takemoto photograph collection contains images of Takemoto and her acquaintances during their teenage and early adulthood years (late 1930s - early 1950s). The images range in subject matter and location from groups of friends playing baseball to formal portraits, and from Oregon to Idaho and Utah. The photographs reflect the life of a typical Japanese-American teenager during and after World War II. The Takemoto collection consists entirely of digital scans taken from a scrapbook retained by Takemoto.

Dates

Late 1930s-early 1950s

Creator

Takemoto, Sue, 1927-2017 (Person)

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.

Extent

680 Items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Sumi Niiya Takemoto digital photograph collection contains images of Takemoto and her acquaintances during their teenage and early adulthood years (late 1930s - early 1950s). The images range in subject matter and location from groups of friends playing baseball to formal portraits, and from Oregon to Idaho and Utah. The photographs reflect the life of a typical Japanese-American teenager during and after World War II. The Takemoto collection consists entirely of digital scans taken from a scrapbook retained by Takemoto.