Ted and Yeiko Nagata photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1087

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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

Dates

1940-1990

Creator

Nagata, Ted (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.

Biographical / Historical

Theodore Genichi Nagata (b. 1935) was born in California, but relocated to the Topaz internment camp with his family in the 1940s, where he lived from the age of six until nine. He graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. in art history in 1959. He was awarded an M.F.A. from the same department the following year. Shortly after receiving this degree he founded Ted Nagata Graphic Design, Inc. Nagata has designed logos and posters for the University of Utah, Salt Lake County, Utah Transit Authority, and several Utah ski resorts. In 1985 he was inaugurated into the Art Directors Club of Salt Lake City hall of fame. Yeiko Nagasawa Nagata is a native of Salt Lake City, where her family operated the New Sunrise Fish Market for many years.