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Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i Tokioka Heritage Resource Center Archival Collections – Brief Descriptions

AR 1: Otokichi Ozaki Collection The Ozaki papers cover the internment experience of the Otokichi Ozaki family of Hilo, Hawaii, during World War II, as well as post-war reflections on internment and Mr. Ozaki’s interests in other areas such as the movies, song lyrics, and poetry. Included in the collection are personal correspondence, lists of various internment camp internees, internment camp newspaper issues, poetry, song lyrics, radio scripts, reflection notes, news articles, as well as some internment photos and sketches. One of the strengths of the collection is the more than 350 tanka poems written by Mr. Ozaki (who used the pen name of Muin) during internment; they contribute an insider’s perspective during a key period in American history. Another is the set of Mrs. Ozaki’s letters received throughout the time the couple was separated (1941-1944). Yet another is the radio script series (beginning in 1950) which seems to be based on diaries Mr. Ozaki may have kept. Boxes 1 – 18, 17 numbered (Box 6 has 2 parts).

AR 2: Kita Manoa Nogyo Kumiai (North Manoa Farmers Association) Collection This association of Manoa farmers(North Manoa Farmers Association) was formed as a way of helping each other in a time of need. Five (5) ledgers covering the time period 1920 – 1986. Collection includes lists of officers, objectives of the association, and minutes of meetings of the organization. 1 box.

AR 3: Masaichi and Shizue Uemura Collection Masaichi Uemura was a prominent community leader on the Big Island of Hawaii. He owned and managed Kilauea Store and was a superintendent and teacher at Hilo Hongwanji Gakuen, among other activities. He also served as part president of the Hilo Japanese Chamber of Commerce, president of the Japanese Community Association, and part president of the Hilo Hongwanji Mission. Shizue Uemura was his wife, with whom he had six children. The collection includes diaries of Masaichi Uemura; four volumes of brief profiles of Japanese living on the Big Island in 1967 who were 80 years or older; papers related to Hilo Hongwanji Board proceedings; and papers concerning Hilo Hongwanji Kendo Club. The survey of Issei residents of the Big Island was done in 1967 by the Executive Committee, Centennial Celebration of Japanese Immigration to Hawaii, in preparation for the 1968 Hawaii Immigration Centennial celebration of the Gannenmono, the first Japanese immigrants in Hawaii. The biographical data sheets were collected by organizations on the Big Island of Hawai‘i such as temples and clubs. Boxes 1 – 2 + 5 3-ring binders.

AR 4: Gladys S. Naitoh Collection Internment-related papers, including those requested from the U.S. National Archives to assist with the redress process; creative writing and sketches; and student papers. In addition, there is a draft of a service book for Jodo Shinshu by Gladys S. Naitoh’s father, Reverend Kyojo Naitoh, as well as the flongs (paper matrices on heavy cardboard) of the actual book. Boxes 1- 6 (BOX 4 WITH FLONGS MISSING).

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AR 5: Terumitsu Higashi Collection Materials from the U.S. National Archives related to Internee Higashi. The material includes interrogations and internment hearings in English for Terumitsu Higashi. Higashi was born in Puunene in Maui on May 9, 1917. His occupation a listed as cultivation contractor, but he was educated in as a youngster (Kibei), which was one of the presumed reasons for his arrest. 1 box.

AR 6: Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection Included are photos, correspondence, news articles about Dan Toru Nishikawa and his family. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Nishikawa was sent first to the Sand Island Camp and then to Honouliuli Internment Camp. He recorded life inside both camps through his drawings and writings. He was an artist, musician (singer and orchestra leader), and journalist. (Note: The Resource Center also has original art works and shell crafts by Nishikawa done at Sand Island and Honouliuli Internment Camps.)

AR 7: Henry Hironaga Collection Copies of personal writings of Issei Henry Hironaga. Boxes 1 – 2. PROCESSING UNFINISHED.

AR 8: Dr. Iga Mori Collection A prominent physician and community leader, Dr. Mori’s collection includes fifteen (15) diaries between the years 1933 and 1951 and six (6) medical notebooks. Dr. Iga Mori was a member and later a president of the Japanese Medical Association among other noticeable positions in the community. Boxes 1 – 2 + 1 binder.

AR 9: Nippu Jiji / Yasutaro Soga Collection This collection primarily consists of correspondence to and from the Nippu Jiji (a Hawaii newspaper primarily published in the ) during and shortly after World War II. The collection of letters serve to document some of the restrictions the Nippu Jiji encountered during WWII, and also documents the newspaper’s encouragement to its readers to support the American cause in the war. This collection also includes a few documents relating to Yasutaro Soga (the editor and owner of the Nippu Jiji) prior to his arrest on December 7, 1941, which demonstrate how he was a prominent leader in the Japanese/Japanese-American community in Hawaii. 1 box.

AR 10: Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Repository – Archival Collection This collection includes archival items such as MIS Veterans Club documents and news clippings. (Note: the donation included some published books, which have been placed in the RC library collection with donor labels signifying “MIS Repository.”) Boxes 1 – 2.

AR 11: Steere Gikaku Noda Collection The collection, although limited, consists of primarily a summary of Noda's life, handwritten text of speech, and an assortment of news clippings. Noda was a prominent community leader; particularly noteworthy was his founding of the Asahi Baseball Team in 1905. 1 box.

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AR 12: Okage Sama De (JCCH exhibit) Collection Collection contains the extensive research the Storyline Committee did for the principal designers of the permanent JCCH gallery exhibit "Okage Sama De," including their research, references they collected, and the internal committee communications. Boxes 1 – 4.

AR 13: Kuka Chojin Kai Collection Papers, primarily in the Japanese language, of Kuka Chojin Kai, an organization of immigrants from Kukacho in Oshima-Gun, . Kuka Chojin Kai was first established in 1910 with the purpose of maintaining connections to the place of origin in Japan and to provide social, cultural, and charitable activities for immigrants and their families. It was disbanded in 1999. Papers include records, minutes, financial accounts, statements, correspondence, awards, and donations, from 1949-1999. Includes six (6) record/ledger books, which also include photos and various news articles. Box 1 – 2.

AR 14: Paul S. Osumi Collection Reverend Paul S. Osumi was a well-known Christian minister and community leader within the Japanese American community in Hawaii. He is particularly well known in Hawaii for his daily “Today’s Thought” column, which was written for over 35 years in the Honolulu Advertiser and Hawaii Hochi newspapers. The Osumi archival collection covers his life from the time he came to Hawaii from Japan at age thirteen to his death at age ninety. The prewar year section includes diaries, letters, school papers written at USC, newspaper clippings, and sermons. The internment war years section contains military letters, personal letters, organization letters, church letters and bulletins and pictures, and documents from the US National Archives & Records Administration. (He was interned at the Sand Island Internment Camp, the Lordsburg Internment Camp in New Mexico, and the Gila River Relocation Camp in Arizona.) The postwar years section includes church bulletins and pictures, sermons, awards, family and personal letters. Most of the documents are in English; there are a few in Japanese. Boxes 1 – 7, 5 numbered (boxes 2 & 3 each have 2 parts).

AR 15: Bunka No Izumi Internment Sketches (copies of George Hoshida’s sketches) Collection of thirty six (36) sketches dated from June 10, 1942 through May 4, 1945 by internee George Hoshida who drew about daily life in the internment camps in Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Lordsburg, New Mexico; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Jerome, Arkansas and Gila River, New Mexico. Some of the sketches have been published in Poets Behind Barbed Wire. 1 box.

AR 16: Dr. Victor Mori Family Collection Dr. Victor Mori, born April 10, 1924, is the grandson of Dr. Iga Mori and son of Dr. Motokazu Mori, all of them prominent community leaders. Collection includes not only the Mori family's koseki tōhon (family registers) and a preliminary family tree, but also information and links to related families, especially the Oguri clan, as well as letters, diaries and photos. Victor Mori's writings, based upon his research, was intended to transmit knowledge about the family to his grandchildren. Also included in the collection are translations of pertinent articles and writings in Japanese by JCCH Resource Center volunteers. Boxes 1 – 7.

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AR 17: Toshio Saito Collection Collection consists of correspondence from Attorney Wayne Collins to Toshio Saito regarding the Renunciants’ lawsuit, correspondence from the Tule Lake Defense Committee to Saito with regard to the lawsuit, papers related to Saito’s personal life, and miscellaneous papers. 1 box.

AR 18: Patsy Sumie Saiki Collection Patsy Sumie Saiki was a well-known author, educator and community leader. This collection consists of personal papers, interview notes, printed materials, news clippings, photos and negatives, and written testimonies given at redress hearings that Patsy Saiki used to write her book Ganbare: An Example Of Japanese Spirit, about the internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii and on the mainland during World War II. Box 1 – 3.

AR 19: Japanese American Relocation & Internment: The Hawaii Experience Collection The collection was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the Japanese American Research Center (JARC) in 1981 – 1983. The grant enabled the gathering of internment related government documents, oral histories, photos, news clippings from Hawai’i and the mainland, documents, testimonies and miscellaneous papers. Boxes 1 – 22 (including 3 boxes of oral history materials).

AR 20: Goichi Nakamoto Collection Goichi Nakamoto was a civil engineer who worked for many years as the head of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply. This collection covers his life from his early years in Hilo to his death. There is some information on his wife, Yukino Uno Nakamoto (a longtime elementary school teacher in Honolulu), as well as a photo collection of her life and her family, beginning with their ancestral home in Obatake, Japan. It also includes some information on his daughter, Ruth Toshiko Hiraoka. Boxes 1 – 6.

AR 21: Percy Mirikitani Collection Percy Mirikitani was a prominent community leader, and served as a Republican state legislator for 16 years. This collection contains biographical information about him in the form of papers, photos and certificates. The collection of photos includes family photos as well as photos of early Hawai'i legislatures (1959-1965). Boxes 1 – 3.

AR 22: Yamachika Family Collection The collection consists of the family papers of Daikichi, Koto, and Theodore Takeo Yamachika. It includes photos, various certificates, licenses, war- and tax-related documents (in Japanese) for grandfather Daikichi Yamachika. The documents for father Theodore Takeo Yamachika include certificates, letters and various tax documents. 1 box.

AR 23: Fusayo Sakasegawa Family Collection Collection consists of photos, various certificates (including marriage certificate of Hikoichi & Tsurue Sakasegawa and birth certificate for Tsurue Sakasegawa), naturalization petition cards, school IDs, passport for Hikoichi Sakasegawa, social security cards, Hikoichi Sakasegawa’s list of birthdates for his children, photocopy of the family koseki (family registries), and photocopies of the Sakasegawa and Asakura family mon (crest). 1 box.

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AR 24: Miscellaneous Work- or Company-Related Documents Collection Items are in both English and Japanese. Except for the common theme, there is no interrelation between folders; each is its own entity by a different donor. (For full list of contents, see the Finding Aid; there is a link to the full text of the Finding Aid in the library catalog record.) 1box.

AR 25: Miscellaneous World War II-Related Documents Collection Items are in both English and Japanese. Except for the common theme, there is no interrelation between folders; each is its own entity by a different donor. (For full list of contents, see the Finding Aid; there is a link to the full text of the Finding Aid in the library catalog record.) 1box.

AR 26: Miscellaneous Internment or Redress-Related Documents Collection Folder 1: Haiku Detention Camp hand-drawn maps (Koichi Yoshihara Collection) -- Folder 2: Internment Camp coupons from the Lordsburg Internment Camp (used as money at the Camp Exchange) -- Folder 3: WWII Internment & redress papers of Fumiko and Makoto Nagamoto -- Folder 4: “Factors to be Considered in Investigations of Japanese Subjects” (Enclosure B of unnamed document; specific source not identified but from the US Navy). Memorandum to assist agents investigating Japanese employed on naval projects in the 14th Naval District to evaluate their loyalty, 2/25/1943 -- Folder 5: Documents pertaining to Japanese Americans returning to Hawaii after the end of the war: War Department list of internees authorized to leave from Seattle by ship, 10/16/1945; Department of Justice document “Places for Japanese, Returning to Hawaii, to Apply for Help or Advice,” 11/2/1945. 1 box.

AR 27: Ryuichi Ipponsugi Collection Riuchi/Ryuichi Ipponsugi was born in Japan and immigrated to Hawaii at age 17. Later, he worked as a dentist in his own practice prior to his internment during WWII. During the war, he was interned at the Lordsburg Internment Camp and then at the Santa Fe Internment Camp in New Mexico. This collection of Ipponsugi's papers covers his life from the two decades preceding WWII through internment, and up to the end of his life. Included are family documents, such as koseki tōhon or family registries, and Ipponsugi's marriage certificate. Included are also documents and photos relating to Ipponsugi's internment during WWII, including his personal files, information about his work as a camp dentist, and lists of internees. Boxes 1 – 5.

AR 28: Usaburo Katamoto Collection The collection consists of records from the hearing at which Usaburo Katamoto’s WWII internment status was determined, correspondence from Usaburo Katamoto to Jean Katamoto and Iwa Katamoto, photographs of internees and the Santa Fe Internment Camp, papers related to Katamoto's personal life, and miscellaneous papers. 1 box.

AR 29: Moichi Okazaki Collection This collection, although small, portrays some of the postwar activities of the veterans of 100th Infantry Battalion through the Club 100. Camaraderie, humor, creative interests, and energy/motivation to travel are some of the traits exhibited through these papers. 1 box.

AR 30: Unoyo & Inoyo Kojima Collection The collection consists of documents from sisters Unoyo and Inoyo Kojima pertaining to a vacation to Yokohama, Japan aboard the S.S. Yawata Maru in the summer of 1941. There are

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personal accounts of the trip along with pictures and drawings, brochures on Japanese tourism, and receipts kept during the trip. 1 box.

AR 31: INTERNMENT: Student Research Collection This collection comprises photocopied documents, mainly from material in the the JCCH Otokichi Ozaki Archival Collection (AR 01), appropriate for high school students who are researching the topic of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. The collection covers what life was like for internees as well as the policies behind the internment and other issues. 1 box.

AR 32: Murakami Family Collection PROCESSING UNFINISHED. 1 box.

AR 33: Catherine Embree Harris and Poston Relocation Center Collection Catherine Embree Harris was a teacher, administrator, historian, and author. This collection consists of papers related to her work at the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona. Catherine Embree Harris and her husband, Dr. Arthur Harris, worked and taught in the camp during WWII. Later Catherine E. Harris started to research the past for her book Dusty Exile: Looking Back At Japanese Relocation During World War II; this collection includes materials from that research. 2+ boxes. PROCESSING OF BOX 2 UNFINISHED.

AR 34: James K. Kaya Collection James Kaya was very active in the local Maui community, serving in various capacities. During World War II he was a member of the Maui Emergency Service Committee, an organization that was set up by the Nisei who worked to prove the loyalty of the Japanese community in Hawai‘i. This collection contains materials relating to Japanese-American history in Hawai‘i and particularly on Maui during World War II. These include wartime publications from the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States that was first founded in 1929. There are also numerous magazine articles, speeches, and miscellaneous publications concerning the Japanese-American community in Hawai‘i during the war. 1 box.

AR 35: Miscellaneous School-Related Documents Collection Items are in both English and Japanese. Except for the common theme, there is no interrelation between folders; each is its own entity by a different donor. (For full list of contents, see the Finding Aid; there is a link to the full text of the Finding Aid in the library catalog record.) 1 box.

AR 36: Sunao Fujii Collection This collection contains documents pertaining to the World War II internment of Sunao Fujii, a resident of the island of Kauai who was the owner of a saimin shop in Waipoli, Kauai before the war. Most of the records are prints pertaining to the custody of Fujii at the internment camp in Santa Fe, with many alien registration and classification documents and cards in the collection. Also included are photos from the Santa Fe internment camp, which also picture many other residents of Kauai. While interned Fujii also wrote many letters to his family back in Kauai; these are contained in the collection as well. 1 box.

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AR 37: Honkawa Elementary School Collection The collection comprises two bound volumes of print materials consisting of art works, calligraphy, and letters, as well as photographs done by students and teachers from Honkawa School near Hiroshima, Japan, dated between 1946 and 1947. These were given as gifts to Howard Bell for his work done with the American Commission at the school after WWII. 1 box.

AR 38: Tokuyoshi Awamura Collection Tokuyoshi Awamura was very prominent within the Japanese community in Hawaii, serving in the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, the United Japanese Society, and Honolulu Hiroshima Kenjinkai, among others. He also contributed as the Director of Central Pacific Bank and Mutual Finance Company. This collection comprises original certificates and letters given to Mr. Awamura, highlighting the various contributions he made to both Hawaii and Japan during his lifetime. The collection includes certificates and letters of gratitude, recognition and appointment, as well as some personal items.. Some of the materials are written in Japanese. 1 box.

AR 39: Paul and Doris Masaski Collection This collection consists of papers, items, and photographs that belonged to Paul and Doris Masaki, as well as members of their extended family. Paul Masaki served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during WWII and received many medals and decorations for his service. In particular, this collection includes documents, items, and photographs related to Paul Masaki’s service in the 422nd RCT. 1 box.

AR 40: Tokiji (Sojin) Takei Collection This collection consists of photographs, documents, and books of Japanese poems and essays belonging to Tokiji (Sojin) Takei. Takei was born in -ken, Japan in 1903 and moved to Maui in 1922 after graduating from high school. Takei worked as a Japanese language school teacher and school principal on Maui until the outbreak of World War II in 1941. Takei was an accomplished poet and adopted the pen name of Sojin Takei. Takei was also very active in Maui’s Japanese community, and took on prominent leadership roles among the Japanese youth. During the war, Takei was interned at several relocation camps: Sand Island in Honolulu, Angel Island in California, Lordsburg and Santa Fe in New Mexico, and finally Crystal City in Texas, where he joined his family; they were interned there until the end of the war. During his internment, Takei continued to write poetry and was active in poetry clubs in camp. When the war ended, Takei returned to Honolulu and took on various jobs: salesman, newspaper correspondent for Japanese newspapers, and Japanese language teacher and school principal. He continued his work as a poet and member of poetry clubs. Most of the poems and essays in this collection are from his time as an internee in Lordsburg, Santa Fe, and Crystal City. The collection includes two copies of the Santa Fe Internment Camp Directory, as well as handwritten books of Japanese poetry by Takei and other Japanese internees during World War II. Added to the collection are two brief biographical data sheets about Tokiji Takei. Boxes 1 – 2.

AR 41: Jerry K.Yoshiyama Collection Jerry Kazuo Yoshiyama was born in Hawaii in 1901. He was active in Japanese culture and clubs on the Big Island. During the war, he was detained in Hilo in February 1942 and sent to the Kilauea Military Camp in Volcano and then to the Sand Island Internment Camp on Oahu. He

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then moved, along with his family, to the Jerome Relocation Center in Arkansas, and later to the Ganada Relocation Center (Amache) in Colorado. In 1945 the Yoshiyama family returned to Hilo. This collection consists of internment-related government documents, personal documents, photographs, and a summary pertaining to Yoshiyama and his family during the WWII internment years. The collection includes a booklet compiled by Jerry Ryan (Yoshiyama’s son-in- law) that describes a historical overview of the Yoshiyama family as well as general U.S. history notes; the Amache Relocation Center Camp Directory; the Jerome War Relocation Center Camp Directory; Amache camp newspapers; a scrapbook containing newspaper articles about fishing; and two binders with various internment-related government and personal documents. Boxes 1 – 2.

AR 42: Abe Family Collection Tamijiro Abe was employed in the 1930s at Kuakini Home and Kalihi Nippon Go Gakko. This collection contains several pieces that relate to the history of the Kalihi community in the 1920s- 1950s. The first piece is a memoir ("Our valley, our furusato") of community life in Kalihi Valley during the 1920s up until the eventual state-directed eviction of homes in Kalihi Valley in 1953. The next pieces are two CDs with photos of a parcel map of the Proposed Kalihi Valley Park on Kamehameha IV Road. And the last piece is a list of “Kalihi Mauka” (Kalihi Valley) residents from 1953. The collection also contains photos and CD of Kuakini Home and Kalihi Nippon Go [Nippongo] Gakko [Kalihi Japanese School] and a homemade movie about the process of sugar making at Ewa Sugar Plantation, as well as a list of Oahu Shinwa Kai members in 2006. 1 box.

AR 43: Kikujiro and Jiyo Hayashi Family Collection Kikujiro and Jiyo Hayashi immigrated to Hawaii in 1905 at the invitation of a family friend, Rev. Yamada, the first preacher of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. They started businesses selling antique items and renting out an apartment room on King Street. For fifteen years they lived in Hawaii with their six children, two of whom died of Spanish flu in 1914. Kikujiro and Jiyo Hayashi and their four sons returned to Gifu prefecture, Japan in 1921 and had two more children later. This collection consists of documents and photos tracing the lives of Kikujiro and Jiyo Hayashi during their time in Hawaii. It contains photos of their family members, businesses, a funeral, and a Buddhist temple, as well as copies of birth certificates and death records and historical notes about the Higashi Hongwanji Mission. Each item has a brief description written (in Japanese, with English translations added) by Naoko Usutomi, Hayashi’s granddaughter. 1 box (housed in same box as AR 44 and AR 45).

AR 44: Itsusaku Furukawa Family Collection Itsusaku Furukawa was born in 1891in Hiroshima, Japan (his birth name was Itsusaku Yoshimoto, but he later adopted his wife’s last name). Itsusaku and his wife Kogiku had three children. (At some point, the Furukawa family moved to Hawaii, but there are no notes in the files indicating when or why they moved.) Itsusaku was the treasurer of the Buddhist Social Club at Waipahu Hongwanji when the FBI arrested him in July 1942; the family believes this was the reason for his internment. This collection consists of papers and photographs that belonged to Itsusaku Furukawa—in particular, it includes the journal that he wrote in 1945 based on the diary he kept during his World War II internment in the Sand Island camp on Oahu, the Lordsburg camp in New Mexico, and the Amache camp in Colorado. Itsusaku’s original journal was written in Japanese. A summary translation by his family friend Hideko Tateyama and a full English

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translation done by JCCH are also included in the collection. 1 box (housed in same box as AR 43 and AR 45).

AR 45: Takayushi Watanabe Collection Takayuki Watanabe was born in Lahaina, Maui. His mother died when Takayuki was in the third grade, and he and his father moved to Japan. After high school, trade school, and one year of conscripted service in the Japanese army, he returned to Lahaina and went to work at Pioneer Mill. After the war broke out, in 1943 Watanabe was picked and was interned at the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah (also known as the Central Utah Relocation Center), working on internment camp harvest crews. He then moved to New York City for a while. He returned to Lahaina after the war, working in appliance services, and finally started his own company, Watanabe Appliance Service of Lahaina. This collection consists of documents relating to Takayuki Watanabe’s interment life. Items of interest include several notices of assignment issued by the Central Utah Relocation Center, a group photo taken in the Topaz War Relocation Center, and a telegram to Watanabe notifying arrangements for return to Hawaii to be made. 1 box (housed in same box as AR 43 and AR 44).

AR 46: Yoshihisa Mayeda Family Collection Yoshihisa Mayeda was detained on Moloka‘i at the outbreak of war on December 7, 1941, and was sent to the Santa Fe Internment Camp in New Mexico and then the Crystal City Internment Camp in Texas. His wife Haruko and two daughters later joined Yoshihisa at the Crystal City Camp; they lived there until they returned to Hawaii in December 1945. This collection contains several documents that relate to the Crystal City Internment Camp. It contains the Crystal City Interment Camp handbook and family name list (plus an addendum), a Crystal City Internment Camp newsletter, and a hand-drawn memory map of the camp done by a former internee. 1 box (housed in same box as AR 47).

AR 47: Joichi Tahara Collection Joichi Tahara was born in 1888 in Hiroshima, Japan. He came to Hawaii in 1906 at age 18 and initially found a job as a plantation laborer. Joichi later did other jobs and eventually owned his own store in Paauilo, Hawaii (Big Island). He married Tomeyo in 1921 and had nine children with her. Joichi was the President of the Parent-Teachers Association and member of the Hawaii Educational Association. After the outbreak of war, in March1942 he was arrested and was detained at Kilauea Military Camp on the Big Island for about two months and later transferred to Sand Island Detention Camp in Honolulu and later to the Honouliuli Internment Camp. He passed away in September 1943, after about half a year at Honouliuli. Included in this collection are letters and documents pertaining to Joichi Tahara’s internment. It contains Joichi Tahara’s basic personnel record as an alien enemy or prisoner of war, his certificate of death, his interrogation transcripts, and warrant of arrest. It also includes some personal correspondence between Joichi and his wife while he was interned. 1 box (housed in same box as AR 46).

AR 48: Seichi Tsuchiya and Fred Kinzaburo Makino Collection Included in this collection are letters, photos, and documents pertaining to Fred Kinzaburo Makino, the founder of the Hawaii Hochi Japanese-language newspaper in Hawaii, and his brother Seichi Tsuchiya, who was also a journalist, during their detention at the Honouliuli Internment Camp. It contains a family tree, Seichi’s photos, letters to Seichi from his friends who were interned in Santa Fe, travel documents for Seichi and Kizaburo, and Kinzaburo’s family registry (koseki tōhon). 1 box. p. 9 JCCH Tokioka Heritage Resource Center Archival Collections

AR 49: Saburo Sugita Collection Saburo Sugita was a bakery owner from Kaua‘i. This collection contains several documents that relate to Saburo Sugita’s experience of being interned during World War II at Sand Island Detention Center, Jerome War Relocation Center in Arkansas, and Heart Mountain Internment Camp in Wyoming. It contains copies of Saburo Sugita’s War Relocation Authority files from the National Archives and transcript of hearings. It also contains an in-depth, personal memoir written by Saburo Sugita on his WWII internment experience and a poem by his daughter, Elizabeth, entitled “Why?” 1 box.

AR 50: Helene Y. Hayakawa Collection (Hawaii Japanese Tour Guide Association) This is Helene Y. Hayakawa’s collection of research on Hawaii as she started the Hawaii Japanese Tour Guide Association and became its first president. Included in this collection are Helene’s State of Hawaii Vocational Certificate for Tourist Industry Training and the information packets she gathered and compiled to train new tour guides about Hawaii and perhaps create scripts for tour guides to use when leading Japanese tours of Hawaii. This collection includes materials from her Tourist Industry Training classes, Helene’s notes on attractions, and newspaper articles regarding Hawaiian history, culture, language, historical sites, plants, etc. It also contains maps of Hawaii, books on Maui resorts, brochures of mall directories and attractions, and an Aloha World tour guide telephone directory. Helene collected these materials from the late 1960s to the 1980s and they are written in English or Japanese. Boxes 1 – 2.

AR 51: Alvin Tanimoto Collection This collection includes a photo album about Alvin Tanimoto’s World War II experiences in the Pacific while he was serving in the U.S. Army. He was stationed as an interpreter on the islands of Tinian and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. There are also official war documents, including a letter of recommendation, letter of commendation, letter of appointment, and a transfer request to move to Japan, where he hoped to better utilize his interpreting skills for the army. The collection also includes four handkerchiefs with wartime inscriptions written on them. 1 box.

AR 52: Shishido Family Collection The collection primarily contains photos of Tomie Shishido, who was a Japanese-American woman born and raised on Maui, while she served in the U.S. Women’s Army Corps (WAC) between 1952-1955. The collection also contains a binder that was given to Tomie after she retired from the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps in Washington, D.C. in 1990. The binder is a collection of photos and letters from her former colleagues (major generals, colonels, and other significant figures in the U.S. Army) thanking Tomie for her great service in the JAG. Boxes 1 – 2.

AR 53: James Mitsumasa Higuchi Collection This collection of baseball memorabilia was owned by James Mitsumasa Higuchi, who was a baseball player along with his two brothers Sakae and Matsuo; they all played for the Pearl City and the Wahiawa Red Sox AJA baseball teams. The collection includes a scrapbook with newspaper clippings and photos of the Pearl City and Wahiawa Red Sox teams in the 1940s. It also includes a photograph album of a Wahiawa Red Sox game in Japan. In addition, there is a newspaper article from the Hawaii Herald about Mitsumasa and his two brothers and a

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photograph of the Pearl City baseball team at the Inter-Island Japanese senior baseball series in 1941. Boxes 1 – 2.

AR 54: Tamotsu & Yoshiko Masui Family Collection This collection consists of four binders that include family-related documents such as family trees and registries, certificates and official documents of various sorts, family photos, correspondence, and documents related to Tamotsu and his wife Yoshiko’s internment at several WW II internment camps. Tamotsu Masui, a kibei (Japanese born in the U.S. but educated in Japan), was interned during WW II at the Sand Island Internment Camp, the Jerome camp in Arkansas, and the Tule Lake camp in California. He met his wife, Yoshiko, at the Tule Lake camp. After working initially for an export company, Tamotsu worked for many years as a carpenter, and after retiring from that, he briefly worked in a Japanese tourism company. 1 box.

AR 55: Tokunaga/Shinokawa Family Collection (Mother was principal at McCully Japanese Language School; mother’s brother was in 442nd.) PROCESSING UNFINISHED.

AR 56: Japanese Surrender on U.S.S. Missouri and Allied Occupation of Japan Collection This photograph consists of a single photo album that includes photographs of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in September 1945 and various photographs of the subsequent Allied occupation of Japan. 1 box.

AR 57: Cherry Blossom Festival Collection (Materials about the history of the Cherry Blossom Festival. Photo album & movies on reel.) PROCESSING UNFINISHED.

AR 58: Denis and Ellen Hashimoto Collection This collection was owned by Denis Hashimoto and his sister Ellen. Denis Hashimoto served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during WWII, and the bulk of the collection includes materials related to his time serving in the 442nd. He died in combat near Leghorn, Italy, on July 4, 1944 and was awarded a Purple Heart on Oct. 2, 1944. Included in the collection are wartime photographs; awards and certificates Denis earned during the war; a bundle of wartime letters Denis sent to his brother and sister in 1943-44 while he was training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi before deploying to Europe; and newspaper clippings and articles. Boxes 1 – 2.

AR 59: Miscellaneous Personal- or Family-Related Documents Collection Items are in both English and Japanese. Except for the common theme, there is no interrelation between folders; each is its own entity by a different donor. (For full list of contents, see the Finding Aid; there is a link to the full text of the Finding Aid in the library catalog record. Boxes 1 – 2.

AR 60: Miscellaneous Documents Collection (no common theme) Items are in both English and Japanese. Except for the common theme, there is no interrelation between folders; each is its own entity by a different donor. (For full list of contents, see the Finding Aid; there is a link to the full text of the Finding Aid in the library catalog record. Boxes 1 – 3.

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AR 61: Jack Masayoshi Komagome Collection The Jack Masayoshi Komagome collection consists of paperwork related to Japanese-Americans renouncing their Japanese citizenship in 1941, before Pearl Harbor was attacked in Dec. 1941. Jack Masayoshi helped many people with the paperwork connected with this renunciation because he was bilingual. Documents include official renunciation reports, birth certificates, koseki tōhon (family registries), and inheritance documents. The koseki tōhon and the birth certificates were needed in order to prove their dual citizenship for the renunciation process. Some of the documents are in English and some are in Japanese. 1 box.

AR 62: Izumi Hirano (A-Bomb Survivors) Collection PROCESSING UNFINISHED.

AR 63: Rev. Toshio Hirano Collection The Reverend Toshio Hirano was born in 1897 in Japan. After his emigration to Hawai‘i when he was still a student, he devoted his life to his Christian faith. He was also a researcher, writer, poet and composer of song lyrics. The collection lends insight into the life and values of a literate and spiritually-oriented Issei living from the early 1900s until 1975. Hirono was arrested and interned during World War II at the Santa Fe Internment Camp. This collection includes various letters, diaries, and other writings of Toshio Hirano; family documents and photos; documents from when Hirano was interned on the mainland during the war; and various documents related to his life’s work as a Christian minister and his church. The documents in the collection are primarily photocopies, but some original documents, including a few diaries, are included. His autobiography, A Sketch of My Life: The Autobiography of the Reverend Toshio Hirano, donated along with his papers, has been added to the JCCH Resource Center library collection. 8 boxes..

AR 64: Kenneth Tashiro Collection (Related to Gila River War Relocation Center) PROCESSING UNFINISHED.

AR 65: Berg Family Collection (Internment-related papers from Doris Nye Berg.) PROCESSING UNFINISHED.

AR 66: Saburo Taki Collection PROCESSING UNFINISHED.

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