http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf409nb2b5 Online items available Estelle Ishigo papers, 1941-1957 Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection Processed by Yasuo Sakata; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email:
[email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Estelle Ishigo papers, 1941-1957 2010 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Estelle Ishigo papers Date (inclusive): 1941-1957 Collection number: 2010 Creator: Ishigo, Estelle Extent: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.) 6 oversize boxes Abstract: Estelle (Peck) Ishigo (1899- ) was born in Oakland, California. She attended Otis Art Institute where she met and married San Franciscan Nisei, Arthur Ishigo (ca. 1929). Following Pearl Harbor, both were fired from their jobs and Arthur was ordered to a concentration camp. Estelle voluntarily accompanied him, and they were eventually assigned to Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming. Estelle documented life at the camp through her artwork. The collection consists of documents, records, correspondence, photographs, paintings, pencil drawings and sketches, and watercolor sketches related to Estelle Ishigo's life in the Pomona Assembly Center, California and the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. There is also material related to the Ishigo's postwar resettlement in Southern California. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection.