AC1 Donald Estes Research Collection

Dates: 1889 - 2004 Size: 11.5 linear feet (26 boxes)

Abstract: Donald H. Estes (1936-2005) was a San Diego based historian and educator who wrote and taught about the Japanese American experience in both Southern California and the nation. This collection contains many of the books and articles he wrote, as well as his extensive research files. It also includes materials he collected from the Japanese American community in order to document their internment during World War II.

Biographical/Historical Notes: Donald Hamilton Estes was born in Nebraska in 1936. He and his family moved to the San Diego’s North Park neighborhood in 1939. He entered San Diego City College in 1954, and completed BA and Master’s degrees from San Diego State University by 1966. In 1960, Estes began teaching Advanced History and Government at La Jolla High School, leaving the school in 1967 to become Professor of History and Political Science at San Diego City College. From 1969 to 1973, he also served as Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of California at San Diego, and held a similar position at San Diego State University during 1974-1975. Also during the 1970s, Estes performed curriculum development work for the California Department Education and served as a Fellowships Program Evaluator for the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1986, San Diego City College awarded Estes the Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching. He retired from San Diego City College in 2003. Estes sat on the Board of the San Diego Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League from 1967 on, and served twice as president. He was a founding member of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego (JAHSSD) and served that organization as historian and curator. Estes was among the first historians to serve on the Scholarly Advisory Board of the Japanese American National Museum beginning in 1989. Estes' oral history interviews and research produced six books, published between 1971 and 1996. He also authored numerous scholarly articles, many published in the Journal of San Diego History. Estes also curated exhibitions and served as adviser or director of several films and video productions. At the time of his death, Estes was working on an extensive history of the Japanese in America. According to Ben Segawa, founding president and executive director of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego, “Estes was the acknowledged expert on the history of our community, the heart and soul of our organization. He was known as an inspiring teacher and in his scholarly pursuits, addressed what he called a natural void that was waiting to be filled.”

Estes both collected and generated significant materials that would otherwise not be available for research today. He died on May 7, 2005 at the age of 68.

Scope and Content: Donald H. Estes (1936-2005) was a San Diego based historian and educator who wrote and taught about the Japanese American experience in Southern California and the nation. The bulk of this collection contains his research files for his many books and articles, his writings, as well as the sources he collected from the Japanese American community in order to document their internment during World War II. The research materials contain original documents as well as copies. Included are state and federal government reports and publications, photographs, and ephemera related to Japanese Americans and their activities. Resources also detail Japanese American businesses and organizations within the communities. Contents are in both English and Japanese. The writings of Donald Estes are also included as well as project materials related to California's Alien Land Laws, and a range of unique primary source materials pertinent to the study of Japanese and Japanese Americans in San Diego and California. This collection reflects his work as an educator and scholar, and represent an important resource for understanding Estes and his passion for and contributions to the study of Japanese Americans as well as being a comprehensive resource for students and scholars of the internment, resettlement and redress experiences of San Diego Japanese Americans.

Arrangement: The Donald Estes Collection is arranged by series: Series I: Internment Series II: Articles and Essays Series III: Subject Files Series IV: California Alien Land Law Series V: JACL Projects Series VI: UCLA Primary Sources Project Series VII: Japanese in Pre-WWII San Diego

For further clarity, each series has an additional detailed Scope and Content

Citation: Donald Estes Research Collection, AC 1, Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego Archives

Collection Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

Collection Use Restrictions: Restrictions may apply.

Language of Materials: English and Japanese.

Condition and Preservation: The collection is in fair condition. Many items have been copied for preservation purposes.

Processing Information: Johanna Bright, 2019.

Separated Materials: The oral history interviews have been removed from this collection to the JAHSSD Oral History Collection.

Provenance: Created and collected by Donald Estes and donated by his wife, Carol Estes.

Series I: WWII Internment

Scope and Content: This series contains materials related to the Japanese American internment experience during World War II. The primary focus is on Poston internment camp, but there is information on other camps. Included are camp newsletters, literature, forms, directories / rosters, government reports, photographs and personal correspondence. There are also materials pertaining to relocation and resettlement. Source materials are both original and copies. Of specific interest are a comprehensive collection of camp newsletters, school yearbooks and letters to Clara Breed at San Diego Public Library. Significant documents include FBI rosters of property holdings by Japanese in San Diego County (1940) and the collected poetry of the Gila River Senryu Poem Club (1944-1945).

Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by subject

Box Folder Title/Subjects Date

1 1 Amache, CO (Granada): 1942-1945

Grant project – “Amache” by Robert Y. Fuchigami

Includes copies of reports, chronological history, maps etc.

1 2 Amache, CO (Granada): 1942-1945

Grant project – “Amache” by Robert Y. Fuchigami

Includes photographs (paper copies) of various camp activities.

1 3 Amache (Granada) Internment Camp, CO: 1942-1945

Grant project – “Amache” by Robert Y. Fuchigami

Includes photographs (paper copies) of various camp activities.

1 4 Amache (Granada) Internment Camp, CO: 1942-1945

Grant project – “Amache” by Robert Y. Fuchigami

Includes photographs (paper copies) of various camp activities.

1 5 Amache (Granada) Internment Camp, CO: 1942-1945

Grant project – “Amache” by Robert Y. Fuchigami

Includes photographs (paper copies) of various camp activities.

1 6 Amache (Granada) Internment Camp, CO: 1943, August 25

Camp newspaper – “Granada Pioneer” Vol. 1, #94,

1 7 Bismark, ND (DOJ): 1942

Letters (2) – from Chiyomatsu Hirasaki to Clara Breed (copies)

1 8 Crystal City, TX (DOJ) : 1945-1946

Camp newspaper – “Crystal City Times”

Vol. II and III (incomplete)

1 9 Crystal City, TX (DOJ) : 1943

Camp Newspaper – “JIHO” English Section,

Vol. 1, #1, 2, 5

1 10 Crystal City, TX (DOJ) : 1944

Yearbook – Federal High School “44 Roundup” (2 copies)

1 11 Crystal City, TX (DOJ) : 1945

Report – “Historical Narrative on Crystal City Internment Camp” (Government report by Mr. McCollister)

1 12 Crystal City, TX (DOJ) : 1944

Roster - Wartime Japanese Internees Family Roster

(in Japanese and English)

1 13 Fort Missoula, MT (DOJ): 1942

Postcards (paper copies) - illustrated postcards by Rev. Guzei Nishii

1 14 Gila River Internment Camp, AZ: 1943, July 20

Booklet- “A Year at Gila”

1 15 Gila River Internment Camp, AZ: 1943,

Camp newspaper – “Gila News-Courier” Anniversary September 12 Supplement

1 16 Gila River Internment Camp, AZ: 1943-1944

Reports - Navy Department intelligence reports on boy gangs in camp

1 17 Gila River Internment Camp, AZ: 1944-1945

Booklets - Senryu Poem Club (location unverified)

Vol. 2, #4, 5, 6, 7;

Vol. 3, #4, 6

1 18 Government Documents: Executive Order 9066. 1942,

President Franklin D. Roosevelt February 19

1 19 Government Documents: Civilian Exclusion Orders 4 and 16. 1942,

Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, San Francisco April 1, 23

1 20 Government Documents: c.1943

Form - Loyalty Statement (blank) of United States Citizen of Japanese Ancestry

2 1 Intelligence Reports: FBI 1940

Roster - Japanese aliens registered at San Diego County Post Office by city and surname

2 2 Intelligence Reports: FBI 1940

Roster – Property holdings by Japanese in San Diego County including names and addresses

2 3 Intelligence Reports: Eleventh Naval District (San Diego) 1935 -1943

Reports (copies) – “radical activities”

2 4 Intelligence Reports: Eleventh Naval District (San Diego) 1944 -1945

Reports (copies) – “activities of subversive and potentially subversive elements”

2 5 Intelligence Reports: Navy Department 1941

Reports – “Japanese on the West Coast” by C.B. Munson and comments on this report by K.D. Ringle

2 6 Internment Miscellanea: 1943

Newspaper articles – media coverage, moving , relocation, and employment

2 7 Internment Miscellanea: c. 1942

List - Assembly Center Internees at various camp locations (in Japanese and English)

2 8 Internment Miscellanea: 1945,

Newsletter – Pacific Citizen Vol. 21, #10 September 8

2 9 Internment Miscellanea: 1942, May

News articles – Social Questions Bulletin Vol. 32, #35

2 10 Internment Miscellanea:

Booklet – “The Sunday Before”, sermons by Japanese 1942 pastors of the Pacific Coast prior to evacuation.

List – Possibly block members in unknown camp (in Japanese) 1944

Buddhist worship book of sutras and hyms 1942

2 11 Internment Miscellanea:

Booklet – Senryu poetry by Sasabune Sasaki with illustrations by Akira Shima plus paper copy

(in Japanese with English translation) (Fragile – access by copy only)

2 12 Internment Miscellanea: 1944

Booklet – “What About Our Japanese – Americans?”

by Carey McWilliams

(American council, Institute of Pacific Relations)

2 13 Internment Miscellanea:

Article – “Six Billion Dollars To Finance a Japanese Relocation 1983, February Guilt Trip” by Alan Stang

Article – “The Great Japanese Swindle: A Billion Dollar Fraud” by Lillian Baker 1989

Letters - Related to author/lecturer bias 1993

Program – Poston III, Reunion VI 1991

2 14 Internment Miscellanea:

Project Documents – “Transforming Barbed Wire”

3 1 Jerome Internment Camp, AR: 1943-1944

Permits – War Relocation Authority (WRA) Application for Leave for Masaki Hironaka

3 2 Lordsburg (U.S. Army), NM: 1942,

Letter – from Chiyomatsu Hirasaki to Clara Breed (copy) September 11

3 3 Lordsburg (U.S. Army), NM: 1943

Roster – Internees (in Japanese)

3 4 Newspaper Articles: Japanese Americans in the news. 1943

3 5 Newspaper Articles: Japanese Americans in the news. 1944

3 6 Newspaper Articles: 1945

“The Nation’s Press views West Coast Incidents: A partial Roundup of News Clippings and Editorial Comments.” (WRA)

3 7 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942

Map – Barracks plan (in English and Japanese)

3 8 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942, August 30

Letter – Fusa Tsumagari to Clara Breed (copy)

3 9 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942

Letters (4) – Tetsuzo Hirasaki to Clara Breed (copies)

3 10 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942-1945

Reports – Government memos regarding internee activities and violations.

3 11 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943-1944

Event Invitations – Parker Valley HS; Commercial Department Group study; Bookkeeper’s Party

3 12 Poston Internment Camp, AZ:

Letter – K.J. (Katsumi) Takashima to A.J. Bard re: his opinion 1942 on internment (copy)

Letter – Alva Nakata to Captola Saunders re: life in camp 1943 (copy)

3 13 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943

Transcript – Student panel discussion on resettlement and post- war world.

3 14 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: c. 1943

Exhibition Program – “One Man Exhibition” by S.J. Kishiyama

(in English and Japanese)

3 15 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943, April

Magazine – “Poston Notes and Activities” (review of first year of internment camps)

3 16 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943

Yearbook – “Desert Echoes” 1st Christian Junior Church

3 17 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943

Essay – “After December 7, 1942” by Bobby Watanabe

3 18 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943

Poem – “Goodbye To Poston” by Bob Okazaki

3 19 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943

Poem – “That Damned Fence”

(Anonymous, The Mad Mongolian)

3 20 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943

Notice of assignment - George Nakagawa as vocational apprentice

4 1 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1945

Yearbook – “The Light of Learning”, Adult and Vocational Training Education Department

Letter – Recommendation for Helen Fujiwara, adult education instructor in School of Dressmaking.

4 2 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1945

Certificate – Parker Valley HS completion of 10th grade, Paul Kaneyuki.

Flyer – “Senior Week”

4 3 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1945

Coupon Book – Poston Co-operative Enterprise, Inc.

4 4 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1945

War ration book #3

Meal ticket (2) – Santa Anita

4 5 Poston Internment Camp, AZ:

Greetings card – “Season’s Greetings” (blank)

4 6 Poston Internment Camp, AZ:

Stationary (blank)

4 7 Poston Internment Camp, AZ:

Stationary – Poston Youth Conference (blank)

4 8 Poston Internment Camp, AZ:

Programs: Young Buddhist Association (YBA) conferences

“All Units Forum” 1943, September

“Flight for Buddhism” 1944, June

4 9 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943-1944

Camp newspaper – “Church Bulletin”, Third Poston Christian Church, Parish #2, Block 329.

(in Japanese and English)

4 10 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1944

Camp newspaper – Parker Valley High school

“Relocation Issue”, Vol. 1, #1, 2, 3, 4

4 11 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943-1955

Camp newspaper – Poston III High School

“The Petrified Newspaper”, Vol. I, #3, 4, “Final Dedication”

4 12 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943-145

Camp newspaper – “Hi-Times”, Poston III / Parker Valley HS

Vol. 1, #2-11 (incomplete),

Vol. 2, #1-9, senior edition

Vol. 3, #1-27 (incomplete), Karnival edition

4 13 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1944

Camp newspaper – “Jr. Hi Spotlight” (Camp 3)

Vol. 1, #10

Vol. 2, #4, 7

Vol. 3, #4, 6, 7, 8, 9

4 14 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942

Camp newspaper – “Official Daily Press Bulletin: Poston City News.”

Published by the War Relocation Authority (WRA)

Vol. 4, #1- Vol. 7 (incomplete)

4 15 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943 - 1945

Camp newspaper – “The Poston Chronicle” (copies)

Vol. 9, #3 – Vol. 27, #18 (incomplete)

4 16 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1943 - 1945

Camp newspaper – “The Poston Chronicle” (originals)

Vol. 15, #25 - Vol. 23, #21 (incomplete)

4 17 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942

Magazine – “Seasons Greeting” Christmas edition

5 1 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942 - 1943

Cornell University Collection – excerpts from The Japanese American Relocation Centers Records: 1935 – 1953.” Collection #3830

(Copies – Do Not Reproduce)

5 2 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942 - 1943

Cornell University Collection – excerpts from The Japanese American Relocation Centers Records: 1935 – 1953.” Collection #3830

(Copies – Do Not Reproduce)

5 3 Poston Internment Camp, AZ: 1942-1943

Bancroft Library Collection – excerpts from the Japanese American Evacuation Resettlement Records.

(Copies – Do Not Reproduce)

5 4 Resettlement: 1944 - 1945

Pamphlets – “Facts About America” series , Government resettlement literature by state

Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New England, New Jersey, New York, New York City (2),New York (Southern) Ohio, (Cleveland) Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C.

5 5 Resettlement: 1945, March 16

Speech – Attorney General of California, Robert W. Kenny to Sheriffs of California

5 6 Resettlement: 1990

Letter – From President George Bush, apology and restitution law.

5 7 Resettlement: 1944

Pamphlet – “The Displaced Japanese Americans”

(American Council on Public Affairs)

5 8 Resettlement:

Booklet – “The Japanese Evacuation Claims Bill : An Analysis of Losses Covered “

(Prepared for Southern California Japanese Fisherman’s Association)

5 9 Resettlement:

Article – “The Story of the Nittas: a Touching Human Document” by Milton C. Phinney

5 10 Rohwer Internment Camp, AR: 1945

Yearbook - “Senior Resume”, Rohwer High School

(belonged to Jess Tanaka)

5 11 Santa Anita Assembly Center, CA: 1942

Camp newspaper – “Santa Anita Pacemaker” (originals) Vol. 1 # 4 – 40 (incomplete)

5 12 Santa Anita Assembly Center, CA: 1942, April 22

Letter – Chie Takehara to Mrs. Osgood (copy)

Letter – Hesaa (?) to Mrs. Osgood (date incorrect, should 1941, July 13 read 1942) (copy)

5 13 Santa Anita Assembly Center, CA: 1942, May 21

Letter – Toshiko Iwashita to Barbara Dunn

5 14 Santa Anita Assembly Center, CA: 1942, August

Movement Order – Himaka Family from Santa Anita to Poston

5 15 Santa Anita Assembly Center, CA: 1942

Memos – War Relocation Authority (WRA) correspondence

5 16 Santa Anita Assembly Center, CA:

Newspaper articles - related to Santa Anita

5 17 Santa Anita Assembly Center, CA: 1942

Magazine – “Santa Anita Pacemaker”

5 18 Tanforan Assembly Center, CA: 1942, September 12 Camp newspaper – “Tanforan Totalizer” (original)

Vol. 1, #19, final issue

5 19 Topaz Internment Camp, UT: 1942, September 17 Information Bulletin – War Relocation Authority (WRA)

5 20 Topaz Internment Camp, UT: 1942-1943

Camp newspaper – “Topaz Times” (originals)

(in English and Japanese; incomplete)

6 1 Tulare Assembly Center, CA: 1942

Camp newspaper – “The Tulare News” (copies) Vol. 1, #1-31

6 2 Tulare Assembly Center, CA: 1942, August 19

Camp newspaper- “Tulare News Review” (copy)

6 3 WRA: 1944

Report - “Colo Quarterly Census” (Abe – Matsubara)

6 4 WRA: 1944

Report - “Colo Quarterly Census” (Matsuda – Shigemoto)

6 5 WRA: 1944

Report - “Colo Quarterly Census” (Shigemura – Yoshimoto)

6 6 WRA: 1943, May

Report – “Relocation of Japanese Americans”

6 7 WRA: 1943, August

Booklet - “Segregation of Persons of Japanese Ancestry in Relocation Centers”

6 8 WRA: 1942

Booklet – “Questions and Answers for Evacuees”

6 9 WRA:

Reports – Internment information requested for Clara Breed 1944

6 10 WRA: 1944

Reports – Internment information requested for Clara Breed

6 11 WRA: 1944, April

Report – “California and Her Less Favored Minority” by Ruth E. McKee

6 12 WRA: 1946, January 28

Report – “Final Report of the Activities of the San Diego District Office” by John C. McClendon

6 13 WRA: 1945, April

Magazine – “Nisei in the War Against Japan”

Series II: Articles and Essays

Scope and Content: This series contains articles and essays written by Donald Estes related to the history of Japanese Americans in Southern California. Often included are research materials pertaining to the subject matter. Essays are primarily written by Donald Estes, but there collaborations with other authors including his son, Matthew Estes.

Box Folder Title/Subjects Date

7 1 Essay - “Before the War” By Don Estes

7 2 Class Notes - “California and Minorities” By Don Estes

7 3 Essay - “The Chinese and Japanese in America: An Outline 1972 History” By Don Estes

7 4 Article - “Further and Further Away: The Relocation of San Diego’s Nikkei Community 1942” By Don H. Estes and Matthew T. Estes

7 5 Essay - “Hot Enough to Melt Iron: The San Diego Nikkei Experience 1942-1946” By Don H. Estes and Matthew T. Estes

7 6 Essay - “ The Japanese American” By Don Estes

7 7 Essay - “Japanese Political Parties”By Don Estes

7 8 Essay: “Kondo Masaharu and the Best of All Fisherman” by 1976 Don Estes

7 9 Essay - “Shio: Japanese Pioneers in San Diego’s Fishery” By 1983 Don Estes

7 10 Essay - “Silver Petals Falling: Japanese Pioneers in San Diego’s Fishery” By Don Estes

7 11 Essay - “…Like Silver Petals” By Don Estes

7 12 Essay - “Some Roots Go Deep” By Don Estes

7 13 Book Draft - “South Bay Monogatari: Tales of the South Bay Nikkei Community” By Don Estes

7 14 Essay - “Asama Gunkan: The Re-appraisal of a …Genuine 1977

War Scare” By Don H Estes

8 1 Research - “Asama Gunkan”

(in English and Japanese)

8 2 Research - “Asama Gunkan”

8 3 Research - “Asama Gunkan”

8 4 Essay - “ ‘Offensive Stupidity’ and the Struggle of Abe Tokunosuke” By Don Estes

8 5 Research - “ ‘Offensive Stupidity’ and the Struggle of Abe Tokunosuke”

8 6 Research - “ ‘Offensive Stupidity’ and the Struggle of Abe Tokunosuke”

8 7 Essay – “A Comparative Typology for Communist Political Systems: Model Building in Communist Political Systems” by Richard C. Gripp, Donald Estes, and Jean Hancett

Series III: Subject Files

Scope and Content: This series contains research materials collected and used by Donald Estes as resources for his written work and other public engagements. Included are newsletters, newspaper articles, publications, photographs legal documents, essays, and ephemera. The collection contains both original documents and copies. Handwritten notes by Estes are included as well as correspondence related to his work.

Arrangement: This series is arranged in alphabetical order by subject.

Box Folder Title/Subjects Date

9 1 Arts & Media / Art & Artists:

Research material - C & M Art Gallerie (Dennis, Mukai, Gary Hostallero, Hisashi Otsuka, Hiro Yamagata, Raymond McCabe, Caroline Young)

Article – Estelle Ishigo

9 2 Arts & Media / Exhibitions:

Articles - “Japanese-American Relocation” ( JACL at UCLA)

Promotional material - “Months of Waiting” (California Historical Society

Promotional material - “Executive Order 9066” – California Historical Society

9 3 Arts & Media / Music:

Program – Ballet , Dance, United States-Japan Centennial 1960, May 20

Program – “A Concert of Japanese Music” 1983, June 19

9 4 Arts & Media / Television and Film:

Promotional material – includes “Children of the Camps”, “Day of Independence”, “Unfinished Business.”

9 5 Arts & Media / Theater:

Media Script – “The Gate of Heaven” (draft) by Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge

9 6 Arts & Media / Theater:

Media Script – “Three Stars in My Window” (draft) by Mark Sickman

Audio cassette – “Three Stars in My Window” selections

9 7 Arts & Media / Theater:

Program – “Sisters Matsumoto” play by Philip Kan Gotanda

9 8 Agriculture / Farming:

Article - Excerpts from “Profiles in Flowers: The Story of San Diego Floriculture” by Robert Melvin

9 9 Agriculture / Farming:

Article – Excerpt from “American Poultry History: 1974- 1993 Vol. II; Chapter 7. The Japanese Vent Sexing Method”

9 10 Alien Land Laws:

Legal documents: “The Alien Land Law of California”

9 11 Alien Land Laws:

Correspondence – To District Attorney of San Diego County Thomas Whelan from Attorney General Earl Warren and Assistant Attorney General Warren Olney

Letter – From Duane Carnes, Deputy District Attorney to Harry Baugh, Supervising Investigator, Office of District Attorney

9 12 Alien Land Laws:

Legal Documents –Mortgage documents for Yasukochi and Yoshimura families

9 13 Alien Land Laws:

Legal Documents – Burkill Jacques land lease to M. 1912 Hoseka, Y. Hoseka, M. Yano, and T. Ito (original)

9 14 Alien Land Laws:

Essay – “The Issei Farmer and the California Alien Land Law 1979 in San Diego County: 1900-1942”. Master Thesis by Thomas Duane Carnes

9 15 Alien Land Laws:

Legal Documents –

People v. Nakamura appeal

Alien Land Law of California general brief

9 16 Alien Land Laws:

Legal Documents – California v. Oyama Family

Report – Investigation of California Alien Land Law and Oyama Family

9 17 Alien Land Laws:

Article – “The Los Angeles Daily Journal” Reprint of court 1948 decision, Oyama v. State of California

(In Oversize Drawer D5)

9 18 Alien Land Laws:

Report – by WRA solicitor Philip A. Glick 1944, August

9 19 Baja, Mexico:

Map – Lower California and the northwestern states of Mexico

(In Oversize Drawer D5)

9 20 Baja, Mexico:

Research materials - Articles, essays, and maps

(In English and Japanese)

9 21 Balboa Park, San Diego:

Letter – To U. Obayashi from O.W. Cotton 1934, September

(California Pacific International Exposition)

9 22 Balboa Park, San Diego:

Research materials - Japanese Tea Pavilion

Essay- “San Diego’s Japanese Gardens: Past and Present” by Linda Bishop

9 23 Books:

Catalog – “Used, rare , and out-of-print books specializing in Asians in America”

Catalog – “The Asian American Experience”

Bibliography – “Issei Nisei Sansei: A selected list of books about Japanese-Americans and their cultural Heritage”

Bibliography – “Bibliographic Resources on Pacific/Asian Americans”

10 1 Books:

Book reviews – related to Japanese-Americans

10 2 Breed, Clara:

Research materials - Joanne Oppenheim Book Project

10 3 Breed, Clara:

Research materials – List of Letters at the Japanese American National Museum to Clara Breed from children in internment camps

10 4 Breed, Clara:

Research Materials - Exhibition by The Smithsonian National Postal Museum, “Forwarding Address Required”

Article – “Dear Miss Breed: Letters from Camp,” exhibition at Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.

10 5 Breed, Clara:

Newspaper articles – Related to Clara Breed

10 6 Breed, Clara:

Letter – To Don Estes from San Diego Public Library

Photograph – Clara Breed (copy)

Program – Clara Breed funeral services

10 7 Chinese in San Diego:

Essay – “The Chinese in San Diego: 1870 - 1890” by David 1972, May L. Fisher.

10 8 Chinese in San Diego:

Essay – “The Chinese and Japanese in America: An Outline 1972 History” by Donald H. Estes

10 9 Chinese in San Diego:

Essay – “The Anti-Chinese Movement in San Diego, 1870- 1882” By Mary C. Miller

10 10 Chinese in San Diego:

Research materials – “Status of Women” speech outline 1974

Articles – “Four Women of Japan”, from “Newsweek”

“Tone-Deaf in the Oval Office” by James David Barber, from “Saturday Review”

“Don’t Politicize the University” by Sidney Hook, from “Saturday Review”

10 11 Chinese / Asian Thematic District of San Diego:

Pamphlets – “A Walking Tour of the Asian Pacific Historic District of San Diego “

Report – “Chinese / Asian Thematic Historic District: City of San Diego Historical Landmark #207” prepared by The City 2000 of San Diego Planning / Urban Conservation Section.

Minutes – Agenda, Asian Pacific Historic District August, 2002

Committee

10 12 Chinese / Asian Thematic District of San Diego:

Report – Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District Master Plan and associated materials

10 13 Chula Vista, CA:

Research material - Notes on Japanese in Chula Vista

10 14 Chula Vista, CA:

Sister City commemoration and history - Odawara, Japan

10 15 Citizenship:

Booklet – “For Equality in Naturalization” by Richard J. 1947 Walsh

10 16 Citizenship:

Booklet – “Textbook on Naturalization for U.S. Citizenship” 1979, June

(English with Japanese translation)

10 17 Civil Liberties:

Monograph – “Sixty Years After Internment: Civil Rights, Identity Politics, and Racial Profiling” by the Asian Law Caucus at UC Berkeley

Press Release – JANM about September 11, 2001

Newspaper article – “Prisoners of Race”

10 18 Civil Liberties:

Newspaper Articles

Memo – JACL to Raymond Uno, Esq.

Correspondence - to San Francisco Chronicle-Examiner from “The San Francisco Chinese American Democratic Club” (copy)

10 19 Civil Liberties:

Newspaper articles - Excerpts from “Rambler’s Nemesis” by William Hohri from “The Rafu Shimpo”

10 20 Community Organizations: Asian American Journalist Association

Newsletters – “AAJA Mission” 1999, 2001 July1999; March-April, May-June, July-August, 2001

10 21 Community Organizations: Asian Pacific American Advocates of California

Newsletters – “APAAC Alert” 1983, 1985 September 1983; March 1985

10 22 Community Organizations: Ohara School of Ikebana, San Diego Chapter

Directory - Members and constitution 1977

10 23 Community Organizations: Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)

Directory – Board of Governors 1986

Programs – San Diego Chapter events including Annual 1990, 1992,2001, scholarship luncheons, Scholarship banquets, and 2002, 1983,1984, Installation Anniversary dinners. 1993, 1994

Program –Downtown L.A Chapter event, Installation 1983, January Dinner

Program– Hollywood Chapter event, “The 50th Anniversary 1979, October

of the Pacific Citizen”

Programs – Imperial Valley “Keirokai” events 1976 April, 1977 April

10 24 Community Organizations: House of Japan

Directory - List of Japanese Organizations

Letter – from House of Japan to members

Program – Will Hippen Jr. Testimonial

Articles – related to House of Japan

11 1 Community Organizations: Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego (JAHSSD)

Program – “Democracy Under Pressure” Project 2000, May

11 2 Community Organizations: Japanese Association of San Diego (JASD)

Directory – List of JASD presidents 1903-1941

Legal documents – JASD Articles of Incorporation

Correspondence – Don Estes San Diego Nihonjin-kai (Japanese Association) project

11 3 Community Organizations: Japanese Consulate of Los Angeles

Press Release – Consulate General of Japan 2000, January

Correspondence - Don Estes with Dr. Randall C. Phillips

Newsletter – “Southwest Vista of Japan”

Invitations – To Don Estes from Consul General

11 4 Community Organizations: Consulate General of Japan

Brochure – “Japan Today” 1995

11 5 Community Organizations: Japanese Coordinating Council

Directory – membership

Japanese Community Calendar of Events for 2004 1979, 1981, 1986

Programs – “ Keirokai” (In English and Japanese) 1983, 1984, 1986, 2004 Programs – Testimonial Banquets including Dr. Roy 1979, 1981-1989, Tanaka, Motoharu Asakawa, Saburo Muraoka, Dr. Shigeru 1994 S. Hara, James Zembei Iwashita, Masaaki Hironaka, and Dr. Francis I. Tanaka.

11 6 Community Organizations: Japanese Farmer Association

Legal Document - Articles of Incorporation 1916

11 7 Community Organizations: Japanese Fishermen’s Association of San Diego

Legal Documents – Articles of Incorporation 1917, February

Partial page from court case

11 8 Community Organizations: Japanese Society of San Diego and Tijuana

Programs – “Fifth Annual Leadership Awards Banquet”, 1998, “Sixth Annual Awards Banquet” 1999 “10th Annual Leadership Awards Gala” 2003

Program – “2001 Education Summit”

Minutes – Education Committee meeting 1998, March - 2000, January Ephemera – Event flyers

11 9 Community Organizations: Japanese Society of San Diego and Tijuana (JSSDT)

Directories – JSSDT Corporation membership listing Japan Related Businesses in San Diego and Tijuana

Welcome Packet – includes 2001-2002 Directory of Japan – Related Business in San Diego and Japan 2000 – 2001 Booklet – “The Japanese Experience in San Diego: 150 2002 – 2003, Years”

Pamphlet – “Building Bridges”, JSSDT Education Committee

Newsletters – “Tayori Newsletter”, Japan Society of San

Diego and Tijuana

Ballot – JSSDT Board of directors 2001, 2003, 2004

Program – “California Japan” 2010 Forum 1999-2000

11 10 Community Organizations: Kiku Gardens

Research Materials – Kiku Gardens Senior Housing Project

11 11 Community Organizations: National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA)

Catalog – “Asian Pacific American Film, Video, Audio, and 1997-1998 Literature collection”

11 12 Community Organizations: Pacific / Asian Coalition

Newsletters – “Pac Memo”, monthly (missing July), 1976-1977

11 13 Community Organizations: San Diego Asian / Pacific Islander Educators Association

Pamphlet – Goals and Objectives, Mission Statement

11 14 Community Organizations: Meiji Kai

Roster – Membership list 1979

11 15 Community Organizations: San Diego Asian Women Leadership Network

Press Release

11 16 Community Organizations: Landscape Gardeners Alliance of California

Program – “Second Convention” 1972

12 1 Community Organizations: San Diego - Yokohama Sister City Society

Research materials – “History of San Diego - Yokohama 1992 Sister City Society” by Grace T. Brophy

12 2 Community Organizations: San Diego - Yokohama Sister City Society

Research materials – articles, photographs, and notes 1958 - 1999

12 3 Community Organizations: Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC)

Research materials – correspondence, memos, report, membership

12 4 Community Organizations: Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC) 1974, December Newsletter – “The Pan Asian Bulletin” (incomplete) – 1981, December

12 5 Community Organizations: Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Programs –

th “10 Annual Installation and Award Banquet” (Post 9902) 1973, May 12

th “25 Anniversary Dinner” (Post 4851)

“Annual Installation of Post Officers Dinner”

Legal Document – By-Laws of Japanese American 1992, January 25 Memorial Post 4851 1993, June 5

Real estate documents – Olivewood Clubhouse / VFW Post 1967, November 4851 building

12 6 Community Organizations: Miscellanea

Directories – Publications in San Diego, Ethnic 1976, August 1 Organizations, San Diego Organizations 1978, October

Programs – “Ralph L. Carr Memorial Dedication” 1979, June 2

Jo Ann Asawaka, funeral

Harry Hashimoto, honorary banquet

12 7 Community Organizations: Miscellanea

Essay – “Japanese American Associations in San Diego: An 1976 Examination of their Persistence” by Sakiko Akita

12 8 Community Organizations / Religious: Buddhist Temple

Program – “Welcome Banquet for His Eminence Monshu 1997, April 1

Koshin Ohtani” (Buddhist Temple of San Diego) 1981, September Program – “Buddhist Churches of American, Southern 27 District Buddhist Conference Dinner” 1943, April 25 Schedule – Buddhist Sunday School 1981, May – Reports – minutes, activity, financial (Southern District September Buddhist Women’s League)

12 9 Community Organizations / Religious: North San Diego Church

Program – “ Dedication Ceremony of North San Diego 1978, February Church: a Religious and Cultural Center” 11

Newsletter – “Vista Buddhist View”, Vol. VI, # 4 1985, April

12 10 Community Organizations / Religious: Ocean View United Church of Christ (OVUCC)

Programs – “70th Anniversary of the Ocean View United 1977, November Church of Christ”

th “75 Anniversary and Homecoming Banquet” 1982, October 16-17 “Farewell Dinner for Dr. and Mrs. Yoshikuni Kaneda” 1989, June 24

Agenda – OVUCC Relocation committee meeting 1978, July

Obituary – Everett L. Lockhart 1979

Promotional material – pamphlet and flyer for OVUCC Japanese Family Center

12 11 Community Organizations / Religious: San Diego Japanese Christian Church

Brochure – “60th Anniversary” commemorative 1990

12 12 Demographics / Population:

Reports – Census information, Japanese in California 1910 - 1960

Research – Handwritten notes

12 13 Demographics / Population:

Reports - Census, Japanese In San Diego 1970

Report – “We, The Asian Americans” by U.S. Department 1970 of Commerce

Report – “Special 1975 Census: The Pan Asians” by Beverly 1976 C. Yip and David K. Fukuda

Maps – Pan Asian household distribution by ethnic group 1970

Charts – Heads of Household length of residency, Pan Asian American age-sex distribution

12 14 Demographics / Population:

Newspaper articles – census and population

Newspaper – “Asian Week”, Asians in California and 1980 United States: 1980.

Report – Racial and Ethnic Census Identification 1860-1950 1860-1950

Report- Census Bureau Categories for Ethnicity, 1960-2000 1960-2000

12 15 Demographics / Population:

Charts –Japanese Businesses in San Diego (types and 1880-1915 number)

13 1 Demographics / Population:

Report – “The Global Engagement of San Diego / Baja 2000, November California”, initiative of San Diego Dialogue and Forum Fronterizo.

13 2 Demographics / Population:

Report – “A Summary of a Study of Selected Socio- Economic Characteristics”

13 3 Demographics / Population:

Reports – Census brief surveys: “Minority-Owned Businesses: 1997”, “Asian and Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses: 1997” “Coming To America: A Profile of the Nation’s Foreign Born (2000 Update)” “The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

Population: 2000” 2 000

Reports - Census map, population percentage by state wheel

Japanese population by state, Japanese population in major metropolitan areas

Press Release – Statement on Internment of Japanese 2000, March 17 Americans in World War II, (United States Department of Commerce News)

Pamphlet – “U.S Census Bureau’s Minority Links” 2000

Compact Disc – The American Community Survey 1998

13 4 Demographics / Population:

Reports –

“Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino Population, United States 1960 and selected states”

“U.S. American population, Census Data” 1990

“Nikei in San Diego County by City”

Map – Census Population Centers, San Diego region 1990

Publications – “SANDAG INFO” (Census, incomplete) 1991-2004

Report – Regional Growth Forecast (San Diego Association 1991, October 25 of Governments, Board of Directors)

Directory – Fifth and Island Japanese Business District List 1940

13 5 Demographics / Population:

Article – “Hate Springs Eternal”, map of Hate Groups, 2000, March (Harper’s Magazine)

13 6 Demographics / Population:

Directory – List of Japanese in San Diego county (by name 1992 and city)

13 7 Demographics / Population:

Charts – Census “Income of Japanese American Persons in the U.S.” 1969 “Japanese Americans in California” 1970 “Japanese in San Diego County by Age” 1970 “Japanese Americans in Washington” 1970

Chart – Employment Status of Japanese Americans in the U.S., Major occupation groups of employed males and females within Japanese American Population

Report – Japanese Businesses in San Diego County by City (census)

*Map – “San Diego Model Cities Area” 1968

13 8 Demographics / Population:

Questionnaires – Japanese American Settlement Patterns 1987 in the greater San Diego Metropolitan Area for Japanese American and non-Japanese American study subjects

13 9 Demographics / Population:

Report – Japanese Farm population of San Diego County 1910-1940

13 10 Demographics / Population:

Newsletters – “California Counts, Population Trends and 2001-2002 Profiles” by Public Policy Institute of California.

Vol. 3, #3, #5; Vol. 4, #1

13 11 Demographics / Population:

Directory - Nikkei Businesses and Proprietors, area of Fifth 1939-1941 and Island

Map / Diagram – Nikkei Businesses and Proprietors, area 1930-1940 of Fifth and Island

13 12 Education:

Essays – “Crisis in Minority Education” by Jeffrey A. Matsui, 1969, June 20 “Asian Neglect in the San Diego Unified School District” 1970, May 22 by Tetsuyo Kashima

Report – Minority Group content in the Social Studies 1973, August Curriculum of the San Diego City Schools

Legal Documents – Affirmative Action policy and 1973-1974 Procedure (drafts)

Memos – to Ellis, Ethnic staffing figures comparison of city 1973 and 1974 and county staff and city schools (San Diego City Schools Education Center)

Statement - UPAC to U.S. Civil Rights Commission 1973, November

Report – Asian American Council for Equal Education 1973, December (AACEE) agenda

Report – Ethnic Survey of Employees, San Diego Unified 1973 - 1974 School District

Essay – “Educational Concerns of the Union of Pan-Asian 1973, December Communities

13 13 Education:

Project Proposal – “Women in Vocational Education” 1976, April 30

13 14 Education: Chula Vista Gakuen (Japanese Language School)

Legal Document – Articles of Incorporation (partial) 1930

Legal Documents - Lease agreement and contracts 1954, between The Japanese Institute of Chula Vista and Chula Vista Auxiliary no. 2701

Legal Documents – JACL (property tax bill, Corporation 19 68, 1970 grant deed (copy), Title map 1965

Correspondence – including Robert Ito and Fran Wada

Statement – history of Chula Vista Gakuen property

Photograph – Chula Vista Japanese Girl Reserves (copy)

13 15 Education: Minato Gakuen School (Japanese Language School)

Newspaper articles

Statement – School history, curriculum and yearly 1996-1997 schedule

Brochure – New student welcome (in Japanese and 1996-1996

English)

Brochure – San Diego Nihongo Kyoiku Shinkokai (San Diego 1992 Association of Japanese Language Education)

13 16 Education: Asian / Pacific American Studies Consortium (SDSU)

Prospectus and associated documents related to 1984-1985 formation of Consortium

13 17 Education:

Newsletter – Asian American Student Alliance (SDSU) 1976, April

13 18 Education: UCSD Japanese American Society

Program / Flyer – “A Day of Remembrance” 1994, February

Legal Document – Contract between Don Estes and Nikkei 1998, February 9 Student Union (NSU) for speaker services

Program – “Open Eyes: Third Annual Culture Show” (NSU) 2004, April 18

13 19 Fishing:

Essay – “Fishermen of San Diego: The Italians” by William 1980 C. Richardson (SDSU)

13 20 Fishing:

Research material – Commercial tuna fishing hooks

13 21 Fishing:

Research materials – Articles related to commercial fishing

Conference presentation – “The Daily Life of the 1987, September Fishermen in Baja California Sur, The Vizcaino” by Fabio A. 11- 13 Martinez (Sixth International Oral History Conference)

Essay – “A Century of Tuna Fishing” by Douglas Whynott 1996, January 2

14 1 Fishing:

Report – “Sardine Plants Report Season 1934-1935” (Department of Natural Resources: Division of Fish and

Game)

Catalog – Negatives of photographs relating to commercial fishing in California 1914-41 (California Department of Fish and Game)

14 2 Fishing: California Commercial Fishing History Coalition

Newsletter “The Fisherman’s Coalition” 1996

Minutes – CCFHC meeting and list of participants 1995, July 28

Correspondence – From Maritime Museum of San Diego

14 3 Fishing: Legal Issues

Legal Documents – Assembly and Senate Bills briefs

Research materials – Related to Japanese Fishing Legal Issues; correspondence, news articles, telegraphs , statements, and lists of Japanese fishing boats in California

14 4 Fishing: Japanese Fishing in San Diego

Research materials – articles and notes pertaining to Japanese fishing in San Diego

14 5 Fishing: Tuna Boat Y.P. 346 “Prospect”

Research Materials - pertaining to Y.P. 346 (confiscated Japanese tuna boat turned fleet ship) including government reports, book excerpts, and photographs of Tuna Boat Fleet (copies)

Report – Presidential Unit Citations 1966

Report – “Action Report of USS YP -346: Loss of Vessel, 9 1943, April September 1942”

14 6 Fishing:

Essay – “Kondo Masaharu and the Best of All Fishermen” 1976 by Don Estes

Article – “‘Offensive Stupidity’, and the struggle of Abe Tokunosuke” by Don Estes

14 7 Housing:

Research documents – copies of property deeds, 1913-1950 contracts, and restrictions

14 8 Housing: Anti-Nikkei Resolutions

Research materials – government reports (WRA), 1943 articles, memos (San Diego City Council) 1942, 1970, 2000

14 9 Immigration:

Brochures – United States Immigration Laws 1967, 1970

Report – Survey of Mio-mura

Research materials – information regarding history of immigration experience, and visa application

14 10 Internment:

Essays –

“Complex Loyalties: Issei Buddhist Ministers During the 1999 Wartime Incarceration” by Duncan Ryuken Willaims

“Testimonies of the Camps: a Comparative Study of the Holocaust Museum and the Japanese American Internment Exhibit at The Smithsonian” by Juliet Wong

“A Pilgrimage to Manzanar: Examining the Internment of Japanese From a Modern Perspective” by Cathlin Goulding

“A Pilgrimage to Manzanar” by Cathlin Goulding 1986

“Injustice Compounded: Amerasians and Non-Japanese Americans in World War II Concentration Camps” by Paul R. Spickard

14 11 Internment:

Research materials – articles (newspaper and magazine), notes (collection of quotes), Nihongo Bibliography,

15 1 Internment:

Research materials – bibliography, catalog, correspondence, articles, photographs (copies).

15 2 Internment:

Report – “The Lim Report”

15 3 Internment:

Plans – of all internment camps and physical layout descriptions.

15 4 Internment:

Brochure – “Golden State Meets Gem State: Californians at 2002 Kooskia Internment Camp, 1943-1945”

Correspondence – “Kooskia Internment Camp Project”, 2001 Priscilla Wegars

15 5 Internment:

Plans – Manzanar posts / buildings

th Flyer – 8 Annual Manzanar pilgrimage 1977, May 14

15 6 Internment:

Article – “The Past Recaptured? The Photographic Record 1980 of the Internment of Japanese-Americans” by Sylvia E. Danovitch

15 7 Internment: Poston

Articles – “The Parsee Prophet” by John Myers Myers and biographical directory

Essay – “The President is Calling”

Essay – “Why Poston?” by Don Estes

15 8 Internment:

Research materials – Gila River articles and maps

15 9 Internment:

Essay – “Hot Enough to Melt Iron” by Don Estes

15 10 Internment:

Research materials – meeting summaries of the Poston Bureau of Sociological Research

15 11 Internment:

Research materials – Manzanar pilgrimage flyer and information by Amy Uno Ishii

15 12 Internment:

Research materials – newspaper articles and government correspondence.

15 13 Internment: Poston

Essays / Poetry – Recollections of Poston

15 14 Internment: Poston II

Map / Diagram 1992

Transcript – notes on Saburo Kido and Kibei incident at 1995 Poston (1943)

15 15 Internment:

Essay – “A Place Called Poston” by Donald H. Estes

Maps – ten Japanese American Relocation Centers, west coast military area legend

Diagrams – Poston III camp, block / building plan

Civilian Exclusion order #4

15 16 Internment:

Article – “The Poston Experience” by Kimiye Omura Tanaka

Research materials – newspaper articles

15 17 Issei:

Articles – “Issei, Nisei, Kibei”

“My Grandfather” by Maylyn Hayashi Rye

“An Issei Remembers” (New World Outlook) 1974, November

Notes – on Issei for oral history project 1969-1974, 1976

Progress reports – Issei Oral History Project

Directory - Issei (addresses and dates)

Book Chapter – Chapter 4 “ San Diego County: Japanese in the Early Days”

Flyer – Slide Program on “The Issei in America”

15 18 Issei:

Article – Taiyo Maru and Japanese in San Diego (in Japanese)

15 19 Japan: Corporate Culture

Newspaper articles – Japanese Corporate culture in United States

15 20 Japan: Diplomacy

Article – “The First Japanese Diplomatic Mission to the 1960 United States – 1860” by E. Taylor Parks (reprint from The Department of State Bulletin)

Booklet – “Viscount Ishii’s Addresses: Delivered in America May, 1933”

Flyer – “150th Anniversary of U.S.-Japan relationship”

15 21 Japan:

Article – “Cheers for Japanese Athletes: The 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and the Japanese American Community” by Eriko Yamamoto (Pacific Historical Review)

15 22 Japanese American Research:

Article – “Peril To Identity” by Robert C. Toth 1977

Notes – Cross Cultural Study on Ethnic Aged, training 1976 session

Report – Profile of Japanese Sample, demographic data

15 23 Japanese American Research:

Proposal – “The New Perspective – The Japanese

Community”

Research materials – Japanese American terms and cultural references

Notes – Quotes on internment camps, quotes from Earl Warren

15 24 Japanese American Research:

Notes – Japanese American Research Project (JARP), Japanese in San Diego

15 25 Military: Korean War

Press Releases – Japanese American Korean War Veterans (JAKWV)

Exhibit Proposal – “Japanese American Korean War 1998 Exhibit”

Photographs – Japanese American Korean War Veterans (JAKWV) exhibits and dedications (copies)

th Commemorative booklet – “50 Anniversary Korean War” 2000, April (JAKWV)

16 1 Military:

Publication – “Nisei in Uniform”, WRA newsletter

16 2 Military:

Programs –

“World War II Medal of Honor Recipients”, “Medal of 2000, June 22 Honor Presentation”

Articles –

“The Heroes Among Us” by Lillian Cox,

“Asian-American Heroes Get Added Validation” by Martin Kasindorf

Newsletter – “The Register: The women’s Memorial” (Women in Military Service for America Memorial 2000, Winter Foundation, Inc.)

Directory – Japanese-American service members interred at Arlington National Cemetery

16 3 Military:

Transcript – “America at Its Best”, speech by Eric Saul 2001, March 25

16 4 Monuments: National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF)

Research material – press releases and articles

Directory – The National Japanese American Memorial to those who died in service

Pamphlet – “A National Memorial to Patriotism: The Japanese American Experience”

Program – “Our Moment of the Millennium: Memorial to 2000, November Patriotism Dedication Ceremonies” 9-11

16 5 Monuments: “Go For Broke” Monument

Pamphlet – The Japanese American World War II Veterans Monument (100th/442nd/MIS World War II Memorial Foundation)

Flyer – “Go For Broke” Monument fundraiser

Letter – monument ceremony update and background 1999 history

16 6 Monuments: Poston Memorial Monument

Report - Poston memorial monument Committee financial 1998 Legal Documents – building permit, certificate of occupancy, kiosk schematics (Colorado River Indian Tribes)

Research materials – newspaper articles

Plans – Poston Monument site plan and draft (Oversize) 1994 Programs –

“Poston Memorial Monument Dedication 1992, October 6 “Poston Memorial Monument Kiosk Dedication”

Correspondence – Poston Memorial brochure draft 1995, November

16 7 Monuments: Mount Hope Memorial

Notes – Mount Hope Cemetery listing, Mount Hope Memorial Marker inscriptions

17 1 Monuments: Mount Hope (Tsunejiro Toya) 1887 - 2004

Reports – History of Tsunejiro Toya, Japanese Naval history, history of grave marker (in Japanese and English)

Documents – Toya memorial fund financial reports, donations and monument receipts

Correspondence – pertaining to Tsunejiro Toya monument

Notes – new grave unveiling schedule, diagrams of grave marker and inscriptions (In Japanese)

Research materials – newspaper articles and photographs (copies)

17 2 Nikkei:

Research materials – notes, articles, correspondence, bibliographies

17 3 Nikkei: Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California

Nanka Nikkei Voices: Turning Points 2002

17 4 Nikkei / Canada:

Essays –

“The Nature of Support in Parent-Child Relationships in 1998 Japanese Canadian Families” by Karen Kobayashi

“Japanese Canadian Wartime Experience” by Dr. Midge 1998 Ayukawa

“Our ‘Cousins’ North of the Border” by Harry Honda 2000

Autobiography –Jean Masako Okazaki

Newspaper Article – “The Rafu Shimpo” 1996, August 26

17 5 Nikkei / Mexico:

Essay - “Our ‘Cousins’ South of the Border” by Harry 2000 Honda 1998 Speech – Transcript, “World War II Conecentration in Mexico” by Enrique Shibayama (JACL “Topaz Reunion”)

17 6 Nikkei / South America:

Articles / Essays – by Harry Honda

“Our Southern ‘Cousins’: Nikkei Identity” , “Our Southern ‘Cousins’: Over One Million Nikkei live in Brazil” “Our Southern ‘Cousins’: Alberto Fujimori & Peru” “Japanese Populations North and South America”

Essay - Untitled by Art Shibayama

Newspaper articles

18 1 Nisei:

Research materials – notes and articles

18 2 Redress:

Report -“Personal Justice Denied: Summary and 1983 Recommendations”, by The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

“Personal Justice Denied, Part 2: Recommendations”, by 1983, June The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

18 3 Redress:

Documents – testimony guidelines / questionnaire, 1981 summary sheet, research outline, release of testimony form (Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians)

Document – witness Information sheet (JACL)

Statements – Redress testimonies

Documents – article, flyer, correspondence

18 4 Redress:

Letter – Committee for Internment Credit (includes public 1978, December law 95-382) 28

18 5 Redress: The Civil Liberties Act of 1988

Pamphlets –

“The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Questions and Answers”,

“The Civil Liberties Act of 1988:How the Proposed Regulations Will Affect You” (U.S. Department of Justice)

Letter – Redress verification / instruction for Masaaki 1990, April 6 Hironaka from Office of Redress Administration

Flyers – information and instruction

Proposal – Order No. 1352-89, Redress Provision For Persons of Japanese Ancestry” (Department of Justice)

Forms - The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Voluntary Information Form (in English and Japanese), ORA case inquiry sheet

18 6 Redress:

Newsletter – “JACL Headquarters Bulletin” 1986, April

Legislative Document –Bill H.R. 442 (Implementation of 1985, January 3 Recommendations of Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians) , Bill H.R. 5977 (redress payment)

18 7 Redress:

Booklet – “Redress! The American Promise”

Newsletter – “…Congress Apologizes on Behalf of the Nation” (JACL) contains Civil Liberties Act of 1988- Voluntary Information Form

Article – “Behind Barbed Wire” by John Hersey 1988, September 11 Newspaper articles

18 8 Redress:

Fact Sheet – Redress questions and answers (National Committee for Redress, Japanese American Citizens League)

Statement – “Redress Guidelines” (National Committee for Redress)

Publication – “Speak Out for Justice Viewer’s Companion”, (a record of testimony from the hearings of The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians

18 9 Redress:

Newsletter – “NCRR Banner” (National Coalition 1981 Reparations Redress)

18 10 Redress:

Letters – presidential apologies 1990, 1995

18 11 Redress:

Statements – Redress testimony

Essay – “Study of Economic losses Suffered by the 1981 Japanese Community Due to the Evacuation” by Larry L. Boss

18 12 Redress:

Newsletters – “National Council For Japanese American 1985 - 1987 Redress” (incomplete)

18 13 Resettlement:

Article – “The Nisei Problem” (Yank, The Army Weekly) by 1945, July 13 Pvt. James P. O’Neill

18 14 Resettlement:

Speech – Attorney General of California, Robert W. Kenny 1945, March 16 to Sheriffs of California

18 15 Resettlement:

Document – debt claims against Sumitomo Bank 1958 (Department of Justice, Office of Alien Property)

18 16 Resettlement:

Minutes – Executive Committee of the San Diego Chamber 1942 – 1943 of Commerce, Board of Directors

Documents – proposed resolution for exclusion upon 1943 resettlement

18 17 Resettlement:

Essays – “Resettlement: A Neglected Link in Japanese America’s Narrative Chain” by Arthur A Hansen

“Returning Home: The Post-World War Resettlement of Japanese Americans to San Diego” by Susan Hasegawa

18 18 Sansei:

Essays (compilation) – “Ethnicity in American History: 1983 Selected Papers” compiled by Thomas Dublin

Articles – “Pacific Citizen” 1966

18 19 War:

Articles from Pacific Citizen – 1978

“My Family Roots” by Joe Oyama

“Stoop to Conquer” by Don Estes

“Yankee Samurai” by Joe Harrington

“From my Bed” by Shikako Takaya

18 20 War:

Chronology - Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

18 21 War: World War II

Articles –

‘The Go for Broke’ Soldiers” By Thelma Chang

“Lt. Kei Tanahashi” by Jon Yamamoto

Chronology - “Japanese Americans in America’s war”

18 22 War: World War II

Newspaper articles – Italian American Internment

Documents – Senate Bill 2053, Assembly Concurrent 1998 Resolution No. 183

18 23 War: World War II

Newspaper Articles – Shelling at Ellwood Beach 1996 - 2003

18 24 War: World War II

Book excerpt – “Roosevelt and Churchill: Men of Secrets” By David Stafford

Letter – from President Harry Truman to the citizens of Japan (In English with Japanese translation)

18 25 War: World War II Miscellanea

News Release – “Nagasaki Journey” 2002, August 19

Letters– To the editor of “Public Affairs Report” (Hiroshima 1995, September Revisited), Barton Bernstein, Richard Abrams, and Henry May

Articles –

“How to Tell Your Friends from the Japs” (Time Magazine) 1941

“The Legacies of World War II” (U.S. News & World 1985, Aug. 5 Report)

18 26 Miscellanea:

Report – Presidents Advisory Commission on Asian 2001, January Americans and Pacific Islanders “Action for Access and Partnerships in the 21st Century”

Document – Testimony for the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Report – Executive summary of White House initiative on 2000, July Asian Americans and Pacific Islander meeting

Series IV: California Alien Land Laws

Scope and Content: Government documents and pamphlets discussing the enforcement of the California alien land laws and tracking Japanese farms and farmers in San Diego County during World War II. Also included are a collection of student papers and academic articles by historians related to California Alien Land Laws.

Arrangement: In chronological order.

Box Folder Title/Subjects Date

18 27 Executive Correspondence:

Documents – Text of Alien Land Law of 1913 and 1920 1913, 1920

List – Japanese farmers and laborers

18 28 Rafu Shimpo:

Press Release – “To our Countrymen Engaged in 1937, June 5 Agriculture” (Southern California Central Japanese Association)

18 29 California Monthly:

Article – “Citizen and Alien” by Dr. David P. Barrows 1942

18 30 Correspondence:

Memos – To Thomas Whelan, District Attorney San 1944 Diego from Robert Kenney, Attorney General

18 31 Correspondence: County of San Diego, Department of Agriculture

Departmental correspondence and confidence reports 1945

18 32 Research Paper:

“Pressures and the Press: The 1920 Anti-Alien Law 1976 Initiative” by Mary-Margaret O’Connell

Master’s Thesis:

“The 1920 Anti-Alien Law Initiative: Perspectives in the 1977 San Diego Press” by Mary-Margaret O’Connell

19 1 Essay: Untitled

19 2 Article:

(Reprint) “J. Marion Wright: Los Angeles’ Patient 1990 Crusader, 1890-1970” by Janice Marion Wright La Moree (Southern California Quarterly, Vol. LXII)

19 3 Master’s Thesis:

“The California Alien Land Laws” By Bruce Allen 1993 Castleman

Article:

“California’s Alien Land Laws” by Bruce A. Castleman (Reprint, Western Legal History Vol. 7, #2 1994

19 4 Publication:

“Japanese Americans in California” Edition 1994

(California History, The Magazine of the California Historical Society)

Series V: JACL Projects

Scope and Content: Estes project files reflect his involvement in early work by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and other California groups to improve the study of Japanese American history. Documents from the 1970s includes a variety of project proposals, conferences and reports on UCLAs Asian American Studies Center, curriculum development and film projects by Visual Communications of Los Angeles, as well as JACL workshops and handbooks by Estes for researching Japanese American history at the local level, and for understanding the evacuation and relocation. Also included are bibliographies and collected syllabi for early Asian American studies and Ethnic Studies courses. The 1990s material shows his work for JACL to produce an updated curriculum and resource guide and conduct teacher training workshops.

Box Folder Title/Subjects Date

19 5 Education: Asian American Studies

Syllabi – Asian American and Ethnic studies course outlines (Professor Don Estes)

19 6 Education: Asian American Studies

Bibliographies

19 7 Education: Ethnic Studies

Documents – Lesson plans and course syllabi (various 1971-1998 colleges)

19 8 Education: Ethnic Studies

Essay – “Nisei: The Quiet American?” by Dr. James 1974 Hirabayashi

19 9 Education: UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Document – Course Description

Directory – List of theses submissions 1969-1970

Report – Asian American studies center 1970-1971

Proposal – “Proposal for a conference on the state of the 1970 Asian American Studies”

19 10 Education: UCLA Asian American Studies

Essay – “Curriculum Development in Asian American Studies: A Working Paper” by Lowell Hun-Hoon, Lucie Hirata, Alan Moriyama

Documents – Asian American Studies course curriculum 1970-1973 proposals and outlines

19 11 Education:

Itinerary – First National Conference of Asian American 1971, April Studies overview and conference schedule 16-18

Itinerary – Asian American Studies Conference II, “Tool of Change” schedule, community session statements

Directory – Asian American Studies Programs

Correspondence – Collegiate Invitation letter

19 12 Documents: Japanese American Research Project

Correspondence - Japanese American Research Project 1973 grant requests

Report - Donald Estes fellowship statement

Report – Donald Estes personal information biography

19 13 Documents: Japanese American Research Project 1972

Report – JACL executive committee financial document and project status

19 14 Education:

Report – San Francisco Center for Japanese American Studies auction by mail, 1942 Evacuation Posters

Correspondence – JACL and Asian American Studies Center

Statement – “Wartime Relocation Authority Materials Search”

20 1 Visual Communications: 1970-1977

Document – Visual Communication project statement

Proposals: Asian American Studies, Visual Communications Project topics and descriptions including “”China-town Two Step”, “Asian Women”, “Nisei”, “The Golden Years”, “Portrait of Lawson Fusao Inada” , “A Storm of Strangers”, “In Movement: A Pictorial History of Asian America”.

20 2 Visual Communications: Curriculum

Document – Application, Visual Communications / Asian 1973 American Studies Central, Inc. Multicultural Curriculum Development Project.

Correspondence - The National Endowment for the 1972 Humanities Division of Education Programs; includes Issei Film Proposal.

20 3 Visual Communications: 1970, July 14

Report – to JACL National Executive Committee; Initial proposal of project funding for Visual Communications

20 4 JACL National Education Committee:

Memorandum – curriculum and resource guide revisions

Curriculum and Resource Guide – “The Japanese American Experience: A Lesson In American History”

Notes – revision suggestions

20 5 JACL: Workshop One 1973

Student Workbook – “The Japanese in America”

Slide Narration

20 6 JACL: Workshop One

Curriculum Development – annotated bibliography

20 7 JACL: Workshop One 1973

Report – Draft of “Researching the Local Japanese American Experience” for The Visual Communications Committee, Inc.

20 8 JACL: Workshop Two

Memorandum – Camp Chronology

Correspondence – Visual Communications, includes bibliography and booklets

Curriculum – “Evacuation and Internment”

20 9 JACL: Workshop Two

Student Workbook – “The Japanese in America: Evacuation and Relocation”

20 10 JACL: Teacher Training Project

Document – JACL organization agreement, “An American 1998 Story” teacher training workshop project

Program – JACL 1998 National Scholarship and Awards

Itinerary – “A lesson in American History: The Japanese American Experience” Workshop outline and schedule

Outline – Teacher workshops, JACL and Civil Liberties and Public Education Fund

Correspondence – Civil Liberties Public Education Fund and JACL

Report – Education and Training proposal, budget, and 1998 schedule to 100th/442nd WWII Memorial Foundation

Workshop Project Phases

20 11 JACL:

Questions – JACL/LEC Redress Project

Application – 1997 Legacy Fund Grant

Series VI: UCLA Primary Sources Project

Scope and Content:

During 1971-1972 Estes received a grant, took a sabbatical, and worked with the Asian American Study Center at UCLA on a project that aimed to gather primary source materials on the history of the Japanese American community in San Diego County and Southern California. This series contains the results of this work; most of it is Japanese language material such as diaries, memoirs and published selections from Japanese books and newspapers. Estes arranged for the translation of Japanese sources to English, and one or both version is included. The series includes directories of Japanese residing in San Diego, some with biographical information.

Box Folder Title/Subjects Date

20 12 San Diego Buddhist Church 75th Anniversary:

Background history by Nobart Inc.

20 13 Tsuneji Chino: “End of Enforcement of California Anti – Japanese Land Laws and Its Details”

(Japanese and English)

Correspondence

20 14 San Diego Union Newspaper articles: 1887-1898

“Jolly Japs: San Diego’s Oriental Visitors wined and Dined Entertained by City Trustees”

“First Japanese Vessel Visit Port”

“Drowned Off Point Loma: Japanese Seaman Aboard Man of War Looses Life”

“ Japanese Business in SD”

20 15 Newspaper Articles:

“Japan Day Red Letter Event at Fair” 1915

“Agriculture – Mission Valley”

“Japanese Population in SD” 1905

“Japanese Population in SD County” 1908, 1913

“Japanese Christian Church – Membership” 1909

“English Schools” 1909

“Japanese in Schools – 1909” 1909

“Japanese Criminal Activity ” 1909

“Anti-Japanese Stories” 1909

21 1 Japanese Passports:

Kinsaburo Hasegawa 1906

Shitsue Saito 1921

21 2 Directory: 1912

Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco (New World Publishers, Japanese lanaguage)

21 3 Newspaper Article Excerpts (San Diego Union) 1915

21 4 Biographies (Japanese with English Translation by Toda 1920 Shinzo):

Dozen Futakuni, Sataro Owashi, Asataro Yuasa, Sadakichi Nakamura, Joshichi Tsunada, Ukichi Shimokawa, Chuji Yuda, Seiji Arikawa.

From Nanka Nihonjin.

21 5 The First Japanese Congregational Church of San Diego:

History - background, doctrine, constitution and 1907-1927 regulations

Booklet and Directory – The First Japanese Congregational Church of San Diego ( in English and 1907-1927 Japanese)

21 6 Biographies: 1928

Koji Chino, Takeji Tsumagari, Hyonosuke Shima, Toyokichi Masumoto, Tetsuzo Kushino, Kakuji Fukuda,

Soichiro Kaneko, Ikken (Kizaemon) Momii, Toshitaro Yamashita, Kango Izumi.

From “A Perspective View of Japanese People in the U.S. (Southern California Edition)” – written by Motomitsu Matsumoto and published by Showa Jihosha.

Newspaper Article – “Ex-internee to Get Diploma – Again” (Tami Takehara) written by John Gaines (San 1988, June 16 Diego Union)

21 7 Biographies: Shintaro Ono, Kanejiro Kondo, Michitaka 1932, Morishita, Kichijiro Itami, Hoji Yonemoto, Meijoro Sato, March 15 Gaishi Kobashi, Inosuke Kawahara, Otomatsu Ikeda, Goroku Hayashi, Tsuneichi Hirata, Takashiro Kuyama, Kenji Kojima

From “Okayamakenjin in Southern California” – written by Shiro Endo and published by Southern California Okayama Overseas Association.

21 8 Newspaper Articles , various. 1931-1941

21 9 San Diego Biographies from Zaibei Nihonjin: 1940

Brief Profiles – Tokuichi Matsubara, Choshichi Chiba, Iwaichiro Hamamoto, Ichiro Fujimoto, Yoshio Watanabe, Tadaro Ueno, Genzo Seki.

Biographies - Tetsuzo Kushino, Saburo Muraoka, Chiyonharu Sugiyama, Zentaro Araumi, Suekichi Iwashita, Eisaburo Ikemi, Toshitaro Yamashita, Jiro Tani, Uichiro Obayahi, Einosuke Kubo, Joichi Inada, Nichiyoshi Kono, Tomozo Matsumoto, Yoneki Matsumoto, Kyuji Morita, Fukuo Morita, Isao Omori, Matahiko Moguchi, Kaichi Takekuma, Naoki Tsukazaki, Masao Uchimura, Masato Tanida, Chosuke Kusakaga, Joshichi Tsunada, Isuke Iguchi, Jimpei Imaizumi, Yoshiharu Nagahiro, Tasaburo Mukai

21 10 “Japanese Agricultural History in San Diego County” 1940

From Zaibei Nihonjin, Chapter 1, Section 15

21 11 “San Diego County” 1940

From Zaibei Nihonjin, Chapter 10

21 12 Rafu Shimpo: 1940, October 5 “Commemoration of the 2600th year”

21 13 Survey Midmonthly, Journal of Social Work October 1942, August 1943

Survey Graphic, Magazine of Social Interpretation September 1942, February 1943

21 14 Yoshiko Iwama Kikuchi:

Article – “Hitori Omoi (Thoughts to Myself)”, Mojave 1945, Magazine No. 24 February 5

Poem – “Fur Coat” 1961, June 5

Essay – “San Diego” 1945

(Japanese text with English translation by Don Estes)

Correspondence – Don Estes with Reverend Kikuchi re: 1977 - 1978 Mrs. Kikuchi’s article.

21 15 United States Declaration of Intention: 1947

Petition for Citizenship – Seichi Murakami, Tamao Murakami

21 16 Japanese American history:

A Japanese American Chronology by Don Estes 1853 - 1941

Important Dates by Harry Honda 1841 - 1999

A Brief Chronology of Japanese and Asians in the 1258 – 1985 Americas

Timeline: The Economic Underpinnings of Asian 1790 – 1965 Immigration

Japanese American History

Important Dates 1908 – 1918

1941 – 1946

A Chronology of Japanese Evacuation and Relocation

Tracing the Japanese American Experience

21 17 Excerpts from “Minami Kashu Nanaju”:

“Japanese Fishing in San Diego”,

“70 year History of Japanese in Southern California”

21 18 Excerpts from “Minami Kashu Nanaju”:

Alien Land Law – 70 year History of Japanese in Southern California

History of San Diego County

21 19 Excerpts from “One Hundred Year History of People of 1860-1960 Japanese Ancestry in the United States”:

San Diego Biographies – Morizo Fujimoto, Usaburo Itoh, Sadakichi Hamaguchi, Kosaburo Ishino, Sanroku Kawasaki, Hiyoshi Kawano, Saburo Muraoka, Moritaka Tsuneyoshi, Shigenori Tsurudome, George Masumoto, Katsue Takashima, Katsumi Takashima, Taisuke Yasukochi, Izumi Uchimura, Masato Yamada, Honzo Yamada, Yoshitaro Yoshimura, Torao Yoshimura, Otomatsu Yoshihara.

21 20 Newspaper Articles:

“Story of the Story: Internment Recalled” by Mitch 1962, March Himaka 18

Los Angeles Times West Magazine – “Remember Pearl 1967, March Harbor” by Gene Oishi 12

21 21 Kyuji Aizumi:

Program – funeral service for Kyuji Aizumi 1967, January 21 (in Japanese and English)

Memorial – “Memories of Mr. Kyuji Aizumi” by Reverend Kikuchi Kenji

Memorial Book (in Japanese)

21 22 Excerpts from “California To Nihonjin”:

“California and Japanese” written and published by 1969, August Josuke Sakamoto 15

21 23 Aki Sakura Haiku Poetry Collection:

Issued by Aki Sakura (Autumn Cherry Club) 1976,1977, 1979, 1981, (in Japanese) 1984

(First issue: January 25, 1976)

21 24 Article:

“Kanshin No Matakuguri: Stoop to Conquer” by Don 1978 Estes for Pacific Citizen

21 25 UCLA Research Project: Issei Interview Survey

Series VII: Japanese in Pre-WWII San Diego

Scope and Content: These card files are a product of the research by Don Estes using the San Diego City and County directories. The aim appears to be to document those of Japanese ancestry living in pre-WII San Diego. The information obtained from the early directories refers primarily to San Diego City. After 1918, San Diego County and a business section may be included. Some of the information is undated and refers to the postal districts of the residents as well as including land and ownership details.

Box Folder Title/Subjects Date

22 Japanese in San Diego: 1906-1916

Alphabetical entries showing information retrieved from local directories between 1906-1916

23 Japanese in San Diego: 1889-1918

(Arranged by year; alphabetical by last name within each

year)

1918: includes section for San Diego County

24 Japanese in San Diego: 1919-1926

(Arranged by year; alphabetical by last name within each year)

1919: San Diego City; Organizations; San Diego County

1920: San Diego City; San Diego County

1921: San Diego City; Organizations; San Diego County

1922: San Diego City; Organizations; San Diego County

1923: San Diego City; Organizations; San Diego County

1924: San Diego City; Organizations; San Diego County

1925: San Diego City; Organizations; San Diego County

1926: San Diego City; Businesses; San Diego County

25 Japanese in San Diego County: 1926, 1927, 1940-1941 1926: Mailing addresses – San Diego City, Mission Valley, North San Diego, Pacific Beach, Point Loma

1926: Mailing addresses – Bonita & Sunnyside, Camp Kearney, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, El Cajon, Grossmont, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City, Oceanside, Otay, Palm City & Nestor

1927: San Diego City; Businesses; San Diego County

1940-1941: San Diego City, La Jolla, Mission Valley, Pacific Beach, Organizations, Religion, Businesses, San Diego County

Post Office zones: Imperial, Oceanside (n.d.)

26 Japanese in San Diego County: n.d.

Mailing addresses by Postal District – San Diego (SDPO); Chula Vista (CVPO); El Cajon / Lemon Grove / Spring Valley (ECPO); Encinitas / Cardiff / Del Mar / Solana Beach / Rancho Santa Fe (ENCPO); Escondido / San

Marcos (ESCPO); La Mesa / Lemon Grove / Spring Valley (LAMPO); National City / Bonita (NCPO); Vista (Vista PO)

Addresses with property information – San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego County, Chula Vista, Coronado, La Mesa, National City, Oceanside