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Edison Uno Papers, 1964-1976 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft9t1nb4jd No online items Finding Aid for the Edison Uno Papers, 1964-1976 Processed by Manuscripts Divsion staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Genie Guerard UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division 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/ © 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Note Area, Interdisciplinary, and Ethnic Studies--Asian American StudiesHistory--United States and North American HistoryGeographical (By Place)--United StatesHistory--California History--Bay Area HistoryGeographical (By Place)--California--Bay AreaSocial Sciences--Education--Higher EducationSocial Sciences--Political Science--Human Rights Finding Aid for the Edison Uno 1286 1 Papers, 1964-1976 Finding Aid for the Edison Uno Papers, 1964-1976 Collection number: 1286 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Contact Information Manuscripts Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Manuscripts Divsion staff, August 1980 Encoded by: Genie Guerard Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by: Apex Data Services Online finding aid edited by: Genie Guerard, March 2001 and Amy Shung-Gee Wong, August 2001 Funding: This online finding aid has been funded in part by a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). © 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Edison Uno Papers, Date (inclusive): 1964-1976 Collection number: 1286 Creator: Uno, Edison Extent: 119 boxes (59.5 linear ft.)2 oversize boxes Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Edison Tomimaro Uno was born in 1929 in Los Angeles. He was interned with his family in a camp in Crystal City, Texas during World War II. He graduated from Los Angeles State College in political science. He moved to San Francisco in 1956 and became operations manager of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Student Union in 1964, financial aid officer in 1969, and assistant dean of students from 1969-74. While assistant dean at UCSF he also taught various courses on Japanese American history and Asian American studies at California State University, San Francisco, where he was active in establishing an ethnic studies curriculum. He also taught at Stanford University, Lone Mountain College, and the California School of Professional Psychology. He served as one of the directors of the California Historical Society, and was the first Japanese American to serve on the San Francisco grand jury. Uno was active in grand jury reform, as well as other civil rights issues. He worked on the Farewell to Manzanar television program. He received various awards: the ACLU Alexander Meiklejohn Award, the San Francisco Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award, and the UCSF Chancellor's Public Service Award. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, committee records, subject files, speeches, clippings and other materials that relate to Uno's career as a California educator and civil libertarian, including material on ethnic studies curricula, grand jury reform and Japanese American community issues. Finding Aid for the Edison Uno 1286 2 Papers, 1964-1976 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. The library can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian, Department of Special Collections.] Credit shall be given as follows: [c in circle] The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Additional Physical Form Available A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact: Public Services Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Rosalind K. Uno, 1980. Funding This online finding aid has been funded in part by a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Edison Uno Papers (Collection 1286). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Biography Edison Tomimaro Uno was born in 1929 in Los Angeles; he was interned with his family in a camp in Crystal City, Texas during World War II; graduated from Los Angeles State College in political science; from 1952 to 1955, he worked as advertising and publicity agent for Japanese English-language newspapers; moved to San Francisco in 1956; became operations manager of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Student Union in 1964, financial aid officer in 1969, and assistant dean of students from 1969-74; beginning in 1969, taught various courses on Japanese American history and Asian American studies at California State University, San Francisco, where he was active in establishing an ethnic studies curriculum; also taught at Stanford University, Lone Mountain College, and the California School of Professional Psychology; served as one of the directors of the California Historical Society, and was the first Japanese American to serve on the San Francisco grand jury; he was active in grand jury reform, as well as in such civil rights issues as the Wendy Yoshimura Defense Fund, Title II Repeal, Redress for Evacuation, and the Japanese American Citizens' League (JACL); worked on Farewell to Manzanar television program; recipient of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Alexander Meiklejohn Award, the San Francisco Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award, and the UCSF Chancellor's Public Service Award; he died in December, 1976. Extended Biographical Narrative Edison Tomimaro Uno, born in Los Angeles in 1929, was the sixth son of George Kumemaro Uno and Riki Kita who were blessed with ten children, six boys and four girls. Uno's father, a native of Japan, came to the U.S. at the age of 19, like many immigrants to seek new opportunities and freedom. As a young man, he worked in various types of employment. At first he worked as a common laborer in a nursery in Alameda County for a relative, later he worked on the railroad in California, Nevada and Utah. The early history of the Uno Family was one of survival in as much as it was a large family and the income of the father did not meet all of the needs of a growing family. In the Spring of 1942 Uno's father was apprehended by the FBI and interned at Bismarck, North Dakota; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Lordsburg, New Mexico; and Crystal City, Texas. At the age of 13, Edison Uno was taken to Santa Anita Assembly Center in the Spring of 1942 with his family and 110,000 other persons of Japanese descent. From Santa Anita they were later moved to Granada Relocation Finding Aid for the Edison Uno 1286 3 Papers, 1964-1976 Center, Colorado in the Fall of 1942. Four of his brothers volunteered for military service while his mother and the younger members of the family were transferred to Crystal City Internment Camp in Texas to be united with their father. Fortunately, all of the Uno sons returned from the war alive. Older members of the family were relocated to Chicago, Minneapolis, Mississippi and eventually the family returned to California. Uno's father was one of the last to be released from camp while Uno had the dubious distinction of being one of the last Nisei to be released. By that time, he had been totally held for four and a half years. All of the family's personal belongings were lost during the war, and they had to start from scratch in 1945-46. The evacuation and relocation process changed the whole family structure and had an enduring and profound effect on Uno's life. Those years of hardship, toil and anguish in the relocation centers were never ever forgotten. A quote from the very touching introduction to Executive Order 9066, wrote Uno: Time has healed some of the old wounds, but the scars are not visible, they are there in the deep recesses of that psychological corner of our minds. Returning to Los Angeles, Uno majored in Government at Los Angeles City College and later graduated from Los Angeles State College with a degree in political science. Because of his particular interest in mass media and special concern with the Japanese American community, he helped establish a small all English weekly Japanese-American newspaper around 1951 and 1952. During the period from 1952 to 1955, he worked as an advertising and publicity agent for five Los Angeles Japanese English newspapers. Uno moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 1956, shortly after, he was married to the former Rosalind Kido with whom he had two daughters, Elizabeth and Rosanne.
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