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Jack and Aiko Herzig Papers, Ca http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c83r0rm6 No online items Finding Aid for the Jack and Aiko Herzig papers, ca. 1940-2000 Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; 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: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Jack and Aiko Herzig 451 1 papers, ca. 1940-2000 Descriptive Summary Title: Jack and Aiko Herzig papers Date (inclusive): ca. 1940-2000 Collection number: 451 Creator: Herzig, Jack. Extent: 219 boxes (109.5 linear feet)22 oversize boxes.1 map folder. Abstract: Jack and Aiko amassed a great deal of research material, mostly from the National Archives, on Japanese Americans. 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. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Access Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Jack and Aiko Herzig papers (Collection Number 451). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Herzig, Jack --Archives. Yoshinaga-Herzig, Aiko --Archives. Other Index Terms Related to this Collection Yoshinaga-Herzig, Aiko. Bindered from various Boxes Box 166, Folder 1 "From box 26" 1 of 2 Box 166, Folder 2 "From box 26" 2 of 2 Box 166, Folder 3 Japanese American servicemen. WWII. #000279 & A. 1 of 2 Box 166, Folder 4 Japanese American servicemen. WWII. #000279 & A. 2 of 2 Box 166, Folder 5 Mike Masaoka. "Final report". Apr 1944 Box 166, Folder 6 Civilian internees. Alaska, Hawaii Box 167, Folder 1 Barnhart, Edward N. Books Box 71, Folder 3 At Dawn We Slept By Gordon Prange Box 72, Folder 1 Books, 6 items Box 73, Folder 1 Books, 7 items Box 74, Folder 1 Books, 30 items Box 75, Folder 1 Books, 9 items Box 76, Folder 1 Books, 6 items Box 77, Folder 1 Books, 1 item; copy of Civilian Exclusion order No. 33; rolled photocopies of newsclippings Box 239, Folder 1 Books. 8 items. Box 240, Folder 1 Books. 10 items. Box 241, Folder 1 Publications. 11 items. Finding Aid for the Jack and Aiko Herzig 451 2 papers, ca. 1940-2000 Books (Box 3 List) Books (Box 3 List) Box 93, Folder 7 Books Box 94, Folder 1 Books Box 95, Folder 1 Books Box 96, Folder 1 Books Books (Box 4 List) Box 97, Folder 1 Books Box 98, Folder 1 Books Correspondence Box 170, Folder 7 Correspondence. Incoming/Outgoing '99. A-D Box 170, Folder 8 Correspondence. Outgoing A-D Box 170, Folder 9 Pending A-B-C Box 170, Folder 10 Abe, Frank Box 170, Folder 11 Abe, Frank, 1979 - Box 170, Folder 12 Abe, Victor Folder 13 Akashi, Thomas Box 170, Folder 14 Akune, Harry Box 170, Folder 15 Alaska. Inouye, Ron Box 170, Folder 16 Ando, Joe Box 171, Folder 1 Ando, Joe Box 171, Folder 2 Aoki, Isamu S. Box 171, Folder 3 Aono, Kristine Folder 4 Bannai, Lori Box 171, Folder 5 Washington Post Op-ed and editorials Box 171, Folder 6 Bernstein, Joan Z Box 171, Folder 7 Bird, Kai Box 171, Folder 8 Bishop, Dick Box 171, Folder 9 Carson, Ellen Box 171, Folder 10 Chen, Nick Folder 11 Chin, F. Box 171, Folder 12 Chin, Frank Box 171, Folder 13 Chin, Frank Box 171, Folder 14 Chuman, Dwight Box 171, Folder 15 Crost, Lyn Box 171, Folder 16 Crouch, Tom Box 172, Folder 1 Pending D-E-F Folder 2 DaBoss786@AOL.com Box 172, Folder 3 Dailey, Thelma Box 172, Folder 4 Day, Takako Box 172, Folder 5 De Cristoforo Box 172, Folder 6 de Nevers, Klancy Box 172, Folder 7 Dogs and birds 1 Box 172, Folder 8 Dollenmayer, Judith Box 172, Folder 9 Elfendahl, Gerald Box 172, Folder 10 Correspondence E-H Box 172, Folder 11 Daniels, Roger Box 172, Folder 12 Emi, Frank Box 172, Folder 13 Esaki, John Box 172, Folder 14 Pending F-G-H Box 172, Folder 15 Feeley, Francis. Dec 1991 - Box 172, Folder 16 Fiset, Louis. Jan 1998 - Box 172, Folder 17 Fox, Steve Box 172, Folder 18 Fujita-Rony, Tom and Dorothy Box 172, Folder 19 Fujita-Rony Oral History Box 172, Folder 20 Fujita-Rony Finding Aid for the Jack and Aiko Herzig 451 3 papers, ca. 1940-2000 Correspondence Box 172, Folder 21 Furutani, Joey Box 172, Folder 22 Fuyuume, John Box 172, Folder 23 Fukuhara, Harry Box 172, Folder 24 Gotanda, Neil Box 172, Folder 25 Gotanda, Philip - send to Box 173, Folder 1 Gotanda, Philip Kan Box 173, Folder 2 Gotanda #2, mailed 4/21/89 Box 173, Folder 3 Gotanda, Philip K. #3 Box 173, Folder 4 [News clippings w/note "Screen, then send to PKG (put in chron. order)] [in envelope] Box 173, Folder 5 Gotanda, Phil Box 173, Folder 6 Hamanaka, Sheila Box 173, Folder 7 Hansen, Art Box 173, Folder 8 Hara, Min Box 173, Folder 9 Harvard - Naito / Scott, Papers on redress - Nov 1990, related corresp. - revision Dec 1991 Box 173, Folder 10 Hasuike, Robert Box 173, Folder 11 Hata Box 173, Folder 12 Hayashi, Brian M. Box 173, Folder 13 Henriquez, Monica re Peruvian Jan 2(?) Feb '98 Box 173, Folder 14 Herzig mailing Box 173, Folder 15 Hirabayashi, Gordon and Lane Box 173, Folder 16 Hirabayashi, Lane Box 173, Folder 17 Hirata, Kathleen A Box 173, Folder 18 Holland, Max Box 173, Folder 19 Honda, Clifford Oct /97, grandfather, rr worker Box 173, Folder 20 Hosokawa, Wm & Robert Box 173, Folder 21 Hohri, Sohei - Photo (Sohei & Valeria Hohri) 2002, Photo/story "The Yacht" Apr 1988 Box 174, Folder 1 Hohri Box 174, Folder 2 Hohri - corresp. file - AHY to sort - discard irrelevant Box 174, Folder 3 Hohri - Lim Rpt Box 174, Folder 4 Hohri - Jan 2000 Box 174, Folder 5 Hohri, William - 26 May - 24 Dec1999 Box 174, Folder 6 Hohri, William M. - scripts of plays by WMH 1: Raed, white & blue - a comedy (draft 5/10/95), 2: Lu-lu Land, 1st draft (6/04/95), 3: Sentimental journey - a drama, 1st draft (9/5/96), 4: Manzanar reunion, Sep 1975 Box 174, Folder 7 NCJAR - Hohri, Wm. M. - biographical sketch Box 174, Folder 8 Hohri - 1997 - #5 Box 174, Folder 9 Hohri v. U.S. - Chas. Fried, "Order & Law" Box 174, Folder 10 Hohri - Repairing America Box 174, Folder 11 Hohri - Resistance: Challenging America's Wartime Internment of J-As" Box 174, Folder 12 Hohri, Yuriko Katayama - Photos - 1927, 193_, 194_ Box 174, Folder 13 Holmes, Hannah Box 174, Folder 14 Correspondence - Incoming/Out '99 - I through L Box 174, Folder 15 Correspondence - Outgoing I through L Box 174, Folder 16 Ichikawa grant Box 175, Folder 1 Ichioka Box 175, Folder 2 Ichioka re Uno Folder 3 Ichioka, Yuji Box 175, Folder 4 Igasaki, Paul Box 175, Folder 5 Iijima Box 175, Folder 6 Inada, Lawson Box 175, Folder 7 Inomata, Kiki Box 175, Folder 8 Inomata, Hirohiko Box 175, Folder 9 Inouye, Ron - Mar 2002 Folder 10 Irons, Peter H. Box 175, Folder 11 Ishigo, Estelle Box 175, Folder 12 Ishii, Amy Uno & Art Ishii Box 175, Folder 13 Ishii, Osamu 11/17/97 Box 175, Folder 14 Ishimaru, Stu Ramda Finding Aid for the Jack and Aiko Herzig 451 4 papers, ca. 1940-2000 Correspondence Box 175, Folder 15 Ishizuka, Karen Box 175, Folder 16 Iwakiri Folder 17 Iwamizu, Ruby and Ted Box 175, Folder 18 Pending - J - K - L Box 175, Folder 19 Japan - Kumamoto and of Shiagawa (Kyoto) 1972 Herzig trip Box 175, Folder 20 Japan Box 175, Folder 21 JACL Box 176, Folder 1 Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA Box 176, Folder 2 Japanese - Nihongo - Kangei (Welcome) Odo- 31 Aug 2001, Kuwayama - 4a Sep 2001, Kimiki - 9/5/01 Box 176, Folder 3 Japanese culture Box 176, Folder 4 Japanese - media Box 176, Folder 5 Japanese (Nihongo) Box 176, Folder 6 Jastry, John R. Box 176, Folder 7 Kai, Karen Box 176, Folder 8 Johnston, George Box 176, Folder 9 Kanazawa, Tooru / May Box 176, Folder 10 Kanzaki, Stan Box 176, Folder 11 Karnow, Stanley Box 176, Folder 12 Kashima, Tetsu Box 176, Folder 13 Kawashima-Horne, Yoko Box 176, Folder 14 Kempers, Margot Box 176, Folder 15 Kitano Box 176, Folder 16 Kobayashi, Sylvia K. Box 176, Folder 17 Kochiyama Box 176, Folder 18 Kodama, Sharon shizuko Okazaki Box 176, Folder 19 Koshiyama, Mits Box 176, Folder 20 Korematsu, Fred Box 176, Folder 21 Kudo, Elsa Box 176, Folder 22 Kurihara, Thomas Minoru 5 Mar 2000 - Box 176, Folder 23 Kuwayama, Kelly Yeuchi Box 176, Folder 24 Kusumoki, Takako & Steve Wade Box 177, Folder 1 Lay, Tim - Northern Light Productions - 18 Sep 2000 Box 177, Folder 2 Legdameo, Christina 11/16/97 - via PTN Box 177, Folder 3 Liao, George Box 177, Folder 4 Lim, Debbie Box 177, Folder 5 Pending - M Box 177, Folder 6 Correspondence - Incoming/Out '99 - M through ! Box 177, Folder 7 Correspondence - Outgoing - M through ! Box 177, Folder 8 MacNaughton, J.
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