Mike M. Masaoka papers, 1931-1991

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Masaoka, Mike, 1915-1991
Title
Mike M. Masaoka papers
Dates
1931-1991 (inclusive)
Quantity
43 linear feet, (88 boxes)
Collection Number
MS 0656
Summary
Mike M. Masaoka served as National Secretary (1941-1943) and Washington lobbyist (1945-1953) for the Japanese American Citizens' League. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and served as president of the Japan-America Society. He was active in issues of immigration reform and compensation for victims of wartime internment. The collection includes scrapbooks, yearbooks, correspondence, court and congressional documents, articles, oral history transcripts, and autobiography of Mike M. Masaoka which document his life as a Japanese American citizen. This collection documents the history and problems of Japanese American immigration, evacuation and internment during World War II, efforts to seek redress for damages, the Japanese American Citizens' League, minority issues of Japanese Americans, Japanese trade and culture, and Hawaiian statehood.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Mike Masaru Masaoka was born in Fresno, California, in 1915, the fourth of eight children of immigrant parents. A few years after his birth, his father moved the Masaoka family to Salt Lake City. It was there that he earned the nickname "Mike" while attending Salt Lake City schools. Later, he had his name legally changed. After graduating from West High School, he attended the University of Utah while working in his family's produce business and local restaurants. At both West and the University, he excelled in forensics. He was graduated from the University in 1937, after studying economics and political science.

Masaoka's first involvement with the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) occurred in 1938, when he attended an annual gathering of the organization. He became interested in the group's goal of organizing second-generation Japanese Americans, or Nisei, in efforts to counteract increasing discrimination. Masaoka quickly became a leader in the JACL after organizing the Intermountain District Council in Utah and Idaho. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the JACL's role as the leading representative organization for the Nisei took on new significance when coping with the government's decision to evacuate and intern all West Coast noncitizens and Americans of Japanese ancestry. As the JACL National Secretary, Masaoka was sent to Washington, D.C. in an effort to mitigate the effects of forced removal and work towards the elimination of the internment camps. Before leaving for Washington, though, Masaoka wed Etsu Mineta.

In addition to exerting influence on the United States government concerning the situation of Japanese Americans, while in Washington Masaoka also worked towards the reinstatement of military service for Japanese Americans. His efforts resulted in the formation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Masaoka, along with his four brothers and many other Japanese American men, joined the 442nd, which served with honor in military campaigns in Italy and France.

After returning from military service, the JACL appointed Masaoka as its Washington Representative, a post at which he served full-time until 1952, and part-time until 1972. During his years as a lobbyist, Masaoka worked to reform immigration and naturalization laws, resulting in the repeal of the 1924 Japanese Exclusion Act and the abolishment of the National Origins Quota Immigration System. In addition, he lobbied for reparations for losses suffered by Japanese Americans who had been relocated to the internment camps, which assisted in passage of the Evacuation Claims Act of 1948. In the 1980s, he also played a role in the proceedings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, which investigated the topic of further redress. Throughout his years in Washington, Masaoka also supported passage of civil rights legislation, and was active in development of smooth Japan-U.S. diplomatic and economic relations. In addition to his lobbying efforts on behalf of the JACL, in 1953 Masaoka established his own consulting firm, Mike Masaoka Associates. His clients included both American and Japanese manufacturing firms, as well as a variety of trade associations.

Masaoka was involved in a variety of Nisei veterans associations, including the "Go For Broke" National Veterans Association. He was the first Nisei elected President of the Japan-America Society, a group with which he maintained a long association. In 1970, the Mike Masaoka Distinguished Public Service Award was established by the JACL as a way to recognize individuals who had made significant contributions to the well-being of the Japanese American community. He was the JACL "Nisei of the Biennium" in 1950, and the JACL has established the Mike M. Masaoka Fellowship Fund to develop leaders in public service at the national level. In 1968, Masaoka was awarded the Third Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan. In 1983, he was honored with the Second Class Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Emperor.

Masaoka's autobiography, They Call Me Moses Masaoka (written with Bill Hosokawa), was published by Morrow in 1987. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1991, after being plagued with heart problems during the previous decade. He was preceded in death by his two adopted children, and survived by his wife and one grandchild.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Mike M. Masaoka papers (1931-1991) provide information about the personal and professional activities of Mike Masaoka (1915-1991) and document the wide-ranging experiences of Japanese Americans since before the Second World War. The materials are divided into twelve sections. Within each section, documents are arranged chronologically. Undated documents, along with news clippings and miscellaneous pieces, conclude each section.

Section I contains material relating to Masaoka's personal life. These reflect his activities as a youth in Salt Lake City (scrapbooks, school papers, and yearbooks); his travels to Japan during the 1950s (an itinerary, and souvenirs); and awards and recognition given to him in the later part of his life. Included is a copy of his autobiography, They Call Me Moses Masaoka. There are also materials related to the Masaoka family, several transcripts of interviews of Masaoka, and business documents.

Correspondence to and from Mike Masaoka is arranged chronologically in Section II. Included is correspondence written by or addressed to Masaoka as an official of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). The correspondence, besides covering topics of a personal nature, is concerned with various issues important to Japanese Americans, including the topics of sections IV through XI. Correspondence found attached to another document remains with that document. Beginning in 1946, Masaoka maintained a handwritten record of daily activities, and these notebooks and note cards are located in Section III. These logs have been arranged chronologically, but are not indexed.

Section IV of the collection contains items concerned with the immigration activities and citizenship status of Japanese Americans. The materials discuss the early immigration of the Issei, battles over deportation, and renunciation of citizenship during the Second World War and later. Masaoka's jobbying activities in these areas made a significant impact on Congressional lawmaking during the 1950s, and this is reflected in documents produced by the U. S. Congress.

Items concerned with the Second World War evacuation of Japanese Americans from the west coast of the United States are gathered in Section V. Included are documents produced by the War Relocation Authority, the government agency created to handle the evacuation, and papers reflecting the activities of internees and government workers in the relocation centers. Any material, regardless of date, memorializing or discussing the War Relocation Authority, relocation center activities, and the impact of internment on Japanese Americans during the Second World War and afterwards, is located in Section V.

Section VI contains documents recording the activities of Japanese Americans in the United States armed forces, especially during the Second World War. Masaoka was one of these people, serving in Europe as part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and was later involved in veterans groups. Included are commemorative materials and documents reflecting the activities of veterans' organizations, memorial service memorabilia, and articles discussing the involvement of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in the Second World War.

Documents produced as a result of efforts to gain reparations for losses suffered by Japanese Americans as a result of relocation and internment during the Second World War are located in Section VII of the collection. Included are documents produced by the Japanese American Citizens League as a result of their efforts in lobbying for reparations. A significant portion of this section is devoted to documents stemming from the activities of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

Section VIII contains records of, and documents published by, the Japanese American Citizens League, with which Masaoka was involved most of his life. These records are of a general, administrative nature. Documents which discuss the activities of the Japanese American Citizens League in specific areas, such as redress or immigration & naturalization, are filed in other sections of the collection.

Materials in Section IX consist of documents discussing and recording the experience of Americans of Japanese descent in areas outside of those covered in other sections of this collection. Topics include discrimination, demographics, culture, ethnicity, and general history. These subjects are reflected in articles, court documents, state election guides, exhibition brochures, and historical reports. The activities of political and cultural organizations are also represented. Section IX also contains documents reflecting the experiences of other religious, national, and racial minority groups in America.

The documents in Section X are concerned with Japanese trade, government, culture, and relations with the United States. Japan's diplomatic and economic relations with the United States are discussed in the form of articles and treaties. Many of the items in this section reflect on Masaoka's lobbying business, which actively pursued Japanese clients.

Section XI contains documents relating to Hawaiian statehood, while Section XII contains miscellaneous and oversize documents. Honors won by Masaoka in forensic competition, and medals relating to his military service, are also included here.

Addenda to the collection includes correspondence, veterans organization materials, Japanese American Citizens League papers, yearbooks, and scrapbooks.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-81 were donated in 1992-1993 (40 linear feet).

Boxes 82-85 were donated in 1994 (1.5 linear feet).

Addendum boxes 1-3 were found in 1998 (1.5 linear feet).

Separated Materials

See also the Mike M. Masaoka photograph collection (P0544) and audio-visual materials (A0351) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Mark Jensen and Karen Carver in 1993-1999.

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Related Materials

Forms part of the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I:  PersonalReturn to Top

The material in this series relates to Masaoka's personal life reflects his activities growing up in Salt Lake City (scrapbooks, school papers, and yearbooks); his travels to Japan during the 1950s (an itinerary and souvenirs); and awards and recognition given to him in the later part of his life. A copy of , his autobiography, is located in box 4, along with an addenda and associated papers. Also included in this series are materials stemming from familial relationships, several transcripts of interviews of Masaoka, business documents, biographical information about Masaoka, and paper memorabilia. Forensic and military service awards earned by Masaoka are stored in box 80 of this collection. Oversize memorabilia and award certificates are stored in box 81.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1-3
Scrapbook
circa 1931
1 4-6
Scrapbook
circa 1931
1 7-11
High School Papers
circa 1931-1933
1 12-13
West High School Yearbooks
1931; 1933
1 14
Forensic Orations
1933
1 15-16
"Guilty--The American Jury"
Research paper written for a University of Utah English course.
1934
1 17
M Men Manual and Handbook
Published by the Mutual Improvement Associations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1938
1 18
Address Book
circa 1942
1 19
Souvenirs
circa 1952
1 20
Japan Souvenirs
circa 1952
1 21
Magazine
Japanese language publication.
circa 1952
2 1
Japan Itinerary
1952
2 2-11
Hiroshima
Souvenir items.
1952
2 12-13
Okinawa
Souvenir items.
1952
2 14
Appointment Calendars
circa 1955; 1988
2 15-17
Testimonial
Event program, donor lists, and other items relating to the Mike M. Masaoka Testimonial held in Chicago.
1970
2 18
Funeral Programs
Masaoka family services.
1970; 1984
2 19
Ambassadorship Recommendations
1977
2 20
Family Crest
1980
2 21
Masaoka and Associates
Company brochure.
1981
2 22-26
Mike M. Masaoka Interview
Transcript of an interview conducted by John Tateishi.
1981
3 1-13
Mike M. Masaoka Interview
Transcript of an interview done as part of a "Go For Broke" National Veteran's Association oral history project.
1982
3 14
"Go For Broke" National Veterans Association
Items recording Masaoka's involvement in this group.
1983
3 15-19
They Call Me Moses Masaoka
Contracts, press releases, correspondence, news clippings, and other items relating to the publication of Masaoka's auto-biography.
1985-1987
Volume
3 1
They Call Me Moses Masaoka
By Mike Masaoka and Bill Hosokawa.
1987
Folder
3 20
They Call Me Moses Masaoka
Addendum to Masaoka's autobiography.
1990
3 21
Family Register
1987
3 22
Kai Rasmussen Memorial Booklet
1988
3 23
Wilson v. Amano
Court documents for a bankruptcy case involving Mike and Etsu Masaoka.
1989
3 24-25
Interview
A transcript of an interview done by Deborah Lim as part of a Japanese American Citizens League project.
1990
3 26
Mike M. Masaoka Distinguished Public Service Award
1990
4 1
Family Member Correspondence
Correspondence involving Masaoka family members. For correspondence to and from Mike Masaoka, see boxes 5-10.
1946-1954; 1983; 1991
4 2
Biographical Data
4 3
Honors
4 4
Invitations
Received by Mike Masaoka for various events.
4 5
Guest Lists
For events occurring while traveling in Japan.
4 6
Mailing Lists
4 7-13
Notes
4 14-20
News Clippings
1936-1991
4 21
Miscellaneous
4A
They Call Me Moses Masaoka Preliminary Drafts
circa 1986
4B
They Call Me Moses Masaoka Preliminary Drafts
circa 1986
4C
Oral History Interview Transcripts
The audio cassette recordings of these interviews are located in Audio/Visual Collection A0351, items 10-16.

II:  Correspondence, 1947-1991Return to Top

Correspondence to and from Mike Masaoka is arranged chronologically in this series. Included is correspondence written by or addressed to Masaoka as an official of the Japanese American Citizens League. The correspondence, besides covering any topics of a personal nature, are concerned with the various issues important to Japanese Americans. These include the topics of sections IV through IX: immigration and naturalization; evacuation and internment; military service; redress; the JACL; Japanese culture; Japan-U.S. relations; and Hawaiian statehood.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
5
Mike M. Masaoka Correspondence
1947-July 1952
6
Mike M. Masaoka Correspondence
July 1952-February 1957
7
Mike M. Masaoka Correspondence
A photograph attached to correspondence from Misoji Sakamoto in folder 20 has been removed to P0544.
March 1957-August 1978
8
Mike M. Masaoka Correspondence
Photographs attached to correspondence from Lee Hawkins in folder 3, and from Alice Kasai in folder 19, have been removed to P0544.
October 1978-January 1984
9
Mike M. Masaoka Correspondence
A photograph attached to correspondence from Reiko Ono in folder 12 has been removed to P0544.
January 1984-May 1988
10
Mike M. Masaoka Correspondence
May 1988-February 1991

III:  Activity Log, 1946-1990Return to Top

Beginning in 1946, Masaoka maintained a handwritten record of daily activities, including correspondence, phone calls, and engagements. The entries he made are concerned with both business and personal matters. Initially, commercially produced index cards were used in this activity, but he latter switched to pocket-sized notebooks. These logs have been arranged chronologically, and are not indexed.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
11
Activity Logs
1 Notebook, Approx. 700 loose cards
December 1946-November 1949
12
Activity Logs
Approx. 800 loose cards
December 1949-September 1953
13
Activity Logs
18 Notebooks, Approx. 400 loose cards
October 1953-December 1956
14
Activity Logs
36 Notebooks
January 1957-July 1959
15
Activity Logs
35 Notebooks
July 1959-August 1961
16
Activity Logs
37 Notebooks
August 1961-June 1963
17
Activity Logs
37 Notebooks
June 1963-February 1965
18
Activity Logs
39 Notebooks
February 1965-February 1967
19
Activity Logs
41 Notebooks
February 1967-December 1968
20
Activity Logs
42 Notebooks
January 1969-July 1970
21
Activity Logs
32 Notebooks
July 1970-November 1971
22
Activity Logs
36 Notebooks
November 1971-May 1973
23
Activity Logs
38 Notebooks
May 1973-December 1974
24
Activity Logs
43 Notebooks
January 1975-April 1976
25
Activity Logs
38 Notebooks
April 1976-August 1977
26
Activity Logs
47 Notebooks
August 1977-May 1979
27
Activity Logs
34 Notebooks
May 1979-May 1981
28
Activity Logs
33 Notebooks
May 1981-May 1983
29
Activity Logs
34 Notebooks
May 1983-May 1985
30
Activity Logs
37 Notebooks
May 1985-July 1987
31
Activity Logs
30 Notebooks
August 1987-December 1988
32
Activity Logs
28 Notebooks
January 1989-November 1990

IV:  Immigration and CitizenshipReturn to Top

The items in this series are concerned with the immigration activities and citizenship status of Japanese Americans. The materials discuss the early immigration of the Issei (first-generation Japanese Americans), as well as battles over deportation and renunciation of citizenship during the Second World War and later, including the case of "Tokyo Rose." Masaoka's lobbying activities in these areas made a significant impact on Congressional law-making during the 1950s, including repeal of the 1924 Japanese Exclusion Act and the abolishment of the National Origins Quota Immigration System. Documents produced by the U. S. Congress and a variety of court documents record battles over citizenship issues, while magazine articles discuss the issues surrounding inequalities in immigration.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
33 1-7
Japanese American Citizens League
Correspondence and other items produced by the Japanese American Citizens League, especially its Anti-Discrimination Committee, concerning immigration and citizenship issues.
1949-1952
33 8
Dual Citizenship
Japanese American Citizens League and War Relocation Authority correspondence on this topicirca
1943
33 9
Legislation, 78th Congress
1943
33 10
In the Matter of Certain Japanese Aliens Facing Deportation
Court documents.
circa 1946
33 11
Commonwealth Club of California
Recommendations on U. S. immigration policy, issued for members of this organization.
1946
33 12
Inouye v. Clark
Court documents.
1947
33 13
Hearings Report
Regulating Powers of Attorney General to Suspend Deportation of Aliens; before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 80th Congress.
1947
33 14
Delgadillo v. Carmichael
1947
33 15
Deportation Cases
Correspondence and other items produced by the Japanese American Citizens league and U. S. government agencies.
1947
33 16
Articles
"Inequality in Naturalization: Root of Prejudice," by Robert M. Cullum; and "End of Oriental Exclusion," by Robert M. Cullum.
1947-1948
33 17
Committee Reports
Amending the Act to Expedite the Admission to the United States of Alien Spouses and Alien Minor Children of Citizen Members of the United States Armed Forces; from the House Committee on the Judiciary, 80th Congress.
1947-1948
33 18-19
Legislation, 80th Congress
1947-1948
33 20
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1947-1948
33 21
Hearings Report
Providing For Equality Under Naturalization and Immigration Laws; before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 80th Congress.
1948
33 22
H.R. 199
Public responses and other items concerning immigration quotas.
1948
33 23
Abo v. Clark
Court documents.
1948
33 24-26
Japanese Language Schools
Reports, court documents (Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po), and news clippings concerning Japanese Language Schools in Hawaii.
1948-1949
33 27
Tule Lake Defense Committee
Items stemming from the activities of this organization.
1948-1952
33 28
Japan Peace Treaty Analyses
1949
34 1
"Naturalization of Asian and Pacific Peoples"
Excerpt from a U. S. Congress Committee meeting.
1949
34 2
"Annual Report of the Nisei Problem"
By Frank A. Kasama of the Nisei Consultation Bureau.
1949
34 3
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1949
34 4
Committee Report
Investigation of Immigration and Naturalization; Progress Report to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
1949
34 5
Acheson v. Murakami
Court documents.
1949
34 6
Article
"Recovery of Japanese Nationality as Cause for Expatriation in American Law," by Thomas L. Blakemore, Jr.
1949
34 7-8
Testimony
"A Discussion of the Degree of Assimilation Among Persons of Japanese Ancestry in the United States," by Elmer R. Smith.
1949
34 9-13
Hearing Minutes
Before a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
1949
34 14
Legal Case Summations
1949-1950
34 15
Legislative Reports
81st Congress.
1949-1950
34 16-17
Legislation, 81st Congress
1949-1950
34 18
"So You Married a Japanese Girl?"
Brochure for United States military personnel serving in Japan.
circa 1950
Volume
35 1
Committee Report
The Immigration and Naturalization Systems of the United States; Report of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 81st Congress.
1950
Folder
35 1
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1950
35 2
Voting and Citizenship
Legislation, correspondence, and other items concerning the citizenship status of Americans voting in foreign elections.
1950-1951
35 3
Uyeno v. Acheson
Court documents.
1951
35 4-5
Japanese American Citizens league Statement
On the Revision of Immigration, Naturalization, and Nationality Laws; for the Joint Committee of the Senate and House Judiciary Subcommittees on Immigration and Naturalization.
1951
35 6-7
"Report on Naturalization and Immigration of Japanese in the United States"
Prepared by Masaoka Associates.
1951
35 8
Barber v. Abo
Court documents.
1951
35 9
Aoki v. Barber
Court documents.
1951
35 10
McGrath v. Abo
Court documents.
1951
35 11
"Annual Report of the Nisei Problem"
By Frank A. Kasama of the Nisei Consultation Bureau.
1951
35 12
Legislation, 82nd Congress
1951
35 13
Immigration and Nationality Act, 82nd Congress
1951
35 14
Kuwahara v. Acheson
Court documents.
1951
35 15
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1951-1952
35 16
Pat McCarran
An address by this Senator on a Presidential veto of the "omnibus immigration and naturalization bill."
circa 1952
35 17
Japanese Dual Nationality
Documents concerned with Japanese citizenship statutes.
circa 1952
36 1
Okimura v. Acheson
Court documents.
1952
36 2
Mandoli v. Acheson
Court documents.
1952
36 3-12
Walter-McCarran Act
Documents concerning this legislation.
1952
36 13
Legislation, 82nd Congress
1952
36 14
Committee Report
Revising the Laws Relating to Immigration, Naturalization, and Nationality; from the House Committee on the Judiciary, 82nd Congress.
1952
36 15
Conference Report
Immigration and Nationality Act, 82nd Congress.
1952
36 16
Committee Report
Revision of Immigration and Nationality Laws; from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 82nd Congress.
1952
36 17
Legislation, 82nd Congress
A comparison of old and new texts of immigration laws.
1952
36 18
Articles
"Opposing Views of Omnibus Immigration Bills are Discussed at Clearing House Meeting;" and "Should We Revise Our Immigration Laws?"
1952, 1955
36 19-20
Judd Act
Documents concerning this legislation.
1953
Volume
36 1
Whom We Shall Welcome
A Report of the President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization.
1953
Folder
37 1-3
In the Matter of Harry Ginjiro Matoba
Court documents.
1953
37 4
Hearings Report
Emergency Immigration Program; before Subcommittee No. 1 of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 83rd Congress.
1953
37 5
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1953
37 6-8
Legislation, 83rd Congress
1953-1954
37 9
Pamphlet
"The Stranger at Our Gate: America's Immigration Policy," by Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr.
1954
37 10
Fukumoto v. Dulles
Court documents.
1954
37 11
Immigration and Nationality Act
Amendments to this legislation, 84th Congress.
1955
37 12
Tokyo Rose
News clippings and an article concerning the deportation of Iva D'Aquino.
1956
37 13
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1956
37 14-15
Perez v. Brownell
Court documents.
1957
37 16
Committee Reports
85th Congress.
1957-1958
37 17-20
Immigration and Nationality Act
1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions of this Act.
1958
37 21
Vesting Orders
U. S. Office of Alien Property.
1958
37 22
Nishikawa v. Dulles
Court documents.
1958
38 1-3
Hearings Report
Immigration; before Subcommittee No. 1 of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 88th Congress.
1964
38 4-5
Masaoka Statement
For Liberalized Immigration Policies; before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization, House Committee on the Judiciary, 88th Congress.
1964
38 6-8
"Congressional Comments On Immigration, Second Session, 88th Congress"
1964
38 9-13
"To Eliminate Racial Discrimination In Immigration"
Submission of the Japanese American Citizens League concerning pending legislation.
1965
38 14
Hearings Report
Immigration; before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 89th Congress.
1965
38 15-16
Immigration Reform Bill
A statement by Senator Hiram L. Fong.
1965
39 1-5
Congressional Debate On HR 2580 To Amend Immigration & Nationality Act, First Session, 89th Congress, Part I"
1965
39 6-10
Congressional Debate On HR 2580 To Amend Immigration & Nationality Act, First Session, 89th Congress, Part II"
1965
39 11-12
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments, 89th Congress
1965
39 13-17
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1965
39 18
Legislation, 91st Congress
Internal Security Act of 1950, As Amended, and Communist Control Act of 1954.
1969
39 19-24
"Planted in a Good Soil: The Japanese Immigrants in U.S. Agriculture"
By Masakazu Iwata.
circa 1971
39A 1
Articles
"Are Racial and National Origins Discriminations Completely Eliminated From Our Present Immigration Law?" by Jack Wasserman; and "The New Immigrants," by David North and William Weissert.
1970, 1973
39A 2
Article
"The Next American Frontier," by Robert B. Reich.
1983
39A 3-8
News Clippings
1946-1990
39A 9-10
Miscellaneous

V:  Evacuation and InternmentReturn to Top

Items concerned with the Second World War evacuation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast are gathered in this series of the collection. Masaoka, as an officer of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), participated in discussions with government agencies on the proposed relocation, and later, as the JACL's Washington Representative, worked to mitigate the effects of relocation on the camp internees. Included here are documents produced by the War Relocation Authority, the government agency created to handle the evacuation. Box 42 contains the correspondence and scrapbook of Janet Embree, an educator at the Poston, Arizona, Relocation Center. Court documents record the legal challenges to laws discriminating against Japanese Americans during wartime. Articles, pamphlets, newsletters, and other documents reflect the activities of internees in the relocation centers and of individuals and organizations working to eliminate the centers. Any material, regardless of date, memorializing or discussing the War Relocation Authority, relocation center activities, and the impact of internment on Japanese Americans during the Second World War and afterwards, is included here.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
40 1
War Relocation Authority
Quarterly report for March-June.
1942
40 2-3
War Relocation Authority
Quarterly report for July-September.
1942
40 4
War Relocation Authority
Semi-Annual Report, January 1 to June 30.
1943
40 5-6
War Relocation Authority
Semi-Annual Report, July-December.
1943
40 7-8
War Relocation Authority
Semi-annual report, January-June.
1944
40 9-10
War Relocation Authority
Semi-annual report, January-June.
1945
40 11
War Relocation Authority
Semi-annual report, July-December.
1945
40 12
War Relocation Authority
Semi-annual report, January-June.
1946
40 13
War Relocation Authority
Pamphlets and news releases issued by the WRA.
1942-46, 1953
40 14-15
"Japanese Evacuation: Interim Report"
By Carey McWilliams, Commissioner of Immigration and Housing, State of California.
1942
40 16
"Relocation Communities for Wartime Evacuees"
A War Relocation Authority publication.
1942
40 17
National Council for the Prevention of War
Leaflets concerning Japanese American relocation.
1942
40 18
Gordon Hirabayashi
News clippings and correspondence concerning Hirabayashi's court case.
1942, 1956
40 19
George Yamada
News clippings and correspondence concerning Yamada's court case.
1942
40 20
Statements
Statements of Masaoka and Minori Yasui, concerning Yasui's test case.
1942
40 21
Anti-Relocation Organizations
Pamphlets and mailings by organizations opposed to relocation and preventive detention policies.
1942, 1944, 1969
40 22
War Relocation Authority
Pamphlets.
1943
40 23
War Relocation Authority
Bibliography of published items concerning the WRA, Japanese, and Japanese Americans during the period October 1943-July 1943.
1943
41 1
Curriculum Papers
Used in the educational program at Poston Relocation Center, Arizona.
circa 1942
41 2-5
Curriculum Guide, Grades 1 and 2
Used in the educational program at Poston Relocation Center, Arizona.
circa 1942
41 6-10
Curriculum Guide, Grades 3 and 4
Used in the educational program at Poston Relocation Center, Arizona.
circa 1942
41 11-14
Curriculum Guide, Grades 5 and 6
Used in the educational program at Poston Relocation Center, Arizona.
circa 1942
41 15-19
Curriculum Guide
Used in the educational program at Poston Relocation Center, Arizona.
1943
41 20-21
Trek
Community magazine published at the Central Utah (Topaz) Relocation Center, February and June issues.
1943
42 1-9
Embree Letters
Correspondence from Janet Embree, an educator at Poston Relocation Center, to legislators, friends, and relatives.
circa 1942-1944
42 10-14
Embree Scrapbook
News clippings and correspondence collected by Janet Embree.
circa 1943
43 1
Articles
"Outcast Americans," by William Robinson; "Sedition's General Staff," by Bernard DeVoto; "What About Hugh Kiino?" by S. Burton Hearth; and "Empty the Relocation Centers!" by Kirby Page.
1942; 1943
43 2
"Outcasts! The Story of America's Treatment of Her Japanese-American Minority"
Published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
1943
43 3
Tule Lake
Notes and correspondence concerning Japanese Americans at the Tule Lake Relocation Center, California.
1943-1948
43 4
Committee Hearings
War Relocation Centers; before a Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, 78th Congress. Parts I and II.
1943
43 5
Presidential Message
Delivered to the 78th Congress.
1943
43 6
Pamphlet
"70,000 American Refugees, Made in U.S.A.," by Truman B. Douglas. Published by the Citizens Committee for Resettlement.
circa 1943
43 7
Pamphlet
"The Japanese In Our Midst, 1943." Published by the Colorado Council of Churches.
1943
43 8
Investigation Report
Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States. Subcommittee of the House Special Committee on Un-American Actives, 78th Congress.
1944
43 9
Pamphlet
"Issei, Nisei, Kibei: Fortune Magazine Reviews the Program of the War Relocation Authority and the Problems Created by the Evacuation from the West Coast of 110,000 People of Japanese Descent."
1944
43 10
All Aboard
Community magazine from the Central Utah (Topaz) Relocation Center.
Spring, 1944
43 11-25
Endo v. Eisenhower
Court documents.
1944
43 26
Pamphlet
"What About Our Japanese-Americans?" by Carey McWilliams. Published by the American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations.
1944
43 27
Newsletters
Published by anti-relocation organizations.
1944, 1946
43 28
They Work For Victory: The Story of the Japanese Americans and the War Effort
Published by the Japanese American Citizens League.
1945
Volume
44 1-3
Yearbooks
Secondary school yearbooks from Poston (Arizona) Relocation Center.
1944-1945
Folder
44 1
Yearbook
Secondary school yearbook from Poston (Arizona) Relocation Center.
1945
44 2
"The Nation's Press Views: West Coast Incidents"
A War Relocation Authority publication.
1945
44 3-5
War Relocation Authority
Report on program of studies.
1945
44 6
"The Light of Learning"
A publication of the Adult & Vocational Training Education Department, Poston Relocation Center, Arizona.
1945
44 7
"Poston I Elementary School"
circa 1945
44 8
WRA: A Story of Human Conservation
Published by the War Relocation Authority.
1946
45 1-4
"The Manzanar War Relocation Center"
A thesis by Richard B. Rice.
1947
45 5
Articles
"California Japanese-The Long Road Back;" "The Nisei Discover America," by Bradford Smith; and "The Nisei Come Home," by Victor Boesen.
1947-1948
45 6-7
"Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the War Relocation Authority"
A listing of holdings in the National Archives.
1955
45 8
"Civil Liberties and the Japanese American Cases: A Study in the Uses of Stare Decisis "
By Walter F. Murphy.
1958
45 9
"The Decision to Evacuate the Japanese From the Pacific Coast"
By Stetson Conn, from
1960
45 10
"The Price of Prejudice: The Japanese-American Relocation Center in Utah During World War II"
From a lecture delivered at Utah State University by Leonard J. Arrington.
1962
45 11
"The Bill of Rights and the Military"
By Earl Warren.
1962
45 12
"The Nisei: The Pride and the Shame"
Transcription of the narration for a Columbia Broadcasting System news program.
1965
45 13
Concentration Camps U.S.A.
By Charles R. Allen, Jr.
1966
45 14
"In Retrospect: The Constitutional Validity of the Evacuation Program Effected Against Persons of Japanese Ancestry During World War II"
A law school paper by Martin Nakahara.
1967
45 15
"An Investigation of the Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold the Constitutionality of the Evacuation of the Japanese in World War II"
A Political Science class paper by James Lare.
1967
45 16-19
Bick v. Mitchell
Court documents.
1968-1969
45 20
Legislation, 91st and 92nd Congresses
1969, 1971
45 21
"The Constitutionality of the Evacuation"
By Harry T. Carp.
circa 1970
45 22
Relocation: Readings
1970
45 23
Hearings Report
Hearings Relating to Various Bills To Repeal the Emergency Detention Act of 1950; before the House Committee on Internal Security, 91st Congress.
1970
45 24
"Campaign to Repeal the Emergency Detention Act"
By Ramond Okamura, Robert Takasugi, Hiroshi Kanno, and Edison Uno.
circa 1971
45 25
Committee Reports
Emergency Detention Act of 1950 Amendments; from the House Committee on Internal Security, 92nd Congress.
1971
45 26
Hearings Report
Prohibiting Detention Camps; before a Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 92nd Congress.
1971
46 1
Committee Report
Prohibiting Detention Camps; from the House Committee on the Judiciary, 92nd Congress.
1971
46 2
Legislation, 92nd Congress
Correspondence and information sheets concerning repeal of the Emergency Detention Act of 1950.
1971
46 3-4
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1971
46 5
The Lost Years: 1942-46
Published by the Manzanar Project Committee.
1972
46 6
Wartime Hysteria: The Role of the Press
Published by the Japanese American Curriculum Project.
1973
46 7
Presentation Mailing
Promotional material for an historical presentation by Amy Uno Ishii.
1974
46 8
"The Evacuation Decision, As I Remember It"
Written for Bud Fukei by Mike Masaoka.
1974
46 9
Committee Report
National Emergencies; from the House Committee on the Judiciary, 94th Congress.
1975
46 10
Newspaper and Gazette Report
A Library of Congress Publication.
1977
46 11
Earl Warren Memoirs
Excerpt dealing with relocation decisions.
1977
46 12
Valiant Odyssey: Herbert Nicholson In and Out of America's Concentration Camps
Edited by Michi Weglyn and Betty E. Mitson.
1978
46 13
Articles
"Haunting Echoes of the Last Round-Up: '9066' Revisited," by James G. Trager; and "The Japanese-American Internment," by Alec Dubro.
1980, 1983
46 14
"Incarcerated Memories: Japanese-Americans Remember"
A transcript of a Cable News Network program.
1981
46 15-28
Korematsu v. U.S.A.
Court documents.
1983
47 1
Yasui v. U.S.A.
Court documents.
1983
47 2
"Unfinished Business"
A description of a project produced for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1983
47 3
"The Orange Race: George S. Patton, Jr.'s Japanese-American Hostage Plan"
By Michael Slackman.
1984
47 4-6
Yasui Packet
Information collected by Minori Yasui concerning Mike Masaoka's involvement in evacuation and relocation.
1985
47 7
National Japanese American Historical Society
Commemorative calendar illustrated with photos of "Children of Detention Camps."
1992
47 8-22
News Clippings
1938-1990
47 23-24
Miscellaneous

VI:  Japanese American Military ServiceReturn to Top

Section VI contains documents relating to the activities of Japanese Americans in the United States armed forces, especially during the Second World War. Masaoka and three of his brothers were part of this group. Included are commemorative materials and documents reflecting the activities of veteran's organizations, some of which Masaoka was a member; memorabilia from memorial services in which Masaoka played a role; and articles discussing the involvement of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, of which Masaoka was a member, as well as other Japanese American servicemen, in the Second World War.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
48 1
Nisei In Uniform
Published by the War Relocation Authority.
1943
48 2
Five Years, Five Countries, Five Campaigns...with the 141st Infantry Regiment
1945
48 3
War Department News Releases
News releases publicizing activities of Japanese Americans in the United States military.
1945-1946
48 4
"Japanese Americans Play Vital Role In United States Intelligence Service in World War Two"
By John Weckerling.
1946
48 5
Articles
"The Nisei Come Back to Hood River," by Richard L. Neuberger; "Prove You Are An American--They Did!" by Frank Ochs; "Miracle for Mike...," by Kate Holliday; "Best-Kept Secret of World War II," by Bruce Lee; "Our Own Japanese in the Pacific War," by Bill Hosokawa; "1703 Purple Hearts For Mark Clark's 100th Battalion Hell-Fighters," by Emile C. Schurmacher; and "Go For Broke: The 442d Combat Team Story," by Matt Glasgow.
1946-1978
48 6-7
Eizo Suzuki
Military discharge documents.
1947-1949
48 8-13
Court Martial
Correspondence concerning proceedings against a group of soldiers charged with disobedience.
1949
48 14-16
Committee Meeting Minutes
The President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services.
1949
48 17-18
Go For Broke!
Press brochure and preview program for this motion picture.
1951
48 19
Congressional Memorials
Transcripts of statements, and legislation, concerning recognition of Japanese American military service.
1963, 1983, 1988
48 20-21
"Services in the Grove"
Miscellaneous documents concerning commemorative services for Japanese American military personnel at Arlington National Cemetery.
1963
Volume
48 1
Directory
A listing of names and address of veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
1967
Folder
48 22
Reunion Program
Nisei Veterans of Foreign Wars.
1972
48 23
Commemorative Booklet
Concerned with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team's commemorative trip to France.
1974
49 1
Nisei Veterans Reunion Program
1976
49 2
John J. McCloy
Remarks made at the Go For Broke National Veterans Association reunion.
1976
49 3
"Yankee Samurai"
By Joseph D. Harrington.
1979
49 4
Spark Matsunaga
Transcript of "What Price Glory?" a speech made in honor of members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
1981
49 5
Exhibit Brochures
Descriptive brochures for an exhibit honoring the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
1981
49 6
German Field Position Maps
Reproductions of maps illustrating the activities of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
1981
49 7-8
Calendars
Commemorating the activities of Japanese language specialists in World War II.
1982, 1983
49 9
Nisei Soldier
Information packet concerning the release of this documentary film.
1984
49 10
Arlington National Cemetery
General descriptive information.
1984
49 11
Memorials
Miscellaneous documents concerning recognition of Japanese American military service.
1985-1989
49 12
Go For Broke National Veterans Association
Miscellaneous documents recording the formation and activities of this veterans group.
1985-1991
49 13
National Nisei Veterans Association
Miscellaneous documents recording the activities of this veterans group.
1987-1989
49 14-15
AJA Veterans Reunion
Correspondence concerning and programs for this event.
1988
49 16
Nisei Veterans Newsletter
Three issues.
1988-1989
49 17-21
Go For Broke National Veterans Association
Meeting minutes, mailing lists, and conference materials.
1988-1990
49 22
Veterans Associations
Correspondence and newsletters produced by veterans groups.
1989-1990
49 23
Notes
Written by Masaoka concerning the "Military History of Japanese Americans."
49 24-25
News Clippings
1946-1991
49 26
Miscellaneous

VII:  RedressReturn to Top

Documents concerned with the pursuit of reparations for losses suffered by Japanese Americans as a result of relocation and internment during the Second World War are located in this series. Included are documents produced by the Japanese American Citizens League during lobbying efforts towards reparations. A significant portion of this series is devoted to documents stemming from the activities of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), which convened in the early 1980s to hear all sides of the redress issue and make recommendations to Congress. These include correspondence, information brochures, and hearing minutes. Legislative items in this series are concerned with efforts to address the claims of bank depositors who lost money as a result of U. S. government actions, the formation of the CWRIC, and redress efforts in the 1950s and 1980s. Masaoka, representative for both the JACL and veterans groups, made statements before Congressional committees and the CWRIC on the subject of redress.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
50 1-8
Japanese American Citizens League
Redress correspondence.
1949-1953, 1980-1984
50 9-11
Curtis Munson
A collection of documents concerning relocation decisions.
1942
50 12
Legislation and Committee Reports
Creating an Evacuation Claims Commission; from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 79th Congress.
1946
50 13
"Evacuation Claims--Justice Delayed"
By Japanese American Citizens League Anti-Discrimination Committee.
circa 1947
50 14
Financial and Economic Relations
A treaty between the United States and Italy.
1947
50 15
Legislation, 80th Congress
1947-1948
50 16-19
Statements
Before a Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
1948
50 20-23
Evacuation Claims Act
Documents concerning this legislation.
1948-1950
50 24
Congressional Record
Excerpts.
1948, 1953
50 25-26
Trading With the Enemy Act
Documents concerning this legislation.
1948-1955
51 1
Legislation, 81st Congress
1949-1950
51 2
Draft Treat of Peace With Japan
A U.S. Department of State Publication.
1951
51 3
Evacuation Claims Compromise Amendment Program
Japanese American Citizens League correspondence on this subject.
1951
51 4
Legislation, 82nd Congress
1951
51 5
Japanese American Citizens League Evacuation Claims Staff
Monthly reports.
1951-1952
51 6
Guessefeldt v. McGrath
Court documents.
1952
51 7
Japanese American Citizens League Statement
Prepared for the Dirksen Subcommittee on the Trading With the Enemy Act, Senate Judiciary Committee.
1953
51 8
Memorandum
Masaoka writing on the "Return of Vested Japanese Property."
1953
51 9
Memorandum
Frank Chuman, Japanese American Citizens League legal counsel, writing on the Trading With the Enemy Act.
1953
51 10
Masaoka Statement
Before the Dirksen Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
1954
51 11
Committee Report
Japanese-American Evacuation Claims; from a Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, 83rd Congress.
1954
51 12
Hearings Report
Return of Confiscated Property; before a Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 83rd Congress.
1954
51 13
Committee Report
Trading With the Enemy Act; final Report of the Subcommittee to Examine and Review the Administration of the Trading With the Enemy Act of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 82nd Congress.
1954
51 14
Committee Report
Trading With the Enemy Act; from the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 83rd Congress
1954
51 15
Masaoka Statement
Before the Subcommittee on the Trading With the Enemy Act, Senate Judiciary Committee.
1955
51 16
Masaoka Statement
Before a Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee relating to resolution on U.S. relations with West Germany and Japan.
1955
51 17
Hearings Report
Japanese-American Evacuation Claims; before a Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, 84th Congress.
1955
51 18-21
Legislation, 84th Congress
84th Congress.
1955-1956
51 22
Statement
Supplementary statement of the Japanese American Citizens League relating to the Return of Wartime Sequestrated Property, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Trading With the Enemy Act.
1956
51 23
Statement
Japanese American Citizens League statement for the Cooper Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
circa 1956
51 24
Memorandum
Masaoka memorandum to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee concerning "Provision in the Treaty of Peace With Japan Regarding Compensation and/or Return of Property Held by an Allied Power and Its Nationals."
1956
51 25
Committee Reports
Trading With the Enemy Act and Evacuation Claims Act.
1956
52 1
Nishikawa v. Brownell
Court documents.
circa 1957
52 2
Presidential Communications
85th Congress.
1957
52 3-9
Yokohama Specie Bank
Court documents and other items relating to this case.
1957
52 10-18
Koda v. U.S.A.
Court documents.
1957
52 19
Smallpage v. Ishida
Court documents.
1957
52 20
Sonada v. U.S.A.
Court documents.
1958
52 21
Sumitomo Bank
Court documents.
1958
52 22
U.S. Department of Justice
Documents concerning citizenship.
1959
52 23
Legislation
Concerned with taxation of evacuation claims.
1962
52 24
Revenue Act of 1962
Legislative documents.
52 25-28
Memoranda
Four Japanese American Citizens League memoranda concerned with taxation of evacuation claims.
1962
53 1-2
Aratani v. Kennedy
Court documents.
1963
53 3-5
Honda v. Clark
Court documents.
1964-1967
53 6-9
Honda v. Katzenbach
Court documents.
1965
53 10
Legislation, 92nd Congress
1971-1972
53 11
Committee Reports
Claims of Yokohama Specie Bank Depositors; from the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 92nd Congress.
1972
53 12-14
Statements
Made before Congressional Committees concerning redress for Japanese Americans.
1972
53 15-17
Reparations Plan
Prepared by the Japanese American Citizens League.
1976
53 18
Legislation, 94th Congress
Establishment of the Hawaiian Native Claims Settlement Study Commission.
1976
53 19
Reparations Questionnaire
1977
53 20
The Japanese American Incarceration: A Case For Redress
Three editions of a booklet prepared by the Japanese American Citizens League National Committee for Redress.
1978-1981
53 21
Guideline Recommendations
Prepared by the Japanese American Citizens League National Committee for Redress.
1980, 1982
53 22-32
Statements
Made before Congressional Committees concerning the establishment of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
1980
53 33
Committee Reports
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act, from the House Committee on the Judiciary, 96th Congress.
1980
53 34
Congressional Miscellaneous
1980-1983
54 1-3
Japanese American Citizens League Redress Committee
Reproduction of minutes for a 1942 Japanese American Citizens League meeting.
1981
54 4
Japanese American Citizens League Redress Proposal
1981
54 5-6
"Memorandum In Support of the Adoption of the Recommendations of the Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians"
Prepared by John Nakahata for the Japanese American Citizens League.
circa 1981
54 7-8
Japanese American Citizens League Redress Committee
Information packet. Attached photographs have been removed to P0544.
1981
54 9
Japanese American Citizens League Redress Statements
circa 1981
54 10
Japanese American Citizens League Redress Miscellaneous
circa 1981
54 11-19
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
Correspondence, information packets, press releases, and other items stemming from the activities of this Commission.
1981-1984
54 20-32
Statements
Made before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
1981
55 1-24
Statements
Made before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
1981
55 25-29
Japanese American Citizens League Testimony
1981
56 1
Media Response Packet
Japanese American Citizens League.
1981
56 2
Question Lists
circa 1981
56 3
Legislation, 97th Congress
1981
56 4-5
"Moving People Around"
An excerpt from an unpublished manuscript by Laurence T. Hewes.
circa 1981
56 6
Notes
1981
56 7-22
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
Hearing minutes, July-August.
1981
57 1-22
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
Hearing minutes, August.
1981
58
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearing minutes
1981 August-1981 September
Folder
59 1-25
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
Hearing minutes, September.
1981
60 1-24
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
Hearing minutes, September-November.
1981
61 1-17
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
Hearing minutes, November-December.
1981
61 18
Hubert K. Arnold
Correspondence to President Ronald Reagan and California Governor George Deukmejian concerning redress issues.
1982, 1985
61 19
Grassley Statement
Before the Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure.
1983
61 20
"Six Billion Dollars to Finance a Japanese Relocation Guilt Trip"
By Alan Stang.
1983
61 21-25
"Economic Losses of Ethnic Japanese As a Result of Exclusion and Detention, 1942-1946"
Prepared for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians by Frank S. Arnold, Michael C. Barth, and Gilah Langner.
1983
61 26
Legislation, 98th Congress
1983
61 27
Congressional Record
Excerpt.
1983
61 28
Personal Justice Denied
Summary and Recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
1983
62 1
John J. McCloy Remarks
Before a Japanese-American Relocation Commission Hearing.
1984
62 2
Daniel E. Lungren Testimony
For the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the House Judiciary Committee.
1984
62 3-5
Masaoka Statement
Made before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
1984
62 6-7
Japanese American Citizens League Redress Legislative Handbook
1984
62 8-14
Hohri v. U.S.A.
Court documents.
1984
62 15
Congressional Miscellaneous
1984-1985
62 16
Legislation, 99th Congress
1985
62 17-18
Hirabayashi v. U.S.A.
Court documents.
1985
62 19-20
Masaoka Statement
Made before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
1986
62 21-23
Masaoka Statement
Made before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
1986
62 24-28
Lillian Baker
Documents produced by, and describing the activities of, this individual, who opposed redress for Japanese Americans.
1986
63 1
Committee Reports
1987
63 2
Legislation, 100th Congress
1987
63 3-4
Masaoka Statement
Made before the Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
1987
63 5-7
Masaoka Statement
Made before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
1987
63 8
Masaoka Statement
Made before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
1988
63 9
"Crossfire"
Transcript of a Cable News Network program, featuring a debate between Masaoka and Lillian Baker.
1988
63 10-11
James Purcell
Documents stemming from the activities of this attorney, who was active in relocation court challenges and redress.
circa 1988
63 12-13
Congressional Miscellaneous
1988
63 14
Hearings Report
Authorization Request of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice for Fiscal Year 1990; before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the House Judiciary Committee, 101st Congress.
1989
63 15
Congressional Miscellaneous
1989
63 16
The Redress Monitor
The newsletter of the Japanese American Citizens League, Legislative Education Committee; three issues.
1989-1990
63 17
Redress Administration
1989
63 18
U. S. Department of Justice
Program for an event commemorating redress payments.
1990
63 19-27
News Clippings
1948-1991
63 28-29
Miscellaneous

VIII:  Japanese American Citizens LeagueReturn to Top

Section VII contains records of, and documents produced by, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), with which Masaoka was involved as National Secretary or Washington Representative most of his life. These records are of a general, administrative nature, and include correspondence, convention programs, financial reports, governing documents, reports from the organization's Washington Representative, and documents stemming from activities of individual JACL chapters. Documents which discuss the activities of the Japanese American Citizens League in specific areas, such as redress or citizenship, are stored in other sections of this collection.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
64 1-6
General Correspondence
1944-1989
64 7-14
Anti-Discrimination Committee
Correspondence, progress reports, financial reports, and miscellaneous documents produced by this committee of the Japanese American Citizens League.
1946-1949
64 15
Biennial Convention Program
1930
64 16
Council Meeting Minutes
August-September.
1940
64 17
Congressional Record
1941-1972
64 18
Financial Reports
1942-1943
64 19
"JACL In Wartime"
By Saburo Kido.
1944
64 20-26
"Final Report"
Masaoka's report to Japanese American Citizens League officers on his activities as the organization's representative.
1944
65 1
Financial Summary
1945
65 2
Reports
1947
65 3
Board Meeting Minutes
November 1947
65 4
Membership and Fund Appeal Brochure
1948
65 5
Biennial Conference Event Programs
1950
65 6
Chicago Chapter Newsletter
1950
65 7
Historical Brochure
1951
65 8
Committee to Reunite Japanese American Families
1954
65 9
Chapter Documents
1954-1955
65 10
Address
Transcript of an address made by William J. Sebald before a meeting of the Japanese American Citizens League.
1955
65 11
Japanese American Citizens League Statement
Made before the Daniel Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
1955
65 12-13
"A Definitive History of the Japanese in America"
A proposal for this study.
1860-1960
65 14-15
"A Definitive History of the Japanese in America"
A proposal for this study.
1860-1960
65 16-17
"A Definitive History of the Japanese in America"
A proposal for this study.
1860-1960
65 18-22
Washington Representative Report
1962, 1964, 1966, 1970
65 23
Intermountain District History
1940-1965; 1965
65 24
Biennial Program
1966
65 25
Information Brochure
circa 1967
65 26
Yoneo Arai
Information concerning this individual, purported to be the oldest living mainland Nisei.
1969-1970
65 27
Biennial Convention Program
1970
65 28-31
Masaoka Trust Fund
Documents concerned with the establishment and disbursement of this Japanese American Citizens League fund.
1970
66 1
U.S.-Japan Trade Study
circa 1972
66 2
Masao W. Satow Testimonial Program
1972
66 3
lva Toguri: Victim of Legend
1975-1976
66 4
Event Program
Eastern District Council presentation of the Thomas T. Hayashi Law Scholarship Award, and testimonial to William M. Marutani.
1976
66 5
Council Meeting Minutes
1978
66 6
Heritage Week Brochure
1979
66 7
Investment Portfolio Summary
1980
66 8
Constitution and By-Laws
1980
66 9-10
Michi Weglyn
Correspondence concerned with Japanese American Citizens League use of Weglyn's writings as part of a statement before Congressional Committees.
1980
66 11
Gerald Yamada
Documents discussing Japanese American Citizens League activities.
1981
66 12-13
Endowment Fund
Meeting materials and financial information.
1982, 1989
66 14
Financial Report
1982-1983
66 15
"The Nisei Assume Power: The Japanese Citizens League"
By Paul R. Spickard.
1941-1942
66 16
Masaoka Fellowship Fund
1983-1988
66 17
Public Service Award Programs
1986
66 18
Fund Raising
1988
66 19
Golden Gate Chapter
Resolution concerning apologies for the decisions of Japanese American Citizens League leaders concerning relocation.
1988
66 20-22
Educational Conference
1988
66 23
Convention Programs
1989-1990
66 24
Shig Wakamatsu
Speeches prepared for this individual as introductions for Masaoka and Thomas Crouch at a JACL event.
circa 1990
66 25
Legacy Fund
1990
66 26
Washington, D.C. Chapter Newsletter
1990
66 27
Miscellaneous Brochures and Flyers
66 28
Member Directories
66 29
Papanese American Citizens League Decals
66 30
News Clippings
1940-1988
66 31
Miscellaneous

IX:  Minority IssuesReturn to Top

Materials in this series consist of documents discussing and recording the experience of Americans of Japanese descent in areas outside of those covered in other series of this collection. Topics include discrimination, demographics, culture, ethnicity, and general history. These areas are reflected in articles, court documents, state election guides, exhibition brochures, and historical reports. The activities of political and cultural organizations are also represented here. Section VIII contains documents reflecting the experiences of other religious, national, and racial minority groups in America.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
67 1
Articles
"Hawaii: Racial Problem and Naval Base," by George H. Blakeslee; and "California's Proposition 15," by Grace Cable Keroher.
1925; 1947
67 2
Democracy and Japanese Americans
By Norman Thomas.
1942
67 3-10
Takahashi v. Fish and Game Commission
Court documents.
1945-1947
67 11
"Facts About Japanese-Americans"
Published by the American Council On Race Relations.
1946
67 12
Anderson v. Auseth
Court documents.
1946
67 13-15
Oyama v. California
Court documents.
1946
67 16
Palermo v. Stockton Theatres
Court documents.
1946
67 17
Shelley v. Kraemer
Court documents.
1947
67 18
"The California Alien Land Law and the Fourteenth Amendment"
By Edwin E. Ferguson.
1947
67 19-20
"The Anti-Japanese Land Laws of California and Ten Other States
By Dudley O. McGovney.
1947
67 21
To Secure These Rights
The Report of the President's Committee On Civil Rights.
1947
68 1
Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po
Court documents.
1948
68 2
Legislation
1948-1986
68 3
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
Court documents.
1949
68 4
"Some Social Aspects of Japanese-American Demography"
By Dorothy Swaine Thomas.
1950
68 5
Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath
Court documents.
1950
68 6
Masaoka v. California
Court documents.
1950
68 7-10
"Report on the Alien Land Laws in the United States"
Prepared by Masaoka Associates.
1951
68 11
Thompson Co. v. District of Columbia
Court documents.
1951
68 12
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Court documents.
1952
68 13
"Civil Rights Legislation and the Fight for Equality"
1862-1952; 1953
68 14
Consolidated Flower Shipments v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court documents.
1954
68 15
Nairn v. Naim
Court documents.
1955
68 16-18
Romero v. Weakley
Court documents.
1955
68 19
California Legislature
Legislation concerning the access of resident aliens to state social services.
1955
68 20
Committee Report
Exemption of Agricultural Commodities (Amendment to Civil Aeronautics Act); before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 84th Congress.
1955
68 21-22
California Voter's Guide and Election Results
Repeal of alien land laws.
1956
68 23-25
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama
Court documents.
1957
69 1
Exhibition Brochure
Photographic Exhibition on the First Japanese Embassy and the Voyage of the Kanrin-Maru in 1860.
1960
69 2-3
O'Meara v. Washington State Board Against Discrimination
Court documents.
circa 1961
69 4-6
"Early New York Issei Founders of Japanese American Trade"
By T. Scott Miyakawa.
circa 1965
69 7
"Issei In New England"
circa 1965
69 8
"The Study of the United States-Japan Trade and of the East Coast Japanese Americans"
Prepared by the Japanese American Citizens League East Coast Japanese History Project.
circa 1965
69 9-10
Presidential Addresses
Commemorative editions of civil rights speeches made by Lyndon B. Johnson.
1965
69 11
Washington Voters Pamphlet
Citizenship proposition to electorate.
1966
69 12
Report of Japanese American Research Project
1966
69 13
America-Japan Society
50th anniversary brochure.
1967
69 14
"Class or Ethnic Solidarity: The Japanese American Company Union"
By John Modell.
1968
69 15
Wakamatsu Colony Centennial
Commemorative brochure.
1969
69 16
"Japanese Americans: Origins' Past & Present"
By Joe Grant Masaoka.
1969
69 17-28
Cabinet Committee for Asian Affairs
Legislation to create this committee.
1971
70 1
"Socioeconomic Mobility Among Three Generations of Japanese Americans"
By Gene N. Levine and Darrel M. Montero.
1972
70 2
My Dream and Reality "
By Tadafumi Mikuriya. Includes attached correspondence.
1972
70 3
"Japanese American Migration to the East Coast"
Presented by the Eastern District Youth Council, Japanese American Youth, as their Project of the Biennium.
1974
70 4-25
"The Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity: A Study of Japanese Americans"
By Edna Bonacich and John Modell.
circa 1973
71 1
"The Japanese American Community: Transformation Over Three Generations"
By Grace N. Levine and Darrel Montero.
1974
71 2
"Difficulties in Cross-Cultural Communication"
By Sukchiro Hirakawa.
1974
71 3
"Reviewer's Comments: Bonacich and Modell, the Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity"
1975
71 4-5
Acculturation and the Retention of an Ethnic Identity in Three Generations of Japanese Americans
By John W. Connor.
1977
71 6
Sachie, A Daughter of Hawaii
By Patsy Sumie Saiki.
1977
71 7
University of California v. Bakke
Court documents.
1977
71 8
"The National Asian American Roster"
Compiled by Don T. Nakanishi for the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.
1980
71 9
Testimonial Program
For "An American Testimonial To Members of Congress of Japanese Ancestry; To the Japanese American Experience; To the Challenges Ahead in Human and Civil Rights;" a fund raiser for the Japanese American Citizens League.
1980
71 10
Japanese American Curriculum Project Catalogue
1980-1981
71 11
Japan-America Society of Washington
Membership directory and miscellaneous.
1982, 1987
71 12-14
Sanga Moyu
Various documents concerned with the broadcasting of a Japanese television program.
1984
71 15
Articles
"The Invisible Success Story," by Stuart Rothenberg;" and "Pass Go, Collect $1.4 Mil," by Andrew Alexander.
1984, 1989
71 16-19
Japanese Canadians
Articles, government documents, news clippings, and other items relating to issues important to Japanese Canadians, especially their relocation to internment camps during the Second World War.
1984-1990
71 20-23
"Remember Pearl Harbor: The Japanese American Quest for a Place in the Sun"
By Naoko Shibusawa.
1986
71 24-26
Mermelstein v. Institute For Historical Review
Documents produced by the Auschwitz Study Foundation in relation to this case.
1986-1988
71 27
Books-In-Print, Japanese in the Americas "
Book catalogue for the Japanese American Library.
1986
71 28
Wabuka Club Directory
1987
72 1-5
Jamake Highwater
Documents concerned with the authenticity of the writings and ethnicity of this author.
1987
72 6
"A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution"
Documents produced for commemorative activities for the bicentennial of the U. S. Constitution.
1987
72 7
Japanese American History
Various documents produced by museums, historical societies, and others.
1987-1990
72 8
Amerasia Bookstore Catalogue
circa 1988
72 9
A Proposal for the Malheur County Japanese American Cultural Center
1988
72 10
Asian and Pacific Islander Advisory Committee, Final Report
California State Attorney General's Office.
1988
72 11-20
Congressional Black Caucus
Documents concerned with the impact on and role of Black Americans in regard to Japan-U.S. relations.
1988
72 21-22
"Knowledge and Access: A Study of Asian and Pacific American Communities in the Washington, D. C. Metropolitan Area"
By Juanita Tamayo Lott.
1989
72 23
Asian Pacific American Achievement Awards
Event program.
1989
72 24-25
Jin Kinoshita
Information packet on this scientist and educator.
1989
72 26
Japan-America Society of Washington Bulletin
Three issues.
1989-1990
72 27
National Japanese American Historical Society Focus
Three issues.
1989-1990
72 28
Book Catalogue
Asian American titles; JACP, Incirca
1990
72 29
"Japanese Americans"
Unidentified book excerpt.
73 1
Norman Mineta
Documents recording the activities of this Congressman.
73 2-4
Spark Matsunaga
Documents recording the activities of this Congressman.
73 5-7
Document Excerpt
The subject is the Japanese American community.
73 8
Document Excerpt
The subject is the Japanese American influence on American culture.
73 9
"The Issei and the Quest for Citizenship"
73 10
"Concentration Camps--American Style"
73 11-21
"The Economics and Politics of Racial Accommodation: The Japanese of Los Angeles"
1900-1942
73 22-24
Japanese American Demographics
Data, maps, news clippings, and other items recording population statistics.
73 25-29
News Clippings
1939-1991
73 30
Miscellaneous

X:  JapanReturn to Top

Included in this section are documents concerned with Japanese trade, government, culture, and relations with the United States. Represented are Japanese industry, government and business leaders, and Japanese artists. Japan's diplomatic and economic relations with the United States are discussed in the form of articles and treaties. Many of the items in this section reflect Masaoka's lobbying firm, Mike Masaoka Associates, which actively pursued Japanese industry and trade associations as clients.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
74 1
Sister Cities International
74 2
"The Story of Timmore--The Japanese Fisherman"
By John M. Brooke.
74 3
A Course on Japan
By John Irwin. Published by the Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada.
1934
74 4
Legislation
1937-1975
74 5
"Friendship, Commerce and Navigation"
Treaty and Protocol between the United States and Japan.
1953
74 6
The Massacre of the Innocents: People and Land in Japan
By George P. Carlin.
1955
74 7
"Interchange of Patent Rights and Technical Information for Defense Purposes"
Agreement and Protocol between the United States and Japan.
1956
74 8
"Protection of Industrial Property"
Convention between the United States and other governments.
1958
74 9
Committee Report
Problems of the Domestic Textile Industry; before a Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 85th Congress.
1958
74 10
American Committee on Japan
Correspondence concerning ratification of treaties with Japan.
1960
74 11
"Facts About Japan"
Brochure prepared by the Japan Information Service, Consulate General of Japan.
1964
74 12
"Developments in the Law and Institutions of International Economic Relations: The Kennedy Round of Trade Negotiations"
By John B. Rehm.
1968
74 13
"Green, Political Integration by Jurisprudence "
A book review by John B. Rehm.
1970
74 14
"Coexistence and Commerce--Guidelines for Transactions Between East and West"
A book review by John B. Rehm.
1971
74 15
Our Two Countries
By Philip H. Trezise.
1972
74 16
U.S./Japan Outlook: A Digest of American Views of Japan
Published by Japan Trade Centers.
1974
74 17
The Emperor of Japan: A Profile on the Occasion of the Visit by the Emperor and Empress to the United States
By Edwin O. Reischauer.
1975
74 18-19
Commemorative Booklets
A recounting of a trip to the United States and Europe by the Emperor and Empress of Japan.
1975
74 20
"The United States in the World Economy"
Book excerpt by Edward R. Fried and Philip H. Trezise.
1976
74 21
Takashima Hokkai
Documents providing information about this Japanese artist.
1976
74 22-23
International Trade Option Paper
Produced by the White House Conference on Small Business.
1979
74 24
"U.S.-Japanese Relations: What Should the Future Hold?"
Transcription of a forum held by the American Enterprise Institute.
1981
74 25
"The American View of Japan and the Japanese: A Sharp Decline in Racism but Memories of WW II Still Linger"
1982
74 26
Aspects of Japanese Culture, Tradition and Behavior
1982
74 27
Bank of Tokyo
Annual report. A photograph attached to this document has been removed to P0544.
1982
74 28-30
Toyota Brochures
1982, 1986
74 31
Speech Transcripts
Addresses given by Japanese government officials.
1982; 1990
75 1
A History of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
1983
75 2
Asian Studies Center Backgrounder
Five issues.
1983, 1989
75 3
Heine Watercolors
Correspondence about, an exhibition brochure concerning, and reproductions of these paintings, which depict early United States-Japan contact.
1983
75 4
Briefing Book
Prepared by the Asian Studies Center of the Heritage Foundation for President Ronald Reagan's trip to Asia.
1983
75 5
"Industrial Policy in Japan, A Question-and-Answer Overview"
Prepared by the Japan Trade Center and the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
circa 1984
75 6
Japan's Industrial Policies
Published by the Japan Economic Institute of America.
1984
75 7
Competing for the Future: A Democratic Strategy for Trade
Published by the National-House Democratic Caucus.
1984
75 8
Keizai Koho Center
"Trading With Japan," and "Japan's 'Strong Yen' Crisis."
1985
75 9
Articles
"The Force of the Future," by Saburo Okita; "No News Is Not Good News," by Urban C. Lehner; "U.S. and Japan Relations--A New Realism," by William Watts; "Partnership for Prosperity: U.S.-Japan Relations and the World Economy," by Kiichi Miyazawa; and The Japanese and the Jews: Two Societies That Surprised the World," by Ben-Ami Shillony.
1985
75 10
Articles
"Two Looks at the Problem of America's Perception of Japan," by William Schneider; "Japan-Bashing is Pointless," by Hajime Karatsu; "Japan in the 21st Century: A Psychologist Looks Toward the Future," by Joseph A. Precker; and "A Return to International Society: Japan's Entry into the United Nations," by Naotake Sato.
1985
75 11
Michi Kobi
Two articles sent by this individual to Mike Masaoka.
1985
75 12-13
Study Proposals
Prepared for investigations on economics and trade, by William Schneider and Grant Ujifusa.
1985
75 14
Articles
"Costly Defects: The U.S. Semiconductor Industry from a Japanese Perspective," by Hajime Karatsu; "Networking in the Pacific: Private Actions with a Public Purpose," by Richard M. Fairbanks III; "How Japan Can Contribute to a Healthy World Economy: Six Proposals to Bolster the Free Trade System;" "Industrial Policy's Generation Gap," by Ryutaro Komiya; "Charting a New Policy Course," by Kazuhiko Otsuka; "Public Relations at the American Grass Roots," by Soshichi Miyachi; "Japan's Place in the Evolving World Order," by Yasusuke Murakami and Kuniko Inoguchi; and "The Enigma of the Eighties: World Trade and Protectionism," by Malcolm T. Stamper.
1986
75 15
Articles
"Beyond the Trade Statistics: Considering the Total U.S.-Japan Economic Relationship," by Allen Wallis; "Back to Basics: A Dutch Uncle Talk on U.S. Competitiveness," by Murray L. Weidenbaum; "Coexistence and Mutual Respect: Toward a New Global Ethic," by Yasuhiro Nakasone; "Multilateral Diplomacy: A Role for the Middle Powers in the Troubled International System," by Soedjatmoko; "Responsibilities to Fulfill: Realizing the Promise of the Pacific Basin," by Mike Mansfield; "Interdependence and Accommodation: Strengthening U.S.-Japan Economic Ties," by Yoshio Okawara; and "A History of Assimilation: Japan's Technology Trade," by Leslie S. Hiraoka.
1986
75 16
U.S.-Japan Trade Study Group Progress Report
1986
75 17
Ryoichi Sasakawa
An article and brochures about this Japanese businessman and philanthropist.
1986
75 18
White Paper on the International Trade
By the Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
1986
75 19
Handy Facts on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations
Published by the Japan External Trade Organization.
1986
75 20
Articles
"Japan and the Categorical Imperative," by James Fallows; "A Surplus of Bickering: Sharing the Blame for U.S.-Japan Trade Friction," by Dennis C. McCornac; "Pax Consortis: Coordination and Solidarity in Managing the World Economy," by Shinji Fukukawa; and "Vision, Consensus, and Competition: Industrial Policy in Japan," by Shoichi Saba.
1987
75 21
The World of Suntory
1987
75 22-23
The U.S. and Asia: Statistical Handbook
Published by the Asian Studies Center.
1987
75 24
Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Profiles of government leaders. Attached photographs have been removed to P0544.
75 25
The JAMA Forum
Published by the Japan Automobile Manufacturer's Association.
1987
76 1
"The History of Japanese Trade"
Museum exhibit brochure.
circa 1988
76 2
TBS-Britannica, Co.
Product brochures.
1988
76 3
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii
Brochure to promote development of the Center.
1988
76 4
"A Model Japanese Code of Conduct"
A proposal by U. S. Representative Mervyn M. Dymally.
1988
76 5
"The Internalization of Japan: A Perspective on Higher Education and Philanthropy"
By Barbara K. Bundy.
1988
76 6
"Trade Fictions--A View From a Foxhole"
An address by Cedrick Shimo, Vice President of Honda International Trading Corp. Also includes correspondence.
1988
76 7
Masaoka Commentary on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations
1989
76 8
Takata Corporation Brochure
1989
76 9
Glen F. Fukushima Recommendation
1989
76 10
"The U.S. Role in an Asia-Pacific Economic Forum"
By Roger A. Brooks.
1989
76 11
"To Avoid the 'Mistake of the Century'--Misgivings Over Shintaro Ishihara"
By Terumasa Nakanishi.
1989
76 12
Congressional Record
Excerpt.
1989
76 13
Liberal Star
A publication of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Two issues.
1989
76 14
The JAMA Forum
Published by the Japan Automobile Manufacturer's Association.
1989
76 15
Tokyo Financial Review
Published by the Bank of Tokyo.
1989
76 16
Japan-United States Friendship Commission, Biennial Report
1989-1990
76 17
News From Japan
Four issues.
1989-1990
76 18
Heritage Foundation
1989-1990
76 19
Japan Information Resources in the United States
Published by the Keizai Koho Center of the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs.
1990
76 20-22
"Rhapsody In August"
A script for a film by Akira Kurosawa.
1990
76 23-27
Structural Impediments Initiative
1990
76 28
"Foreign Diplomacy over Ochazuke Bowl"
A description of early post-World War II Japan-U.S. relations, by Mike M. Masaoka.
1990
77 1-2
Periodicals
, and
77 3
Client List
77 4-21
News Clippings
circa 1965-1991
77 22
Miscellaneous

XI:  Hawaiian StatehoodReturn to Top

Box 78 contains legislative documents relating to the acceptance of statehood for Hawaii. As a large percentage of the population of Hawaii is of Japanese ancestry, this issue was of importance to all Japanese Americans, who continued to battle the discrimination brought into focus by the question of Hawaiian statehood.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Volume
78 1
Committee Report
Statehood for Hawaii; before a Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Territories, 79th Congress.
1946
78 2
Committee Report
Hawaii Statehood; before the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 81st Congress.
1950
Folder
78 1
Committee Report
Statehood for Hawaii; before the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 86th Congress.
1959
78 2
Legislation, 86th Congress
1959
78 3
Miscellaneous

XII:  MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Documents stored in box 79 are those found in the collection that are not closely related to activities of Mike Masaoka, nor to Japanese American concerns. Box 80 contains a variety of awards and honors earned by Masaoka for excellence in forensic competition, as well as honors earned during his years in the U. S. Army. Box 81 contains oversize awards certificates and memorabilia.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
79 1
Lobby Index
1950
79 2-6
Go For Broke
Script for the motion picture production.
1950
79 7-11
Mr. Congressman
Script for the motion picture production.
1951
79 12
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Awards event program. An attached photograph has been removed to P0544.
1951
79 13-18
Ralph Nader Congress Project Reports
Reports on Mike Mansfield, Hiram L. Fong, Patsy T. Mink, Alan Cranston, Spark M. Matsunaga, and Daniel K. Inouye.
1972
79 19
A.L. Wirin
Memorial supplement to
1978
79 20
Roger Baldwin
Memorial service program.
1981
79 21
Speech
Made before the Spokane JACL, possibly by Grant Ujifusa.
1981
79 22
Democratic Congressional Dinner Program
1988
79 23
California First Bank Community Service Action Plan
1988-1990
79 24
Jay and Jin Kinoshita
Responses to invitations to an event honoring this couple.
1989
79 25
Smithsonian Institution
Documents concerning events organized by this museum.
1990
79 26
Gerald Yamada
A nomination to make Yamada the JACL "Japanese American of the Biennium."
1990
79 27
James Purcell
Documents memorializing Purcell after his death.
1991
79 28
Infotouch Computers
Product overview.
79 29
United States Constitution
79 30
News Clippings
1981-1991
79 31
Miscellaneous
80
Forensic and Military Honors
This box contains pins and medals won by Masaoka in forensic competitions during high school and while attending the University of Utah, as well as medals relating to his military service as part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during the Second World War.
81
Oversize
At the time of the preparation of this register, the items destined for this box are still being stored in their original frames, in anticipation of an exhibit using this material. They include art, awards, souvenirs, and other memorabilia.
General and They Call Me `Moses' Masaoka Correspondence
Box Folder
82 1-20
General Correspondence
1982-1991
82 21-26
They Call Me `Moses' Masaoka , Correspondence
1988-1989
Veterans Organizations and Redress
Box Folder
83 1-5
Go For Broke National Veterans Association, Correspondence
1985-1989
83 6-9
Go For Broke National Veterans Association
Documents concerned with the preparation of an exhibit at the National Museum of American History on Japanese American participation in World War Two.
1986
83 10
Go For Broke National Veterans Association, Miscellaneous
1984-1986
83 11-13
Nisei Veterans Association, Correspondence
1988-1990
83 14-15
Nisei Veterans Association, Organizational Materials
1988
83 16-22
Redress Statements
Statements by Michael Zacharof and Mike Masaoka.
1980
Japanese American Citizens League and Miscellaneous
Box Folder
84 1-6
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Correspondence
1986-1990
84 7
JACL, Redress Program, Correspondence
1986-1987
84 8-9
JACL, Thomas T. Hayashi Memorial Law Scholarship, Correspondence
1986
84 10-14
JACL, Civil Rights Fund, Correspondence and Miscellaneous
1963-1966
84 15
JACL, Miscellaneous
1986-1987
84 16-20
Gerald J. Grott
Correspondence and attached documents concerned with business transactions involving Western America Ore Co. and Sumitomo Corp. of America.
1982-1986
84 21
Japanese Home for the Aged
Descriptive brochures.
84 22
"U. S. Carpet and Rug Industry Outlook"
1972
84 23-26
Van Bourg, Hakamura, Katsura, Karney, Incirca
Promotional booklet.
84 27
Address Lists
84 28
Miscellaneous
Yearbooks and Geneology
Box Volume
85 1
University of Utah Utonian
1937
85 2
University of Utah Utonian
1938
85 3
West High School Panther
1941
85 4
Masaokas Across America
Genealogical information privately prepared and published by Mary Whitney, Incirca
1988
Scrapbooks
Box Volume
86 1
Amending the Nationality Act of 1940
86 2
Revision of Immigration, Naturalization, and Nationality Laws
86 3
Japanese American Citizens League
87 4
Japanese American Evacuation Claims
87 5
Racial Discrimination in Immigration
87 6
Assimilation of Japanese Americans
88 7
"Go For Broke"
1950
88 8
Amending the Immigration and Nationality Act
88 9
Racial Discrimination in Immigration

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Citizenship--United States--Sources
  • Civic leaders--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
  • Japanese American authors--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
  • Japanese American veterans--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
  • Japanese Americans
  • Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
  • Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Sources
  • Japanese Americans--Reparations--Sources
  • Japanese Americans--Social conditions--Sources
  • Japanese Americans--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
  • Lobbyists--Utah--Archives
  • United States--Emigration and immigration--Political aspects--Sources
  • World War, 1939-1945--Reparations

Personal Names

  • Masaoka, Mike, 1915-1991--Archives
  • Masaoka, Mike, 1915-1991--Correspondence
  • Masaoka, Mike, 1915-1991--Interviews

Corporate Names

  • Central Utah Relocation Center--Sources
  • Go for Broke National Veterans Association Foundation--Records and correspondence
  • Japanese American Citizens' League
  • Japanese American Citizens' League--Records and correspondence
  • Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)--Sources
  • United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd--Sources
  • United States. War Relocation Authority--Sources

Geographical Names

  • Hawaii--Politics and government--Sources
  • Japan--Emigration and immigration--Political aspects--Sources
  • Japan--Foreign relations--Sources
  • United States--Foreign economic relations--Japan--Sources

Form or Genre Terms

  • Academic theses
  • Calendars
  • Commemorative medals
  • Correspondence
  • Curricula
  • Essays
  • Handbooks and manuals
  • Interviews
  • Legislative hearings
  • Legislative materials
  • Newsletters
  • Newspaper clippings
  • Oral histories
  • Oral histories
  • School yearbooks
  • Scrapbooks