Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records

Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-2010

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Japanese American Citizens' League. Seattle Chapter

Title

Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records

Dates

1921-2010 (inclusive)

Quantity

31.71 cubic feet (47 boxes and 2 oversize items)

Collection Number

0217

Summary

Records of a Japanese American organization in Seattle, Washington that promoted active citizenship and civil and human rights

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages

English, Japanese

Sponsor

Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Seattle Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League served as the voice of the Nisei (second generation Japanese). The members (primarily professionals) tended to be highly nationalistic and proud of their American citizenship, promoting good citizenship and active participation in civic life. Organized 1921, as Seattle Progressive Citizens' League, it became the Seattle Chapter of national Japanese American Citizens League in 1930.

Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League met to organize an Emergency Defense Council composed of the presidents of many Nisei organizations. When incarceration became inevitable, the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League began to cooperate with the War Relocation Authority in the removal and in governing the Puyallup Assembly Center (Camp Harmony). James Sakamoto, Chairman of the Emergency Defense Council, became Chief Supervisor of the Japanese staff at the Puyllup Assembly Center.

The Chapter was inactive during the period immediately following the war, but was formally reactivated in 1948. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League became involved in civil and human rights issues. Chapter members participated in the statewide effort to eliminate from the Washington state constitution the 1899 Alien Land Law which prohibited Asians from owning land. In 1966, SJR 20 passes as an amendment to the constitution. In 1962 the seventeenth National Japanese American Citizens League Biennial Convention was held in Seattle. Minoru Tsubota was president circa 1960, Minoru Masuda in 1971, Chuck Kato in 1980, and Lloyd Hara in 1981.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, minutes, financial and membership records, newsletters, convention materials, and photographs relating to the Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League and its predecessor, the Seattle Progressive Citizens' League. Includes papers on the Japanese American evacuation during World War II and activities of the Emergency Defense Council (set up after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941), the chapter's successful efforts to repeal the Washington State Alien Land Law, its participation in the redress movement, and its activities as host for the Japanese American Citizens League's 17th Biennial National Convention in 1962.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator retains literary rights.

Preferred Citation

Japanese-American Citizen's League, Seattle Branch records. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in 6 accessions:

Accession No. 0217-005, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter minutes and introduction, 1942, 1970
Accession No. 0217-006, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-1981 (bulk 1941-1977)
Accession No. 0217-007, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter artifacts, 1942-1945
Accession No. 0217-013, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1933-1996 (bulk 1960-1990)
Accession No. 0217-014, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1942-2001 (bulk 1981-1999)
Accession No. 0217-015, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-2010 (bulk 1960-2000)

Processing Note

Partially processed.

Separated Materials

Japanese American Citizens League Photograph Collection PH0732 .

Related Materials

The Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2020. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4224/*/http://seattlejacl.org/

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 0217-005: Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter minutes and introduction, 1942Return to Top

.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Contains minutes of meetings from March 8-10, 1942. The minutes document special emergency meetings by Seattle Japanese American Citizens League leadership following announcement of evacuation plans by U.S. Army for those of Japanese ancestry. There is also an introduction to the minutes by Mike Masaoka, written in 1970.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Gift of David Ishii, 11/21/1978.

Accession No. 0217-006: Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-1981 (bulk 1941-1977)Return to Top

8.2 cubic feet (20 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged in two series:

Administrative records
Records of committees and related organizations

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, constitution, financial records, membership records, newsletters, reports, photographs; 1921-1981 (bulk 1941-1977). Included are records from the Seattle Progressive Citizen's League and the Emergency Defense Council, as well as other committees of the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League, such as the Committee for Abolishing Restriction on Land Ownership, Committee for the Repeal of the Anti-Alien Land Law, and the Seattle Committee for Senate Joint Resolution No. 20.

Digital Content/Other Formats: View selections from this collection in digital format.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Copying and quotation permitted

Acquisition Info: Gift of Linda Ishihara Kimura, 1976; periodic transfers of the Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter between 1968 and 1982.

Processing Info: Merger of 5 accessions: 0919-001, 0919-004, 1814-001, 1820-001, 0216-006.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Administrative Records
		Organization
Box	Accession
1	0217-006	History	1921-1981
1	0217-006	Constitution	1955-1970, undated
1	0217-006	By-Laws	1967-1977, undated
1	0217-006	Articles of Incorporation	1973, 1975
1	0217-006	Agreement of Association	undated
		Interchapter Correspondence
Box	Accession
1	0217-006	Pacific Northwest District Council 2 folders	1934-1975
1	0217-006	National Office 5 folders	1940-1975
1	0217-006	Washington D.C. Office 2 folders	1948-1974
1	0217-006	Northwest Intermountain Regional Office 1 folder	1973-1975
1	0217-006	"Pacific Citizen"	1958-1975
1	0217-006	Other Offices	1939-1974
Box	Accession
1	0217-006	Interoffice Correspondence	1965-1975
		Incoming Correspondence
Box	Accession
2	0217-006	A-B	1964-1975
2	0217-006	Adams, Brock	1969-1975
2	0217-006	C-E	1941-1972
2	0217-006	Evans, Daniel	1972-1975
2	0217-006	F-I	1969-1974
2	0217-006	Jackson, Henry M.	1962-1975
2	0217-006	J-K	1964-1975
2	0217-006	M-N	1956-1972
2	0217-006	Magnuson, W. G.	1961-1975
2	0217-006	Nisei Veterans Committee, Inc.	1969-1975
2	0217-006	O-R	1941-1975
2	0217-006	S-T	1969-1975
2	0217-006	Seattle, City of	1969-1975
2	0217-006	Seattle A-M	1969-1975
2	0217-006	Seattle City Council	1969-1975
2	0217-006	Seattle Public Library - Seattle Public Schools	1969-1975
2	0217-006	United States	1969-1975
2	0217-006	University of Oregon - University of Washington	1969-1975
2	0217-006	V-Z	1940-1975
Box	Accession
2-3	0217-006	Outgoing Letters 19 folders	1960-1976
3	0217-006	General Correspondence 6 folders	1968-1976
		General Correspondence Concerning
Box	Accession
3	0217-006	Stereotypes 1 folder	1975
3	0217-006	Golf Tournament 2 folders	1964-1973
		Minutes
Box	Accession
4	0217-006	Advisory-Executive Board 1 folder	1946-1949
4	0217-006	Seattle Chapter 15 folders	1941-1979
4	0217-006	Bainbridge Island Chapter	1940-1942
4	0217-006	Convention Committee	1941
4	0217-006	National Chapter	1937-1975
4	0217-006	Northwest District Council	1937-1975
		Financial Records
Box	Accession
4	0217-006	Office Account	1940-1942
4	0217-006	Statements	1939-1960
5	0217-006	Treasury Reports 3 folders	1940, 1958-1975
5	0217-006	Balance Sheets	1954-1964
5	0217-006	Checking Account	1963-1965
5	0217-006	Special Events	1939-1966
5	0217-006	Membership Income 2 folders	1962-1965
5	0217-006	National, other chapters	1962-1975
		Membership
Box	Accession
5	0217-006	Board and Officers	1941-1977
5	0217-006	Membership Lists 2 folders	1941-1975
5	0217-006	Committees	1941, 1963-1975
5	0217-006	1000 Club	1960-1963
5	0217-006	National List	1964-1975, 1978
Box	Accession
5	0217-006	Agendas	1971-1974, 1978
6	0217-006	Directories 2 folders	1962, 1967-1972
6	0217-006	Forms	1948
		Newsletters
Box	Accession
6	0217-006	Japanese American Citizens League Bulletin	1947-1970
6	0217-006	Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter Bulletin	1941, 1950-1956
6-7	0217-006	Japanese American Citizens League Reporter 12 folders	1961-1982
6-7	0217-006	Miscellaneous Bulletins	1950, 1965
Box	Accession
7	0217-006	Legislation	1935-1974
7	0217-006	Legal	1963, 1967-1968, undated
7	0217-006	Resolutions	1941-1973, undated
7	0217-006	Ordinances	1972
7	0217-006	Speeches and Writings	1970-1974, undated
		Memoranda
Box	Accession
7	0217-006	National Headquarters 2 folders	1940-1965
7	0217-006	Seattle Chapter 2 folders	1940-1973, 1978
		Lists
Box	Accession
7	0217-006	Mailings	1940-1962
7	0217-006	Attendance	1967, 1975-1977, undated
7	0217-006	Miscellaneous	1965-1973
7	0217-006	Personnel List	Undated
7	0217-006	Congressional Seating Chart	Undated
		Reports
Box	Accession
7	0217-006	Japanese American Citizens League	1967-1975
7	0217-006	"Japanese Girls in the Business World"	1937
7	0217-006	Japanese American Citizens League Occupation Survey	1964
7	0217-006	Committees	1969-1970
7	0217-006	General	1959-1975, undated
Box	Accession
8	0217-006	Programs and Activities	1940-1965
8	0217-006	Newsreleases	1962-1975
8	0217-006	Photographs 2 folders	undated
20	0217-006	Panorama photograph: National JACL Conference	1952
8	0217-006	Biographical Sketches	undated
8	0217-006	Grants and Proposals	1970-1972, undated
		Conferences and Conventions
Box	Accession
8	0217-006	National Conventions	1940-1942
8	0217-006	11th Biennial Convention	1950
8	0217-006	12th Biennial Convention	1952
8	0217-006	13th Biennial Convention	1954
8	0217-006	15th Biennial Convention	1958
8	0217-006	16th Biennial Convention	1960
8	0217-006	Northwest Conference on Racism	1971
8	0217-006	Miscellaneous Conference Material	1970-1972
Box	Accession
8	0217-006	Programs 2 folders	1963-1979
9	0217-006	Clippings 2 folders
9	0217-006	Ephemera 4 folders
		Subject Files
Box	Accession
9	0217-006	Black Panthers	1968
9	0217-006	Redress/Reparations 3 folders	1971-1979
9	0217-006	Pacific Citizen	1942-1962
9	0217-006	Nisei of the Biennuum - Watanabe	1978
9	0217-006	Referendum 35 - Open Housing	1967
10	0217-006	"Pride and Shame" Exhibit 2 folders	1970
10	0217-006	Hayasaka Collection, University of Washington	undated
10	0217-006	Japanese American History Project	1961-1965
10	0217-006	JACL Medical Insurance	1971
10	0217-006	Public Assistance Booklet	1970
10	0217-006	The George J. Inagaki Chapter Citizenship Award	1971, 1975, undated
		Records of Committees and Related Organizations
		Anti-Defamation Committee
Box	Accession
10	0217-006	Minutes	1975
10	0217-006	General Correspondence 2 folders	1974-1975
Box	Accession
10	0217-006	Anti-Discrimination Committee General Correspondence	1951, 1962
		Committee on Japanese American Evacuation Claims
Box	Accession
10	0217-006	General Correspondence and Memoranda	1962-1969
10	0217-006	Claim File	1949
10	0217-006	Ephemera	undated
Box	Accession
10	0217-006	Ethnic Concerns Committee Reports	1969-1970, undated
		Greater Seattle Japanese Queen Committee
Box	Accession
10	0217-006	General Correspondence	1961-1971
10	0217-006	Minutes	1964, 1969, 1971
10	0217-006	Programs	1941, 1964-1971
10	0217-006	Miscellany	1964-1971
		Human Relations Committee
Box	Accession
10-11	0217-006	Organization	1967
10-11	0217-006	Minutes	1965
10-11	0217-006	General Correspondence 4 folders	1964-1970
10-11	0217-006	Reports	1963-1967
10-11	0217-006	Speeches and Writings	1963-1967
10-11	0217-006	Ephemera	1963-1967
Box	Accession
10-11	0217-006	Installation Committee: General Correspondence	1965-1975
		Issei Concerns Committee
Box	Accession
11	0217-006	Organization	1975
11	0217-006	General Correspondence	1972-1973, 1975
11	0217-006	Minutes	1972-1973
11	0217-006	Reports - "Proposed Nursing Home"	1972
11	0217-006	Membership	1954-1955, 1972
		Issei-Nisei Stories Committee
Box	Accession
11	0217-006	Organization	1970
11	0217-006	General Correspondence 3 folders	1969-1970
11	0217-006	Minutes	1970
11	0217-006	Reports	1970
		Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Branch Membership Committee
Box	Accession
11	0217-006	General Correspondence	1963-1966, 1971-1972
11	0217-006	Ephemera	1972-1976
Box	Accession
11	0217-006	Japanese Americans for Patsy Mink: General Correspondence	1971-1972
11	0217-006	Japanese Cultural Center Committee: General Correspondence	1973-1975
11	0217-006	Japanese Immigration Centennial Committee: General Correspondence	1969
11	0217-006	National Committee to Repeal the Emergency Detention Act: General Correspondence	1969
11	0217-006	Nisei Veteran's Committee: General Correspondence	1967-1975
		Pacific Northwest Conference on Nisei Retirement
Box	Accession
11	0217-006	General Correspondence	1977
11	0217-006	Registration	1977
11	0217-006	Program Scope and Content: Includes photographs.	1977
11	0217-006	Ephemera	1977
		Recognition Committee
Box	Accession
12	0217-006	General Correspondence 6 folders	1967-1981
12	0217-006	Scroll of Recognition	undated
		Seattle Progressive Citizens League
Box	Accession
12	0217-006	Organization	1940-1941, 1947
box:oversize
19	0217-006	Minutes	1921-1941
Box
12	0217-006	Incoming Letters	1939
12	0217-006	Outgoing Letters	1940-1942
12	0217-006	Financial Records	1949, 1953
12	0217-006	Membership Lists	1939-1942
box:oversize
19	0217-006	Scrapbook	undated
		Social Concerns Committee
Box	Accession
12	0217-006	General Correspondence	1971-1973
12	0217-006	Membership	1972
		Committee for the Repeal of the Anti-Alien Land Law (SJR No. 4)
Box	Accession
12	0217-006	Incoming Letters A-Y 2 folders	1960
12-13	0217-006	Outgoing Letters 23 folders	1960-June 1962
13	0217-006	Minutes	1960
13	0217-006	Financial Records	1960
14	0217-006	Election Records 2 folders	1952-1960
14	0217-006	Lists	1960
14	0217-006	Speeches and Writings	1960
14	0217-006	Clippings Scope and Content: Includes photographs.	1960
14	0217-006	Ephemera	undated
		Committee for Abolishing Restriction on Land Ownership (SJR No. 21)
Box	Accession
14	0217-006	Organization	1961-1962
14	0217-006	Incoming Letters 2 folders	1962
14	0217-006	Outgoing Letters 2 folders	1961-1963
14	0217-006	Minutes	1962
14	0217-006	Financial Records 2 folders	1962
		Memoranda
Box	Accession
14	0217-006	Incoming	1962
14	0217-006	Outgoing	1962
Box	Accession
15	0217-006	Campaign Material 2 folders	1962
15	0217-006	Lists	1962
15	0217-006	Voting Record 2 folders	1962
15	0217-006	Recaps 3 folders	1962
15	0217-006	SJR 21 Fund Drive	1961-1962
15	0217-006	Ephemera	1962
		Seattle Committee for Senate Joint Resolution No. 20
Box	Accession
15	0217-006	General Correspondence	1966
15	0217-006	Minutes	1965-1966
15	0217-006	Financial Records	1966-1967
16	0217-006	Proposals	1966
16	0217-006	Campaign Material 3 folders	1966
16	0217-006	Resolutions 3 folders	1966
16	0217-006	Clippings 4 folders	1966
16	0217-006	Photographs	1966
16	0217-006	Notebooks	1966
16	0217-006	Election Returns	1966
16	0217-006	Ephemera	1966
		JACL Biennel National Convention, 17th Seattle, 1962
Box	Accession
16	0217-006	Incoming Letters A-Y 7 folders	1962
17	0217-006	Outgoing Letters 6 folders	1962
17	0217-006	Minutes	1962
17	0217-006	Minutes - Youth Activity Committee	1962
17	0217-006	Financial Records	1962
		Memoranda
Box	Accession
17	0217-006	National Headquarters	1962
17	0217-006	Washington Office	1961-1962
17	0217-006	Miscellaneous	1961-1962
Box	Accession
17	0217-006	Speeches and Writings in Japanese	1962
17	0217-006	Clippings, Scope and Content: Including ephemera.	1962
17	0217-006	Program	1962
17	0217-006	Registration	1962
17	0217-006	Events	1962
17	0217-006	Miscellany	1962
		Emergency Defense Council
Box	Accession
18	0217-006	Organization	1941-1942
18	0217-006	Incoming Letters	1941-1942
18	0217-006	Outgoing Letters	1941-1942
18	0217-006	General Correspondence	1942
18	0217-006	Minutes	1941-1942
18	0217-006	Financial Records	1940-1942
18	0217-006	Case Files	1941-1942
18	0217-006	March Orders	1942
18	0217-006	Reports
18	0217-006	Speeches and Writings	1942
		Lists
Box	Accession
18	0217-006	Addresses (Business and Home) 2 folders	1942
Box	Accession
18	0217-006	News Releases	1941-1942
		Bulletins
Box	Accession
18	0217-006	National Headquarters	1941-1942
Box	Accession
18	0217-006	Clippings 5 folders	Jan-May 1942
18	0217-006	Ephemera	1942-1950
18	0217-006	Subject File: Headquarters - Camp Harmony	1942

Accession No. 0217-007: Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter artifacts, 1942-1945Return to Top

.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Exhibit items: 1-foot sample of barbed wire, heavy teacup from Camp Minidoka internment; 1942-1945.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users. Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Gift of Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter, 8/1/1992.

Accession No. 0217-013: Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1933-1996 (bulk 1960-1990)Return to Top

2.00 cubic feet (3 boxes and one oversize package)

Arrangement: Arranged in 4 series:

Organizational records, 1959-1996
Presidents' papers, 1960-1982
Japanese American Citizens League, Pacific Northwest District records, 1933, 1960-1967
Japanese American Citizens League records, 1944, 1967

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, photographs, ephemera, posters, financial records, clippings, lists of officers, 1933-1996 (bulk 1960-1990). Primarily records of presidents Minoru Tsubota, Minoru Masuda, Chuck Kato, and Lloyd Hara. Also includes records of the Japanese American Citizens League, Pacific Northwest District Council, ca 1960-1967.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for details.

Acquisition Info: Gift of Shea Aoki, 4/28/1983; Donald Kazama, 6/1983; Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter, 1971.

Processing Info: Processed in 1996.

Merger of Accession No. 0217-008, Accession No. 0217-009; Accession No. 0217-010, Accession No. 0217-011, Accession No. 0217-012, and incoming ephemera.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Organizational Records
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	0217-013	Historical Feature -- Time Line	undated
1/2	0217-013	Organizational Features	undated
1/3	0217-013	Intraorganizational Correspondence	1982-1990, undated
		Minutes
Box/Folder	Accession
1/4	0217-013	Board	1960-1982
1/5	0217-013	Alien Land Law Repeal Committee	1959-1960
1/6	0217-013	Committee on Resolution No. 4	1960
1/7	0217-013	Committee on Abolishing Restrictions on Land Ownership	1962
1/8	0217-013	Executive Board	1981
1/9	0217-013	Executive Committee	1980-1981, undated
1/10	0217-013	Japanese Canadian Project	1980
1/11	0217-013	Joint Meetings	1960-1971
1/12	0217-013	Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Committee	1971, 1981-1982
Box/Folder	Accession
1/13	0217-013	Budget Files	1982
1/14	0217-013	List of Officers	1982
1/15	0217-013	Agendas Of U. S. Wartime Relocation And Internment Of Civilians Commission	1981
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
1/16-22	0217-013	Japanese American Citizens' League, Seattle Chapter	1961-1963, 1971, 1977-1996
1/23	0217-013	NCRR Banner (National Coalition Reparations Redress)	1981
Box/Folder	Accession
1/24-25	0217-013	Subject File -- Inagaki Award	1970-1982
1/26	0217-013	Clippings	1968, 1974-1980, undated
package:oversize
4	0217-013	Photographs	undated
4	0217-013	Posters	undated
		Ephemera
Box/Folder	Accession
1/27	0217-013	Japanese American Citizens' League, Seattle Chapter	undated
1/28	0217-013	Others	undated
		Presidents' Papers
		Minoru Tsubota
Box/Folder	Accession
1/29-31	0217-013	President's Notebooks Scope and Content: Including records of Pacific Northwest District Council.	circa 1960
		Minoru Masuda
Box/Folder	Accession
2/1	0217-013	President's Notebook	circa 1971
2/2-3	0217-013	Subject File -- Nisei Retirement Planning Conference	undated
		Chuck Kato
Box/Folder	Accession
2/4	0217-013	General Correspondence	1979-1980, undated
2/5	0217-013	Intraoffice Correspondence	1980
2/6	0217-013	Lists of Officers	1980
2/7	0217-013	Subject File -- Japanese Canadian Centennial Project	1977
2/8	0217-013	Ephemera	undated
		Lloyd Hara
Box/Folder	Accession
2/9-11, 3/1	0217-013	President's Notebooks	circa 1981
3/2	0217-013	General Correspondence	1981
3/3	0217-013	Financial Records	1980-1981
3/4	0217-013	Conference -- Japanese Canadians and Japanese Americans	1981
3/5	0217-013	Report on Results of Third Medical Examination of Atomic Bomb Survivors Residing in the U.S.	1982
3/6	0217-013	Political Education Committee -- Goals and Objectives	1981
3/7	0217-013	Resumes of Board Members	undated
		Subject Files
Box/Folder	Accession
3/8	0217-013	Board Retreat	1981
3/9	0217-013	Diabetes Study	1981
3/10	0217-013	Floyd Schmoe	1975-1981
3/11	0217-013	Leadership Workshop	1981
3/12	0217-013	60th Anniversary Banquet	1981
3/13	0217-013	Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival	1981
3/14	0217-013	Youth Achievement Banquet	1981
Box/Folder	Accession
3/15	0217-013	Scholarship Committee	1981
		Japanese American Citizens League, Pacific Northwest District
Box/Folder	Accession
3/16	0217-013	Minutes	1960-1962, 1967
3/17	0217-013	Conference and Convention Files	1933, 1963, 1967
3/18	0217-013	Resolution	undated
3/19	0217-013	Program -- District Youth Council	1967
Box/Folder	Accession
3/20	0217-013	Japanese American Citizens League	1944, 1967, undated

Accession No. 0217-014: Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1942-2001 (bulk 1981-1999)Return to Top

4.00 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, legislation, roll calls, rosters, testimony, minutes, memoranda, committee files, project files, grant files, financial files, reports, constitution, by-laws, membership lists, clippings, newsletters, press releases, photographs; 1942-2001 (bulk 1981-1999)

Majority of files were created during the tenure of Cherry T. Kinoshita while serving as President of the Seattle Chapter and Chair of the National Redress Committee for the Japanese American Citizens League. Includes materials related to redress legislation for Washington state, City of Seattle, and Seattle School District employees. Also includes project files for the creation of the video documentary, Redress: JACL's Campaign for Justice . Also includes grant files from the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund (CLPEF) for the Born in Seattle: Japanese American Campaign for Redress manuscript published by the University of Washington Press in 1998.

Restrictions on Access: Partially restricted. The records contain confidential materials, including social security numbers, personal checks, and bank account information. Individual files have been identified as restricted in the finding and are tied with red string. These files are closed until processed. All other files are open to all users immediately.

Acquisition Info: Gift of Cherry T. Kinoshita, 10/6/2005.

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Washington State Employees Redress Bill
Box	Accession
1	0217-014	Redress - Washington State/City/Seattle School Summary	1983-1984
1	0217-014	Washington State - SJM104/HJM9	1983-1985
1	0217-014	SB 3163 - Legislature Vote Count/Fact Sheets	1983
1	0217-014	SB 3163 - Personnel/Claimants	1982-1985
1	0217-014	SB 3163 - Copy of Bill - Washington State Employees	1983
1	0217-014	Washington State Bills - SB 3163, HB 864, etc.	1975-1983
1	0217-014	SB 3163 - Senate Hearings, Testimonials	1982-1983
1	0217-014	Washington State Employees SB 3163 - Washington State Redress	1982-1983, 1988
1	0217-014	SB 3163 - News Releases	1982-1983
1	0217-014	Washington State Employees SB 3163 - State Employees Bill	1983
1	0217-014	SB 3163 - Floor Debate Transcripts, Senate & House	1983
1	0217-014	Washington State Employees Redress	1942, 1982-1984
1	0217-014	Washington State Employee Redress - Duplicate Correspondence	1982-1983
1	0217-014	Washington State Employees Redress ESSB 3163 - Passed May 1983	1982-1983
1	0217-014	Washington State SJM 104/SSB 3369	1981-1985
1	0217-014	Washington State Legislature SSHM 104 - Support National Redress	1985
1	0217-014	Washington State Legislature - Joint Memorials on Redress	1983-1985
1	0217-014	Lobbying Material - Washington State Employees, City Employees, Seattle School District Employees	1983-1985
		City of Seattle Employees Redress Ordinance
Box	Accession
1	0217-014	Seattle City Employees/Ordinance	1983-1984
1	0217-014	City of Seattle Redress Legislation	1942, 1982-1984
		Seattle School District Clerks Redress Resolution
Box	Accession
1	0217-014	History of Washington State/Seattle Public Schools	1983-1984
1	0217-014	Seattle School Clerks Correspondence	1983-1986
1	0217-014	Seattle School District Clerks - Redress	1942-1945, 1981-1984
1	0217-014	Seattle School Clerks - Initial Organizing Meeting	1983-1984
1	0217-014	Seattle School Redress - Press Releases	1984
1	0217-014	HB 1668/ESB 6152 - Exempts Redress as Income	1988-1989
1	0217-014	Seattle School Board - Resolution	1984-1988
1	0217-014	Seattle School Clerks - Pre-war	1942-1945
1	0217-014	Seattle School Board - Testimonies, Letters of Support	1942-1944, 1982-1984
1	0217-014	Washington State Bills - SSB 3369/Municipalities	1983-1985
1	0217-014	HB 1415 - Seattle School - Enabling Legislation	1984-1986
1	0217-014	Seattle School Teachers Redress Seminar	1986-1987
1	0217-014	Seattle School Redress HB 1415 - Municipal Employees	1986
1	0217-014	Seattle School Claimants' Escrow Instructions Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1984
1	0217-014	AAS 443 Washington State Employees Redress Bill Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1942-1982
1	0217-014	Seattle Japanese American Citizens League - Seattle School District Donations Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1986
1	0217-014	Redress Survey	1984-1985
1	0217-014	Day of Remembrance	1986
1	0217-014	Redress Celebration	1988-1989
1	0217-014	Seattle School Employees, Dr. Louis Fiset - PMW Quarterly	1986
1	0217-014	Seattle School Board - Japanese Clerks 1 binder	1942-1984
		Washington Coalition on Redress/Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Redress
Box	Accession
2	0217-014	Community Committee on Redress/Reparations	1988
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Minutes	1982-1985
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress	1983
2	0217-014	Seattle Redress/Washington Coalition on Redress Finance Voucher Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1984-1986
2	0217-014	Community Committee on Redress/Reparations/Washington Coalition on Redress Mock Hearing	1981
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Fund Raising	1984
2	0217-014	Japanese American Citizens League Related Articles	1983-1991
2	0217-014	Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Board Meeting, Redress Questionaire	1984-1986
2	0217-014	Seattle Redress/Resolution	1996-1997
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Meeting - Lobbying Strategies Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1985-1987
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Testimony - HR 442 Hearing	1986
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Memos	1994-1997
2	0217-014	Redress - Lowry Bills Correspondence	1979-1983
2	0217-014	Testimonies - Subcommittee Hearing HR 442 (99th Congress)	1986
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Redress Victory Celebration Restrictions on Access: Restricted.	1988
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Education Fund	1996
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Education Fund/Disbanding	1996-1999
2	0217-014	National Redress - Correspondence/Reports	1984-1985
2	0217-014	National Redress - LEC; Lobbying - Washington State Congressmen	1987
2	0217-014	Seattle, Washington State Congressmen Letters	1983-1989
2	0217-014	Community Committee on Redress/Reparations Nillei Survey (Redress)	1981
2	0217-014	State Employee, H. Tatsumi Scholarship University of Washington - N. Ike	1983-1984
2	0217-014	W. Hohri - Japanese American Citizens League Redress Video	1989, 1991
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Thanks to Japanese American Citizens League Chapters	1986
2	0217-014	Puyallup Monument	1982
2	0217-014	Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Day of Remembrance Financial Statement	1986
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Day of Remembrance Lowry	1988
2	0217-014	Washington Coalition on Redress Day of Remembrance, February 18, 1990	1990
2	0217-014	University of Puget Sound - Day of Remembrance	1989-1992
2	0217-014	WRA Camps - Maps of 10 Centers	1991-1992
2	0217-014	Lobbying Resource	undated
2	0217-014	Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Redress Donations Restrictions on Access: Restricted.	1986
2	0217-014	Thank You - Redress Donation Washington Coalition on Redress Seattle Redress	1983-1985
2	0217-014	Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Redress Donations Restrictions on Access: Restricted.	1984-1985
2	0217-014	King County Council - Public Hearing RE: Asian Pacific	1982
2	0217-014	Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Workshop - Japanese American Experience	1995
2	0217-014	Speech Workshop - Dr. Yamauchi	1983-1985
2	0217-014	HR 9471 Civil Service Retirement Credit for Internees	1978
2	0217-014	US Conference of Mayors - National League of Cities - Resolution Redress Support (Mayor Royer)	1983-1984
2	0217-014	Crystal City Internment Reunion	1993
2	0217-014	Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Conference - Contemporary Perspectives on the Internment - American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)	1979-1980
2	0217-014	Washington State Kip Tokuda Resolution - Japanese American Internees	1996-1999
2	0217-014	Wing Luke Museum - Executive Order 9066	1988-1991
2	0217-014	Seattle Times - Editorial Protest	1985
2	0217-014	Nisei Aging Projects	1983
		Seattle Japanese American Citizens League
Box	Accession
2	0217-014	Constitution By Laws	1977-1983
2	0217-014	Articles of Incorporation	1969
2	0217-014	Chapter Minutes	1964-1973
2	0217-014	Nominations/Ballots	1971-1975
2	0217-014	Chapter Minutes	1969-1970
2	0217-014	Minutes	1977-1979
2	0217-014	National Organization Materials	1971-1978
2	0217-014	Correspondence, Misc.	1977-1980
2	0217-014	Nikkei Retirement Seminar	1977
2	0217-014	Constitution, Membership	1976-1977
2	0217-014	Officers/Board	1962-1977
2	0217-014	Membership Lists	1972, 1976
2	0217-014	HB 138 Washington State Commission/Asian American Affairs	1972-1977
2	0217-014	Board Meeting	1985
2	0217-014	Minutes	1980
2	0217-014	Installation Budget	1986
2	0217-014	Inagaki Award	1976-1977, 1980-1981
2	0217-014	Inagaki Application	1983
2	0217-014	Inagaki Award	1986
3	0217-014	Recognitions/Nominations	1983-1984
3	0217-014	Awards/Recognition	1982
3	0217-014	Endowment Fund	1993
3	0217-014	Endowment Fund Raising	1976, 1992-1993
3	0217-014	Fund Raising Committee: Endowment Fund	1990-1991
3	0217-014	Japanese American Citizens League Redress Seattle, Thank You Donors Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1985-1989
3	0217-014	Seattle Legacy Fund Contributions - Thank Yous Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1990-1993
3	0217-014	Seattle Legacy Fund Contributions - Install Budget Program Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1990-1993
3	0217-014	Financial, Budget Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1994-1999
3	0217-014	Redress Donations - Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Endowment Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1990-1991
3	0217-014	Directory Ads Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1997
3	0217-014	Office Lease, C & T Building	1993-1999
3	0217-014	Office Negotiations	1993
3	0217-014	Recognition Committee	1970-1975
3	0217-014	Anti-Discrimination Commission/Coalition	1986-1993
3	0217-014	International Relations Committee	1982-1984
3	0217-014	Meiji-Mura Museum	1984
3	0217-014	Commission on Asian American Affairs	1985
3	0217-014	Washington State Employees - Commission on Asian American Affairs/Bill/Testimony	1982-1983
3	0217-014	Commission on Asian American Affairs	1982-1983
3	0217-014	Consul General of Japan	1986-1987
3	0217-014	M. Masuda Memorial Fund	1980-1982
3	0217-014	Kanojo	1994-1995
3	0217-014	Kanojo Fashion Show	1994
3	0217-014	Church Council of Greater Seattle	1984
3	0217-014	Nisei Veterans Committee Correspondence	1989-1991
3	0217-014	Nisei Veterans Committee Newsletter - Redress	1988-1990
3	0217-014	Governor Mike Lowry's Advisory Council	1993
3	0217-014	Consul General of Japan - Seattle	1988
3	0217-014	U.S. Japan International Relations	1991-1995
3	0217-014	American Jewish Committee - Asian-Jewish Meeting	1995
3	0217-014	Mike Lowry - Fund Raiser Correspondence	1991-1997
3	0217-014	Three Resolutions - Compassion in Dying; Seattle Chapter	1994
3	0217-014	Seattle Resolution - Physician Assisted Dying	1994
3	0217-014	Compassion in Dying - Japanese American Citizens League Resolution Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1991-1997
3	0217-014	Japanese American Citizens League Resolution - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Compassion in Dying	1996
3	0217-014	ACLU Resolution - Death/Dying	1996
3	0217-014	Japanese American Citizens League Seattle - Anti-Defamation Letters, Clippings	1975-1979
3	0217-014	Membership Campaign Letters	1975-1981
3	0217-014	1000 Club/Life Member Lists	1994
3	0217-014	Senator Spark Matsunaga - Peace Foundation Washington Coalition on Redress	1990
3	0217-014	Strength and Diversity: Japanese American Women - Burke Museum	1994
3	0217-014	Minidoka Irrigator 2 folders	1942-1945
3	0217-014	Japanese American Chamber of Commerce	1996
3	0217-014	Office Space, Restricted Funds, Endowment Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1993-1994
3	0217-014	Office of Mayor Royer	1983
3	0217-014	Providence Journal	1987
3	0217-014	Aki Kurose Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1997-1999
3	0217-014	University of Washingon Archives - Japanese American Citizens League Files	1982
		Japanese American Citizens League Video Project: Redress: Japanese American Citizens League's Campaign for Justice
Box	Accession
3	0217-014	Authorization from Proposed Endowment Fund	1988-1989
3	0217-014	Kawabe Memorial Foundation, Motoda Foundation	1989-1992
3	0217-014	Contract/Budget	1990-1994
3	0217-014	Financial - Revenue/Expenses Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1991
3	0217-014	Production Agreement	1989-1990
3	0217-014	Correspondence Development	1989-1990
3	0217-014	Treatment - Drafts	1989
3	0217-014	Opinion Survey of Redress Activities	1990
3	0217-014	Script Drafts	1990
3	0217-014	Rough Cut Comments	1990-1991
4	0217-014	Interview Transcripts: Inouye, Mineta, Matsui, Tateishi, Miyatake	undated
4	0217-014	Personal Release Forms	undated
4	0217-014	Donated Tapes, Files, Photos	1989-1991
4	0217-014	Puyallup Fairgrounds - Taping Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1990
4	0217-014	Summary Insert	1991
4	0217-014	Distribution, Memos, Letters Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1991-1992, 2001
4	0217-014	Days of Waiting/Japanese American Citizens League Redress Video	1991
4	0217-014	Flyers for Video Showing	1991
4	0217-014	Script - Faces Behind the Wire	1989
4	0217-014	Redress Symposium - Japanese Canadians	1980-1983
4	0217-014	William Hohri - Attacks in Redress Video	1991
		Civil Liberties Public Education Fund (CLPEF) - Seattle Redress Book Project
Box	Accession
4	0217-014	Application/Agreement Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1996-1998
4	0217-014	Seattle Meeting	1996
4	0217-014	Grant Application Drafts	1996-1997
4	0217-014	National Legacy Fund Grant	1996-1998
4	0217-014	Financial Restrictions on Access: *Restricted.*	1997-1998
4	0217-014	Board Nominees - R. Kurose, G. Uyehara	1994-1996
4	0217-014	Q & A to Shimabakuro	1997
4	0217-014	Project Director	1997-1998
4	0217-014	General	1997-1998
4	0217-014	CK Comments on Drafts	1998
4	0217-014	Project Reports	1997
4	0217-014	Born in Seattle Drafts/Comments; R. Shimabukuro	1998
4	0217-014	Latest Drafts: Born in Seattle	1998
4	0217-014	Born in Seattle	2001
4	0217-014	Project Interviews - G. Hirabayashi, R. Sims, M. Lowry	1997-1998
4	0217-014	Civil Liberties Public Education Fund and Other Grants	1997
4	0217-014	Grants, Other	1997-1998

Accession No. 0217-015: Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-2010 (bulk 1960-2000)Return to Top

16.87 cubic feet (18 boxes and one oversize file)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, photographs, posters, ephemera, financial records, clippings, and other materials. There are 8 scrapbooks.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users. Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		JACL Seattle Chapter
Box	Accession
1	0217-015	Board minutes	1963-2005
1	0217-015	Membership lists and directories	1969-1991
2	0217-015	By-laws	1980s
2	0217-015	Correspondence	1958-1996
2	0217-015	Bank statements, invoices, budgets, and grants	1980-1985
3	0217-015	Handbooks Scope and Content: Include meeting agendas and minutes, by-laws, correspondence, and financial information	1981-1999
3	0217-015	Records Management Manual	1988
4	0217-015	JACL Seattle Chapter newsletters	1962-2005
4	0217-015	Clippings	1969-1998
5-7	0217-015	Redress	1959-1986
7-9	0217-015	Committee, subject, and miscellaneous files	1940-2009
9-10	0217-015	Pride and Shame exhibit	1972-1974
10	0217-015	Legal--Coram Nobis	1983-1986
10	0217-015	Publications	1941-2005
11-13	0217-015	Scrapbooks	1921-1984
14	0217-015	Audio and video recordings, microfiche	1970s-1980s
		Poster	1981
		Pacific Northwest District Council
Box	Accession
14	0217-015	Audio cassette recordings of meetings	1970s-1980s
15	0217-015	By-laws, minutes, correspondence, and reports	1950-1997
		National
Box	Accession
16	0217-015	Correspondence, reports, minutes, and subject files	1958-1986
16	0217-015	Newspapers	1942-1943
17-18	0217-015	Conventions	1960-2008

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