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Seihoku Nippo records, 1944-1953
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seihoku Nippo (Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- Seihoku Nippo records
- Dates
- 1944-1953 (inclusive)19441953
- Quantity
- 6 cubic feet ( 4 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 1897 (Accession No. 1897-001)
- Summary
- Business records, advertisements and articles, photographs, news releases, and other records of Seattle daily Japanese newspaper
- Repository
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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
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No restrictions on access.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Begun in about November of 1948, the Seihoku Nippo newspaper (西北日報 ), also called "The Northwest daily", was considered the only daily newspaper at that time printed in Japanese in the Northwest. It was owned by Martin K. Miyata, Gentaro Ohye, and Noboru Date until 1949, when Date left the partnership. One of the Newspaper's owners, Martin Kazue Miyata, had spent several years at the Santa Fe Detention Station in New Mexico, deemed an alien enemy during the Japanese relocation and evacuation in World War II. He was arrested in 1941 in Seattle, where he ran a Japanese weekly newspaper named "Taishu", because during the few years before World War II some pro-Japan articles had appeared in the paper. The newspaper reportedly had as many as 1500 subscribers by 1950, but at this time it was also having financial difficulty. The paper ceased publication in 1952.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains correspondence belonging to Miyata written during his detention. Once free again, he helped to incorporate the Seihoku Nippo. Two of the chief correspondents in the collected records of the newspaper are the Japanese American Citizens League and the Anti-Discrimination Committee. Seihoku Nippo sought information from these organizations about Japanese evacuation claims and the naturalization bill in order to clarify the issues for its Japanese readers. The collection contains mostly correspondence, financial records, news release, and drafts of articles and advertisements. Besides the Japanese American Citizens League and the Anti-Discrimination Committee, other main correspondents in the collection are Canadian Pacific Airlines and the Union of Pen Friend Clubs of Japan.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Allied Arts Incorporated incoming letters | 1949-1950 |
| 1 | Ariyasu, T. incoming letters | |
| 1 | Bank of Tokyo incoming letters | |
| 1 | Canadian Pacific Airlines incoming letters | 1950-1953 |
| 1 | A-G Miscellaneous incoming letters | |
| 1 | Hashizume, S. incoming letters | |
| 1 | Hawaii Times incoming letters | |
| 1 | Hiraiwa, J. incoming letters | |
| 1 | Hiranaka, H. incoming letters | |
| 1 | Ikuta, Emon incoming letters | |
| 1 | Japanese American Citizens League | 1949-1952 |
| 1 | H-J Miscellaneous incoming letters | 1948-1953 |
| 1 | Kajita, F. incoming letters | |
| 1 | Kasai Securities incoming letters | 1949-1951 |
| 1 | Keirin-Do incoming letters | |
| 1 | Kyono, Frank incoming letters | |
| 1 | K-M Miscellaneous incoming letters | 1948-1952 |
| 1 | Nagaoka, Mume incoming letters | |
| 1 | Naito, H. incoming letters | 1949-1950 |
| 1 | Nomura Securities Co. incoming letters | |
| 1 | Otagiri Mercantile Co. incoming letters | |
| 1 | Pearson, Morgan & Pascoe Advertising Co. incoming letters | 1948-1951 |
| 1 | N-R Miscellaneous incoming letters | 1948-1952 |
| 1 | Seattle Association of Credit Men incoming letters | 1949-1950 |
| 1 | Semba, Hiroshi incoming letters | |
| 1 | Shova Shoyu Brewing Corporation incoming letters | 1949 |
| 1 | Takao, Y. incoming letters | |
| 1 | S-T Miscellaneous incoming letters | 1948-1952 |
| 1 | Union of Pen Friend Clubs of Japan incoming letters | 1950 |
| 1 | United States Post Office incoming letters | 1949-1952 |
| 1 | United States Treasury Department incoming letters | 1949 |
| 1 | Washington Employment Security Department incoming letters | 1949 |
| 1 | Washington Military District Headquarters incoming letters | 1950 |
| 1 | U-Z Miscellaneous incoming letters | 1948-1952 |
| 1 | Unidentified incoming letters | |
| 1 | Outgoing Letters | 1948-1951 |
| 1 | General Correspondence | 1944-1946 |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Advertisements | |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Check Disbursements | |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Daily Income and Expense | 1948-1950 |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Subscriptions | 1948 |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Daily Cash Book | 1950-1951 |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Miscellaneous | 1949-1952 |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Postal Deposit Book | |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Wage Book | |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Bound Volumes | 1948-1952 |
| 1-3 | Financial Records - Oversize | |
| 3 | Invoices | |
| 3 | Business License | |
| 3 | Income Tax Forms | |
| 3 | News Releases - Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics | |
| 3 | News Releases - Japanese American Citizens League | |
| 3 | News Releases - King County Humane Society | |
| 3 | News Releases - Nisei Veterans Committee | |
| 3 | News Releases - Northwest Airlines, Inc. | |
| 3 | News Releases - Office of Price Stabilization | |
| 3 | News Releases - Republican State Central Committee | |
| 3 | News Releases - Seattle Civil Defense | |
| 3 | News Releases - Seattle-King County Chapter, American Red Cross | |
| 3 | News Releases -State Patrol Headquarters | |
| 3 | News Releases - Youth Symphony Orchestra | |
| 3 | News Releases - Miscellaneous | |
| 3 | Orders for New Subscriptions | |
| 3 | Contract and Agreement | |
| 3 | Draft Prints - Advertisements | |
| 3 | Draft Prints - Articles | |
| 4 | Drafts - Advertisements | |
| 4 | Drafts - Announcements | |
| 4 | Drafts - Articles | |
| 4 | Drafts - Classified Ads | |
| 4 | Notes | |
| 4 | Clippings | |
| 4 | Photographs | |
| 4 | Bulletins | |
| 4 | Specimen Books | |
| 4 | Miscellaneous ephemera | |
| 4 | Hokubei Mainiehi newspaper | 1948 |
| 4 | North American Post newspaper | 1949, 1951 |
| 4 | Seihoku Nippo newspaper | 1948, 1950-1952 |
| 4 | Membership list | |
| 4 | Name and Address lists | |
| 4 | New Year's Ads list | 1950 |
| 4 | Subscribers lists | |
| 4 | Telephone numbers list | |
| 4 | Miscellaneous lists | |
| 4 | Washington Employment Security Department Forms | |
| 4 | Miscellaneous |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Japanese American newspapers--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Japanese--Washington (State)--Seattle--Newspapers
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- Seihoku Nippo (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)--Newspapers
Titles within the Collection
- Northwest daily
- Seihoku Nippo
- 西北日報
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Miyata, Martin K (creator)
Corporate Names
- CP Air (creator)
- Japanese American Citizen's League (creator)
- Union of Pen Friends Club of Japan (creator)
