Sumi (Sue) Niiya Takemoto digital photograph collection

Sumi (Sue) Niiya Takemoto digital photograph collection, Late 1930s-early 1950s

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Takemoto, Sue, 1927-2017
Title: Sumi (Sue) Niiya Takemoto digital photograph collection
Dates: Late 1930s-early 1950s (inclusive)
19351955
Quantity: 680 items
Collection Number: P1018
Summary: The Sumi Niiya Takemoto digital photograph collection contains images of Takemoto and her acquaintances during their teenage and early adulthood years (late 1930s - early 1950s). The images range in subject matter and location from groups of friends playing baseball to formal portraits, and from Oregon to Idaho and Utah. The photographs reflect the life of a typical Japanese-American teenager during and after World War II. The Takemoto collection consists entirely of digital scans taken from a scrapbook retained by Takemoto.
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

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Sumi Niiya Takemoto was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. During World War II the Niiya family was interned in the Minidoka Relocation Center (also know as Hunt) in Jerome County, Idaho. Cameras were not permitted in internment camps, but surprisingly, Sumi was allowed to have her camera in camp and took several photographs while interned.

The Sumi Niiya Takemoto photograph collection contains images of Takemoto and her acquaintances during their teenage and early adulthood years (late 1930s - early 1950s). The images range in subject matter and location from groups of friends playing baseball to formal portraits, and from Oregon to Idaho and Utah. The photographs reflect the life of a typical Japanese-American teenager during and after World War II. The Takemoto collection consists entirely of digital scans taken from a scrapbook retained by Takemoto.

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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.

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Arrangement

Collection is arranged in scrapbooks. Each page is numbered consecutively, and the images on each page are titled alphabetically.

Processing Note

Processed by Jamie Colton in 2002.

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Related Materials

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

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Scrapbook Number One 1a: Nary Wakayama b: May Kinoshita c: Jane Akiyama d: Hatsumi Akiyama, Katherine Kido, Helen Kinoshita, and Yuki Sato. 2a: Toshi Okazaki b: Jane Akiyama and Masako Kinoshita c: Frank Muramatsu d: Sumi Niiya and Martha Tanabe 3a: Helen Kinoshita b: "Ooch" Morikawa 4a: Mary Kinoshita b: Hatsumi Akiyama c: Helen Kinoshita d: Sumi Niiya 5a: Mary Kinoshita b: Sumi Niiya c: Kimi Niiya 6a: Tosh and Tom Okazaki b: Martha Tanabe c: Mary Kinoshita 7a: Martha Tanabe helping a customer b: Hajime Okazaki c: Mas Nagaki 8a: Helen Kinoshita b: Sumi Niiya 9a: Astoria, Oregon b: Jane Akiyama c: Helen Kinoshita d: Kimi Akiyama 10a: Mary Kinoshita b: Sumi Niiya 11a: Kimi Niiya b: Nary Wakayama and Jean Gimba 12a: Sumi Niiya b: Astoria, Oregon c: Yoshi Tahara and Frank Nakata 13a: "Chubby" b: Helen Kinoshita c: Martha Tanabe 14a: Kaz Ikeda and Hajime Okazaki b: Dutch Watanabe 15a: Marge Yoshizawa b: May Watanabe, Marjorie Yoshizawa and June Yoshitomi c: June Yoshitomi 16a: Sumi Niiya b: Multnomah Falls, Oregon 17: Kathryn Kido, Ruth Nishikawa, Ida Nakamura, Hatsumi Akiyama, Emiko Takato, Helen Kinoshita, and Gracie Sakano, 1939. 18a: Sumi Niiya b: Jean Gimba 19a: Sumi Niiya 20a: Marge Yoshizawa b: Kimi Niiya and Yae Akai 21a: Mas Jio b: Hatsumi Akiyama c: Aiko d: Mrs. Tanabe 22a: Mormon Battalion Monument, 1943 b: Utah State Capitol c: Eagle Gate 23a: Saltiar b: Brigham Young statue c: Seagull Monument 24a: Memory Grove b: Tabernacle Choir c: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Salt Lake Temple 25: Mary Kinoshita 26: Salt Lake City 27a: Mary Torigoe b: Fumi Itami 28a: Sue Kawasaki b: Mary Nakata 29a: Home Ec Club, 1944. Back row: Toshi Heyamoto, Sumi Niiya, Yuki Katayama, Miyo Kuramoto, Marion Hara, Miss Void, Mrs. Corkill, Dorothy Tanabe. Front row: Hiro Shiogo, Yuri Arimo, Tomi Koritsugu, Chieko Ishida, Esther Kawako, Hiroko Nakagawa. b: Ted Okita c: Marge Yoshizawa 30a: Janet Sakamoto, 1939 31a: Mrs. Kawasaki b: Unidentified c: Sue Kawasaki 32: 1944 Area "B" Championship Softball Team in Hunt, Idaho. (Minidoka Relocation Center) Front Row: Sumi Niiya, Hiro Shiogo, Katie Matsuda, Toshi Heyamoto, Al H., Utah Kimura, Hisa Kimura. Back Row: Chickie Ishihara, Ruth Kamaya, Mary Higurashi, Lilly Kobayashi, Suzie Heyamoto. 33a: Barbara Kurimura b: Sue Niiya 34a: Mr. Toma, Pat Yokota, Mrs. Yokota, and Kimik Niiya b: Frank Itami c: Sue Niiya 35a: Victor Niiya b: Victor Niiya and Sue Niiya 36: Toshi Heyamoto 37: Hiro Shiogo 38a: May and Linda Nitta b: Margie Nitta 39a: Hid Sonoda b: Unidentified c: Val Ishii d: Frances Sunata e: Hid Sonoda and Duzo Seko f: Frances Sunata g: Mary Torigoe 40a: Miyuki Miura and Jean Sunata, 1946 b: Frances Sunata c: Mazie Hakata and Val Ishii 41a: Sue Niiya and Jean Sunata b: Miyuki Miura c: Margaret Kajikawa and Toshi Nagano 42a: Huch Aoki b: Terrie Oki and Mazie Hakata c: Mazie Hakata 43a: Frances Sunata and Sue Niiya b: Jean Sunata 44a: Betty Kurokawa b: Frances Sunata 45a: Grace Gojio and Yoshiko Okada b: Miyuki Miura 46a: PFC. Tak Kanazawa and PFC. Fred Niiya b: Mary Torigoe c: Mitzi Ishihara 47a: Yo Okada b: Jean and Joan Sunata c: Amy Nii 48a: Say Kobayashi b: Martha Tanabe c: Hisa Aoki 49: Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and Roger 50a: Donald Sakaki b: Tami and Dickie Takagi c: Kenny Hayakawa, George Shiba and Shige Kanabe 51a: Hisa Aoki b: Kenny Hayakawa and Donald Sakaki c: Duzo Seko 52a: Betty Kurokawa b: Yo Okada c: Say Kobayashi 53a: Tami Takagi b: Donald Sakaki, Kenny Hayakawa, George Shiba, and Shige Kanegae 54a: Kenny Hayakawa b: Frances Sunata c: Shige Kanegae 55a: Kenny Hayakawa b: Grace Gojio and Yo Okada c: Shige Kanegae 56a: Jean Sunata b: Hiro Shiogi c: Sue Niiya 57: Roger Bennett, 1946 58a: Roger Bennett b: Kimi Niiya 59a: Mabel Matsubu b: Nellie Aramaki and Sue Niiya c: Hime Takemoto 60a: Kimi Niiya b: Sue Niiya 61: Hime Takemoto 62a: Kimi Niiya b: Nellie Aramaki, Sue Niiya and Hime Takemoto 63a: Mr. Niiya b: Mr. Niiya and Mrs. Mayeda c: Mrs. Niiya and Sue Niiya 64a: Hime Takemoto b: Harry Imamura c: Sue Niiya 65a-b: Pauline Hayakawa c: Mrs. Niiya 66a: Nellie Aramaki b: Jayne Tanabe c: Hime Takemoto 67a: Akiko Takemoto and Mary Kinoshita b: Mary Kinoshita c: Sue Niiya 68: Mitsi Ishihara 69a-b: Sumiko Shintani c: Ruth Nishikawa 70a: Mitzi Ishihara, 1948 b: Tish and Mitzi Ishihara 71a: Mary Kinoshita b: Sue Niiya c: Mary Kinoshita d: Pat e: Sue Niiya f: Mary Kinoshita 72: Pauline Hayakawa 73: Toshi Heyamoto at graduation, January 1945 74: Fumi Niiya at graduation, 1939 75: Ray Shiiki at graduation, January 1945 76: Jean McCaskey 77: Sue Kawasaki, 1944 78: George Shiba 79: Kimi Niiya 80: Fudge Sakanashi 81: Hiro Shiogi 82a: Sue Niiya b: Hisa Ishida c: Pauliine Hayakawa 83a: Frank Itami b: Chuck Itami 84a: Sumiko Shintani b: Terry Niiya 85a: Pauline Hayakawa b: Hiro Shiogo c: Sue Niiya 86a: Chuck Itami, 1947 b: Mazie Zakoji c: Kikue Itami d: Victor Niiya and Frank Itami e: Tosh Tamiyasu 87a: Victor Niiya b: Hank Itami c: Victor Niiya 88a: Hunt High School commencement program, January 27, 1945. 89a: Caroline Schiller b: Jean Schofding c: Marie Kottkamp d: Jean McCaskey e: Hunt High School diploma, 1945 90a: Howard B., Phyllis H. and Richard B., 1939 b: Jean Schofding c: Don M. d: Georgia L. e: Louise Hammond f: Phyllis H. g: Richard B. 91: 8th grade, Woodlawn Elementary School a: Arlene France, Phyllis Brock and Doris Garland b: Sue Niiya and Naoma Holmes c: Phillis H. and Richard d: Don M. 92a: Doris G., Derald D., Steve C., and Naoma Holmes b: Phyllis Hennings c: George Mombell, Richard Staley and Ben Klug 93: Graduation cards 94: Hitching Post Wedding Capel 95: Newspaper clipping of a group of girls from St. Helens Hall Jr. College, 1946. 96a: Pauline Hayakawa b: Helen Fujishin and Pauline Hayakawa c: Pauline Hayakawa 97: Pauline Hayakawa 98a: Pauline Hayakawa b: Sue Niiya c: Fletcher's pool 99a: Tami Takagi b: Sue Niiya c: Pauline Hayakawa d: Unidentified 100: St. Helens Hall Jr. College, 1947 a: Scott Hall b: Chapel c: Gym 101: St. Helens Hall Jr. College Chapel 102: St. Helens Hall Jr. College Quadrangle 103a: Virginia Dearing, Pat Tamiyasu and Dian Hoeck b: Virginia Dearing, Connie Schmidt, Dian Hoeck, and Phyllis Boyd c: Virginia Dearing d: Dian Hoek and Phyllis Boyd e: Dot Martensen, Dian Hoeck and Margaret Nys f: Virginia Dearing and Dian Hoeck 104a: Anne Gabriel b: Mazie Zakoji c: Pat Miller d: "Pete" Butler and Janice Williams e: Dorothy Hillier 105a: Joady Miller b: Virginia Dearing c: Sue Niiya and Phyllis Boyd d: Janie Black e: Beverly Hein and Miriam Malmberg 106a: June Pederson and Phyllis Boyd b: Dian Hoeck, Dot Martenson and Pat Tamiyasu c: Dian Hoeck and Mary Rae Mann d: Mary Jane Owens and Gloria Smith e: Pat Tamiyasu and Sue Niiya f: Mary Jane Owens, Dian Hoeck and Dot Martenson 107a: Mimi Crockett, Virginia Dearing, Pat Tamiyasu, and Mary Rae Mann b: Pat Tamiyasu and Virginia Dearing c: Virginia Dearing, Mimi Crockett, Pat Tamiyasu, and Mary Rae Mann. d: Mimi Crockett and Virginia Dearing e: Mimi Crockett, Virginia Dearing, Pat Tamiyasu, and Mary Rae Mann f: Doris Schodahl 108a: Barbara Gates, Pat Miller, Nancy Becker, Phyllis Boyd, Pat Tamiyasu, Barbara Needham, and Marion Johnson b: Dolores Erickson, Pat Miller, Nancy Becker, Phyllis Boyd, Pat Tamiyasu, Barbara Needham, and Marion Johnson c: Dolores Erickson, Sue Niiya, Barbara, Nancy Becker, Phyllis Boyd, Pat, Marion Johnson d: Marion Malberg and Bev Hein e: Dolores Erickson, Pat Miller and Barbara Gates 109a: Dorothy Rich, Lou Helmer, Phyllis Boyd, Jan Howe, and Elaine Pack. b: Janet Howe, Marion Howell and Dorothy Rich c: Unidentified d: Unidentified e: Jane Howe, Lou Helmer and Elaine Pack f: Unidentified 110a: Virginia Dearing b: Mazie Zakoji c: Jane Howe, Lou Helmer and Bev Hein d: Phyllis Boyd e: "Pete" Butler and Janice Williams f: Dot Martenson and Dian Hoeck 111a: Miss E. Birch, Registrar b: Dian Hoeck and Dot Martenson 112a: Mary Rae Mann and Sue Niiya b-c: Betty Ann Reichers 113: St. Helens Hall Jr. College school cabin at Lake Oswego called the "Everglades." a: Ducks b: Virginia Dearing c: Jeanne McQueen and Sue Niiya d: "Pete" Butler and Anne Gabriel 114a: "Pete" Butler b: Anne Gabriel 115: Mimi Crockett 116a: Pearl Carlson b: Ellen Romvedt c-e: Lambert Gardens in Portland, Oregon 117a: Pearl Carlson, Sue Niiya, Rita Lennerville, Ellen Romvedt, and Aiko b: Rita Lennerville, Betty Frank, Ellen Romvedt, Sue Niiya, Helen, Pearl Carlson, and Sandra. 118: Cheryl Brown 119a: Bessie Lundeen b: Louise Darrel c: Mary J. Meehan 120a: Suzie Shimizu, Sue Niiya, Yasuko Ota, and Mitzi Ideta b: Mitzi Ideta, Yasuko Ota, Suzie Shimizu, and Sue Niiya c: Sumiko Shintani 121a: Mitzi Ideta, April 1947 b: Yasuko Ota c: Suzie Shimizu d: Margie and Linda Nitta e: Unidentified f: Margie and Linda Nitta 122a: Marion Hara b: Toshi Tamiyasu, Marion Hara and Miyuki Miura c: Miyuki Miura d: Mineo Inuzuka e: Kathryn Kuwata f: Jackson Nomi 123a: "Toots" Shintani b: Helen Tsugawa and Sumiko Shintani c: Toshi Tamiyasu and Lynn Tamiyasu d: Heidi Shiogi 124: Frances Sunata 125a: George Muramatsu b: Shig Sakamoto c: "Bones" Onishi d: Kathryn Kawata e: Bill Wakayama f: Hiro Shiogi 126a: "Bones" Onishi b: Mickey Tamiyasu c: "Jinx" Tamiyasu d: Tosh Tamiyasu and Lynn Tamiyasu 127a: Sue Niiya b: Marion Hara, Atosh Tamiyasu and Sue Niiya c: Sue Niiya d: "Jinx" Tamiyasu e: Marion Hara f: Toshi Tamiyasu g: Lynn Tamiyasu h: Hiro Shiogi 128: Say Kobayashi 129: Sue Niiya 130a: "Weeder" Maruyama, George Murashige and "Azzie" b: Unidentified c: Roy Shingu, Mikki Koyama and Tak Yamane 131: Pasadena City College, 1947-1948 132: "Weeder" Maruyama 133a: Masako Kawaguchi b: George Murashige and Frances Sunata c: "Weeder" Maruyama 134: Unidentified 135a: "Mutt" Yamasaki b: Misa Okada 136a: Kathryn Kihara and Helen Hoshino b: Yasuko Kikumoto c: "Mutt" Yamasaki and Misa Okada 137: Sumi Takeno 138a: Michi Nishi and To Yamamoto b: "Weeder" Maruyama, George Murashige and "Toto" Kagawa c: Sumi Takeno 139a: Eiko Yamaoka b: Lillian Nishi 140a: Frances Nakahiro b: Teruko Yamaoka, Misa Okada and Mary Yusa c: Howard Otamura 141a: Unidentified b: Sumi Takeno, 1948 c: Ransopher's home in San Marino 142a: Misa Okada b: "Maggie and Munch" (Katherine and Helen) c: "Mutt" Yamasaki 143a: Bert b: Alice Tsurochi c: Katherine Kihara 144a: Frances Sunata, Say Kobayashi and Sue Niiya b: "Moose" Nakamura 145a: "Moose" Nakamura b: Sue Niiya and Bert c: "Moose" Nakamura, Sue Niiya and Bert 146a: Sue Niiya and "Moose" Nakamura b: Sue Niiya c: Michi N. 147: Gary Itami, age 6 months 148a: Mrs. Niiya, Gary Itami, Mr. Niiya, Terry Niiya, Frank Itami, and Victor Niiya. b: Mrs. Niiya, Terry Niiya, Frank Itami, Victor Niiya, and Fred Niiya. 149a: Mrs. Niiya and Gary Itami b: Kikue Itami c: Shig Takemoto 150a: Shig Takemoto (?), August 1949 b: Sue Niiya Takemoto and Shig Takemoto c: Mrs. Ozaki and Sue Takemoto 151: Sue Takemoto, 1948 152a: Shig Takemoto b: Sue Takemoto c: Sakae and Mary Nitta's wedding, 1949 153a: Sue Takemoto, May 1950 b: Shig Takemoto c: "Mom and Dad's house," Boise, Idaho d: Sue Niiya, April 9, 1928 154: Stephen Takemoto, August 15, 1950 155-157: Stephen Takemoto, August 1950, age two months 158a: Frank and Gary Itami b: Gary, Frank and Robert Itami 159: Frank and Robert Itami, September 1950 160a: Sue Niiya, April 1928 b: Sue, Mom, Kimi, and Fumi Niiya c: Kimi, Fumi, Mom, and Sue Niiya d: Mary Torigoe, Kimi, Sue, and Fumi Niiya 161: Jan Luttmer 162: Wedding of Hiro Shiogi and Yoshi Inahara in Portland, Oregon, October 21, 1950. 163: Unidentified 164a: David Luttmer, April 8, 1951 b: David and Jan Luttmer 165a: Shig Takemoto b: David Luttmer, age four months c: Shig Takemoto d: Mrs. T. Takemoto e: David Luttmer, age four months 166: Robert Itami, 1951 167: David Luttmer, 1952 168: Robert Itami at his birthday party 169: Victor Niiya and Steve Takemoto, July 1952 170: Steve Takemoto and Robert Itami, July 1952 171: Robert Itami, August 1, 1951 172: Robert and Gary Itami 173a: Robert and Frank Itami b: Steve Takemoto and Robert Itami 174: Robert Itami at a family picnic 175: "Mom" (Mrs. Niiya) with her eight grandsons: Gary Itami, Frank Itami, Robert Itami, Victor Niiya, Terry Niiya, David Luttmer, Steve Takemoto, and Ben Luttmer. 176a: Frank and Robert Itami b-c: Frank, Robert and Gary Itami 177a-b: Gary Hiraizumi c: Connie Miya 178a: Connie and Tod Miya b Connie Miya c: Tod and Connie Miya 179a: Steve Takemoto b: Shig Takemoto 180a: Shig Takemoto b-c: Steve Takemoto 181: Steve Takemoto 182: Steve Takemoto, 1951 183: Steve Takemoto

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Subject Terms

Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Sources
Japanese Americans--Idaho--Photographs
Japanese Americans--Oregon--Photographs
Japanese Americans--Utah--Photographs
Teenagers--United States--20th century--Photographs
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Sources

Personal Names

Takemoto, Sue, 1927-2017--Family--Photographs
Takemoto, Sue, 1927-2017--Friends and associates--Photographs
Takemoto, Sue, 1927-2017--Photographs

Corporate Names

Minidoka Relocation Center--Photographs

Geographical Names

Hunt (Idaho)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Electronic reproductions
Photographs
Portraits
Scrapbooks

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