Japanese Association of North America records, 1916-1941

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Japanese Association of North America
Title
Japanese Association of North America records
Dates
1916-1941 (inclusive)
Quantity
12.11 cubic feet including 22 microfilm reels
Collection Number
1235
Summary
Correspondence, census packets, lists, publications, photographs, ephemera of this Issei organization based in Seattle founded to perpetuate Japanese traditions
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.

Request at UW

Languages
English, Japanese

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Japanese Association of North America (JANA) was a Seattle association but included small, scattered local organizations. The Northwest American Japanese Association (NAJA) encompassed the JANA and other local groups throughout Washington, Northern Idaho, Alaska and parts of Montana. JANA, which was founded in 1900, merged in 1931 with the Seattle Japanese Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1928, to form the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Japanese Association of North America (S&J). The main purpose of these organizations was to perpetuate Japanese traditions and many of their functions were ceremonial or commemorative. They also served as intermediaries between Japanese Americans, who were denied U.S. citizenship by law, and the Japanese government.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Microfilm of scrapbooks, organizational records, notes, clippings, correspondence, reports, censuses, lists, writings, minutes, photographs, publications, ephemera, and other records of the Association, as well as the Northwest American Japanese Association.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 1235-001: Japanese Association of North America records, 1918-1939Return to Top

1 microfilm reel positive; 1 microfilm reel negative

Scope and Content: Microfilm of scrapbooks (4 volumes); 1918-1939. Japanese style journal for the business of the association. Not meeting minutes. Total of 4 volumes. Vols. 1-2 handwritten Japanese notes and news articles from local Japanese-American newspapers - not clear which papers. Vols. 3-4 all newspaper clippings with dates, but not newspapers. Vol. 4 is scanned backwards.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by JANA, 1/1/1969.

Accession No. 1235-002: Japanese Association of North America records, 1918-1935Return to Top

2.50 cubic feet (9 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, business records, committee reports, censuses, clippings (mainly in Japanese).

Arrangement: Arranged in 10 series.
  • Series 1, Organization
  • Series 2, Correspondence
  • Series 4, Birth Certificates
  • Series 5, Reports and Minutes
  • Series 6, Conferences and Conventions
  • Series 7, Clippings
  • Series 8, Lists
  • Series 9, Miscellaneous
  • Series 10, Subject Series
  • Series 11, Subgroups

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Nicholas Manring, 1/31/1977.

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Organization
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 1235-002
Organization
1920, undated
Series 2: Correspondence
Subseries A: Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
1/2-5 1235-002
A-I, Miscellaneous
1919-1931
1/6 1235-002
Japanese Consulate, Seattle
1925-1931
1/7 1235-002
Japanese Association- Auburn
1926-1930
1/8 1235-002
Japanese Association- Bellevue
1921-1931
1/9 1235-002
Japanese Association-Canada
1920-1931
1/10 1235-002
Japanese Association- Fife
1922-1931
1/11 1235-002
Japanese Association- A-F, Miscellaneous
1919-1935
1/12 1235-002
Japanese Association- Green Lake
1921-1931
1/13 1235-002
Japanese Association- Inland Empire
1921-1931
1/14 1235-002
Japanese Association- Isleton
1919-1924
1/15 1235-002
Japanese Association- I-O, Miscellaneous
1919-1932
1/16 1235-002
Japanese Association- Los Angeles
1919-1920
1/17 1235-002
Japanese Association- New York
1919-1928
1/18 1235-002
Japanese Association- Northern Montana
1919-1931
1/19 1235-002
Japanese Association- Oregon
1919-1927
1/20 1235-002
Japanese Association- Pasco
1923-1938
1/21 1235-002
Japanese Association- San Francisco
1920-1927
1/22 1235-002
Japanese Association- South Park
1925-1931
1/23 1235-002
Japanese Association- Stockton
1919-1922
1/24 1235-002
Japanese Association- Tacoma
1919-1931
1/25 1235-002
Japanese Association- Thomas Christopher
1922-1931
1/26 1235-002
Japanese Association- S-U Miscellaneous
1919-1931
1/27 1235-002
Japanese Association- Vashon
1923-1931
1/28 1235-002
Japanese Association- Walnut Grove
1919
1/29 1235-002
Japanese Association- White River
1919-1931
1/30 1235-002
Japanese Association- Yakima
1920-1931
1/31-34 1235-002
J-R, Miscellaneous
1919-1931
1/35 1235-002
Soma, Tokusaburo
1930
1/36 1235-002
S, Miscellaneous
1919-1928
1/37 1235-002
Uyehara, Etsujiro
1931
1/38-39 1235-002
T-Z, Miscellaneous; unidentified
1919-1928
Subseries B: Outgoing Letters
Box/Folder Accession
2/1-7 1235-002
Outgoing Letters
1919-1931, undated
Subseries C: General Correspondence
Box/Folder Accession
2/8 1235-002
A-I, Miscellaneous
1919-1928
2/9-12 1235-002
Japanese Associations, Miscellaneous
1919-1931
2/13 1235-002
J-Z, Miscellaneous
1919-1930
Subseries D: Interoffice
Box/Folder Accession
2/14-15 1235-002
Interoffice Correspondence
1919-1931, undated
Series 3: Financial Reports
Box/Folder Accession
2/16 1235-002
Reports
1924-1930, undated
2/17 1235-002
Contributions of member Associations
1926-1928, undated
2/18 1235-002
Expenses
undated
3/1 1235-002
Expense Ledger
1919-1932
3/2-7 1235-002
Receipts
1919-1932
3/8 1235-002
Bank Statements
1929-1930
3/9-11 1235-002
Cancelled checks
1929-1930
Series 4: Birth Certificates
Box/Folder Accession
3/12 1235-002
Birth Certificates
Series 5: Reports and Minutes
Box/Folder Accession
3/13 1235-002
Executive and Legal Committees, join meetings
1924-1928
4/1 1235-002
General Reports
1907-1936, undated
4/2 1235-002
Census- Alaska, Washington
1927-1929
4/4 1235-002
Census- British Columbia
1916
Series 6: Conferences and Conventions
Box/Folder Accession
4/5 1235-002
Japanese Associations of Central America Conference
1919
4/6 1235-002
Pacific Coast Japanese Associations Conference, 12th
1925
4/7 1235-002
Pacific Coast Japanese Associations Conference, 13th
1926
4/8 1235-002
Pacific Coast Japanese Associations Conference, 14th
1927
Series 7: Clippings
Box/Folder Accession
4/9 1235-002
Miscellaneous
1925-1927, undated
4/10 1235-002
Daihachi Matsumi (obituary)
1927
Series 8: Lists
Box/Folder Accession
4/11 1235-002
Names: Draft board, District 10 Physical Exam schedules, Tuberculosis vaccinations
1917-1925
4/12-5/5 1235-002
Immigrant and Alien Lists
1919-1927, unknown
Series 9: Miscellaneous
Box/Folder Accession
5/6 1235-002
Petitions to Japanese Government
1923-1931
5/7-10 1235-002
Ephemera
1919-1932, undated
5/11 1235-002
Miscellany
1919-1921, undated
Series 10: Subject Series
Box/Folder Accession
5/12 1235-002
Daihachi Matsumi - Biographical
1927
5/13 1235-002
Daihachi Matsumi - Scholarship Fund
1927
5/14-15 1235-002
Gift Exchange - Seattle and Yokohama
1930
5/16 1235-002
Immigration: Laws and Legislation
1920-1927, undated
5/17-18 1235-002
Japanese Elections (Japan)
1924
Series 11: Subgroups
Box/Folder Accession
6/1 1235-002
Cherry Tree Purchasing committee
1929-1930
6/2 1235-002
Education committee- incoming letters
1927-1930
6/3-4 1235-002
Education committee- outgoing letters
1928-1931
6/5 1235-002
Education committee- general correspondence
1927-1931
6/6 1235-002
Education committee- interoffice
1928-1930
6/ 1235-002
Education committee- minutes
1928-1929, undated
6/8-11 1235-002
Education committee- financial records
1927-1931
6/12 1235-002
Education committee- reports
1927-1929
6/13 1235-002
Education committee- clippings
undated
6/14 1235-002
Education committee- guest lectures
1930-1931
6/15 1235-002
Emperor's Gift committee- organization
1928
6/16 1235-002
Emperor's Gift committee- Incoming letters
1928-1930
6/17 1235-002
Emperor's Gift committee- Outgoing letters
1928-1931
6/18 1235-002
Emperor's Gift committee- minutes
1928
6/19 1235-002
Emperor's Gift committee- financial records
1928-1931
6/20 1235-002
Industrial committee- organization
undated
6/21-22 1235-002
Industrial committee- incoming letters
1924-1937
6/23 1235-002
Industrial committee- outgoing letters
1931-1937
6/24 1235-002
Industrial committee- general correspondence
1931-1937
6/25 1235-002
Industrial committee- interoffice
1932-1937
6/26-27 1235-002
Industrial committee- minutes
1931-1937, undated
6/28 1235-002
Industrial committee- financial records
1937
6/29 1235-002
Industrial committee- reports
1927-1936, undated
6/30 1235-002
Industrial committee- legal documents
1923-1924
6/31 1235-002
Industrial committee- clippings
1937
6/32 1235-002
Industrial committee- lists
1924-1937
7/1 1235-002
Legal committee- incoming letters
1917-1927
7/2 1235-002
Legal committee- outgoing letters
1919-1928
7/3 1235-002
Legal committee- general correspondence
1919-1926
7/4 1235-002
Legal committee- minutes
1924
7/5 1235-002
Legal committee- financial records
1924-1926, undated
7/6 1235-002
Legal committee- reports
1917-1925
7/7-8 1235-002
Legal committee- court papers
1921-1927
7/9 1235-002
Legal committee- clippings
1919
7/10 1235-002
Legal committee- double nationality problem
1924
7/11-12 1235-002
Legal committee- Takao Ozawa naturalization suit
1917-1919, undated
7/13-15 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- organization
1929
7/16 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- incoming letters
1929
7/17-18 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- outgoing letters
1929
7/19 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- general correspondence
1929
7/20 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- interoffice
1929
8/1-2 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- minutes
1929
8/3-13 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- financial records
1929
8/14-15 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- reports
1929
8/16 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- planning notes
1929
8/17 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- schedules, programs
1929
8/18 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- clippings
1929
8/19-20 1235-002
Japanese Squadron reception committee- lists
1929
9/1 1235-002
Social Service committee- organization
1924-1925
9/2 1235-002
Social Service committee- general correspondence
1924-1925
9/3 1235-002
Social Service committee- minutes
1924-1926, undated
9/4-6 1235-002
Social Service committee- financial records
1925
9/7 1235-002
Social Service committee- committee charitable fund
1925
9/8 1235-002
Social Service committee- family life
1925
9/9 1235-002
Social Service committee- Japanese day nursery
1925
9/10 1235-002
Social Service committee- personal consultations and lectures
1924-1925
9/11 1235-002
Mikasa Preservation committee- financial records
General Notes: Religious shrine in Japan
undated

Accession No. 1235-003: Japanese Association of North America records, 1916-1941Return to Top

8.00 cubic feet (11 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, lists, writings, census, minutes, financial records, photographs, notes (mostly in Japanese).

Included are records of the Northwest American Japanese Association, a regional organization. On behalf of the Japanese government, NAJA conducted censuses of Japanese-Americans in the Northwest between 1916 and 1940. Censuses record names of heads of household, occupation, marial status, place of birth, etc.

Arrangement: Arranged in 3 series.
  • Series 1, Seattle Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Japanese Association of North America
  • Series 2, Organizational Divisions
  • Series 3, Northwest American Japanese Association

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: Donated by Edward Burke, 3/2/1984.

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Seattle Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Japanese Association of North America
Subseries A: Historical and Organizational features
Box/Folder Accession
1/1-2 1235-003
Historical and Organizational features
1912-1939, undated
Subseries B: Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
1/3 1235-003
American Legion
1925-1938
1/4 1235-003
A
1928-1938, undated
1/5 1235-003
Bukkyo-kai- Buddhist Churches
1934-1938, undated
1/6 1235-003
B
1933-1941
1/7 1235-003
Chambers of Commerce (American)
1925-1939
1/7 1235-003
Chambers of Commerce (Japanese, in the U.S.)
1933-1939
1/7 1235-003
Chambers of Commerce (in Japan)
1929-1938
1/8 1235-003
Consulate, Japan, Seattle
1925-1940
1/9 1235-003
C
1931-1941
1/10 1235-003
D-E
1930-1941
1/11 1235-003
Fleet Entertainment Committee, Seattle
1926-1933
1/12 1235-003
F
1929-1939
1/13 1235-003
H
1934-1941
1/14 1235-003
Ito, Chusaburo
1929
1/15 1235-003
I
1928-1938
1/16 1235-003
Japanese Associations
1931-1940
1/17 1235-003
Japan Society, Seattle
1931-1939
1/18 1235-003
Japanese Occupational Associations, Seattle
1926-1935
1/19 1235-003
J
1926-1941
1/20 1235-003
K-L
1925-1941
1/21 1235-003
M
1926-1939
1/22 1235-003
Northwest American Japanese Association
1930-1940
1/23 1235-003
N.Y.K. Line
1930-1941
1/24 1235-003
N
1926-1940
1/25 1235-003
Osaka Mainichi Shimbunsha (Osaka Mainichi Publishing Co.)
1927-1938
1/26 1235-003
O
1934-1938
1/27 1235-003
P-R
1928-1941
1/28 1235-003
Seattle Mayor
1928-1938
1/28 1235-003
Seattle Health and Sanitation Department
1935
1/28 1235-003
Seattle Legislative Department
1938
1/28 1235-003
Seattle Lighting Department
1939
1/28 1235-003
Seattle Police Department
1931-1940
1/29 1235-003
Seattle Club
1931-1938
1/29 1235-003
Seattle Progressive Citizens League
1929-1935
1/30 1235-003
S
1925-1939
1/31 1235-003
Taiyo Athletic Club
1929-1940
1/32 1235-003
T
1925-1941
1/33 1235-003
U-V
1935-1939
1/34 1235-003
W-Z
1927-1941
1/35 1235-003
Miscellany or unclear
1930-1941
1/36 1235-003
Census
1935
1/37 1235-003
Census
1940
1/38 1235-003
Cards regarding funerals
1926-1938
Subseries C: Outgoing Letters
Box/Folder Accession
1/39 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1925
1/40 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1926
1/41 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1927
1/42 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
Scope and Content: Includes the letter announcing the executive officers
1928
1/43 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1929
1/44 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1930
1/45 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1931
1/46 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1932
1/47 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1933
1/48 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1934
1/49 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
Scope and Content: Includes letters regarding census
1935
1/50 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1936-1937
1/51 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1938
1/52 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1939
1/53 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1940
1/54 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1941
Subseries D: General Correspondence
Box/Folder Accession
1/55 1235-003
General Correspondence
1928
1/56 1235-003
General Correspondence
Scope and Content: Includes letter announcing executive officers
1932
1/57 1235-003
General Correspondence
1933
1/58 1235-003
General Correspondence
1934
1/59 1235-003
General Correspondence
1935-1938
1/60 1235-003
General Correspondence
1940-1941
Subseries E: Organizational Records
Box/Folder Accession
1/61 1235-003
Minutes re. Census
1935
1/62-69 1235-003
Memoranda
1923-1939
1/70-2/6 1235-003
Financial Records
1906-1941
Box
10 1235-003
Financial Records- ledgers
1939-1956
Box/Folder
2/7 1235-003
Reports of the Seattle Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Japanese Association of North America
1932-1941
2/8 1235-003
Draft report
1939
2/9 1235-003
Miscellany
1925-1941, undated
2/10 1235-003
Proceedings of the Twenty-seventh National Foreign Trade Convention
1940
2/11 1235-003
Various Conferences and Conventions
1925-1941
2/12 1235-003
Officers list
1931-1939
2/13 1235-003
Members list
undated
2/14 1235-003
Local Members list
1925
2/15 1235-003
Lists of Finger Print Registration
1940
2/16 1235-003
Lists of Miscellaneous Applications and Reports
1934-1941
2/17 1235-003
Miscellaneous lists
1914-1940
2/18 1235-003
Notes
1932-1940
2/19 1235-003
Writings
1912-1932
2/20 1235-003
Newsletters
1927-1941
2/21 1235-003
News Releases
1931
2/22 1235-003
Publications
1927-1934
2/23 1235-003
Legislation
1925-1940
2/24 1235-003
Tables
1931-1940
2/25 1235-003
Ordinances
19247-1933
2/26 1235-003
Testimonial
1933
2/27 1235-003
Certificates
1930-1931
2/28 1235-003
Prospectus
1930-1932
2/29-30 1235-003
Itineraries and Programs
1925-1941
2/31 1235-003
Map
1938
2/32-3/1 1235-003
Applications and Reports for Legal Records
Scope and Content: Includes drafts and certificates
1926-1941
Subseries F: Subject Series and Other
Box/Folder Accession
3/2 1235-003
Reliance Hospital
1913-1915
3/3 1235-003
Pike Shijo Nipponjin Kumiai (Japanese Pike Place Market Union)
1931-1932
3/4 1235-003
Photographs
1930-1931
3/5 1235-003
Clippings
1931-1934
3/6-8 1235-003
Ephemera
1925-1941
Series 2: Organizational Divisions
Subseries A: Commercial and Industrial Division
Sub-Subseries i: Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
3/9 1235-003
A-B
1931-1940
3/10 1235-003
Cambers of Commerce (American)
1931-1933
3/11 1235-003
Cambers of Commerce (Japanese in the U.S.)
1931-1941
3/12 1235-003
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (in Japan)
1931-1934
3/13 1235-003
Consulate, Japan, Seattle
1933
3/14 1235-003
C-D
1931-1935
3/15 1235-003
E-H
1931-1934
3/16 1235-003
J
1931-1934
3/17 1235-003
L-N
1931-1934
3/18 1235-003
O-R
1930-1933
3/19 1235-003
S
1931-1940
3/20 1235-003
T-Y
1931-1934
Sub-Subseries ii: Outgoing Letters
Box/Folder Accession
3/21 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1931
3/22 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1932
3/23 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1933
3/24 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1934
3/25 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1940-1941
Sub-Subseries iii: Correspondence
Box/Folder Accession
3/26 1235-003
Correspondence
1931-1932
3/27 1235-003
Correspondence
1932-1941
Sub-Subseries iv: Organizational Records
Box/Folder Accession
3/28-32 1235-003
Minutes
1928-1941
3/33 1235-003
Memoranda
1931-1935
3/51-53 1235-003
Office Diary
1935-1940
3/34-35 1235-003
Financial Records
1928-1933
3/54-55 1235-003
Financial Records
1924-1928
3/36 1235-003
Members of the Commercial and Industry Division (and the Seattle Japanese Chamber of Commerce)
1928-1941
3/37 1235-003
Lists
1931
3/56 1235-003
Lists
undated
3/38 1235-003
Legislation
1941
3/39 1235-003
Notes
1931
3/40 1235-003
Itineraries and Programs
1931-1932
3/41 1235-003
Legal Document
1934
3/42 1235-003
Clippings
1931
3/43 1235-003
Ephemera
1931
Subseries B: Social Division
Box/Folder Accession
3/44-46 1235-003
Minutes
1939-1940
3/47 1235-003
Memoranda
136-1940
Subseries C: Educational Division
Box/Folder Accession
4/1 1235-003
Minutes
1939-1940
4/2-3 1235-003
Memoranda
1939-1940
4/4-5 1235-003
Financial Records
1925-1940
Subseries D: Financial Division
Box/Folder Accession
4/6 1235-003
Incoming Letters
1940-1941
4/7 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1940-1941
4/8 1235-003
General Correspondence
1934
4/9 1235-003
Minutes
1940-1941
4/10 1235-003
Financial Records
1940-1941
4/11 1235-003
Lists
1940-1941
Subseries E: General Affairs Division
Box/Folder Accession
4/12 1235-003
Incoming Letter
1933
4/13 1235-003
Minutes
1933
4/14 1235-003
List
1933
Subseries F: Junior Division
Box/Folder Accession
4/15 1235-003
Organizational Features
undated
4/16 1235-003
List
undated
Subseries G: Japanese Squadron Reception Committee
Sub-Subseries i: General
Box/Folder Accession
4/17-19 1235-003
Incoming Letters
4/20-21 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
4/22 1235-003
Minutes
4/23-24 1235-003
Financial Records
4/25-31 1235-003
Lists
4/32 1235-003
Itineraries and Programs
4/33 1235-003
Notes
Sub-Subseries ii: Automobile Section
Box/Folder Accession
4/34 1235-003
Minutes
1933
4/35 1235-003
Financial Records
1929
4/36 1235-003
Lists
1929
4/37 1235-003
Notes
1929
4/38 1235-003
Ephemera
1929
Sub-Subseries iii: Ship Section
Box/Folder Accession
4/39 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1933
4/40 1235-003
Minutes
1933
4/41 1235-003
Lists
1933
4/42 1235-003
Itinerary
undated
4/43 1235-003
Notes
undated
Sub-Subseries iv: Welcoming Section
Box/Folder Accession
4/44 1235-003
Minutes
1933
4/45 1235-003
Lists
1933
4/46 1235-003
Itineraries
undated
4/47 1235-003
Notes
undated
Sub-Subseries v: Guide Section
Box/Folder Accession
4/48 1235-003
Outgoing Letter
1933
4/49 1235-003
Minutes
1933
4/50 1235-003
Itinerary and Program
undated
Subseries H: Tenchosetsu Preparation Committee
Scope and Content: Tenchosetsu is the day when the Japanese celebrated the Emperors birthday
Box/Folder Accession
4/51 1235-003
Incoming Letter
undated
4/52 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1928-1935
4/53 1235-003
Minutes
1925-1935
4/54 1235-003
Programs
1924-1941
4/55 1235-003
Speech
1935
Subseries I: Potlach Participation Committee
Box/Folder Accession
4/56 1235-003
Incoming Letters
1934-1940
4/57 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1935-1940
4/58 1235-003
General Correspondence
1935-1939
4/59 1235-003
Minutes
1935-1940
4/60 1235-003
Writings
undated
4/61 1235-003
Notes
1933-1940, undated
4/62-63 1235-003
Financial Records
1934-1940
4/64 1235-003
Lists
1935-1939, undated
4/65 1235-003
Itineraries
1935-1939
4/66 1235-003
Photographs
1940, undated
4/67 1235-003
Pictures
1939, undated
4/68 1235-003
Clippings
1935
Subseries J: Personal/Various Ceremonies Committees
Box/Folder Accession
4/69 1235-003
Minutes
1933-1935
4/70-72 1235-003
Lists
1925-1938
4/73 1235-003
Financial Records
1925-1932
4/74 1235-003
Speeches and Writings
1925-1934
Series 3: Northwest American Japanese Association
Subseries A: Organizational Features and Correspondence
Box/Folder Accession
4/75 1235-003
Historical and Organizational features
1916-1931
4/76 1235-003
Incoming Letters A-F
4/77 1235-003
Incoming Letters H-I
4/78 1235-003
Incoming Letters Japanese Associations
4/79 1235-003
Incoming Letters J-L
4/80 1235-003
Incoming Letters M-N
4/81 1235-003
Incoming Letters Oki Insatsusho and Osaka Shosen Co.
4/82 1235-003
Incoming Letters O-R
4/83 1235-003
Incoming Letters S
4/84 1235-003
Incoming Letters Takabatake, Torataro
Scope and Content: Re. Japanese texts
4/85 1235-003
Incoming Letters T
4/86 1235-003
Incoming Letters U-Y
4/87 1235-003
Incoming Letters Miscellaneous or unclear
4/88-89 1235-003
Incoming Letters re. census
Scope and Content: Letters from the Consulate, Japan Seattle with instructions, and Japanese Associations
5/1-7 1235-003
Outgoing Letters
1925-1941
5/8-9 1235-003
Outgoing Letters re. census
1924-1930
5/10-14, 17 1235-003
General Correspondence
1925-1939
5/15-16 1235-003
General Correspondence re. census
1925-1930
Subseries B: Census Summaries
Box/Folder Accession
5/18 1235-003
Japanese National Census (first) for Seattle Japanese Consulate s Precinct
1920
5/19 1235-003
Births and Deaths of the Japanese in Seattle. Japanese Consulates Precinct by Year between 1910 and 1921
1922
5/19 1235-003
Births and Deaths of the Japanese in Seattle Japanese Consulates Precinct by Month and Year between 1910 and 1921
1922
5/19 1235-003
Births and Deaths of the Japanese in King County by Month in 1921 and 1922
1922
5/20 1235-003
A Summary regarding Japan and Japanese Population in the United States (up to the year 1920)
undated
5/20 1235-003
"Japanese Situation on the Pacific Coast at a Glance"
undated
5/20 1235-003
Japanese Population and Land owned by the Japanese in Seattle Japanese Consulates Precinct and Seattle City
1925
5/21-23 1235-003
Summaries of Seattle Japanese Consulates Precinct by State and County
1922, 1924, 1926
5/24 1235-003
Japanese National Census for the District of JANA, compiled by JANA
5/25 1235-003
Persons by Occupation for Seattle Japanese Consul
5/26 1235-003
Japanese National Census (Fourth) Summary Tables by Occupation and Birth for Seattle, compiled by S & J
5/27 1235-003
Persons in Oregon by Region, compiled by the Japanese Association of Oregon
1935
5/28 1235-003
Condition of Japanese Population in the United States
Scope and Content: Compiled by the Japanese Association of America
1919
5/29 1235-003
Characteristics of Japanese Population in Tacoma, compiled by the Japanese Association of Tacoma
1921
5/30 1235-003
A Summary of Persons by Occupation
1925
5/31 1235-003
Bulletin, by Seattle, Health and Sanitation Department
1922-1924
9/1 1235-003
Draft census summaries
undated
Subseries C: Census Reports
Scope and Content: Reported to NAJA or the United North American Japanese Association of Seattle
Box/Folder Accession
5/32 1235-003
Condition of Industry by Employer and Category of Industry
Scope and Content: Reported by local Japanese Associations: Auburn, Bellevue, Bellingham, Fife, Inland Empire, Pasco, Tacoma, Thomas, Vashon, White River, and Yakima.
1916
5/33 1235-003
Condition of Industry by Household and Category of Industry and Persons by Household
Scope and Content: Reported by individual households in the JANA District outside Seattle City: Green Lake, Northern Montana, South Park, Wenatchee, Winslow, etc.
1916
5/34 1235-003
Condition of Business by Category of Business
Scope and Content: Reported by local Japanese Associations: Auburn, Bellevue, Bellingham, Fife, Inland Empire, JANA, Pasco, Tacoma, Thomas, Vashon; White River, and Yakima.
1916
11/1 1235-003
Condition of Business by Category of Business
Scope and Content: Reported by local Japanese Associations: Auburn, Bellevue, Bellingham, Fife, Inland Empire, JANA, Pasco, Tacoma, Thomas, Vashon; White River, and Yakima.
1917-1919
5/35 1235-003
Japanese Occupational Associations
Scope and Content: Reported by JANA and Japanese Association of Tacoma
1924
5/36 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Auburn
Scope and Content: Reported by individual households in the districts of local Japanese Associations
1924
5/37 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Bellevue
1924
5/38 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Fife
1924
5/39 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Green Lake
1924
5/40 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Northern Montana
1924
5/41 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Pasco
1924
5/42 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- South Park
1924
5/43 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Spokane
1924
5/44-45 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Tacoma inside the City
1924
5/46-6/1 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Tacoma outside the City
1924
6/2 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Thomas
1924
6/3 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Vashon
1924
6/4 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- White River
1924
6/5 1235-003
Persons in Household by Occupation of Household Head- Yakima
1924
6/6 1235-003
Japanese National Census
Scope and Content: Reported by local Japanese Associations: Auburn, Bellevue, Fife, Green Lake, Inland Empire, JANA (including Seattle, Washington, where not counted by any other Japanese Associations, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska), Pasco, South Park, Tacoma, Thomas, Vashon, White River, and Yakima.
1925
6/7 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Auburn
Scope and Content: Reported by individual households in the districts of local Japanese Associations
1925
6/8 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Bellevue
1925
6/9 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Fife
1925
6/10 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Green Lake
1925
6/11 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Alaska
1925
6/12 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Idaho
1925
6/13-16 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Montana
1925
6/17-22 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Vicinity of Seattle
1925
6/23 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Northern Montana
1925
6/24 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Pasco
1925
6/25 1235-003
Japanese National Census- South Park
1925
6/26 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Thomas
1925
6/27 1235-003
Japanese National Census- Vashon
1925
6/28 1235-003
Persons by Occupation
Scope and Content: Reported by local Japanese Associations
1926-1927
6/29-7/9 1235-003
Population by Occupation
Scope and Content: Reported by individual households in Seattle
1934
7/10 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Auburn
Scope and Content: Reported by individual households in the districts of local Japanese Associations
1935
7/11 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Bainbridge Island
1935
7/12 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Fife
1935
7/13 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Green Lake
1935
7/14 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Northern Montana
1935
7/15 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Pasco
1935
7/16 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Alaska
1935
7/16 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Idaho
1935
7/17 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Montana
1935
7/18-20 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Seattle
1935
7/21-8/1 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Vicinity of Seattle
1935
8/2 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- South Park
1935
8/3 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Spokane
1935
8/4 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Thomas
1935
8/5 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Vashon
1935
8/6 1235-003
Fourth Japanese National Census- Yakima
1935
11/2-3 1235-003
Japanese Census Records
Scope and Content: Reported by households in Bellevue, Kent, Seattle Area, Spokane, Sumner, and Tacoma
1940
Subseries D: Organizational Records
Box/Folder Accession
8/7-12 1235-003
Minutes
1932-1941
8/13 1235-003
Memoranda
1939
8/14-16 1235-003
Financial Records
1919-1940
8/17-18 1235-003
Reports
1929-1937
8/19 1235-003
Second Generation Conference on Agricultural Problems
1939
9/2 1235-003
Pacific Coast Japanese Association, Conference, Fifth, Seattle
1918
8/20 1235-003
Pacific Coast Japanese Association, Conference, Los Angeles
1922
8/21-24 1235-003
Lists
1922-1940
9/3-6 1235-003
Lists
1921-1925
8/25-26 1235-003
Notes
1922-1937
8/27-28 1235-003
Writings
Scope and Content: Includes description of legal cases regarding the Japanese Exclusion Land Law in Washington
1921-1937
8/29 1235-003
Census testimonials
1930
8/30 1235-003
Lyrics
Scope and Content: Includes song related to census
1936
8/31 1235-003
News Releases
1934-1940
8/32 1235-003
Newsletters
1930-1937
8/33 1235-003
Publications
1937
11/4 1235-003
Legislation
1921-1939
8/35 1235-003
Court Decision
Scope and Content: Extract from U.S. Supreme Court Decisions re. American-born Chinese
undated
8/36 1235-003
Regulations
Scope and Content: Related to Japanese Occupational Associations
1921-1924
8/37 1235-003
Tables
8/38 1235-003
Itineraries and Programs
8/39-41 1235-003
Applications and Reports for Legal Records
1918-1934
8/42 1235-003
Miyagi Kyoyu kai
1937-1940
9/7 1235-003
Poster
1927
9/8 1235-003
Japanese Language School diplomas
undated
8/43 1235-003
Newspapers
1947
8/44 1235-003
Clippings
1921-1939
9/9 1235-003
Clippings
1935
8/45 1235-003
Ephemera
1929-1935

Accession No. 1235-004: Japanese Association of North America records, 1919-1931Return to Top

.42 cubic foot

Scope and Content: Correspondence, census packets, lists, publications, photographs, ephemera.

Materials include: Alien Land Law; patriotism for the U.S. of Japanese living here during World War I; travel book and tourist leaflets about Seattle (in Japanese); some correspondence about purchase of 2,000 cherry trees which were planted in Seattle in 1929.

Also includes material in Kanji, date and content not known.

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: Donated by Dennis Broderson, 10/8/1986.

Accession No. 1235-005: Japanese Association of North America records, 1916-1941Return to Top

1.19 cubic feet (10 microfilm reels positive; 10 microfilm reels negative, plus 1 copy of each)

Scope and Content: Selections from Accessions #1235-002 and -003 (made by Fukuhei Andoh, Hiroshima Prefectural Archives) in 16mm microfilm format.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: For permission to reproduce or quote for publication, consult the Curator of Manuscripts, University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Filmed from originals in UW MSS Collection.

Container(s) Description
Reel Accession
1-2 1235-005
Acc 1235-002 Organization Subject Series
2 1235-005
Acc 1235-002 Committees
Scope and Content: Cherry Tree Purchasing Committee, Education Committee, Emperor's Gift Committee, Industrial Committee, Legal Committee, Japanese Squadron Reception Committee
3 1235-005
Acc 1235-002 Committees
Scope and Content: Japanese Squadron Reception Committee and Social Service Committee
4-5 1235-005
Acc 1235-003 Seattle Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Japanese Association of North America
5 1235-005
Acc 1235-003 Divisions
Scope and Content: Commercial and Industrial Division, Social Division, Educational Division, Financial Division, General Affairs Division, Junior Division, Japanese Squadron Reception Committee
6 1235-005
Acc 1235-003 Divisions
Scope and Content: Japanese Squadron Reception Committee, Tenchosetsu Preperatoin Committee, Potlatch participation Committee, Personal and Various Ceremonies Committee
6-10 1235-005
Acc 1235-003 Northwest Japanese American Association
Scope and Content: Includes censuses

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Edwards, Frank
  • Hara, Seiji
  • Ito, Chusaburo
  • Matsumi, Daihachi
  • Okiyama, Eihan
  • Okuda, Henry Heiji
  • Sowa, Tokusaburo
  • Takabatake, Torataro
  • Wickersham, George W

Corporate Names

  • Japanese Association of North America--Archives

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Mihara, Genji
    Corporate Names
    • American Legion. Seattle Post No. 1 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Japan. Consulate General (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Japanese Chamber of Commerce (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Northwest American-Japanese Association (creator)
    • Seattle Chamber of Commerce (creator)
    • Seattle Progressive Citizens' League (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • United States. Dept. of Justice (creator)