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Susan Sunada photograph collection, 1971-2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sunada, Susan.
Title
Susan Sunada photograph collection
Dates
1971-2000 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box, (.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_P0568
Summary
The Susan Sunada photograph collection consists of photographs, negatives, and slides of headstones of Japanese-Americans in Utah and Idaho, as well as images of sporting events at Utah State University.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Biographical Note

Susan Sunada was born in Utah to Japanese-American immigrants. She worked as a photojournalist for the Desert News in the 1960 and 70s after graduating from Los Angeles City College. She won awards as an "Outstanding Correspondent" for the Deseret News and a Lifetime Achievement award from the National Association for Asian American Studies for her work as a scholar of Japanese Pioneers. She wrote, produced, and directed the Logan Bicentennial Celebration ice show and represented Japanese and Chinese pioneers in Cache Valley's "Festival of the American West." She wrote Tiny Treasures (1970), Wedding Treasures (1974), and Japanese Pioneers in the Intermountain Area (1991). Susan Sunada passed away September 19, 2014.

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Content Description

The Susan Sunada photograph collection consists of 244 photographs and negatives of headstones and cemeteries for Japanese-Americans in Pocatello, Idaho, and in Utah in Ogden, Price, Lewiston, Salt Lake City, and the Salt Lake Mausoleum (where many Topaz prisoners were cremated). It also includes slides of Utah State University's campus, sporting events, graduation ceremonies, and the Western Writers Conference.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Susan Sunada photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_P0568; Susan Sunada photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0568, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed in November of 2019

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to USU Special Collections by George and Susan Sunada in three batches, two during the 1980s and one in 2003.

Related Materials

Susan Sunada addendum (COLL MSS 503)

Separated Materials

The photographs from this collection were removed from Susan Sunada Papers (COLL MSS 59)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Personal Names

  • Sunada, Susan.

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Corporate Names

  • Deseret news.
  • Utah State University--Photographs.

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Subject Terms

  • Cemeteries--Utah--Photographs.
  • Japanese Americans--Utah--History--Photographs.
  • Japanese--Utah--History--Photographs.

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Geographical Names

  • Lewiston (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
  • Logan (Utah)--History--Photographs.
  • Ogden (Utah)--History--Photographs.
  • Pocatello (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
  • Price (Utah)--History--Photographs.
  • Salt Lake City (Utah)--History--Photographs.

Finding aid/Register created by Clare Young
2019

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