Overview of the Collection
UUS_P0568
Susan Sunada photograph collection
1971-2000
Sunada, Susan.
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3000
Phone: 435 797-8248
Fax: 435 797-2880
Email: scweb@usu.edu
1 box
.5 linear feet
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.
Material in English
Processed in November of 2019
This collection was donated to USU Special Collections by George and Susan Sunada in three batches, two during the 1980s and one in 2003.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Susan Sunada addendum (COLL MSS
503)
The photographs from this collection were removed from Susan Sunada Papers (COLL MSS
59)
Photographs
Utah
Colleges and Universities
Japanese Americans
Sunada, Susan.
Deseret news.
Utah State University--Photographs.
Japanese--Utah--History--Photographs.
Japanese Americans--Utah--History--Photographs.
Cemeteries--Utah--Photographs.
Logan (Utah)--History--Photographs.
Ogden (Utah)--History--Photographs.
Pocatello (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
Lewiston (Idaho)--History--Photographs.
Price (Utah)--History--Photographs.
Salt Lake City (Utah)--History--Photographs.
Susan Sunada photograph collection
1971-2000
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Nagasawa E ikichi from Shizuoka, Japan headstone in Ogden cemetery
1990-2000
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Kuboyama, Tsunijiro from Fukuoka, Japan heastone in Ogden cemetery
1990-2000
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Kojimo, Tsunetaro from Niigata, Japan headstone in Ogden cemetery
1990-2000
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1:01:05
Izumi, Shinayo from Wakayama, Japan headstone in Ogden cemetery
1990-2000
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1:02:01
Fujikawa, Shuichi from Hiroshima, Japan headstone
1990-2000
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3
1:03:01 through 3:02
Negatives of headstones in Price, Utah
1990-2000
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1:03:03
Proof sheet of headstone images from Price, Utah
1990-2000
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Ishibaski, Chokichi from Fukuoka, Japan headstone in Price, Utah
1990-2000
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3
1:03:05
Michisako from Hiroshima, Japan headstone in Price, Utah
1990-2000
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1:04:01
Negatives of the Box Elder County Japanese American Reunion
1990
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1:05:01 through 5:02
Negatives of headstones taken in Pocatello, Idaho
1990-2000
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5
1:05:03 through 5:04
"Quake area, Pocatello" photographs
1991
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1:05:05
Negatives of headstone images taken in Pocatello, Idaho
1990-2000
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1:06:01 through 6:03
Negatives of headstones from Utah cemeteries
1990-2000
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6
1:06:04
Negatives of headstones from Salt Lake cemetery
1990-2000
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6
1:06:05
Negatives of headstones from Lewiston Cemetery
1990-2000
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7
1:07:01 through 7:04
Duplicate slides of headstones from Lewiston Cemetery
1995 March
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8
1:08:01
Negatives of Salt Lake Mausoleum's stained glass windows
1990-2000
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8
1:08:02 through 8:21
Photographs of Salt Lake Mausoleum
1991 June 25
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1:08:22
Brochure for the Salt Lake Mausoleum
1991
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9
1:09:01
Assorted negatives of cemeteries and mountain range
1990-2000
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9
1:09:02
Negatives of cemetery grounds
1990-2000
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10
1:10:01 through 10:08
Views of Old Main and surrounding grounds slides
1977 October
1
10
1:10:09 through 10:10
Views of Old Main slides
1973 August
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1:10:11 through 10:13
Views of Old Main from 5th North slides
1973 June
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1:10:14 through 10:19
Views of Old Main from 5th North in fall slides
1973 October
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10
1:10:20
Image of the quad slide
1978 September
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10
1:10:21 through 10:29
Slides of two unidentified individuals working in a vegetable garden
1976 October
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10
1:10:30 through 10:33
Slides of Utah State University vegetable garden
1978 June
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10
1:10:34 through 10:39
Slides of gardens on Utah State University campus and near Old Main
1976 September
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10
1:10:40 through 10:49
Slides of the Western Writers Conference
1976 June 18-19
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10
1:10:50
Slide of graduation ceremony at Utah State University
1973 June
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10
1:10:51 through 10:58
Slides of unidentified graduate in cap and gown
1973
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10
1:10:59 through 10:60
Slides of an unidentified couple
1970-1980
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10
1:10:61 through 10:63
Slides of decorated Christmas tree
1970-1980
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10
1:10:64 through 10:75
Slides of unidentified Christmas party guests
1970-1980
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10
1:10:76 through 10:78
Slides of unidentified harp player
1970-1980
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10
1:10:79 through 10:82
Slides of basketball game at Utah State University's Spectrum stadium
1974 March
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10
1:10:83 through 10:89
Slides of Utah State University vs Weber State basketball game
1978 January
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10
1:10:90
Slide of crowd at Utah State University football game
1975 October 11
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1:10:91
Slide of crowd at Utah State University football game
1975 January
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1:10:92 through 10:102
Slides of basketball game at Utah State University's Spectrum stadium
1978 January
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10
1:10:103 through 10:107
Slides of a basketball game at Utah State University's Spectrum stadium
1977 December
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10
1:10:108 through 10:110
Slides of activity on lawn at Utah State University campus
1978 April
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1:10:111 through 10:112
Slides of homecoming parade on Logan Main Street
1974 October 26
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10
1:10:113 through 10:122
Slides of Utah State University football game
1974 November
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1:10:123 through 10:124
Slides of Utah State University football game
1975 December
1
10
1:10:125 through 10:126
Slides of Aggie signs made by George Sunada
1975 March
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10
1:10:127 through 10:131
Slides of Utah State University vs San Diego State football game
1975 September 27
1
10
1:10:132 through 10:141
Slides of Utah State University vs West Texas State football game
1975 October
1
10
1:10:142 through 10:144
Slides of Utah State University vs University of Wyoming football game
1975 November 1
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10
1:10:145 through 10:156
Slides of Utah State University's homecoming parade on Logan Main Street
1976 October
1
10
1:10:157 through 10:160
Slides of Utah State University homecoming football game
1976 October
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10
1:10:161 through 10:179
Slides of Utah State University homecoming parade and spectators
1978 November
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10
1:10:180 through 10:181
Slide of Utah State University football game
1978 November
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10
1:10:182 through 10:192
Additional slides of Utah State University homecoming parade on Logan Main Street
1978 November
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1:11:01
Large print of first graduation commencement in Utah State University's Spectrum
1971 June 5