Harry R. Hatate Papers, 1943-1952
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Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hatate, Harry R
- Title
- Harry R. Hatate Papers
- Dates
- 1943-1952 (inclusive)19431952
- Quantity
- .21 cubic ft.
- Collection Number
- 4513 (Accession No. 4513-001)
- Summary
- A maintenance supervisor at the Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II.
- 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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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical Note
Harry Hatate was a Japanese American incarcerated at the Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. He was Maintenance Supervisor at Minidoka and chaired a committee to distribute special food from Japan to Japanese nationals in the camp in 1944.
Content Description
The papers document complaints of Issei residents at the Center and a meeting with the National War Relocation Authority Director, Dillon Myer. Also included are minutes and correspondence concerning a labor dispute of maintenance workers in late 1943 and early 1944.
Use of the Collection
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Restrictions on Use
Literary rights retained by the donor; no direct quotations are allowed.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Hatate papers were donated to the Libraries by Larry Matsuda on April 18, 1995.
Processing Note
The collection was processed in 1995.
Related Materials
The papers of Yoshito Fujii in the repository (Accession No. 1582-2, volume 3 of his scrapbook) also document the maintenance worker labor dispute at Minidoka (folders 2 & 3 below).
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Personal Papers
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Description: Organizational Features- Minidoka Consumers' CooperativeContainer: Box/Folder 1/1
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Description: General Correspondence- re. Minidoka Maintenance WorkersDates: 1943-1944Container: Box/Folder 1/2
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Description: Minutes - Minidoka Maintenance WorkersDates: 1943-1944Container: Box/Folder 1/3
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Reports
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Description: Minidoka Center Residents' Report to the Spanish ConsulDates: 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/4
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Description: Evacuees Meeting with War Relocation Authority National DirectorDates: 1943Container: Box/Folder 1/4
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Description: Directive - "When You Leave the Relocation Center"Dates: n.d.Container: Box/Folder 1/5
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Description: Newspapers-Minidoka IrrigatorDates: 1944-1945Container: Box/Folder 1/6
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Description: Magazine -SceneDates: 1952Container: Box/Folder 1/7
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Description: Food Distribution Committee, MinidokaDates: 1944Container: Box/Folder 1/7
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Concentration camp inmates--Idaho--Hunt
- Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt
- Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt--Food service
- Consumer cooperatives--Idaho--Hunt
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Labor disputes--Idaho--Hunt
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
Personal Names
- Hatate, Harry R.--Archives
- Myer, Dillon S. (Dillon Seymour), 1891-
Corporate Names
- Minidoka Relocation Center
- United States. War Relocation Authority
