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Mitsugi M. Kasai papers, 1927-2013

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013
Title
Mitsugi M. Kasai papers
Dates
1927-2013 (inclusive)
Quantity
30 linear feet, (49 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 2550
Summary
The Mitsugi M. Kasai papers (1918-2013) contain assorted documents related to Mr. Kasai's early life, his career in the United States Army and his participation in various Japanese-American organizations following his retirement.
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, Japanese
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Biographical Note

Mitsugi M. Kasai (1918-) was born in 30 January 1918, in Milford, Utah and was raised on a farm in Idaho. He joined the army in 1946 serving in the Military Intelligence Service teaching Japanese and then during the Korean War serving in Japan monitoring pro-Communist Korean organizations and Japanese who had been repatriated from Russia. Kasai retired from the military in 1973, and became an activist with the JACL.

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Content Description

The Mitsugi M. Kasai papers (1918-2013) contain assorted documents related to Mr. Kasai's early life, his career in the United States Army and his participation in various Japanese-American organizations following his retirement.

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Use of the Collection

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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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Mitsugi M. Kasai in 2010.

Donated by Raymond Uno in 2013.

Processing Note

Processed by Julia Huddleston in 2012.

Addendum processed by Matthew Weathered in 2014.

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Separated Materials

Video tapes have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (A600).

Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1432).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Bowling--Tournaments--Sources
  • Japanese American soldiers--Utah--Archives
  • Japanese Americans
  • Japanese Americans--Idaho--Archives
  • Japanese Americans--Utah--Archives
  • Korean War, 1950-1953--Military intelligence--Sources
  • Korean War, 1950-1953--Sources
  • Reparations for historical injustices--Utah--Sources
  • Scrapbooks
  • Veterans' writings, American--Utah--Specimens
  • World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Sources

Personal Names

  • Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013--Archives
  • Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013--Family--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Army Counter Intelligence Corps Veterans, Incorporated--Records and correspondence
  • Japanese American Citizens' League--Records and correspondence
  • Japanese American Citizens' League--Sources
  • Japanese American Korean War Veterans--Records and correspondence
  • Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Sources
  • Japanese American Redress Committee--Records and correspondence
  • Japanese American Veterans Association--Records and correspondence
  • National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (U.S.)--Records and correspondence
  • National Japanese American Historical Society (U.S.)--Records and correspondence
  • United States. Army. Infantry Battalion, 100th--Sources
  • United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd--Sources
  • United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service--Sources
  • United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service--Sources

Form or Genre Terms

  • Address books
  • Autobiographies
  • Awards
  • Brochures
  • Business cards
  • Business correspondence
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Commemorative medals
  • Historical television programs
  • Insignia patch
  • Letters to the editor
  • Newsletters
  • Obituaries
  • Personal correspondence
  • Records (Documents)

Finding aid created by Julia Huddleston.
2012 (last modified: 2014 and 2018)

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