UUM_Accn2550.xml Inventory of the Mitsugi M. Kasai papers Kasai (Mitsugi M.) papers Finding aid created by Julia Huddleston. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2012 (last modified: 2014 and 2018)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-01-04. Finding aid encoded in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2014 Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Matthew Weathered to include an addendum to the collection. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Mitsugi M. Kasai papers Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013 ACCN 2550 30 linear feet 49 boxes 1927-2013 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. English , Japanese .

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.

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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Donated by Mitsugi M. Kasai in 2010.

Donated by Raymond Uno in 2013.

Processed by Julia Huddleston in 2012.

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 Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013--Archives Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013--Family--Archives Japanese American Citizens' League--Sources United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service--Sources United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd--Sources Japanese American Citizens' League--Records and correspondence Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Sources Japanese American Veterans Association--Records and correspondence National Japanese American Historical Society (U.S.)--Records and correspondence Army Counter Intelligence Corps Veterans, Incorporated--Records and correspondence Japanese American Redress Committee--Records and correspondence National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (U.S.)--Records and correspondence Japanese American Korean War Veterans--Records and correspondence United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service--Sources United States. Army. Infantry Battalion, 100th--Sources Japanese Americans Korean War, 1950-1953--Military intelligence--Sources Japanese Americans--Utah--Archives Japanese Americans--Idaho--Archives Japanese American soldiers--Utah--Archives World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Sources Reparations for historical injustices--Utah--Sources Veterans' writings, American--Utah--Specimens Korean War, 1950-1953--Sources Bowling--Tournaments--Sources Scrapbooks Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Autobiographies Personal correspondence Business correspondence Obituaries Letters to the editor Newsletters Historical television programs Records (Documents) Commemorative medals Address books Business cards Brochures Awards Insignia patch Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Personal Materials Correspondence, Biography and Vital Documents Personal Correspondence 1974-2010 1 1 Biographical Materials 1 2

This folder contains assorted accounts, most written by Mr. Kasai himself, of his life and especially his career as a soldier.

 Vital Documents 1918-1973 1 3 Passports and Vaccination Certificates 1 4 Attendance Awards 1927-1933 1 5 High School Diploma and College Transcript 1937-1938 1 6 Nisei Convention, Pocatello, Idaho 1940 1 7 The Spud, Idaho Falls Yearbook 1937 1 8 Scrapbook In Japanese 1932-1938 1 9 Idaho Falls High School 50th Reunion 1987 1 10 Obituary 2013 1 11 Iyo and Harry Kasai Vital Documents 2 1 Japanese Passports 2 2 Dependency Affidavits 2 3 Survival Benefit Plan 1994 2 4 Burial Plots 1966 2 5 Harry Kasai, Obituary 1975 2 6 Harry Kasai, Articles and Dedicatory Book 2 7 Iyo Kasai, Memorial Book 2 8 Deseret Memorial Plans, Funeral Service 1966-1994 2 9 Obituaries and Koden Donor Lists 1988-1989 2 10 Army, Personnel Files Benefits 1946-1951 3 1 Financial Records 1953-1971 3 2 Financial Records 1959-1972 3 3 Army Records 1950-1973 3 4 Army Records 1950-1973 3 5 Medical Records 1972 3 6 Honorable Discharge 1943 4 1 Discharge and Retirement 1972-1973 4 2 Orders and Regulations 1953-1974 4 3 Regulations 1962-1969 4 4 Regulations 4 5 Regulation Booklets 1965-1967 4 6 Check Lists 1950s 4 7 Assorted Forms and Documents 5 1 Lt. General Albert Watson, Message to the Legislature of the Ryuku Islands 1965 5 2 Security Lecture and Guide 1956 5 3 Brochures 1964-1972 5 4 Japanese Language Materials 5 5 Gillis, L.V. and Paiping-Ch'I, Japanese Personal Names 1940 5 6 "Glossary of Terms Used by Homosexuals" 1959 5 7 Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms 1942 5 8 MIS Language Classes, Cantonese-Chinese 1951 5 9 Map of Tokyo 1954 5 10 Security Papers 5 11 Training Manual Outlines 5 12 Awards Scrapbook 6 1 Commendation Medal, Second Oak Leaf Cluster 1969 6 2 Commendation Medal, Third Oak Leaf Cluster 1971 6 3 Meritorius Service Medal 1973 6 4 Certificate of Appreciation, Certificate of Retirement 1973 6 5 MIS Commendations 1947-1971 6 6 Certificates 1947-1973 6 7 Awards and Letters of Commendation 1950-2011 6 8 Contacts, Notes and Membership Cards Address Book 1978 7 1 Address Book 7 2 Notes and Ephemera 7 3 Notes and Ephemera 7 4 Membership Cards 1950s-2003 7 5 Membership, Identification and Business Cards, Financial Records Membership cards 8 1 Japanese Business Cards 8 2 Japanese Business Cards 8 3 Japanese Business Cards 8 4 Wallet and Identification Cards 8 5 Recipt Book and Mortgage Payment Records 8 6 Travel, Hobbies and Local Events Asian American and Pacific Islander Festival 2002 9 1 International Kasai Family Yearbook 2007 9 2 Japanese American National Bowling Association (JANBA), Tournaments and Lodging Arrangements 1983 9 3 JANBA 1992-1995 9 4 Japanese Illustrations 9 5 Japanese Church of Christ, 75th Anniversary 1993 9 6 Oriental Festival 1979-1987 9 7 Postcards 9 8 Reflections In Three Self-Guided Tours of Manzanar 1998 9 9 Sight-Seeing Okinawa and Assorted Travel Brochures 10 1 U.S. Bowling Congress (USBC), Playing Rules 2007-2008 10 2 Vacation Transparencies 10 3 YMCA Bowling League 1978-1997 10 4 Advocacy and Organizations General Materials

Contains material of a personal nature, as well as assorted files related to Mits' activism.

 "A More Perfect Union," Brochures 1998 11 1 Asian-Pacific Heritage Month 1992 11 2 Biographical Materials Regarding Others 11 3 "Day of Honor" Declaration 2000 11 4 "Day of Remembrance" 2006-2007 11 5 Handouts 11 6

Contains copies of articles kept on hand by Mits, which primarily document the contributions of Japanese-American soldiers during World War II.

 Handouts and Photocopy Notebook 11 7 Internment, Assorted Materials 11 8 "Japan's Occupation of Mongolia Revisited" 11 9 Literature 11 10 Notes 11 11 Obituaries 1987-2002 11 12 Salt Lake City, General 1990-2011 11 13 Salt Palace 2005-2006 11 14 Surveillance Guide, Salt Lake City Police Department 11 15 United States-Japan Relations Workshop 1994 11 16 United Way, Panel 1980 11 17 "Utah JA News" 1978 11 18 Oral History Institute 1986 11 19 Webb Research Group Publishers 1992-1994 11 20 World War II Narratives 11 21 General Organizations 100th/442nd Newsletters 1988-2000 12 1 Army Counter Intelligence Corps Veterans (ACICV) 1998-2000 12 2 ACICV 2000-2003 12 3 Americans of Japanese Ancestry, World War II Memorial Alliance 2000 12 4 Densho 2000-2005 12 5 Go For Broke, Correspondence and Literature 1983-2005 12 6 Go For Broke, Newsletters and Meeting Material 1990-2003 12 7 Heart Mountain Relocation Camp 2011 12 8 Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism 2000 12 9 Japanese American National Museum 1999 12 10 Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Florin JACL oral History Summaries 12 11 JACL, Japanese American Veterans List 2004 12 12 JACL, Salt Lake City Chapter 1979-2006 13 1 JACL, Idaho Falls Area Reunion 1988 13 2 JACL, Convention Materials 1958-1990 13 3 JACL, Convention Materials 1994 13 4 JACL, 65th Anniversary Program 1994 13 5 JACL, Paving The Road to Opportunity" 2004 13 6 National Japanese Memorial Foundation 1999-2000 13 7 Japanese American National Museum (JANM), General 1992-2004 13 8 JANM, Newsletters 1993-2006 13 9 JANM, Annual Reports 1996-2002 14 1 Japanese Americans in Utah Centennial 1996-1997 14 2 Japanese American Veterans Association (JAVA) 2001-2003 14 3

Contains correspondence, newsletters and assorted literature.

 JAVA Reunion 1993 14 4 National AJA Veterans, Reunion 1988 14 5 Minidoka Relocation Center 1990 14 6 Region IV, 115th Military Intelligence Group 14 7 National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), "Teacher's Guide for Japanese American World War II Experience" 1992 14 8 NJAHS 1987-2003 15 1 NJAHS, Calendars 1989-2000 15 2 NJAHS, "Update" Newsletter 1983-1988 15 3 NJAHS, Smithsonian Exhibit 1986-1987 15 4

Contains correspondence as well as newspaper clippings.

 Topaz War Relocation Center 1994-2000 15 5 Organizations, Military Intelligence Service (MIS) Correspondence 1985-1996 16 1 Commemorative Publications 1991-1995 16 2 Language School, Camp Savage, MN 1992 16 3 Medal of Honor List 2009 16 4 Reunions 1976-1995 16 5 50th Anniversary Reunion 1991 16 6 50th Anniversary Reunion 1992 16 7 Reunion Badges 1993 16 8 Rocky Mountain Veterans Reunion 1997 16 9 Rosters 1960-1999 16 10 "U.S. Army Language School," General Catalogue 16 11 World War II Memorial Foundation 1992-1997 16 12 General Materials 16 13 Chicago Nisei Post No. 1183 1984-1989 17 1 Intermountain MIS Veterans Group, Constitution and By-Laws 17 2 MIS Association of Northern California, Correspondence 1982-1987 17 3 MIS Association of Northern California, Constition and By-Laws 1970 17 4 MIS Association of Northern California, Newsletters 1988-2000 17 5 MIS Northwest Association 1984-2001 17 6 Rocky Mountain MIS Veterans Club 1986-2003 17 7 MIS Service Club of Southern California 1982-1997 17 8 Organizations, JACL-LEC Mitsugi Kasai Correspondence 1984-1989 18 1 JACL-LEC Correspondence 1984-1985 18 2 JACL-LEC Correspondence 1986-1988 18 3 JACL-LEC Correspondence 1989 18 4 JACL-LEC Correspondence 1989-1993 18 5 National Committee For Redress, Balance Sheets 1985 18 6 Biennial Report 1988-1990 18 7 Redress Legislative Handbook, 98th Congress 1984 18 8 Salt Lake JACL Survey of Utahns Regarding Redress 1983-1984 18 9 "The Redress Monitor" 1989-1990 18 10 Senate and Congressional Scorecards 1984-1987 18 11 Testimony, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee 1984 18 12 "The Japanese American Incarceration: A Case For Redress" 1978 18 13 Redress Questions and Answers 18 14 Redress Literature 18 15 Redress, People and General Files Kajihara, Harry, Redress Correspondence and Clippings 1986-1987 19 1 Currico, James R. 1983 19 2 Reagan, Ronald, Remarks at Signing of Redress Legislation 1988 19 3 Uyehara, Grayce, Redress Correspondence 1986-1987 19 4

See also folders 1-5, box 17.

 Willard, Richard K., Statement Before Congress 19 5 Matsunga, Sparky, Address 1987 19 6 Wade, Grant, "The Japanese Exodus to Utah: The Second Migration" 19 7 Warren, Earl, Internment Statements 19 8 Retired Colonel Frederick Bernays Wiener, Letter to Hon. William V. Roth Jr. 1988 19 9 "Against All Odds, The Japanese Americans' Campaign for Redress," Case Program, Harvard 19 10 Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Department of Justice Questions and Answers 19 11 Civil Suit, 1986 19 12 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act (CWRIC) 1980-1983 19 13 H.R. 4110, Civil Rights Act of 1983 1983 19 14 Eligibility and Implementation Documents 1987-1990 19 15 H.R. 442 1987 19 16 Japanese American Redress Committee (JARC) 19 17 Letter Writing Campaign, Samples and Clippings 1984-1992 19 18 Letters to Public Officials 1982-1988 19 19 National Council For Japanese American Redress 1979-1986 19 20 National Coalition For Redress/Reparations (NCRR) 1988-1989 19 21 Redress Provision For Persons of Japanese Ancestry, Department of Justice 1989 19 22 Sample Redress Resolutions 1981-1984 19 23 S-1009 1987-1988 19 24 Utah Senate Materials 19 25

Contains materials related to Utah Senate Bill 22, as well as clippings.

 Utah State Income Tax Exemption 1988-1999 19 26 Redress, Congressional Files

Contains letters written in the interest of the redress effort, various responses as well as clippings and general literature.

 Senator Jake Garn 1984-1987 20 1 Representative Jim Hansen 1983-1987 20 2 Senator Orrin Hatch 1984-1988 20 3 Representative David Monson 1985-1986 20 4 Representative Robert T. Matsui 1984-1989 20 5 Representative Howard Nelson 1984-1987 20 6 Representative Wayne Owens 1986-1987 20 7 Senator Steven Symms 1983-1984 20 8 Congressional Correspondence Responses and General Files 20 9 Letters to the Editor

Contains letters to the editor written by Mr. Kasai, primarily in defense of the Redress Initiative.

 Letters 1982-1984 21 1 Letters 1985-1987 21 2 Letters 1988-1989 21 3 Drafts 21 4 Letters Composed by Others 1983-1992 21 5 Media (Television Programs and Documentaries) and Local Fundraising "Color of Honor," Correspondence and Literature 1988 22 1 "Echoes of Silence" 2005 22 2 "Justice at War" 22 3 "Only The Brave," Go For Broke Documentary 2003 22 4 "Speak Out For Justice," Viewers Companion 22 5 "Topaz," Transcripts and Correspondence 1987 22 6 "Uncommon Courage," 1999-2002 22 7 "Unfinished Business" 1986 22 8 "Yankee Samurai" 1981-1986 22 9 MIS Photo Display Fundraiser 1987 22 10 Local Fundraising and Community Events 22 11 Korean War Japanese American Korean War Veterans (JAKWV), Correspondence and Newsletter 1997-2010 23 1 JAKWV, Reunion 1997 23 2 JAKWV, 50th Anniversary Reunion 2000 23 3 JAKWV Memorial 1997 23 4 JAKWV Memorial, Fundraising 2000 23 5 JAKWV Memorial, Meeting Minutes 1996-2000 23 6 JAKWV Memorial, Donations 23 7 JAKWV Memorial, Nakata, Ed 23 8 JAKWV, Miscellaneous Material 23 9 Japanese American Korean War MIA/KIA 23 10 Deposition of Korean War POWs 23 11 "List of Japanese Americans Who Served in the Korean War" 23 12 List of Pictures, Cheju-do, South Korea 23 13 Korean War Notes 23 14 People Hughes, Jonathan, Correspondence and Book Preface 1985 24 1 Gima, Norobu, Correspondence and Biography 2000 24 2 Hirabayashi, Gordon, Coram Nobis 1984-1986 24 3 Kasai, Seiko 1946-2002 24 4 Kuroki, Ben 2003 24 5 Masaoka, Mike, Correspondence 24 6 Saul, Eric, Speeches and Articles 1981-2001 24 7 Tazoi, Jim 24 8 Treadgold, Catherine 24 9 Uchida, Ken 1999-2000 24 10 Verdroia, Ken 1987-1988 24 11 Willis, Ralph 1989 24 12 Clippings, Literature, Books and Memorabilia Clippings By Date 1960-1980 25 1 1980-1984 25 2 1985-1989 25 3 1978-1985 25 4 February-July, 1985 25 5 June-August, 1985 25 6 September-January, 1985-1986 25 7 March-August, 1986 25 8 April-May, 1986 25 9 October-December, 1986 25 10 1990-1994 25 11 1995-1999 25 12 2000-2004 25 13 2005-2013 25 14 Undated 25 15 Clippings, 1981-1987 26 Clippings By Subject Lee Allen 27 1 Anti Asian Sentiment and Other Topics 27 2 Finance 27 3 Global Warming 27 4 Go For Broke 27 5 Go For Broke 1987-2000 27 6 Holocaust 27 7 Home Improvement 27 8 Incidental Use of "Go For Broke" 27 9 Internment 27 10 Internment and Draft Resisters 27 11 Japanese-American Soldiers in World War II 27 12 Japanese Language Clippings 1982-1983 27 13 Bill Lann Lee and Affirmative Action 1997-1999 27 14 Medal of Honor, Japanese American Recipients of 1996-2000 27 15 Presidio Army Museum Exhibit 1986 27 16 Redress 1983-1998 27 17 Redress 1983-1989 27 18 Redress 1984-1990 27 19 Clippings By Subject, Newsletters, Magazines and Mailers Clippings, Donald Rumsfeld 28 1 Clippings, Utah Congressional Delegates 28 2 Clippings, V-J Day 28 3 Clippings, Vietnam 28 4 Newsletters and Magazines 1988-2008 28 5 Newsletters 1984-2006 28 6 Assorted Mailers 28 7 Magazines and Commemorative Books 29 Commemorative and Oversize Materials Commemorative Books 30

Contains books documenting the contributions of Japanese American soldiers in World War II.

 Commemorative Pins, Awards and Insignias 31-32 Military Insignias, Badges and Hat 33 Military Awards, Pins and Insignias 34 Japanese Artifacts 35 Baseball Hats 36 Plaques and Framed Documents in Japanese and English, Photos and Japanese Souvenirs 1971-2011 37 Parents' Portraits 38 Japanese Art 39 Art and Miscellaneous Presentation Materials 40 Manuals and High School Yearbook 1938-1982 41-42 Army Uniform 43 Addendum Personal Papers Correspondence 1960-1988 44 1-2 Awards 1963-1971 44 3 "Bowling Utah" Information 1988-1991 44 4 Hawaii Reunion 1993 44 5 History of Redress Legislation 1987-1987 44 6 Index and Documents on Trawniki Camp, Disc Four 44 7 Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Redress Campaign 1984-1985 44 8 JACL Legislation Education Committee, Rita Takahashi 1988-1999 45 1 JACL Tri-Chapter Veterans List 1963-1971 45 2 Japanese Community Programs 1980 45 3 Korean War Issues 1952-1954 45 4-5 Military Service Autobiography 2000 45 6 Newsletters 1990-1994 45 7 Notes 1990-1995 45 8-9 Redress Information 1985-1989 46 1-2 Seiko Kasai 1945 46 3 News Clippings 1987-2003 46 4-7 News Clippings 1987-2003 47-48 Clothing and Tote Bags 49