WAUNishiiKyuhachi5148.xml Guide to the Kyuhachi Nishii Papers 1892-1932 Nishii (Kyuhachi) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/18/2018)
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Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5148 (Accession No. 5148-001) Nishii, Kyuhachi Kyuhachi Nishii papers 1892-1932 8 microfilm reels 1 set user copies (2 reels positive) 1 set available for interlibrary loan (2 reels positive) Collection materials are inEnglish. Papers of a Japanese American pioneer businessman

Japanese American pioneer businessman. Born in Ehime Prefecture in 1856, Nishii emigrated from Japan ca. 1878, and worked as a laborer, restaurant owner, and hotel proprietor in Seattle, Tacoma, Alaska, and other places in the Puget Sound area and encouraged many younger men in the Yawatahama area of Ehime Prefecture to emigrate. He returned to Japan in 1924 and died in 1931. A statue was erected in his honor in his home town of Yawatahama in 1927; it was damaged in WWII and was rebuilt in 1958.

Microfilm of biographical statement, invitations and similar items for commemorative events, newspaper articles, and photographs; bulk 1892-1932. Content primarily in Japanese.

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Donated by Kenjiro Nishii, 6/7/1999

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