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Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Utah Chapter records, 1927-2012

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Japanese American Citizens' League. Utah Chapter
Title
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Utah Chapter records
Dates
1927-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
24.75 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1852
Summary
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Utah Chapter records (1927-2012) contain organizational materials for both the National JACL and local chapters as well as materials from other Japanese American events and organizations.
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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Historical Note

The Japanes American Citizens League (JACL), the oldest Asian American civil rights organization, was founded in 1929. The purpose of the JACL is to promote the civil rights of Japanese Americans and other minorities in the United States.

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Content Description

The JACL Utah Chapter records contain organizational materials for both the National JACL and local chapters as well as materials from other Japanese American events and organizations. The Mount Olympus Chapter Records were combined with the JACL Utah Chapter Records.

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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 Diane Akiyama in 2001.

Donated by Amy F. Tomita in 2004.

Donated by Floyd Mori in 2005.

Donated by Raymond Uno in 2008.

Processing Note

Processed by Allison Newman in 2008.

Addenda processed by Halle Fiderlick in 2015 and by Betsey Welland in 2019.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • National JACL, Organizational Information

  • National JACL, Activities and Events

    • Description: An American Testimonial

      Contains the program from An American Testimonial, a banquet recognizing Japanese American leaders in the United States.

      Dates: 2003
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: Civil Liberties Act of 1988
      Dates: 1976-1990
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: Credit Union

      Contains statements of condition and newsletters.

      Dates: 1964-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
    • Description: Hate Crimes
      Dates: 2003
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: Legacy Fund

      Contains information about the Legacy Fund steering committee, fundraising, and an investigation regarding possible mismanagement of the fund.

      Dates: 1990-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5-6
    • Description: Mike Masaoka

      Contains memorial service program.

      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7
    • Description: Miscellaneous Information

      Contains information on Pacific Citizen, the Legacy Fund, scholarships, elections, the national board, redress, and the One Thousand Club.

      Dates: 1990-1991
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8
    • Description: Nikkei Educational Conference

      Contains educational materials and brochures focused on educating children about multiculturalism, particularly the Japanese American experience.

      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 2, Folder 9
    • Description: Pacific Citizen

      Contains copies and clippings as well as a listing of holiday issue articles.

      Dates: 1993-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 10
    • Description: Pamphlets
      Container: Box 2, Folder 11
    • Description: Pearl Harbor

      Contains planning information and correspondence concerning the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor and a Pearl Harbor press packet put together by the JACL.

      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 2, Folder 12-13
    • Description: Retirement, Nisei Conference
      Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • National Conventions

    • Description: National Conventions
      Dates: 1958-1988
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: National Convention

      Contains programs, schedules, registration and planning information, official minutes, biennial report, and banquet information.

      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 4, Folder 1-4
    • Description: National Convention
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 4, Folder 5-7
    • Description: Planning

      Contains contents of book put together by one of the convention planners. Topics include Convention Committee meetings, budgets and fundraising, and workshops.

      Dates: 1992-1994
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1
    • Description: Miscellaneous

      Information pertaining to the 1994 convention, includes materials from the 1993 Tri-District conference, newspaper clippings, events occuring in Salt Lake City, other events relevant to Japanese Americans, and information on Jiro Enomoto.

      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 5, Folder 2
    • Description: Convention Committee
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 5, Folder 3
    • Description: Planning
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 5, Folder 4-8
    • Description: Handbook
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 5, Folder 9
    • Description: Schedule Drafts
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 5, Folder 10
    • Description: Board Correspondence
      Dates: 1992-1994
      Container: Box 6, Folder 1
    • Description: Consultant Info

      Contains information about Roger Rivera, the fundraising consultant for the convention. Also contains fundraising correspondence.

      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 6, Folder 2
    • Description: Faxes

      Contains faxes to Floyd Mori and Carole Hayashino from Roger Rivera concerning fundraising, correspondence between Floyd Mori, Roger Rivera, and Carole Hayashino concerning convention planning and fundraising, and faxes from Carole Hayashino to Floyd and Irene Mori concerning event planning. Also contains correspondence between Floyd Mori and Ted Nagata concerning contents and layout of convention handbook.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 6, Folder 3-6
    • Description: Planning Correspondence
      Dates: 1992-1994
      Container: Box 6, Folder 7
    • Description: Planning and Thanks

      Contains both correspondence pertaining to planning and letters of thanks and congratulations sent to Floyd Mori following the convention.

      Dates: 1992-1994
      Container: Box 6, Folder 8
    • Description: Messages and Notes
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 6, Folder 9
    • Description: Contracts

      Contains contracts between the JACL and the American Federation of Musicians, the Ogden Buddhist Taiko Group, and the Marriott Hotel.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 1
    • Description: Flyers
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 2
    • Description: Government Officials
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 3
    • Description: Invitations
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 7, Folder 4
    • Description: Kanojo

      Contains correspondence between Floyd Mori and Eileen Fitzpatrick from the fashion design company Kanojo about having a fashion show during the convention. The fashion show did not happen.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 5
    • Description: Marriott Hotel
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 6
    • Description: National Museum

      Contains information about "The View From Within," an exhibition of art created by Japanese Americans in internment camps. This exhibition, organized by the Japanese American National Museum, was shown at the Salt Lake Art Center during the convention.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 7
    • Description: Sen Nishiyama

      Contains a biography and a letter from him regarding the roles of non-citizens in the JACL.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 8
    • Description: Marianna Nunes

      Contains information about a keynote speaker. She did not speak at the convention.

      Dates: 1988-1993
      Container: Box 7, Folder 9
    • Description: Pacific Citizen
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 10
    • Description: Press, Miscellaneous
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 11
    • Description: Stationary
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 12
    • Description: United States Department of Agriculture

      Contains correspondence between USDA officials and convention planners about possible workshops on Japanese Americans in agriculture.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 13
    • Description: Utah State

      Contains lists of Asian American organizations in Utah and a history of Utah's Japanese Americans.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 7, Folder 14
    • Description: Budget and Finances
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 8, Folder 1
    • Description: Fundraising, Booklet

      Contains information about sponsors and contributed money as well as requests for photos and advertisements.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 8, Folder 2
    • Description: Fundraising Brochures

      Contains the Partnership Form for convention sponsorship.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 8, Folder 3
    • Description: Ad Requests
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 8, Folder 4
    • Description: Sponsorships and Fundraising
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 8, Folder 5
    • Description: Sponsors, Exhibits
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 8, Folder 6
    • Description: Sponsors
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 8, Folder 7
    • Description: Registration
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 9
    • Description: Program and Tickets
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 1
    • Description: Salt Lake Arts Center

      Contains information about a series of arts events concerning Japanese Americans that were put on by the Salt Lake Arts Center in conjunction with the convention.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 2
    • Description: Exhibits
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 3
    • Description: Workshops
      Dates: 1992-1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 4
    • Description: Welcome Mixer
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 5
    • Description: Barbecue and Hoedown
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 6
    • Description: Extracurricular, Booster

      Contains correspondence and information concerning the convention's extracurricular activities including the golf tournament, the University of Utah's Japanese American Alumni Reunion, and national parks.

      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 7
    • Description: Golf Tournament
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 8
    • Description: Awards Luncheon
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 9
    • Description: Youth Luncheon
      Dates: 1992-1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 10
    • Description: Sayonara Banquet
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 11
    • Description: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 12
    • Description: Topaz Pilgrimage
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 13
    • Description: Final Report
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 14
    • Description: Official Minutes
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 15
    • Description: Revenues
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 16
    • Description: Evaluation Forms
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 17
    • Description: Post-Convention Correspondence
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 10, Folder 18
    • Description: 1996 National Convention
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 11, Folder 1
    • Description: 1998 National Convention
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 11, Folder 2
    • Description: Business Planning Meeting
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 11, Folder 3-4
    • Description: Biennial Report
      Dates: 1996-1998
      Container: Box 11, Folder 5
    • Description: Transcripts

      Contains programs, minutes, and transcripts of JACL National Conventions.

      Dates: 2000-2004
      Container: Box 12
  • Japanese American Organizations and Events

    Contains material pertainant to the Japanese American Community on a national scale.

  • JACL Chapters

    • Description: Non-Utah Chapters

      Contains material from JACL chapters from Washington, Arizona, Ohio, and California.

      Dates: 1981-2002
      Container: Box 15, Folder 1
    • Description: Seattle Chapter
      Dates: 1981-2004
      Container: Box 15, Folder 2
    • Description: Tri-District Conference

      Contains materials from Tri-District Conferences. The districts include Midwest, Eastern, and Mountain Plains.

      Dates: 1993-2001
      Container: Box 15, Folder 3
    • Description: Intermountain District Council

      Contains travel information, notes from IDC meetings, and biographies of Utah IDC governers and rosters from chapters included in the IDC and notes from IDC meetings. The IDC includes Eastern Oregon, Idaho, and Utah.

      Dates: 1968-2001
      Container: Box 15, Folder 4-5
  • Mount Olympus Chapter

    • Description: Constitution and Articles of Incorporation
      Dates: 1960-1961
      Container: Box 16, Folder 1
    • Description: Mount Olympus Chapter

      Contains membership reports and material from the 1989 Mount Olympus JACL Reunion and membership directories; correspondence concerning the 1994 JACL National Convention; and a book which includes directories, notes from meetings, budgets, newsletters, and events.

      Dates: 1989-1999
      Container: Box 16, Folder 2-4
    • Description: Mount Olympus Chapter Board

      Contains action alerts, fund information, notes from meetings, and correspondence.

      Dates: 2000-2001
      Container: Box 16, Folder 5
    • Description: Agendas, Minutes and Reports
      Dates: 1994-2001
      Container: Box 16, Folder 6
    • Description: Membership Rosters
      Dates: 1961-2005
      Container: Box 17, Folder 1
    • Description: Chapter Lists
      Dates: 2000-2001
      Container: Box 17, Folder 2
    • Description: Membership Reports
      Dates: 1993-2001
      Container: Box 17, Folder 3
    • Description: Elections

      Contains letters of congratulations sent to newly elected officers.

      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 17, Folder 4
    • Description: Newsletters
      Dates: 1966-2004
      Container: Box 18, Folder 1-3
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1949-1973
      Container: Box 19, Folder 1
    • Description: Events
      Dates: 1968-1998
      Container: Box 19, Folder 2
    • Description: Honnored Isseis

      Contains a garment featuring the names of honored first generation Japanese Americans.

      Container: Box 19, Folder 3
    • Description: Insurance Certification
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 19, Folder 4
    • Description: Miscellaneous

      Contains material written in Japanese.

      Dates: 1999-2002
      Container: Box 19, Folder 5
    • Description: Scholarship Information
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 19, Folder 6
    • Description: Scholarships
      Dates: 2000-2002
      Container: Box 19, Folder 7
    • Description: Taxes
      Dates: 1964-1994
      Container: Box 19, Folder 8
    • Description: Treasury
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 19, Folder 9
    • Description: Shigeki Ushio

      Contains the resume of Shigeki "Shake" Ushio, who was actively involved in the JACL at both the national and local level.

      Container: Box 19, Folder 10
  • Utah Japanese American Organizations and Events

  • Addenda

    • Description: Mount Olympus JACL Scrapbooks and Supplementary Material
      Dates: 1955-1973
      Container: Box 25-28
    • Description: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Flag
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 29
    • Description: Mount Olympus JACL Scrapbook
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 30
    • Description: Mount Olympus JACL Scrapbook
      Dates: 2000-2001
      Container: Box 31
    • Description: Mount Olympus JACL Scrapbook
      Dates: 2002-2003
      Container: Box 32
    • Description: Mount Olympus JACL Scrapbook
      Dates: 2004-2005
      Container: Box 33
    • Description: Mount Olympus JACL Scrapbook
      Dates: 2006-2007
      Container: Box 34
    • Description: Mount Olympus JACL Scrapbook
      Dates: 2008
      Container: Box 35
    • Description: Event Programs

      This box includes the following programs:

      • JACL National Convention in Salt Lake City, 2008.
      • 5th Annual Japan Festival, 2010.
      • 6th Annual Japan Festival, 2011
      • 7th Annual Japan Festival, 2012
      Dates: 2008-2012
      Container: Box 36

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Subject Terms

  • Anti-racism--Utah--Sources
  • Buddhist temples--Utah--Photographs
  • Japanese American veterans--Utah--Photographs
  • Japanese Americans
  • Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Sources
  • Japanese Americans--Societies, etc.--Sources
  • Japanese Americans--Utah--Social conditions--Sources
  • Japanese Americans--Utah--Sources
  • Multiculturalism--Utah--Sources
  • Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Anniversaries, etc.--Sources

Corporate Names

  • Central Utah Relocation Center--Anniversaries, etc.--Sources
  • Japanese American Citizens' League. Utah Chapter--Records and correspondence
  • Nichiren Buddhist Temple (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Brochures
  • Correspondence
  • Instructional and educational works
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Newsletters
  • Programs (documents)
  • Records (Documents)
  • Rosters
  • Scrapbooks
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