University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections1897 (Accession No. 1897-001)Seihoku Nippo (Seattle, Wash.)Seihoku Nippo records1944-19536 cubic feet ( 4 boxes)Collection materials are in
English.Business records, advertisements and
articles, photographs, news releases, and other records of Seattle daily
Japanese newspaperBegun in about November of 1948, the Seihoku Nippo newspaper (西北日報 ),
also called "The Northwest daily", was considered the only daily newspaper at
that time printed in Japanese in the Northwest. It was owned by Martin K.
Miyata, Gentaro Ohye, and Noboru Date until 1949, when Date left the
partnership. One of the Newspaper's owners, Martin Kazue Miyata, had spent
several years at the Santa Fe Detention Station in New Mexico, deemed an alien
enemy during the Japanese relocation and evacuation in World War II. He was
arrested in 1941 in Seattle, where he ran a Japanese weekly newspaper named
"Taishu", because during the few years before World War II some pro-Japan
articles had appeared in the paper. The newspaper reportedly had as many as
1500 subscribers by 1950, but at this time it was also having financial
difficulty. The paper ceased publication in 1952.
The collection contains correspondence belonging to Miyata written
during his detention. Once free again, he helped to incorporate the Seihoku
Nippo. Two of the chief correspondents in the collected records of the
newspaper are the Japanese American Citizens League and the Anti-Discrimination
Committee. Seihoku Nippo sought information from these organizations about
Japanese evacuation claims and the naturalization bill in order to clarify the
issues for its Japanese readers. The collection contains mostly correspondence,
financial records, news release, and drafts of articles and advertisements.
Besides the Japanese American Citizens League and the Anti-Discrimination
Committee, other main correspondents in the collection are Canadian Pacific
Airlines and the Union of Pen Friend Clubs of Japan.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
No restrictions on access.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Request at UW
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of
Washington Libraries.
The newspaper is available on microfilm in the Microforms and
Newspapers Section, University of Washington Libraries, Microfilm A9545.
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Japanese--Washington (State)--Seattle--NewspapersJapanese American newspapers--Washington (State)--SeattleMiyata, Martin KSeihoku Nippo (Seattle, Wash.)--ArchivesCP AirUnion of Pen Friends Club of JapanJapanese American Citizen's LeagueSeattle (Wash.)--NewspapersSeihoku NippoNorthwest daily西北日報Japanese AmericansBusinesses and CorporationsPublishers and PublishingPhotographs
1Allied Arts Incorporated incoming letters1949-19501Ariyasu, T. incoming letters1Bank of Tokyo incoming letters1Canadian Pacific Airlines incoming letters1950-19531A-G Miscellaneous incoming letters1Hashizume, S. incoming letters1Hawaii Times incoming letters1Hiraiwa, J. incoming letters1Hiranaka, H. incoming letters1Ikuta, Emon incoming letters1Japanese American Citizens League1949-19521H-J Miscellaneous incoming letters1948-19531Kajita, F. incoming letters1Kasai Securities incoming letters1949-19511Keirin-Do incoming letters1Kyono, Frank incoming letters1K-M Miscellaneous incoming letters1948-19521Nagaoka, Mume incoming letters1Naito, H. incoming letters1949-19501Nomura Securities Co. incoming letters1Otagiri Mercantile Co. incoming letters1Pearson, Morgan & Pascoe Advertising Co. incoming
letters1948-19511N-R Miscellaneous incoming letters1948-19521Seattle Association of Credit Men incoming
letters1949-19501Semba, Hiroshi incoming letters1Shova Shoyu Brewing Corporation incoming
letters19491Takao, Y. incoming letters1S-T Miscellaneous incoming letters1948-19521Union of Pen Friend Clubs of Japan incoming
letters19501United States Post Office incoming letters1949-19521United States Treasury Department incoming
letters19491Washington Employment Security Department incoming
letters19491Washington Military District Headquarters incoming
letters19501U-Z Miscellaneous incoming letters1948-19521Unidentified incoming letters1Outgoing Letters1948-19511General Correspondence1944-19461-3Financial Records - Advertisements1-3Financial Records - Check Disbursements1-3Financial Records - Daily Income and Expense1948-19501-3Financial Records - Subscriptions19481-3Financial Records - Daily Cash Book1950-19511-3Financial Records - Miscellaneous1949-19521-3Financial Records - Postal Deposit Book1-3Financial Records - Wage Book1-3Financial Records - Bound Volumes1948-19521-3Financial Records - Oversize3Invoices3Business License3Income Tax Forms3News Releases - Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture
and Home Economics3News Releases - Japanese American Citizens
League3News Releases - King County Humane Society3News Releases - Nisei Veterans Committee3News Releases - Northwest Airlines, Inc.3News Releases - Office of Price Stabilization3News Releases - Republican State Central
Committee3News Releases - Seattle Civil Defense3News Releases - Seattle-King County Chapter, American Red
Cross3News Releases -State Patrol Headquarters3News Releases - Youth Symphony Orchestra3News Releases - Miscellaneous3Orders for New Subscriptions3Contract and Agreement3Draft Prints - Advertisements3Draft Prints - Articles4Drafts - Advertisements4Drafts - Announcements4Drafts - Articles4Drafts - Classified Ads4Notes4Clippings4Photographs4Bulletins4Specimen Books4Miscellaneous ephemera4Hokubei Mainiehi newspaper19484North American Post newspaper1949, 19514Seihoku Nippo newspaper1948, 1950-19524Membership list4Name and Address lists4New Year's Ads list19504Subscribers lists4Telephone numbers list4Miscellaneous lists4Washington Employment Security Department
Forms4Miscellaneous