UUM_Accn3131.xml Inventory of the George and Susan Matsumura Sunada papers Sunada (George and Susan Matsumura) papers Finding aid written by Gina C Giang. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2022
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-10. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections George and Susan Matsumura Sunada papers Sunada, Susan Matsumura ACCN 3131 2.5 linear feet 4 boxes 1935-2002 The George and Susan Matsumura Sunada papers (1935-2001) consist primarily of Susan Sunada's research materials related to Japanese Americans in Utah and the West. George worked as a commercial artist for Sears. Susan was the Foreign Student Advisor for Utah State University, a secretary for Baugh Real Estate, executive secretary to the mayor, and a photo-journalist for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Utah. English , Japanese .

Susan Sunada was born in Utah, the daughter of Japanese-American pioneers. A graduate of Los Angeles City College, Susan worked as a photojournalist for the Deseret News in the 1960s and 1970s and was presented with an "Outstanding Correspondent" award. She was the writer, producer, and director for Logan's Bicentennial Celebration ice show and has represented Japanese and Chinese pioneers in the Cache Valley's "Festival of the American West" for numerous years. In 2002, Susan was awarded the National Association for Asian American Studies Lifetime Achievement award. She continues to offer a wealth of information from her significant research on Japanese pioneers. She is the author of Tiny Treasures (1970), Wedding Treasures (1974), and Japanese Pioneers in the Intermountain Area (1991).

Source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division. [online] Available at: Susan Sunada papers [Accessed 2022].

George worked as a commercial artist for Sears.

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Original biographical sketches located at Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division, UUS_COLL MSS 59.

Donated by Sheila Newlin in 2015.

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Processed by Gina C Giang in 2022.

 See also the Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings (A0864) located in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Forms part of the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archives.

The George and Susan Matsumura Sunada papers (1935-2001) consist primarily of Susan Sunada's research materials related to Japanese Americans in Utah and the West. Included are biographical sketches, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photocopies, and printed materials.

VHS was transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Photographs and negatives were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Newsletters were transferred to the Print and Journal Division of Special Collections.

Sunada, Susan Matsumura--Archives Sunada, George--Archives Coal mines and mining--Utah--Archives Coal mines and mining--Wyoming--Archives Miners--Utah--Archives Miners--Wyoming--Archives Chinese Americans--Economic conditions--20th century Chinese Americans--Social conditions--20th century Japanese Americans--Economic conditions--20th century Japanese Americans--Social conditions--20th century Japanese American veterans--Biography Japanese American newspapers--Specimens Chinese Americans--Utah--Archives Immigrants' writings--Archives World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 Rock Springs Massacre, Rock Springs, Wyo., 1885 Biographies Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Photocopies Personal correspondence Newsletters Serial publications Obituaries Directories Research Materials Biographical sketches 1 1

Sample of lists donated to Utah State University, UUS_COLL MSS 59.

 Booklets 1978 1 2

25th Biennial Silver Anniversary Japanese American Citizens' League National Convention Souvenir Booklet.

 Books 1945 1 3

Puptent Poets of the Stars and Stripes Mediterranean.

 Clippings 1988 1 4

Photocopies of pages from The Other Utahns. Includes Susan Sunada's notes.

 Clippings 1989 1 5

Photocopies of pages from A Year in a Coal Mine.

 Clippings 1 6

Photocopies of pages from Salmon River Polly.

 Clippings 1 7

Photocopies of Japanese American advertisements in Japanese and English. Originally in a binder.

 Correspondence 2001 1 8

Mitsugi Kasai to George and Susan Sunada. Enclosed: Go for Broke bulletin, volume 51, number 2; The Fort Point Salvo volume 5, number 4; Japanese Americans Play Vital Role in United States Intelligence Service in World War Two by John Weckerling; All-Nikkei Veterans and Family event program; and articles.

 Directories 1 9

Photocopies of pages from Intermountain Nisei Directory.

 Directories 1 10

Photocopies in Japanese. Originally in a binder.

 Newsletters 1978 1 11

Utah JA News, June 1978.

 Newsletters 1981 1 12

The Herald, 1981.

 Newsletters 1996 1 13

Asian Association of Utah News, August 1996. Includes direct mail from Japanese American Centennial of Utah.

 Newspaper clippings 2 1

Photocopies from California publications.

 Newspaper clippings 1942-1945 2 2

Photocopies from Utah publications.

 Newspaper clippings 1977 2 3

Related to coal mines and mining in Cumberland, Wyoming.

 Newspaper clippings 2000 2 4

Photocopies and clippings from Oregon publications.

 Newspaper clippings 2001 2 5

Photocopies related to George and Susan Sunada.

 Newspapers 1977-2001 2 6

Pacific Citizen.

 Newspapers 1992 2 7

Wheel of Dharma, volume 19, issue 2 and The Cache Citizen, February 2, 1992 [incomplete].

 Newspapers 1998 2 8

Northern Utah Junction, July 1998.

 Notebooks 1987-1990 2 9

Four spiral notebooks maintained by Susan Sunada.

 Subject Files Chinese Americans 1996 2 10

Photocopies of pages from The Genius of China, and clippings.

 Coal mines and mining 2003 2 11

Biographical sketches and clippings related to Wyoming.

 Coal mines and mining 2 12

Biographical sketches, lists, and articles related to Utah.

 General 1984 2 13

Photocopies of clippings from Utah and Wyoming publications; articles; Wyoming State Archives research; and notes. Originally in binder.

 General 1988-1992 2 14

Photocopies of pages from We Japanese and Japanese Americans: home at Last; Utah State University bibliography; and clippings. Originally in a binder.

 Japanese American veterans 1973-2001 3 1

Biographical sketches; Nisei Veterans Newsletters, volume 50, issue 10, volume 51, issue 3; Generals February/March 2000; press releases; Mitchell T. Maki biography; letter from Raymond S. Uno; "America at Its Best" speech by Eric Saul; letter from Stanley Ishihara to Company H and H Chapter; and clippings.

 Japanese Americans 1981-2002 3 2

Biographical sketches; funeral programs; notes; Manzanar Committee press release; obituaries; lists of Utah articles; and clippings.

 Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 1941 3 3

Biographical sketches; lists; and clippings.

 Rock Springs Massacre, Rock Springs, Wyo. 1985 3 4

Letter from Green River Star to Susan Sunada, notes, and clippings.

 Veterans Day 1945-2000 3 5

Reader's Digest, July 1945; Nisei Veterans Newsletter, volume 49, issue 5; and newspaper clippings.

 Newspapers 1935-1939 4

Denver Post: December 22, 1935; January 26, 1936; November 1, 1936; August 27, 1939; August 31, 1939; and "Emperor Selassie's Clever Woman Spy." Incomplete.