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Kaoru Ichihara papers, 1942-1945

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Ichihara, Kaoru, 1915-
Title
Kaoru Ichihara papers
Dates
1942-1945 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 cubic ft.
Collection Number
1839 (Accession No. 1839-001)
Summary
Japanese American evacuee, World War II.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Kaoru Ichihara was personal secretary to the General Secretary of the Seattle Council of Churches and Christian Education from 1939 to 1958. She was incarcerated at Camp Harmony and Camp Minidoka during World War II.

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Content Description

Writings, correspondence, newsletters, minutes, ephemera, reports, instructions, church programs, and clippings documenting the evacuation and resettlement of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Use of the Collection

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Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Kaoru Ichihara donated these papers to the Libraries in 1972.

Processing Note

The papers were reprocessed in 1996.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Correspondence

    • Description: Re: Evacuation
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: Re: Church Activities at Minidoka
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Correspondence
  • Description: Minutes
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  • Description: Church Programs
    Dates: 1942-1943, n.d.
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4

  • Newsletters

    • Description: Resettlement Bulletin
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Newsletters
    • Description: Minidoka Herald
      Dates: 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Newsletters
    • Description: Camp Harmony Newsletter
      Dates: 1942-1943
      Container: Box:oversize 3
      Location: Newsletters

  • Newspapers

    • Description: Pacific Citizen
      Dates: 1942, 1944
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7-8
      Location: Newspapers
    • Description: Minidoka Irrigator
      Dates: 1943-1944
      Container: Box:oversize 3
      Location: Newspapers

  • Articles

    • Description: "The Japanese-American Creed," by Mike Masaoka
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "Immigrants and Citizens of Japanese Origin," by Shotaro Frank Miyamoto
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "Race Prejudice and the War," by Otto Klineberg
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "Our Stakes in the Japanese Exodus," by Paul S. Taylor
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "A Blot on Our Record"
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "The Japanese in Hawaii," by Blake Clark
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "The Restricted Citizen," by Everett V. Stonequist
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "Civil Liberties: Slogan or Reality?" by William Henry Chamberlin
      Dates: 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "Arizona's City of Exiles," by Albert W. Palmer
      Dates: 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "The West Coast Evacuation in Relation to the Struggle for Freedom," by Mabel B. Ellis & H.J. Wilkins
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "Our Japanese Fellow Citizens," by Galen M. Fisher, in International Journal of Religious Education
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Articles
    • Description: "At a Japanese Relocation Project," by Elsie Windsor
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Articles
  • Description: Speech--by Sergeant Ben Kuraki
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box/Folder 1/11

  • Subject Series

    • "In Camp"

      • Description: U.S. War Relocation Authority Report, Instructions
        Dates: 1942-1944
        Container: Box/Folder 1/12
        Location: Subject Series / "In Camp"
      • Description: U.S. Army. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Instructions
        Dates: 1942
        Container: Box/Folder 1/13
        Location: Subject Series / "In Camp"
      • Description: Bulletins
        Dates: 1942-1943
        Container: Box/Folder 1/14
        Location: Subject Series / "In Camp"
      • Description: Writings
        Container: Box/Folder 1/15
        Location: Subject Series / "In Camp"

    • "Resettlement"

  • Description: Clippings
    Container: Box/Folder 1/20

  • Ephemera

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Subject Terms

  • Concentration camp inmates--Idaho--Hunt
  • Concentration camp inmates--Washington (State)--Puyallup
  • Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt
  • Concentration camps--Washington (State)--Puyallup
  • Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
  • Japanese Americans--Washington (State)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt
  • World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
  • World War, 1939-1945--Washington (State)--Puyallup

Personal Names

  • Ichihara, Kaoru, 1915- --Archives

Corporate Names

  • Minidoka Relocation Center
  • Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.)
  • Seattle Council of Churches and Christian Education
  • United States. Army, 4th
  • United States. Army. Western Defense Command
  • United States. War Relocation Authority

Other Creators

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)


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