AHJ_ah12615 Inventory of the Andrew J. Mayeshiba Papers, 1941-1995 Mayeshiba (Andrew J.) Papers Processed by Roger Simon University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2019

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Roger Simon February 2019 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Mayeshiba, Andrew J., 1921-2015 Andrew J. Mayeshiba Papers 1941-1995 12615 .45 cubic ft. (1 box) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Collection contains correspondence to Andrew J. Mayeshiba while he was interned at the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp, as well as correspondence to him in California (before Heart Mountain) and one letter to him in Illinois (after Heart Mountain). Also included are family photographs from the late 1940s and from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Biography of Andrew J. Mayeshiba

Andrew Mayeshiba was born in Los Angeles in 1921. During WWII, he spent three years at the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp in Cody, Wyoming. After the war, he moved to the Midwest, where he met and married Irene. Andrew retired from the Ladish Company after thirty-five years of service as a member of the Grand Lodge of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. He passed away on January 12, 2015.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains correspondence to Andrew J. Mayeshiba while he was interned at the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp, as well as correspondence to him in California (before Heart Mountain) and one letter to him in Illinois (after Heart Mountain). Also included are family photographs from the late 1940s and from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Andrew J. Mayeshiba as of the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Samuel M. Forshner in March 2015.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Roger Simon in February 2019.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Wyoming. Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945. Correspondence. Photographs. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Politics, Government, and Law Military People, Ethnicity, and Culture Japanese Americans Container List Incoming Correspondence: 1 California 1941 1 California 1942 1 Heart Mountain 1942 1 Heart Mountain 1943 1 Heart Mountain 1944 1 Illinois 1947 1 Undated 1 Photographs 1948-1949, 1987-1995, undated 1 Assorted 1943

A Rohwer Christian Mission Program and a clipping from a Little Rock, Arkansas, newspaper.