WAUFujiiYoshito1582_2.xml Guide to the Yoshito Fujii Papers 1942-1945 Fujii (Yoshito) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 1996 (Last modified: 4/27/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 1582 Fujii, Yoshito Yoshito Fujii Papers 1942-1945 approximately 1 cubic foot Collection materials are in English. Papers of a Japanese American businessman and civic leader who was removed from Seattle to the Minidoka Relocation Center in Idaho during World War II

Yoshito Fujii was a Seattle Issei hotel owner and civic leader. During the incarceration experience, he played an important role in the organization of a viable community at the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho. He served as chairman of the first Board of Directors there and was later chairman of the Community Council.

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 1582-001, Yoshito Fujii papers, 1610-1930 Accession No. 1582-002, Yoshito Fujii papers, 1942-1945

Scrapbook, compiled by Fujii, of minutes and memoranda relating to the Japanese community interned at Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho, during World War II; together with his notes on the history of the Japanese in the Pacific Northwest.

Open to all users.

Request at UW

The papers of Harry R. Hatate (folders 2 & 3) also document the maintenance worker labor dispute at Minidoka (volume 3 below).

The accession was donated to the Libraries by Yoshito Fujii on December 26, 1979.

 Fujii, Yoshito--Archives Myer, Dillon S. (Dillon Seymour), 1891-1982 Minidoka Relocation Center Japanese Americans--Northwest, Pacific--History Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt Concentration camp inmates--Idaho--Hunt Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt--Management World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt Scrapbooks Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Idaho Japanese Americans Civil Rights Scrapbooks Businesses and Corporations Civic Activism

 

Accession No. 1582-001: Yoshito Fujii papers, circa 1940? 14 pages

Scope and Content: Notes on Japanese History in the Northwest, covering the period approximately 1610-1930. The notes are undated, but since the ending timeframe is the 1930s, it was probably written in the 1940s.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

 Accession No. 1582-002: Yoshito Fujii papers, 1942-1945 1.5' linear

Scope and Content: The collection consists of a three-volume scrapbook that contains, among scores of items, minutes, memoranda, reports, and correspondence dating from 1942 to 1945.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Y. Fujii, Dec. 16, 1979.

 WRA Housing Division I/5-6 1582-002 Policy and Regulations I/7 1582-002 Clearance Procedure I/8 1582-002 Outside Visitors I/9 1582-002 Adjustment Board I/11 1582-002 Housing Census I/13-14 1582-002 Adjustment I/16 1582-002 Short Term Leaves I/17-18 1582-002 Segregation and Adjustment I/19 1582-002 Housing for Community Activities I/20-23 1582-002 2000 from the Tule Lake Camp I/25 1582-002 List of Repatriates I/26 1582-002 Sample of Case Workers' Reports Consumers' Cooperative Enterprise I/27 1582-002 Minutes of Inter-Project Cooperative Conference I/28-33 1582-002 Inter-Project Communication Memos I/34 1582-002 Balance Sheet of Consumer Enterprise, Topaz, Utah I/35 1582-002 Minidoka Consumers' Cooperative Membership Dues I/36-37 1582-002 Inter-Project Communication I/38-39 1582-002 Letter to Mr. Gerald Richardson, Washington, D.C. I/40 1582-002 Federal & State Unemployment Tax I/41-42 1582-002 Operating Agreement, Enterprise & WRA I/43 1582-002 Articles of Incorporation of the Minidoka Consumers' Cooperative I/48 1582-002 Additional Shoe Ration Currency I/49 1582-002 Administrative Instruction No. 28, Financial Condition of Enterprise I/50-51 1582-002 Letter from Otto Rossman, Sr. Advisor I/52 1582-002 Fidelity National Bank's Letter I/53 1582-002 Question on Employment Tax Liability US Securities & Exchange Commission I/54-56 1582-002 Subject: Public Offering I/57 1582-002 Reply I/58-59 1582-002 Regional Office, Seattle, Wash. I/60-62 1582-002 Special License I/64-66 1582-002 Operating Agreement I/67 1582-002 Letter of Recommendation for Mr. Taikichi Fujihara I/68-69 1582-002 Administrative Instruction No. 94, Issuance of Work Clothing I/70 1582-002 Movies Showing I/71 1582-002 Patronage Dividends I/72 1582-002 Movies, Flowershop, Fish Store, and Newspaper I/73 1582-002 Inter-Project Consumers' Enterprise, Employment and Its Rating - Charter I/74-87 1582-002 Minutes of Federation of Business - Enterprise Conference I/88 1582-002 Montgomery Ward, Catalogs I/89-91 1582-002 Administrative Notices I/92-93 1582-002 Joint Meeting with the Administrative Staff Members I/94 1582-002 Membership - Stamp Tax I/95-96 1582-002 License and Job Classification for Laborers I/97-99 1582-002 Petition from Barbers and Data I/100 1582-002 Memo - Fish Supplies in the Diet I/101 1582-002 Corporation License Tax I/102 1582-002 Chicago Conference I/104-105 1582-002 Inter-Office Memo I/106 1582-002 Operating Statement I/107 1582-002 Balance Sheet as of Dec. 31, 1943 Community Government I/108-111 1582-002 Organization I/112 1582-002 Election Rules for Community Council I/113 1582-002 First Community Council I/114-116 1582-002 Officers and Committee Members I/117-121 1582-002 Minutes of the Community Council Meeting March 9, 1944 I/121-122 1582-002 Minutes of the Community Council Meeting March 14, 1944 I/123-130 1582-002 Joint Meeting of Community Council and Block Commissioners March 21, 1944 I/131-135 1582-002 Minutes of the Community Council Meeting March 28, 1944 I/136-138 1582-002 Supplemental Reports Minidoka Community Government Minutes II/3-7 1582-002 Community Council Meeting April 4, 1944 II/8-9 1582-002 Community Council Meeting May 10, 1944 II/10-16 1582-002 Mediation Committee Meeting Jan. 7, 1944 II/17-19 1582-002 Block Delegates Meeting Jan 8, 1944 II/20-21 1582-002 Mediation Committee Meeting Jan. 9, 1944 II/22-25 1582-002 Joint Meeting of Mediation Committee and Sanitation Representatives Jan. 10, 1944 II/26-28 1582-002 Joint Meeting of Boilermen, Janitors and Janitoresses Jan. 10, 1944 II/29 1582-002 Letter Addressed to Mr. Stafford, Project Director II/30-37 1582-002 Summaries of Our Observation on the Dispute Between the Administration and Maintenance Workers Agendas II/38 1582-002 Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block Commissioners May 16, 1944 II/39 1582-002 Special Community Council Meeting May 29, 1944 II/40 1582-002 Special Community Council Meeting June 6, 1944 II/41 1582-002 Special Joint Meeting with the Block Commissioners June 7, 1944 II/42 1582-002 Special Community Council Meeting June 14, 1944 II/43 1582-002 Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block Commissioners June 20, 1944 II/44 1582-002 Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block Commissioners June 18, 1944 Minutes II/48-50 1582-002 Special Joint Meeting of Community Council (Old & New Members) Sept. 5, 1944 II/51-52 1582-002 Community Council Meeting Sept. 26, 1944 II/53-56 1582-002 Community Council Meeting Oct. 2, 1944 II/57-58 1582-002 Special Council Meeting Oct. 2, 1944 II/61-62 1582-002 Community Council Meeting Oct. 24, 1944 II/63-64 1582-002 Special Community Council Meeting Oct. 26, 1944 II/65-67 1582-002 Community Council Meeting Nov. 7, 1944 II/68-69 1582-002 Community Council Meeting Nov. 28, 1944 II/70-71 1582-002 Special Community Council Meeting Dec. 4, 1944 II/72-73 1582-002 Community Council Meeting Dec. 19, 1944 II/74-75 1582-002 Community Council Meeting Jan. 16, 1945 II/76-80 1582-002 Meeting of Community Council and the Block Commissioners with Mr. S. T. Kimball Jan. 4, 1945 II/81-86 1582-002 The Japanese Translation of the Minutes Mentioned Above II/87-96 1582-002 Summary of WRA Policies and Procedures for the Final Phase of the Relocation Program II/97-124 1582-002 Minutes of Meeting of the Community Council and the Block Commissioners, with Mr. D. S. Myer, National Director Feb. 19, 1945 II/125 1582-002 Public Announcement Made by Mr. Dillon S. Myer, National Director early 1945 II/126-132 1582-002 Report to Mr. Myer from Residents of Minidoka Feb.19, 1945 II/133 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community Council Chairman II/134-135 1582-002 Letter to Mr. Stafford from Stafford School PTA II/143-144 1582-002 Minutes of Joint Meeting of the Old and New Community Council and the Block Commissioners Mar. 12, 1945 Supplementary Documents III/2-32 1582-002 Center Regulations July 10, 1942 Labor Dispute - Between Administration and Maintenance Workers III/34 1582-002 Letter to Mr. Stafford, Proj. Director Jan. 7, 1944 III/35-37 1582-002 The Arbitration Committee's Observation and Recommendations III/38 1582-002 Memo to Janitorial Service Workers III/39 1582-002 Copy of Teletype Message from Mr. Myer, WRA Wa III/40 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community Council III/41 1582-002 Recommendation from Council Mediation Committee III/42 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Mr. Hatade [i.e., Hatate], Supervisor, and All Maintenance Employees III/43 1582-002 Minutes of Mediation Committee Meeting Jan. 7, 1944 III/44-49 1582-002 Minutes of Joint Meeting with Mr.Stafford Jan. 7, 1944 III/50-52 1582-002 Minutes of Block Delegates Jan. 8, 1944 III/53 1582-002 Minutes of Mediation Committee Jan. 9, 1944 (2:00 p.m.) III/54 1582-002 Minutes of Mediation Committee Jan. 9, 1944 (4:30 p.m.) III/55-58 1582-002 Minutes of Joint of Mediation Committee and Sanitation Representatives Jan. 10, 1944 (10 a.m.) III/59-61 1582-002 Minutes of Joint Meeting of Boilermen, Janitors, & Janitoresses Jan. 10, 1944 (3:00 p.m.) Labor Dispute - In the Construction of Project Gymnasium III/62 1582-002 Memorandum from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman III/63 1582-002 Memorandum to Mr. Rawlings, Ass. Proj. Director in Charge of Operations Oct. 20, 1944 III/64-67 1582-002 Our Reply to Mr. Stafford Oct. 27, 1944 III/68 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford Oct. 27, 1944 III/69 1582-002 Copy of Memo to Mr. Rawlings Oct. 25, 1944 III/70-71 1582-002 Copy of Letter from Mr. Plank, Sr. Engineer, to Mr. Rawlings Oct. 26, 1944 III/72 1582-002 Copy of a Letter from Mr. Myer to Mr. Stafford Oct. 20, 1944 III/73-76 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community Council Chairman Nov. 13, 1944 III/77 1582-002 Diagram of Relationship of All Concerned and Their Responsibilities in Gym. Construction III/78 1582-002 Notice of Meeting to Mr. Omura Nov. 13, 1944 III/79 1582-002 Japanese Recruiting Notice for Work Crew III/80 1582-002 Copy of Teletype Message from Mr. Stafford to Mr. Myer Nov. 15, 1944 III/81 1582-002 Signed Petition from Hunt High School Student Council to Community Council Chairman Nov. 17, 1944 III/82-83 1582-002 Office Memorandum from Mr. Stafford to Community Council Chairman Nov. 17, 1944 III/84-86 1582-002 Teletype to Mr. Myer, Wn. Nov. 20, 1944 III/87-88 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman Dec. 2, 1944 Closing Pickling Plants and Some Labor Problems III/89 1582-002 Letter to Mr. Davidson, Ass. Proj. Director, in Charge of Operation Mar. 11, 1944 III/90-91 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Miller, Acting Proj. Director, to Council Chairman Mar. 14, 1944 III/92-95 1582-002 Minutes of Joint Meeting of the Pickling Plantworkers and Representatives of the Farm Division Mar. 18, 1944 Suspension of the Community Activities Program III/96-98 1582-002 Letter to Mr. Stafford Oct. 31, 1944 III/99-100 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman Nov. 10, 1944 Disbanding of the Emergency Crew Set-up III/101 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman Nov. 27, 1944 III/102 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman Nov. 29, 1944 III/102-106 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman Dec. 12, 1944 Coal Hauling Operation & Labor Problem III/107 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman Nov. 30, 1944 III/108-109 1582-002 Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman Dec. 7, 1944 III/110 1582-002 Copy of Memo to Mr. Gooding Dec. 6, 1944 III/111 1582-002 Memo from Mr. Barrett, Proj. Attorney Dec. 9, 1944 III/112-114 1582-002 Special Report to Mr. Kimball, Community Org. Advisor W.R.A.