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Arai and Ogawa families photograph collection, approximately 1880-1985

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Arai (Family : Arai, Tatsuya, 1864-1922)
Title
Arai and Ogawa families photograph collection
Dates
approximately 1880-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
156 photographic prints (1 box)
Collection Number
PH1542
Summary
Photographs of Japanese-American families, including various friends and family, in Japan and Seattle, Washington
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
Access Restrictions

Selections can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. No restrictions on access.

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Languages
English and Japanese
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Biographical Note

Tatsuya Arai (1864-1922) was a Japanese immigrant who became a prominent Seattle-area businessman, banker, and Japanese community leader. He led Japanese involvement during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, building "Streets of Tokio" with two other businessmen. His son, Clarence Arai (1901-1963) was a lawyer and activist with the Japanese American Citizens League, along with his wife, Yone (1906-2004).

. Other members of the Arai family include Tatusya's wife Kan Asaoka Arai (1880-1956), and the rest of their children: Thomas (1902-1966), Catherine (1904-1919), Arthur (1907-1929), Lillian (1912-2010), and Kathleen (b. 1922?).

Thomas Ogawa (1907-1991) was a Canadian-Japanese merchant, and husband to Lillian Arai. He was briefly an FBI informant concerning Japanese business interests in America. The Arai and Ogawa families were interned in the Minidoka Japanese Internment Camp.

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Content Description

Photographs spanning multiple generations of the members of the Arai and Ogawa families including Tatsuya Arai, Kan Asaoka, Lillian and Katherine Arai, Tom Arai and family, Tom Ogawa and family; also includes activities of the families and friends in Japan and the United States.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format

Restrictions on Use

Donor's copy rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. Donor does not own copyright to most of materials

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Shea Aoki, 2011.

Mrs. Aoki has donated materials relating to the Arai and Ogawa family to the University of Washington Libraries on their behalf. From Lillian Ogawa (Clarence Arai's sister?)

Processing Note

Processed by: Kate Rosendale, 2015; Melody Smith, 2018.

The Ogawa family album was disassembled to remove it from the poor quality magnetic album.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

 

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Subject Terms

  • Photographs--Specimens
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Arai, Arthur--Archives
  • Arai, Clarence--Archives
  • Arai, Kan Asaoka--Archives
  • Arai, Katherine--Archives
  • Arai, Kathleen--Archives
  • Arai, Lillian--Archives
  • Arai, Tatsuya--Archives
  • Arai, Thomas--Archives
  • Arai, Yone--Archives
  • Kawasaki, Allan Burley--Archives
  • Ogawa, Thomas--Archives

Family Names

  • Arai family--Archives
  • Arai family--Friends and associates
  • Arai family--Travel
  • Ogawa family--Archives
  • Ogawa family--Friends and associates
  • Ogawa family--Travel

Geographical Names

  • Japan--Photographs
  • Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs
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