The Endo, Hirano, Iwamoto, Sugiyama, and Tachiki families all originated near the city of Odawara, Japan. Each family eventually immigrated to the United States. These families have close ties to one another due to intermarriages.
The Frank Kikuhei and Yoshiko Shibuya Endo papers (1900-2005) contain family genealogies, photocopies of images of the Endo, Hirano, Iwamoto, Sugiyama, and Tachiki families, newspaper clippings, and a photographic history of Hachiro Endo.
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Gift of Thomas M. Endo in 2006.
Two CDs containing 930 images of the Endo, Hirano, Iwamoto, Sugiyama, and Tachiki families are located in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P01404). Copies of the geneology text files are also on CD number 2.
Processed by Sarah Goodrich in 2007.
Forms part of the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archives.