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Henry K. Hashitani Papers, circa 1904-2019

Repository: University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections

Abstract: Diaries, photographs, and letters of Henry K. Hashitani, who immigrated to the United States from Japan in 1903, and other family members, including his wife Takako. He worked on the railroad near Missoula, Montana, around 1905 before moving to Emmett, Idaho, where he farmed and supplied vegetables to miners. In 1934, he moved to Nyssa, Oregon, where he continued farming and served as a community leader. The diaries and letters are in Japanese. A translation into English of the earliest diary is included with the collection. A few selected letters are also partially translated into English.

Cushman Family Papers, 1918-1985

Repository: University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections

Abstract: This collection primarily consists of the correspondence, a few diaries, limited financial records, and memorabilia of William and Clarice Cushman of Missoula, Montana, and their son, Roger Cushman. The bulk of the correspondence is letters to Clarice from her husband, William, when he was away from home in the U.S. Navy during WWII, in Liberia for four years, in the Warm Springs mental health facility in Montana, and in the Veterans Hospital in Sheridan, Wyoming. The letters chronicle the family’s daily lives, the centrality of religious beliefs, marital discord, and four decades of Clarice Cushman’s attempts to find medical and education assistance for their son, Roger Cushman, who had severe disabilities.

Edward Earl Bennett Papers, 1900-1970

Repository: University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections

Abstract: Edward E. Bennett was a history professor at the University of Montana. The collection contains his personal and professional papers and documents his education, early career, teaching at the University, and community activities. It also contains a few materials related to his wife.

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