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Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai Collection
SPC.2018.046
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai Collection
Creator:
Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai. 南加福島県人会
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2018.046
Physical Description:
2.42 Linear Feet
3 boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1908-2014
Abstract: This collection documents activties of Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai. Materials include: photographs, books, booklets, news clippings,
DVDs and CD recordings.
Language of Material: In English and Japanese.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[title of item] Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai Collection, Courtesy of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. University Library.
California State University, Dominguez Hills
The Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai Collection contains materials depicting activities of the members of Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai.
Materials included are photographs from 1908-2010, membership directories, Rafu Shimpo newspaper articles by Hiroko Aihara,
a DVD of a Japanese television program about Fukushima immigrants and Okei, the first Japanese woman to immigrate to the United
States, a book by Yasuji Sato, entitled "加州と福島縣人" [= California and the immigrants from Fukushima].
Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai is one of Japanese American community associations organized by Japanese prefectures in Southern
California. The Nanka Fukushima Kenjinkai's members consist of Japanese immigrants and American citizens of Japanese descent
from Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The Kenjinkai provided aid and assistance especially for early Japanese immigrants and is
still active today.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
Japanese Americans -- California, Southern