Guide to the Yamano Japanese Internment Collection
Finding aid prepared by Phoebe Huth, CCEPS Fellow, Fall 2014
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont, CA, 91711
Phone: (909) 607-3977
Email: spcoll@cuc.claremont.edu
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Yamano Japanese Internment Collection
Dates: 1904-2014 and undated
Collection number: H.Mss.1049
Creator:
Yamano, Matsuzo
Creator:
Yamano, Sakae
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
(1 document box)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont, CA 91711
Abstract: The Yamano Japanese Internment collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Japanese Americans before, during,
and after World War II. Many of the materials in the collection document their time in relocation and internment facilities.
Sakae and Matsuzo Yamano emigrated from Japan to California in the 1920’s and 1930’s. They were interned at Granada Relocation
Center and Tule Lake Relocation Center during World War II and remained interned until 1946. The collection contains photographs
of family and friends, documents from internment facilities, and family portraits.
Physical location: Please consult repository.
Language of materials: Materials are primarily in English, some materials in Japanese.
Administrative Information
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Yamano Japanese Internment Collection (H.Mss.1049), Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont
University Consortium.
Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased, 2013.
Accruals
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
Processing information
Processed by Phoebe Huth in 2014 in the Claremont Center for Engagement with Primary Sources (CCEPS), with assistance from
Lisa Crane. In order to process this collection, photographs were placed in mylar sleeves for preservation. In addition, photographs
in frames were taken out of their frames, placed in mylar sleeves, and the frames were discarded.
Biographical/ Historical note
Matsuzo and Sakae Yamano were born in Japan in the early 20th century and immigrated to the United States in the 1920’s and
1930’s to Oakdale, California. Sakea worked as a seamstress, while Matsuzo worked in a sawmill. The Yamanos were then interned
in Granada Relocation Center and then moved to Tule Lake Relocation Center during World War II. They were interned until 1946.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Yamano Japanese Internment collection contains materials pertaining to Japanese American internment during World War II
and life of Japanese Americans during this time period. Materials in this collection range from photographs of internment
camps, like Granada War Relocation Center, automobiles, Sumo wrestling, and of friends and family. There are also documents
from the internment process, like receipts, correspondence, and letters allowing for the release from Japanese internment.
There are also several portraits of families, unidentified individuals, school classes, and events such as funerals.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.
Related material
Related materials providing information on Japanese American Internment may be found in the following collections in the Honnold/
Mudd Library Special Collections:
•H.Mss.0926, War Relocation Authority Records
•H.Mss.1047, Kruska Japanese Internment Collection
•H.Mss.1048, Kenzo Robert Koike Papers
•H.Mss.1052, Ken Tamura Papers H.Mss.1052
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library’s online public access catalog.
Subject Headings
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- Archives
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
Genre and Form of Materials
Correspondence
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Box 1, Folder 1
Athletics,
1947 and undated
Box 1, Folder 2
Automobiles,
undated
Note
This file contains 18 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 3
Baby book, Satoshi Yamano,
1941 September 21-1942 November 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Biographical information,
1904-2014 February 5
Box 1, Folder 27
Civilian Exclusion Order No. 33,
1942
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence,
1942 January 12 and undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Events, family vacation,
undated
Box 1, Folder 7
Events, picnic,
1939 May 6 and undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Events, Sumo wrestling,
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Groups, 2 people,
1944 and undated
Note
This file contains 3 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 10
Groups, 3 people,
1950 and undated
Box 1, Folder 11
Groups, 4 people,
1938 and undated
Note
This file contains 3 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 12
Individuals, men,
undated
Note
This file contains 6 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 13
Individuals, women,
1938 September 7-1961 April and undated
Note
This file contains 4 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 15
Internment documents,
1920 March 5-1946 March 6 and undated
Box 1, Folder 16
Internment photographs,
1947 March 14-1962 and undated
Box 1, Folder 18
Large group photographs,
undated
Box 1, Folder 19
Portraits, family,
undated
Box 1, Folder 20
Portraits, individual, boy,
undated
Note
This file contains 19 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 21
Portraits, individual, girl,
undated
Note
This file contains 9 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 22
Portraits, individual, infant,
undated
Box 1, Folder 23
Portraits, individual, man,
undated
Note
This file contains 5 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 24
Potraits, individual, woman,
1962 and undated
Note
This file contains 8 photographs.
Box 1, Folder 25
Portraits, school,
1948-1956 and undated
Box 1, Folder 26
Wedding thank you note,
undated