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
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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 28

Events, funeral, 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 14

Infants, undated

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 17

Landscapes, 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