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1 Tsugitada Kanamori Collection

Physical Description: [.20 linear ft] [1 box]

Scope and Content Note

The Tsugitada Kanamori Collection (1942-1958) contains one box of correspondence, memorandums, and other material regarding Kanamori’s life during and directly after World War II. The majority of the documents detail Kanamori’s efforts to cancel his renunciation and reinstate his American citizenship, including correspondence from his lawyer, Wayne M. Collins. Also included are documents regarding Kanamori’s health, letters of recommendations from employers, a letter regarding Kanamori’s employment in the Tule Lake Cooperative Enterprises at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, census registers, and Kanamori’s birth certificate. Some material is in Japanese.

Box 1, Folder 1

Letters of recommendation from Kanamori’s supervisors about work ethic including an endorsement for Kanamori’s tasks in regards to operating and maintaining ordnance vehicles and engineering equipment in Yokohama, Japan. Contains one document in Japanese. 1948-1951

Box 1, Folder 2

Memorandums from the foreign service of the United States of America containing information confirming Tsugitada Kanamori as an American citizen. Contains two documents in Japanese. 1952-1953

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence from Wayne M. Collins to Tsugitada Kanamori concerning the decision from the United States District court in regards to renunciation. May 13, 1958

Box 1, Folder 4

Tsugitada Kanamori’s copy of the Final order, Judgement and Decree of mass equity suit entitled Tadayasu Abo et al, etc. vs. William P. Rodgers, and Mary Kaname Furuya et al. etc. vs. William P. Rogers, consolidated Number 25294-G in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division May 15, 1958

Box 1, Folder 5

Letter from Wayne M. Collins to Tsugitada Kanamori specifying the details of the Southern Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s Final Order, Judgment and Decree, which cancelled Kanamori’s renunciation. See Folder 4 for related material. May 19, 1958

Box 1, Folder 6

Documents regarding Tsugitada Kanamori’s bout of asthma. Includes documents in Japanese. July 1958

Box 1, Folder 7

Certified family registers, copies of census registers, and birth certificates of Tsugitada Kanamori. Family and Census registers contains brief biographical information about Tsugitada Kanamori and his wife, Kazuko Kanamori. Folder also includes a letter from Lionel Perkins and R.R. Best to Ivan Williams regarding Kanamori’s employment in the Tule Lake Cooperative Enterprises at the Tule Lake Segregation Center. Certified family registers are in Japanese. 1945, 1958

Box 1, Folder 8

Affidavit of Tsugitada Kanamori stating his reasons for withdrawing his renunciation. undated

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Tsugitada Kanamori Collection