Inventory of the Miyamoto Collection SPC.2022.045
Jennifer Hill
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2023-05-10
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
Business Number: 310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Miyamoto Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2022.045
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Physical Description:
1.29 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): October 1992-February 7, 2012
Abstract: This collection includes Poston incarceration camp high school and reunion booklets, Centenary Methodist Church booklets,
Imperial Valley Nikkei booklets, and other booklets related to Japanese American organizations. Also included are two photograph
albums related to the Monterey Park Japanese American Senior Center and the Japanese American Gallery Furusato Celebration
Premiere Opening and Dedication.
Language of Material:
English
, Japanese
.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Collection processed by Jennifer Hill in May 2023.
Scope and Contents
The Miyamoto Collection (October 1992-February 7, 2012) contains 1.29 linear feet of Poston reunion booklets, Poston High
School reunion booklets, Centenary Methodist Church booklets, Imperial Valley Nikkei booklets, Japanese American National
Museum annual report and periodical, and other material related to Japanese American organizations and incarceration. Additional
material in the collection includes two photograph albums. The first contains images from the Japanese American Gallery, Furusato
Celebration, Premiere Opening and Dedication Ceremony at the Imperial Valley Pioneer's Museum, and events from the Monterey
Park Japanese American Senior Citizens.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by year with the photo albums at the end of the collection.
Biographical / Historical
Sam Shigeru Miyamoto was born in Imperial Valley in California. During World War II, his family was incarcerated at the Poston
incarceration camp before becoming a hostage on the Gripsholm Exchange. Miyamoto served in the Military Intelligence Service
during the Korean War and later worked at Mitsubishi International. He died in 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans
Reunions
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Religious life and customs
Poston Incarceration Camp
box 1, folder 1-2
Poston reunion booklets
October 1992, October 1997, October 2004, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes family scrapbook from Poston.
box 1, folder 3
"Who's Who in Japanese Executives in the U.S. for 1993"
1993
box 1, folder 4
"Japanese American National Museum Quarterly" and Japanese American National Museum annual report
July 1996-June 1997, Winter 1997
Scope and Contents
Includes Vol. 12, no. 3.
box 1, folder 5
Poston High School reunion booklets and programs
October 1996, October 1998, 2001, 2002
box 1, folder 6
Centenary United Methodist Church booklets
1996, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes "100 years of God's Faithfulness," "Program of Growth Celebrating 100 Years of Service," and "Centenary Centennial
Celebration"
box 1, folder 7
Imperial Vellay Nikkei Reunion booklets
March 1999, March 2002
box 1, folder 8
Nanka Fukuoka Kenjinkai 100th Anniversary
2008
box 1, folder 9
1998 Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California Community Heritage Awards, Koreisha Chushoku Kai 25th anniversary
Luncheon, and Nisei Week Japanese Festival Awards Dinner
1998, August 1999, 2001
box 1, folder 10
Letter to Shigeru Miyamoto
February 7, 2012
box 1, folder 11
"Rafu Shimpo"
March 16, 1994
Scope and Contents
Contains issue no. 27, 237.
Processing Information
Newspaper separated from floral photo album.
box 1, folder 12
Executive Order 9066: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
1998
Scope and Contents
Includes CD set from Grolier Educational.
box 2, item 1
Monterey Park Japanese American Senior Citizen photo album
undated
Scope and Contents
Photo album includes event photographs, birthday celebrations, parking lot sales, speakers, performances, and other photographs.
box 2, item 2
Japanese American Gallery Furusato Celebration Premiere Opening and Dedication Ceremony photo album
March 1994
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, programs, and photographs of the Pioneer Museum, Brawley School, events speakers and guests,
and newspaper clippings related to the dedication ceremony and opening.
