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BANC PIC 2022.010
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Ayako Nakauchi Kataoka family photograph collection
Creator:
Kataoka, Ayako
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2022.010
Physical Description:
1800 photographs
in 11 albums, 1 box and 2 oversize folders
: chiefly gelatin silver prints and color prints
; various sizes
Date (inclusive): approximately 1900-1995
Abstract: Collection documents multiple generations of the family of Ayako Kataoka (née Nakauchi) (1917-1995), a Japanese American
woman born in Los Angeles who was interned in the Heart Mountain Relocation Center during World War II.
Physical Location: Many Bancroft Library collections are stored off-site and advance notice may be required for use.
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
.
Negatives (NEG(5x7) box 1): UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Ayako Nakauchi Kataoka Family Photograph Collection was purchased by The Bancroft Library from James Arsenault and Company
in 2021.
[Identification of item], Ayako Nakauchi Kataoka family photograph collection, BANC PIC 2022.010, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Collection documents multiple generations of the family of Ayako Kataoka (née Nakauchi) (1917-1995), a Japanese American
woman born in Los Angeles who was interned in the Heart Mountain Relocation Center during World War II. Collection includes
snapshots, portraits, photograph albums, postcards and other materials. Individuals depicted include Ayako, her husband Takeo
Kataoka (1917-1984), her father Tamotsu Nakauchi (1888-1968) and mother Kaneju Miyaji Nakauchi (1890-1958), her twin daughters
Kimiye and Kikuye Kataoka (b. 1957), and numerous other family members, friends and associates. Most photograph albums contain
snapshots of everyday activities, family life and socialy outings, and studio portraits of family and friends. One album (vol.
2) documents Ayako's life during her internment at Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyoming). Another album (vol. 11) is
dedicated to glamour portraits of movie stars, mostly from Japan in the 1940s through 1960s. Collection also includes material
pertaining to Ayako's daughter Kimiye, the last family member to own the collection. Collection includes many photographs
taken by the studio of Tōyō Miyatake, including a panoramic group photograph taken at the 1958 funeral of Ayako's mother
in Los Angeles (shelved in --G folder).
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Japanese American families -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Photographs
Japanese Americans Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Photographs
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Portraits
Japanese Americans -- Portraits