Physical Description: 11 folders

Language of Material: English, Japanese.

Materials were created and collected prior to World War II incarceraton of Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko Chuman. Included are their birth certificates, a Japanese passport issued to Tei Nakamura, Hayao Sam's school group photo taken in Japan, a steerage check, bank statements and cancelled checks, a receipt for property taxes, Rosecrans Nursery financial documents and license, tax forms, and a notice of classification card.

Physical Description: 2 folders

Language of Material: English.

Materials are incarceration camp documents issued to and filed by Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko Chuman during their incarceration in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, Jerome, Rohwer, Tule Lake camps, and Santa Fe Internment Camp. Included are instructions on disposition of motor vehicles issued by Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration along with a motor vehicle registration form filled by Hayao in the Santa Anita Assembly Center; correspondence and instructions on transferring camps for the Gripsholm WWII exchanges; an alien registration book issued in the Santa Fe Internment Camp; and a tenant's agreement between Hayao "Sam" Chuman (tenant) and Seabrook Farms Company (landlord) in New Jersey that was signed when the family was released from the Santa Fe Internment Camp in June 1947.

Physical Description: 14 folder

Language of Material: English.

Materials are documents, correspondence, memorandum, release notices, and application forms regarding Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko Chuman's repatriation as well as cancellation of repatriation and restoration of the U.S. citizenship. Included are correspondence between Hayao Sam Chuman and Thomas M. Cooley II, Jr., a letter from Chuman to Chief Justice Earl Warren, correspondence from Tule Lake Defense Committee, a pamphlet titled "Outline of Events Leading to Renunciation of Citizenship", correspondence by Wayne M. Collins, affidavit and statements by the Chumans, and copies of "Final Order, Judgment, and Decree" by the U.S. District Court.

Physical Description: 9 folders

Language of Material: English.

Contain materials issued to Hayao "Sam" Chuman after being released from incarceration. Included are a union card by the Meat and Cannery Workers Union, receipts, a motor vehicle registration certificate, hospital records, and a loan statement and payment record that were issued in the locations where the family had been settled, including Seabrook, New Jersey, Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Chicago, Illinois prior to returning to California. There are also materials issued in California since 1960, including a land sale contract, loan payments to the State Mutual Savings, a lease agreement between the Chumans and the Union Oil Company of California, an affidavit for relinquishment of her estate in Japan written by Toshiko Chuman, a letter from the U.S. Department of Army regarding their son's assignment to the 7th Psychological Operations Battalion, interview questions for Hayao Sam Chuman, correspondence between Hayao and American Friends Service Committee, 3M Company information, and a handwritten letter by an unknown author.

Physical Description: 8 folders

Language of Material: English, Japanese.

Contains materials regarding redress and reparations. Included are the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 forms filled by Hayao "Sam" and Toshiko Chuman, correspondence from the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, letters of apology, a letter from NCRR, a booklet titled "It had to be so," blank forms for redress and workshop fliers, newspaper clippings, a note recording the mailing address for redress, and "The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 Questions and Answers" booklet.

Physical Description: 2 folders

Language of Material: English.

Materials are excerpts collected from newspapers and other publications that were originally labeled as "Miscellaneous" by the donor. Included are: "Past History" which is a biography of Hatsuji Chuman written by Frank Fumio Chuma; "The Postwar Dreams of Soviet Airwomen: a Veteran of Many Combat Flights Writes to the Women of America about her Plans for the Future" by Yevdokia Rachevich; "An Appeal to California" by Pearl S. Buck; and "Problems of Supply dDominant in Far East: Geography Will Profoundly Influence The Future Course of the War" by Hanson W. Baldwin.