Description
This collection contains correspondence from Stanley Hayami and Sach Hayami, personal items and documents belonging to Stanley
Hayami, ephemera, photographs of soldiers, artifacts, drawings, and newspapers.
Background
Stanley Kunio Hayami was born December on 23, 1925 in Los Angeles to Naicho and Asano Hayami. Stanley had an older brother
named Frank, an older sister named Sachiko (“Sach”), and a younger brother named Walter (“Walt”). At one point Sach began
goign by Grace. The Hayami family owned and operated a nursey in San Gabriel until the passage of Executive Order 9066. The
Hayamis left their home in San Gabriel to live in Los Angeles for one month before transferring to the Pomona Assembly Center
and then moving to Heart Mountain in August 1942.
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Collections
Management and Access Unit at the Japanese American National Museum (collections@janm.org).
Availability
By appointment only. Please contact the Collections Management and Access Unit by email (collections@janm.org) or telephone
(213-830-5615).