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Descriptive Summary
Title: Reverend Eto Mamoru Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1991
Collection number: 297
Creator: Mamoru, Eto, 1883-1992
Extent: 15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Eto Mamoru was born in 1883, and was a native of Taketa City, Ōita prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Kōbe First Middle
School and Nihon Taiiku Daigaku. He fought in the Russo-Japanese War from 1904-05. He was an instructor at Kwansei Gakuin
Daigaku from 1914-17 then came to the United States in 1917 to study physical education. He was employed as an agricultural
laborer, farmer, and gardener before becoming a Christian lay minister of the First Japanese Nazarene Church in Pasadena,
California. He was interned at Gila River, Arizona during World War II. Afterwards he was officially ordained as a Nazarene
Church minister in 1946, and lived in Seabrook and Bridgeton, New Jersey from 1944-80 and finally settled in California from
1980-92. In 1990 he was one of the first Issei recipients of wartime reparation. The collection consists of diaries (1918-20,1976-89),
incoming correspondence files, religious records and notes, and personal memorabilia, including tapes of Sunday sermons by
the Reverend Eto Mamoru. Portions of the collection are in Japanese.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. The library
can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote
must be submitted in writing to
the Manuscripts Librarian, Department of Special Collections.] Credit shall be given as follows: © The Regents of the University
of California on behalf of the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joseph Eto, 1995.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Reverend Eto Mamoru Papers (Collection 297). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Eto Mamoru was born in 1883, and was a native of Taketa City, Ōita prefecture in Japan; graduated from Kōbe First Middle School
and Nihon Taiiku Daigaku; fought in Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05; was baptized as a Christian in Japan; instructor, Kwansei
Gakuin Daigaku, 1914-17; came to the United States in 1917 to study physical education; was employed as an agricultural laborer,
farmer, and gardener before becoming a Christian lay minister of the First Japanese Nazarene Church in Pasadena, California;
was interned at Gila River, Arizona during World War II; officially ordained as a Nazarene Church minister in 1946, and lived
in Seabrook and Bridgeton, New Jersey from 1944-80; was naturalized in 1955; lived in California, 1980-92; became one of the
first Issei recipients of wartime reparation, in 1990; he died in 1992.
Additional Biographical Narrative
Note
[characters]
indicates Japanese characters included in the print version of this online finding aid, available for consultation at the
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
Eto Mamoru [characters], 1883-1992. Issei Christian minister and longtime resident of California. Native, Taketa City, Ōita
Prefecture [characters]. Graduate, Kōbe First Middle School [characters], and Nihon Taiiku Daigaku [characters]. Veteran,
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. Baptized as Christian in Japan. Instructor, Kwansei Gakuin Daigaku [characters], 1914-1917.
Married, 1914. Wife, Tada Kura [characters], 1894-1942. Ten children: Hitoko, 1915-1994; Ken, 1919; Daniel, 1920; Joseph,
1921; Mitsuko, 1923; Mary, 1926; Esther, 1928-1988; Moses, 1929; David, 1931; and Ruth, 1931. Arrived in United States, 1917,
to pursue studies in physical education. Sent for wife and eldest daughter, 1918. Variously employed as itinerant agriculture
laborer, farmer, and gardener before becoming a Christian lay minister of the First Japanese Nazarene Church, Pasadena, California.
Wife returned to Japan, 1933, and died there, 1942. Interned, Gila River, Arizona, during World War II. Official ordination
as Nazarene Church minister, 1946, and resident of Seabrook and Bridgeton, New Jersey, 1944-1980. Naturalized, 1955. California
resident, 1980-1992. One of the first Issei recipients of wartime reparation, 1990, Washington, D.C. at age of 107.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of diaries (1918-20,1976-89), incoming correspondence files, religious records and notes, and personal
memorabilia, including tapes of Sunday sermons by the Reverend Eto Mamoru. Correspondence includes letters in English from
Mamoru's children, and letters in Japanese from Issei Christian friends and associates, as well as from immediate family members
living in Japan.
Portions of the collection are in Japanese.
Extended Scope and Content
The Eto Papers consist of diaries, 1918-1920, 1976-1989; incoming correspondence files, 1916-1991; religious records and notes;
and personal memorabilia, including tapes of Sunday sermons. The incoming correspondence files include miscellaneous Japanese
letters from Issei Christian friends and associates, English letters from Eto Mamoru's sons and daughters, and many Japanese
letters from the following immediate family members living in Japan:
- Eto Tsutomu [characters], younger brother of Mamoru
- Eto Mitaka [characters], wife
- Eto Katsuyoshi [characters], son
- Tada Yujiro [characters], younger brother of Kura
- Tada Yoshie [characters], wife
- Tada Akiko [characters], daughter
- Tada Yuichi [characters], son
- Goto Hisaka [characters], younger sister of Mamoru
- Goto Yoshio [characters], husband
- Goto Iwao [characters], son
- Goto Kenji [characters], son
- Goto Hitoshi [characters], son
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Diaries (1918-20,1976-89) (Boxes 1-3).
- Incoming correspondence files (Boxes 4-6).
- Religious records (Boxes 7-9).
- Personal memorabilia (Boxes 10-15).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Mamoru, Eto, 1883-1992--Archives.
Church of the Nazarene--Clergy--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Diaries.
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