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MSS 94/01
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Title: Japanese American archival collection ImageBase
Dates: ca. 1880-2003
Bulk Dates: (bulk ca. 1910-1955)
Accession number: MSS 94/01
Collector:
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Library. California State University, Sacramento.
Collection Size:
ca. 2,100 items (180 lin. ft.)
1,357 online items
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
California State University, Sacramento.
Sacramento, California 95819-6039
Abstract: The Japanese American Archival Collection is comprised of approximately 2,100 original items, including letters and other
textual documents, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, newsletters, art work, clothing and artifacts. The collection provides
valuable insights into the history of Japanese American communities in northern California, particularly in the town of Florin,
California from the late 19th century and into the 20th century. The collection contains significant documentation related
to the internment of Japanese born and Japanese American individuals during World War II.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Center's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Japanese
Collection is open for research.
The California State University, Sacramento Library is the owner of the physical items but may or may not own copyright for
the items. In all cases, requests for permission to publish or reproduce must be made in writing to: the Head, Department
of Special Collections and University Archives, Library, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95819-6039.
[Identification of item], Japanese American Archival Collection. Department of Special Collections and University Archives.
Library, California State University, Sacramento.
Multiple sources of acquisition, primarily through donations from individuals and organizations.
Project Information: Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
The image database and metadata were created as part of a project funded by a grant from the Library Systems and Technology
Act from October 2003 through July 2004. This project was intended to provide a searchable database of selected photographs
and images of three-dimensional items and other artifacts regarding the Japanese-American community in the Sacramento with
an emphasis on the World War II incarceration and exclusion. The primary goal of the project was to make this collection available
to a broader community so that researchers and teachers can use the materials remotely and integrate the images and information
into their research and teaching endeavors. For more detailed project information, please see the website for the project:
http://digital.lib.csus.edu/jaac
Scope and Content of Collection
The Japanese American Archival Collection is comprised of approximately 2,100 original items, including letters and other
textual documents, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, newsletters, art work, clothing and artifacts. The collection provides
valuable insights into the history of Japanese American communities in northern California, particularly in the town of Florin,
California from the late 19th century and into the 20th century. The collection contains significant documentation related
to the internment of Japanese born and Japanese American individuals during World War II.
The Japanese American Archival Collection was established in 1994, with the donation of personal papers and teaching materials
from Mary Tsukamoto (1915-1998), a prominent Sacramento educator and redress activist. Interned at Jerome Concentration Camp
with her family during World War II, Ms. Tsukamoto brought the history of Japanese American exclusion and incarceration into
school classrooms and to community groups, using portable exhibit boards to illustrate her presentations. Through images,
letters, stories, and crafts or clothing, Ms. Tsukamoto told the story of racial injustice, loss of civil liberties, and the
patriotism of Japanese born and Japanese Americans who were interned in American concentration camps during World War II and
engaged her audiences in discussion about the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. The Tsukamoto papers have been enhanced
by donations over the years from nearly 300 individuals and groups, such as the VFW Nisei Post 8985.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Tsukamoto, Mary
Tule Lake Relocation Center
Manzanar War Relocation Center
Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.)
Gila River Relocation Center
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Minidoka Relocation Center
Granada Relocation Center
Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.)
Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)
Central Utah Relocation Center
Japan -- Emigration and immigration
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
United States. War Relocation Authority
Agriculture -- California -- Sacramento County
Arts, Japanese
Concentration camps -- United States
Japanese American families
Japanese American farmers
Japanese Americans -- California
Japanese Americans -- Education
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans -- Religion
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs
Japanese Americans -- Sports
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American
Photographic prints
Artifacts