Finding Aid for the Constantine Panunzio Collection of Material on Japanese American Incarceration LSC.1636

Finding aid prepared by Christen Sasaki, 2005; updated by Rishi Guné and Kuhelika Ghosh, 2019.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2019 July 30.
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Constantine Panunzio collection of material on Japanese American incarceration
Creator: Panunzio, Constantine M. (Constantine Maria), 1884-1964
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1636
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1853-1945
Date (bulk): 1942-1943
Abstract: The collection consists of UCLA Professor Constantine Panunzio's collection of printed materials such as articles, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets and reports relating to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Constantine Panunzio Collection of Material on Japanese American incarceration (Collection Number 1636). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ralph P. Merritt, 1946. Gift of Bradford Smith, 1952.

Custodial History

The materials in Collection 1636 were originally part of Collection 131, a collection of material on Japanese American incarceration, which was itself extracted from Collection 122, the Manzanar War Relocation Center Records (formerly titled the U.S. War Relocation Authority Archive) in 1971. Within a few years, materials from Collection 131 were dispersed into three additional collections: the present collection, entitled the Constantine Panunzio collection of material on Japanese American incarceration (Collection 1636); the Lincoln Kanai papers (Collection 1637); and the Bradford Smith papers (Collection 1638). The name of Constantine Panunzio was formally incorporated into the collection title in 2005, according to the papers' original provenance within the Manzanar War Relocation Center records.

Processing Information

Processed by Christen Sasaki, with assistance from Laurel McPhee, in the Center for Primary Research and Training, 2005.
Description was updated by Rishi Guné and Kuhelika Ghosh as part of a 2019 CFPRT Redescription Project. Euphemistic terms such as "internment" were updated to reflect preferred terminology outlined in the Power of Words Handbook from the Japanese American Citizen's League.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4232767  

Biography

Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) was born in Molfetta, Italy. He arrived in the United States in 1902. He received his A.B. from Wesleyan University in 1911 and an M.A. in 1912. He then enrolled in the Boston University School of Theology and earned the S.T.B. in 1914. He served as pastor in several Methodist churches in Massachusetts and he was superintendent of Social Service House, Boston, from 1915-1917. From 1917 to 1918 he served as general organizer of the YMCA on the Italian front during World War I. In 1925 he earned the Ph.D. degree at the Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government, and was appointed Assistant Professor of Sociology at UCLA, in 1931, where he remained until he retired as Professor of Sociology in 1951. His published works include three books and two research monographs. During 1931-1933, Panunzio was President of the Pacific South-western Academy, and during 1934-1935 was President of the Pacific Sociological Society. In 1939, he participated in the founding of the antifascist political association, the Mazzini Society. In 1940, he was designated by the New York World's Fair Committee as among the foreign-born who have made outstanding contributions to American culture. In 1961 he received the Wesleyan University Distinguished Alumnus award.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of UCLA Professor Constantine Panunzio's collection of printed materials such as articles, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets and reports relating to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Incarceration camps represented in the collection are Heart Mountain, Wyoming; Manzanar, California; Merced Assembly Center, California; and the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California. The collection also contains a mid-nineteenth century map of Japan.

Related Material

Manzanar War Relocation Center records (Collection 122).  Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Japanese American Research Project collection of material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010).  Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Maps -- Japan.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Panunzio, Constantine M. (Constantine Maria), 1884-1964

box 1, folder 1

K.M.P.C. broadcast 1942 March 30

General Physical Description note: 1 item.

Scope and Contents note

Transcription of a statement on a program sponsored by the Native Sons of the Golden West.
box 1, folder 10

Santa Anita Assembly Center 1942

General Physical Description note: 5 items.

Scope and Contents note

Letters and manuscripts about life in Santa Anita Assembly center by L. Noda.
box 1, folder 11

Church Federation of Los Angeles 1942 June-July

General Physical Description note: 2 items.

Scope and Contents note

Japanese Evacuation Committee bulletins.
box 1, folder 12

General Information Bulletins, Heart Mountain, Wyoming 1942 September 19-1942 October 20

General Physical Description note: 13 items.

Scope and Contents note

Bulletins cover housing, food, and daily life in camp.
box 1, folder 13

American Friends Service Committee 1942-1945

General Physical Description note: 13 items.

Scope and Contents note

Assorted print materials, including information bulletins.
box 1, folder 14

Map of Japan--"Zushu Shimoda Onsen Meishoki" between 1853 and 1868

General Physical Description note: 1 item.

Scope and Contents note

Fold-out color map of Japan. Published by Taiheido Seiji.
box 1, folder 15

Civilian Public Service Camp (C.P.S.) no. 21, Cascade Locks, Oregon 1942

General Physical Description note: 3 items.

Scope and Contents note

Materials on George Kiyoshi Yamada, including three issues of The Columbian. C.P.S. camps were an alternative for conscientious objectors during World War II.
box 1, folder 16

Merced Assembly Center--"The Mercedian" 1942

General Physical Description note: 6 items.

Scope and Contents note

Newsletter on the daily life of incarcerees.
box 1, folder 2

Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play 1943 June 15

General Physical Description note: 1 item.

Scope and Contents note

Printed policies.
box 1, folder 3

Text of American Legion Protest on Racial Discrimination 1943

General Physical Description note: 1 item.

Scope and Contents note

Printed resolution.
box 1, folder 4

Resolution authorized by Los Angeles County Defense Council though action by special committee 1942 February 11

General Physical Description note: 1 item.

Scope and Contents note

Resolution regarding Japanese Americans. Chairman Gordon L. McDonough.
box 1, folder 5

Japanese Methodist Church newsletter--"The Methodist Voice" 1942 March-April

General Physical Description note: 2 items.

Scope and Contents note

Volume VIII, no. 40. Includes a forced removal news sheet.
box 1, folder 6

Nelson, Henry E. "The status of Orientals in unions on the Pacific Coast" undated

General Physical Description note: 1 item.

Scope and Contents note

Paper.
box 1, folder 7

The Conscientious Objector 1943 August 6

General Physical Description note: 1 item.

Scope and Contents note

Monthly newsletter published by the National Committee on Conscientious Objectors. Article on Stanley Murphy and Lewis Taylor.
box 1, folder 8

Frances A. Kaplan materials--"Japanese Problem" 1942

General Physical Description note: 3 items.

Scope and Contents note

Letter, Paul Shoup, President of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association for Better Employment Relations. Transcribed statements by public officials on Japanese Americans, pertaining to agriculture, produce, and special interest groups.
box 1, folder 9

Manzanar circa 1942

General Physical Description note: 11 item.

Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous papers and correspondence. Includes a typewritten manuscript on a film produced by Frank Judson, instructor of photography at University of Southern California, with Wesley Oyamaa and Isamu Noguchi. Volume II, no. 5 of "The Community Flashlight," a newsletter published by the University Community Youth Committee.