Marie Mitsuda Papers

Processed by Harrison W. Inefuku

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

3601 Pacific Ave.

Stockton, CA 95211

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Marie Mitsuda Papers

Collection number: MSS 314

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

Stockton, California

Processed by:: Processed by Harrison W. Inefuku
Date Completed:: 2007
Encoded by:: Michael Wurtz

Descriptive Summary

Title: Marie Mitsuda papers

Dates: 1942-1945

Collection number: MSS 314

Collector: Mitsuda, Marie

Collection Size: .5 feet

Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of Special Collections

Stockton, California 95211

Abstract: This collection consists mainly of materials generated during Mitsuda's time at the Rohwer Relocation Center.

Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred Citation

Marie Mitsuda papers. MSS 314. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Biography / Administrative History

Marie Mitsuda, born in Stockton, California in 1924, was relocated to the Rohwer Relocation Center, Arkansas, during World War II where she attended and graduated from Rohwer Center High School. She returned to Stockton following the war; she attended Humphreys College and worked as a secretary for Diamond Walnut Company for 20 years.

More information can be found in her obituary in the Stockton Record, p. B4, February 19, 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection consists mainly of materials generated during Mitsuda's time at the Rohwer Relocation Center, including Center and High School publications, yearbooks, photographs, and commencement and reunion materials.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Rohwer Relocation Center

Japanese Americans - Evacuation and relocation,1942-1945

Relocation camps - Arkansas - Rohwer

Box 1

1.1: Stockton High School

1.2: Rohwer Relocation Center—Artwork

1.3: Rohwer Relocation Center—Athletics

1.4: Rohwer Relocation Center—Photographs

1.5: Rohwer Relocation Center—Publications

1.6: Rohwer Relocation Center—Reunion, 1990

1.7: Rohwer Center High School—Commencement

1.8: Rohwer Center High School—Yearbooks

1.9: Rohwer Center High School—Yearbooks

1.10: Rohwer Center High School—Reunion, 1980

1.11: “The Evacuation of Japanese-Americans During World War II”—Delta College Term Paper, 1967