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Title: Harry H. L. Kitano Papers
Date (inclusive): ca. 1960-
Collection number: 439
Creator:
Kitano, Harry H. L.
Extent:
59 boxes (29.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Harry Kitano was born in San Francisco, Calif. on Feb. 14, 1926 to Motoji and Kou Yuki Kitano. After the bombing of Pearl
Harbor, the Kitano family was sent to the Assembly Center at the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, Calif. Six months later,
the family was sent to an internment camp in Topaz, Utah where they remained until 1945. Kitano's first book,
Japanese Americans : the emergence of a subculture, was a pioneering sociological study in the field of Asian American studies. His
Race Relations (1974), became a standard textbook. Kitano was also the co-author of a few books, including:
Asian Americans : emerging minorities, with Roger Daniels;
Achieving the impossible dream : how Japanese Americans obtained redress, with Mitchell T. Maki and S. Megan Berthold; and,
American racism, with Roger Daniels. Includes files related to teaching and research, research materials and manuscripts for publications,
dissertations and theses submitted by Kitano's students and correspondence.
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lynn Kitano, 2004-2005.
Boxes 1-20 processed by Bernadette Roca, Simon Elliott and Lilace Hatayama, February 2004; boxes 21-37 processed by Bernadette
Roca, 2005; boxes 38-49 processed by Norma Williamson, July 2006, boxes 50-59 processed by Norma Williamson, May 2007.
[Identification of item], Harry H. L. Kitano Papers (Collection 439). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4962226
Harry Kitano was born in San Francisco, California, 14 February 1926 to Motoji and Kou Yuki Kitano. Raised in San Francisco's
Chinatown, Kitano attended Galileo High School. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Kitano family was sent to the Assembly
Center at the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California. Six months later, the family was sent to an internment camp
in Topaz, Utah where they remained until 1945. After the war, Kitano attended the University of California, Berkeley, where
he received his BA (1948), M.S.W. (1951) and his Ph.D. (1958). He taught at UCLA from 1958 until his retirement in 1995,
teaching in the departments of Social Welfare and Sociology. He served twice as Acting Director of the American Asian Studies
Center and also as Co-Director of the UCLA Alcohol Research Center. He was the first to hold the endowed chair for Japanese
American Studies at UCLA, established in 1990.
Kitano's first book,
Japanese Americans: The Emergence of a Subculture, was a pioneering sociological study in the field of Asian American studies, and specifically the Japanese American experience.
His
Race Relations, first published in 1974, became a standard textbook. At the time of his death, he was preparing for the publication of
the sixth edition. He co-authored
Asian Americans: Emerging Minorities with Roger Daniels, Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained
Redress with Mitchell T. Maki and S. Megan Berthold, American Racism with Roger Daniels
. He directed research into issues affecting the growing Asian American population, including interracial marriage, mental
health, juvenile delinquency and alcohol abuse. He published numerous reports and articles in the fields of social welfare
and public health. He mentored and advised students and colleagues for over 30 years.
Collection consists of files related to teaching and research, research materials and manuscripts for publications, dissertations
and theses submitted by Kitano's students.
Arranged in the following series:
- Research and academic files.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kitano, Harry H. L. --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. School of Social Welfare --Faculty --Archival resources.
Sociologists --California --Los Angeles --Archival resources.