Finding Aid for the Taro Higa Papers, 1944-1964
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
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Note
History --World War II
Social Sciences --Area and Interdisciplinary Studies --Asian American Studies
History --History, United States (excluding California) --History, Hawaii
Geographical (By Place) --United States (excluding California) --Hawaii
Geographical (By Place) --United States (excluding California)
Finding Aid for the Taro Higa Papers, 1944-1964
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
Collection number: 2010
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2008
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Tarō Higa Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1944-1964
Collection number: 2010
Creator:
Higa, Tarō, 1916-
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Thomas Tarō Higa, a Hawaiian-born Kibei, was born in 1916. He was a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion. The collection
consists of documents of Higa's speech tour (1944) sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), photocopies
of newspaper articles written by Higa and a copy of a privately printed pamphlet by Yasusato Sadao on the clothing relief
drive for Okinawa in Hawaii titled
Hawai ni okeru Okinawa hifuku kysai und no dki to sono kiroku (1964). Materials in this collection are primarily in Japanese, with some in English.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library 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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Tarō Higa Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Thomas Tarō Higa, a Hawaiian-born Kibei Nisei, was born in 1916; he was a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion; between
September 15th and December 10, 1944, Higa gave a speaking tour on the mainland sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens
League (JACL).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of documents of Higa's speaking tour (1944) sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL),
photocopies of newspaper articles written by Higa in 1964, and a copy of a privately printed pamphlet by Yasusato Sadao on
the clothing relief drive for Okinawa in Hawaii titled
Hawai ni okeru Okinawa hifuku kysai und no dki to sono kiroku (1964).
Materials in this collection are primarily in Japanese, with some in English.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Higa, Tarō, 1916- --Archives.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles).
Japanese Americans--Hawaii--Archival resources.
Related Material
Higa Papers
1944-1964
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 153, Folder 8
Documents on his speech tour of the mainland, sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).
September 15-December 10, 1944
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 153, Folder 8
Newspaper articles written by Higa.
1964
Physical Description: (Photocopies, 15 pieces)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Box 153, Folder 8
Yasusato Sadao [characters].
Hawai ni okeru Okinawa hifuku kysai und no dki to sono kiroku [characters]. Honolulu: privately printed.
1964
Physical Description: (15pp., 1 item)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Scope and Content Note
A pamphlet on the clothing relief drive for Okinawa in Hawaii.
