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Title: Yasukichi Iwasaki papers
Creator:
Iwasaki, Yasukichi
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2010.14
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1899-1965
Abstract: Iwasaki was born in 1876. A native of the Shiga Prefecture, he arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1899 and
entered the United States in 1901. He worked as a section hand in Missoula, Montana, a cannery worker in Anacortes, Washington,
and a hotel manager in Tacoma, Washington. In 1904 he started to farm in Washington and eventually moved to Hillsboro, Oregon,
to settle down as a farmer in 1913. He and his family were interned in the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho, during
World War II. The collection consists of handwritten autobiographical sketches and diaries of Yasukichi Iwasaki, 1899-1900
and 1917-45. The entire collection is in Japanese.
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Language of Material: Materials are in Japanese.
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[Identification of item], Yasukichi Iwasaki Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA
Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography
Iwasaki was born in 1876; a native of the Shiga Prefecture, he arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1899 and
entered the United States in 1901; he worked as a section hand in Missoula, Montana, a cannery worker in Anacortes, Washington,
and a hotel manager in Tacoma, Washington; in 1904 he started to farm in Washington and eventually moved to Hillsboro, Oregon,
to settle down as a farmer in 1913; he and his family were interned in the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho, during
World War II.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of handwritten autobiographical sketches and diaries of Yasukichi Iwasaki, 1899-1900 and 1917-45.
The entire collection is in Japanese.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Handwritten autobiographical sketches (Box 82).
- Diaries (Boxes 82-85).
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese American farmers -- Northwest, Pacific -- Archives.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Diaries.
Iwasaki, Yasukichi--Archives.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)