Yoshio Nishimura Papers, ca. 1919-1947 LSC.2010.36

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Title: Yoshio Nishimura papers
Creator: Nishimura, Yoshio
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2010.36
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1919-1947
Abstract: Yoshio Nishimura was born ca. 1875 in Nara Prefecture, Japan, and raised in Hokkaid. He arrived in the United States ca. 1906. He was a laborer, socialist, and newspaperman; editor for Kyy (the Kyoyu Times) and Rd no Chikara ( The Workers' Power), both printed for Japanese laborers in the United States. He was also a reporter for the fu Nipp ( Sacramento Daily News) (1939-41); his pen name was Kantaishi. The collection consists primarily of correspondence related to the life of Yoshio Nishimura. Some of the materials in this collection are in Japanese.
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Language of Material: English , Japanese .

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[Identification of item], Yoshio Nishimura 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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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942335003606533  

Biography

Nishimura was born ca. 1875; a native of Nara Prefecture and raised in Hokkaid, he arrived in the United States ca. 1906; was a laborer, socialist and newspaperman; editor for Kyy (the Kyoyu Times) and Rd no Chikara ( The Workers' Power), both printed for Japanese laborers in the United States; reporter for the fu Nipp ( Sacramento Daily News) (1939-41); his pen name was Kantaishi.

Scope and Content

Collection consists primarily of correspondence related to the life of Yoshio Nishimura. The correspondence includes letters from Sen Katayama (ca. 1928-ca. 1931), known labor leader and founding member of the Communist Party in the United States. Also includes 1 diary notebook (November 1941-April 1942), personal correspondence, clippings of articles written by Nishimura, and some material related to the Japanese Socialist movement in the United States (ca. 1919-45).
Materials in this collection are in Japanese and English.

Related Material

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Letters.
Correspondence.
Japanese Americans -- United States -- Archival resources.
Journalists -- United States -- Archival resources.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)
Katayama, Sen
Nishimura, Yoshio -- Archives

 

Nishimura Papers ca. 1919-1947

General Physical Description note: 0.5 linear ft.
box 131, folder 1

Katayama Sen letters. From Katayama Sen, Moscow, to Nishimura Yoshio, New York. ca. 1928-ca. 1931

General Physical Description note: (13 items)

Scope and Contents note

4 postcards and 7 letters. Includes 2 photographs of Katayama Sen.
box 131, folder 2

Documents re the Japanese Socialist Movement in the United States. ca. 1919-1945

box 131, folder 2

Constitution of the Japanese Labor Fraternity. n.d.

General Physical Description note: (Manuscript, 3pp., 1 item)
box 131, folder 2

Sangy rdkumiai rengkygikai no shsh [characters]. Printed by the Japanese Section of the Trade Union Educational League.

General Physical Description note: (1p., 1 item)

Scope and Contents note

A leaflet announcing the opening of the International Trade Union League Conference to be held on August 30, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio.
box 131, folder 2

Wataru Kaji, We were seven: Report on Kwei-Nan Campaign. Chungking. 1945

General Physical Description note: (7pp. Mimeographed, 1 item)
box 131, folder 2

Miscellany.

General Physical Description note: (5 items)
box 131, folder 3

Correspondence of Nishimura re the labor movement in the United States. ca. 1919-ca. 1936

General Physical Description note: (11 items)
box 131, folder 4

Correspondence of Nishimura during World War II. April 1942-February 1946

General Physical Description note: (27 pieces)
box 131, folder 5

Miscellaneous personal correspondence of Nishimura. Postwar.

General Physical Description note: (12 items)
box 131, folder 6

Diary, Nihonjin bochi nisshi [characters]. November 16, 1941-April 22, 1942

General Physical Description note: (1 notebook)
box 131, folder 7

Clippings of newspaper articles written by Nishimura. Mostly unidentified. (?)-1947

General Physical Description note: (1 scrapbook)
box 131, folder 8

2 unidentified manuscripts, probably written by Nishimura. n.d.

box 131, folder 8

Chapter II, on the China Incidents.

General Physical Description note: (Manuscript, 13pp., 1 item)
box 131, folder 8

Shinsei Nihon no shinzui o nigiri kseidh no shishin to seyo [characters] [Come to grips with the true objectives of New Japan and have the reformed Japanese move toward those directions].

General Physical Description note: (Manuscript, 9pp.)
box 131, folder 9

A collection of miscellaneous leaflets and magazine clippings. n.d.

General Physical Description note: (8 items)
box 131, folder 10

Miscellany.

General Physical Description note: (9 items)