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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Kagiwada Brothers papers
Creator:
Kagiwada Brothers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2010.24
Physical Description:
1 oversize_boxes
Date (inclusive): 1919-1947
Abstract: Eiho and Yoshifusa Kagiwada were brothers, born in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. They emigrated to the United States where
Eiho obtained a BS at Southwestern University and Yoshifusa obtained a BS from the University of Southern California. They
subsequently became agents for Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada and partners in the Kagiwada Insurance Agency. This collection
consists of business records and office files related to the work of the Kagiwada brothers.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Kagiwada Brothers 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:
9942332343606533
Eiho Kagiwada was born 1895; a native of Kanagawa Prefecture, he arrived in the United States in 1914; BS, Southwestern University
(1927); agent for Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada; partner with his brother Yoshifusa in the Kagiwada Insurance Agency; he
was also known as Frank E. Kagiwada.
Yoshifusa Kagiwada arrived in the United States in 1916; BS, University of Southern California (1929); was a partner with
his brother Eiho and an agent for the Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada; he was also known as Harry Y. Kagiwada.
This collection consists of business records and office files related to the work of the Kagiwada brothers. The majority of
the collection is made up of alphabetical office files of Canada Sun life insurance policyholders handled by the Kagiwada
Insurance Agency (1924-41). The collection also includes income tax records and business records and correspondence.
Arranged in the following series:
- Income tax records, and business correspondence and records, 1924-47 (Box 92).
- Alphabetical office files of Canada Sun life insurance policyholders handled by the Kagiwada Insurance Agency, 1924-41 (Boxes 93-102).
- Miscellaneous business records, 1926-42 (Boxes 103 & 720).
Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010) . Available at the UCLA Library Special Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- United States -- Archives.
Business records.
Insurance agents -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Kagiwada, Yoshifusa--Archives.
Kagiwada brothers--Archives.
Kagiwada, Eiho--Archives.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)