Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, publications, manuscripts, and two albums. The collection reflects the family's lifelong appreciation for the visual arts and the natural world of rocks and minerals. Papers indicate Jack Oki's involvement in the gardener profession. But mostly the papers show Oki's activities as president of the Southern California Japanese Rock Society and their 1964 nature study tour of various national parks. Also the Oki's trip with the Lapidary Society to Mexico in 1978. Also publications on the Hollywood Independent Church and the Union Church of Los Angeles. Albums show Japanese design and batik samples. Some items in Japanese. 1952-1980, undated
- Biographical / historical:
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Kazuichi "Jack" Oki, his wife Yayoi, and their daughter Lily (Tsurumaki) and son Kazuto, resided in the Silverlake district of Los Angeles, California. The attack on Pearl Harbor led to their incarceration at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Japanese-Americans
- Places:
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
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Oki family papers. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359