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Blue Circles and Friends/Komai Family Slides
SPC.2021.014
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Blue Circles and Friends/Komai Family Slides
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2021.014
Physical Description:
229 Megabytes
231 jpeg files
Date (inclusive): 1930-1994
Date (bulk): 1955-1956
Abstract: This collection includes digitized negatives, photographs, and presentation board from the Blue Circles, Little Misses, and
Jr. Misses social organizations. The presentation board consists of images from the 1930s and 1990s of the Blue Circles, a
Young Women's Christian Girl Reserves group affiliated with the Centenary Church in Los Angeles. The negatives in the collection
are of the Little Misses and Jr. Misses social organization, which were also part of the Young Women's Christians Association
Girl Reserves group. The negatives include images of picnics, holiday events, slumber parties, and camping trips. All of the
collection has been digitized, and some of the photographs are available online.
Language of Material:
English
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
For information about citing archival material, see the
Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. For related materials please
consult:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.
Processing Information for Digitized Material
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digital reproductions from the original material for long-term preservation
and access. These preservation files (12.6 Gb, 231 tif files) were scanned to and stored on the Gerth Archives and Special
Collections Deparment Drive. For more information on the best practices and standards for the digitization process, please
see:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project technical reference guide.
Existence and Location of Originals
Donor retained presentation board and negative slides.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of the photographs are available at the CSU Japanese American Project site:
Blue Circle and Friends/Komai Family Slides
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The access files are JPG files stored on the Public Use Drive. Access to the files is available on-site in the Gerth Archives
and Special Collections reading room. Please request copies at the reference desk.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Blue Circle and Friends/Komai Family Slides was loaned to the Gerth Archives and Special Collections for digitization
in 2020.
The Blue Circles and Friends/Komai Family Slides (229 Mb, 231 jpeg files) include digitized negatives, photographs, and a
presentation board from three youth social organizations; Blue Circles, Little Misses, and Jr. Misses. The presentation board
consists of photos from the Blue Circles, a Young Women's Christian Association Girl Reserves group affiliated with the Centenary
Church in Los Angeles. Kay Moratani Komai was part of the social organization with about fifteen to twenty other young women
before World War II. The presentation board includes photographs of pre-World War II social events, group members, and friends.
It also contains 50th wedding anniversary photographs from several of the group members in the 1990s. In addition to the presentation
board, the collection also contains digitized color negatives from after World War II of the Little Misses and Jr. Misses
social clubs. The Jr. Misses club was also part of the Young Women's Christians Association Girl Reserves group. The photographs
from the two social groups include picnics, holiday events, slumber parties, and camping trips.
Kiyoko Kay Komai was born on December 4, 1920. She grew up in Berkeley, California, until she moved to Los Angeles with her
aunt and uncle, Fumiko and Frank Nagata. They became her adoptive parents. While living in Los Angeles, she joined the Blue
Circles, a Young Women's Christian Association Girl Reserves group. She married her husband, Khan Komai before World War II,
and was pregnant when she left with her husband's family to the Santa Anita racetrack and then to the Granada incarceration
camp. They left the incarceration camp in 1944 and moved to Ohio before eventually returning to Los Angeles. They raised four
children together. During this time, Kay also worked at local universities until she retired in the 1980s. She spent her
spare time doing bonsai, something she learned from her aunt and uncle. Kay continued doing bonsai and meeting with the Blue
Circles after she retired.
- Collection Overview
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Collection Details
- Conditions Governing Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Preferred Citation
- Related Materials
- Processing Information for Digitized Material
- Existence and Location of Originals
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
- Immediate Source of Acquisition
- Scope and Contents
- Kay Komai Moratani