Iwasaki Family Photographs, circa 1920-1945

Summary

Creators:

Iwasaki

Abstract:

This collection includes eleven digitized photographs about the Akahoshi family. Images include school portraits, family photographs, and other portraits. All items in this collection have been digitized and are available in the archvies.

Extent:

235 Megabytes

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Background

Scope and content:

The Iwasaki Family Photographs (circa 1920-1945) includes eleven digitized photographs (235 mb) about the Akahoshi family. Images in the collection include school portraits and other portaits of Dorothy Shigeko (Akahoshi) Iwasaki, family portraits of the Akahoshi and Hashimoto families, and other portraits of the Akahoshi family.

Biographical / historical:

Toyo Akahoshi was born in Japan in 1883 and immigrated to the United States in 1914. Her husband, Kunisaburo Akahoshi was born in 1187 in Japan and immigrated to the United States in 1920. They had children together, Dorothy Shigeko Iwasaki, Robert Shigeo Akahoshi, and Frank Yukio Akahoshi. Dorothy was born in 1916 in Colorado and died in 1974.

Acquisition information:

This collection was donated during a Scanning Day event in 2018 by Joni Iwasaki.

Processing information:

The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digital reproductions from the original material for long-term preservation and access. These preservation files (263 mb, 14 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: CSUJAD Techincal Reference Guide.

Physical / technical requirements:

The digitized photographs are available on the Public Use Drive as JPG files at the Gerth Archives And Special Collections. Please request copies at the reference desk.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. For more information: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.

Location of originals:

This collection contains digitized photographs created from loaned material. The donor retained the original items.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Japanese American families
Japanese Americans

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Gerth Archives and 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.

Preferred citation:

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Location of this collection:

California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections

University Library, 5th Flr (5039)

1000 E. Victoria Street

Carson, CA 90747, US

Contact:

(310) 243-3895

archives@csudh.edu

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