Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Existence and Location of Originals
Related Materials
Processing Information for Digitized Material
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Scope and Contents
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Biographical / Historical
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Iwasaki Family Photographs
Creator:
Iwasaki
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2022.010
Physical Description:
235 Megabytes
Date (inclusive): circa 1920-1945
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.
Language of Material:
English
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Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Existence and Location of Originals
This collection contains digitized photographs created from loaned material. The donor retained the original items.
Related Materials
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 (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 Characteristics and 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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated during a Scanning Day event in 2018 by Joni Iwasaki.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese American families
Japanese Americans
