Family and friend correspondence
1937, 1942-1945, 1959-1977, undated
bulk 1942-1945
Physical Description: 24 folders
Language of Material: Japanese, English.
Scope and Contents
Materials include letters and postcards from Fumio Fred Takano's family members as well as copies of his letters to his non-Japanese
American friend. Most of the letters were written during the war and the contents of his letters include discussions regarding
his efforts to seek assistance from his Caucasian friend; management of his property in Los Angeles, California during the
war; and discussions regarding shipping the family's belongings from Los Angeles to the Gila River incarceration camp in Arizona.
There are also letters written in Japanese by the Meguros, who are his parents-in-law. These letters detail their experiences
in the Pomona Assembly Center in California and the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming; describing the trip and
life during their incarceration and their return from the camp to California.
box 3, folder 8
Prewar letter from Agnes Meguro to Yoneko Takano
1937 September 9
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 25, 36
Wartime letters (copies) from Fumio Fred Takano to Florence Packer
1942 March 30; 1943 August 18; 1943 August 23
Physical Description: 2 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Included are copies of letters written by Fumio Fred Takano. In these letters he seeks assistance from his non-Japanese American
friend, Florence Packer, during the war. She was appointed as his attorney-in-fact prior to his incarceration. Fumio was able
to get his truck delivered from Los Angeles to the Gila River with Mrs. Parker's assistance, and his sister, Akiko Nakashima,
and her family were able to leave the camp by the truck.
box 1, folder 26-35, 38-40
Wartime letters and postcards from the Meguros
1942 May 20-1945 June 21
Physical Description: 13 folders
Language of Material: All items are written in Japanese. English translation is viewable at CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.
Scope and Contents
Contained are Japanese letters and postcards written by Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro, who are Issei immigrants and Fumio Fred
Takano's parents-in-law. They detail their experiences during the war from an Issei point of view, describing the trip and
life in an assembly center and incarceration camp, and their return from the camp to California.
box 1, folder 37
Wartime postcard from Akiko Nakashima to Itsuhei Takano
1943 September 1
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Material is a postcard sent from Akiko Nakashima to her father, Itsuhei Takano who was incarcerated in the Gila River camp
in Arizona. She and her family left the camp on September 1, 1943 by Itsuhei's truck. The truck had been managed by Mrs. Parker
in Los Angeles and was delivered to the Gila River with her help. The postcard captures the street scene in Wickenburg, Arizona.
box 3, folder 1-3
Postwar letters from Tsuruno Meguro to her family and friends
1959 May 21-September 23
Language of Material: Japanese.
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Tsuruno Meguro addressing her children, Fumio and Yoneko Takano and Leo Meguro, and her friends, the Hirotas.
The letters were written while she was staying in Sendai, Japan from May to September 1959. She visited her family, friends,
and neighbors in her hometown. This was her first trip to Japan after the war and her letters describe the postwar Japan.
box 3, folder 4-7
Postwar letters to Tsuruno Meguro from her relatives in Japan
1967 March 19-1977 February 10, undated
Language of Material: Japanese.
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Tsuruno Meguro's relatives in Japan.
Incarceration camp experiences
1942-1995;
1942-1946
Physical Description: 39 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials pertaining to the Takano family's incarceration during World War II. The materials include
documents issued by War Relocation Authority (WRA), Western Defense Command, and the Office of Price Administration, such
as letters, notices, ID cards, forms, war ration books, and receipts for shipment issued by agencies arranged by the U.S.
government, published items from the Gila River camp in Arizona during the war, such as newspapers, booklets, and maps, as
well as documents for redress and reparations issued by the Justice Department and National Archives and Records Administration
after the war, and a booklet from the 50th reunion published in 1995. Noted are letters regarding an application for leave
from an incarceration camp. A letter from WRA provides instructions on changing answers to questions 27 and 28 of the "loyalty
questionnaire," which resulted in denial of a leave permit if the answers were negative. Fumio Fred Takano whose responses
are negative writes a letter to the Interview Committee explaining that his answer to question 27 was altered to the negative
response by a registration officer.
box 2, folder 6-7
Gila River and Heart Mountain incarceration camp photographs
1943-1945
Physical Description: 2 folders
Language of Material: Japanese, English.
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs mainly taken in the Gila River incarceration camp during the war, including barracks buildings, an outdoor
stage, a meeting of Gila River Japanese Parents' Association, All Center Enterprises Conference, and Gila River Co-op workers'
picnics. There are also three photographs taken in Wyoming; two of them were taken in the Heart Mountain incarceration camp.
box 1, folder 4, 41, 43
Identification cards and application forms
1942
Physical Description: 3 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Included are "Alien registration receipt card, Form AR-3" for Tomoye Takano; "Application for certificate of identification
(aliens of enemy nationalities), Form AR-AE-22" for Itsuhei Takano; and a blank form of "Application for identification card."
box 1, folder 44, 46-48
Letters and notices regarding application for leave
1943 February 6-June 24
Physical Description: 4 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Materials consist of notices and letters from WRA and a letter written by Fumio Fred Takano. Included are a notice from WRA
providing instructions on changing answers to questions 27 and 28 of the "loyalty questionnaire" and a letter written by Fumio
Fred Takano who answered those questions in the negative. His letter explains how his answer to 27 was altered to a negative
response, enclosing reference letters written by his supervisors and employers in the Gila River camp.
box 1, folder 49, 51-54
Letters and ID card regarding Fumio Fred Takano's work leave
1944 July 17-August 8
Physical Description: 5 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contain letters and ID card issued from WRA regarding Fumio Fred Takano's work leave. Included are recommendation letters,
an indefinite leave card WRA-137a rev., and a letter to his employer in Chicago, notifying of the requirements in hiring him.
box 1, folder 52, 55-57, 59
Materials regarding Fumio Fred Takano's work in the camp
1944 July 5-1945 April 23
Physical Description: 5 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains materials regarding Fumio Fred Takao's work in the Gila River camp, including his daily work pass (WRA-139 rev.),
a notice of assignment (Form WRA-21) and letter from WRA, and shipment bills for mechanical hand tools.
box 1, folder 42
Letter from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to Fumio Fred Takano regarding his home mortgage and automobile loan
1942 April 15
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains a letter from Fred C. Bold, Assistant Manager, Los Angeles Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to Fumio
Fred Takano in Los Angeles, California. The letter follows up the inquiry from him regarding his home mortgage and automobile
loan.
box 1, folder 45
Receipt issued by Railway Express Agency for the shipment from Florence Parker
1943 March 19
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Material is a receipt issued by Railway Express Agency. One trunk, one box, and four containers were shipped from Florence
Parker of Los Angeles, California to Istuhei and Tomoye Takano incarcerated at the Gila River camp in Arizona.
box 1, folder 67
War ration books issued by the Office of Price Administration
1944-1945
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains war ration books for Itsuhei, Tomoye, Fumio Fred, and Yoneko Takano used in the Gila River incarceration camp.
box 3, folder 13
Leo Ryoichi Meguro's employee driver's license
1943 March 26
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 50, 58, 60-66, 68
Materials regarding the Takano family's return from the camp
1945 April 19-December 14
Physical Description: 10 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contain materials regarding the Takano family's return from the Gila River camp to Los Angeles, California, in 1945. Included
are letters and notices from the WRA, ID card issued by Western Defense Command, and shipment bill and receipts pertaining
to the family's moving.
box 1, folder 69-71
Letters and notices regarding Fumio Fred Takano's temporary appointment work from the WRA
1946 February 13-April 19
Physical Description: 3 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contain notices and letters from the WRA regarding temporary appointment work assigned to Fumio Fred Takano. Included are
"Advice of personnel action Form OEM-1" appointing and terminating a position of a freight handler to him, a letter mailing
his final check, and a response letter to his wage claim.
box 1, folder 72-75
Incarceration claim forms and statements
1949-1951
Physical Description: 4 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Included are the form, "No. Cl. 1, Claim for damage to or loss of real or personal property by a person of Japanese ancestry";
claim statements; and an evacuation claim compromise settlement award sheet.
box 1, folder 76-77, box 3, folder 10
Forms and letters regarding Civil Liberties Act of 1988
1988-1991
Physical Description: 3 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Materials are documents regarding Civil Liberties Act of 1988 for Yoneko and Fumio Takano and Yoshiko Ruth Meguro. Included
are Civil Liberties Act of 1988 voluntary information forms; letters from National Archives and Records Administration; instructions
for redress payment; letters from the Office of Redress Administration; and a letter from the White House.
Incarceration camp publications
1942 March 18-1995
1942-1945
Physical Description: 13 folders
Language of Material: Japanese, English.
Scope and Contents
Materials are mainly published items from the Gila River camp in Arizona during the war including newspapers, booklets, and
maps. There is also a booklet from the 50th reunion published in 1995.
box 1, folder 78
Bulletin, no. 2
1942 March 18
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains one issue published on March 18, 1942. This issue is titled as: Instructions governing voluntary movement of Japanese
from Los Angeles to Owens Valley.
box 1, folder 80-84
Gila news-courier
1943 April 15-September 25; 1944 April
Physical Description: 5 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contain issues of "Gila news-courier," a camp newspaper published in the Gila River camp in Arizona: vol. 2, no. 44-50, 68-70,
95-100; vol. 3, no. 1-3, 13-15; and supplement: Issei, Nisei, Kibei.
box 1, folder 85
Gila Co-op news, vol. 1, no. 14 = 組合週報, 第14號
1943 September 21
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English, Japanese.
Scope and Contents
Contains an issue of "Gila Co-op news," a coop newspaper published in the Gila River camp in Arizona.
box 1, folder 86
Youth, no. 3 = 若人, 第3号
1943 August
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: Japanese, English.
Scope and Contents
Material is a literary publication, "Wakodo = Youth" no. 3, published by Gila Young People's Association in the Gila River
incarceration camp in Arizona.
box 1, folder 87
A year at Gila: anniversary booklet
1943 July 20
Physical Description: 1 volume(approximately 47 pages, illustrations, maps)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Material is a booklet to commemorate the first anniversary of the Gila River incarceration camp after the first incarcerees'
arrival from the Turlock Assembly Center on July 20. 1942.
box 1, folder 88
Second year at Gila
1944 July 20
Physical Description: 1 volume(46 pages, illustrations)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Material is a booklet to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gila River incarceration camp after the first incarcerees'
arrival from the Turlock Assembly Center on July 20. 1942.
box 1, folder 90, drawer Map Drawer, drawer 3.8
Butte community
circa 1942-1945
Physical Description: 2 Sheets(1 document folder and 1 oversize folder)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contained are two copies of illustrated maps of the Gila River incarceration camp in Arizona.
box 1, folder 89
Gila River Relocation Center 1942-1945 monument dedication 50th reunion
1995
Physical Description: 1 volume(92 pages, illustrations)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Material is a booklet to commemorate the 50th reunion of the former incarcrees and families of the Gila River incarceration
camp, which was held in March 1995.
U.S. military service
1943-1953
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials regarding Leo Ryoichi Meguro's service in the U.S. military. The materials are photographs
taken while he was deployed in Europe during World War II, in Korea during the Korean War, and at a veterans' event; administrative
documents issued by the U.S. Army; issues of the U.S. Army special orders; and a For Douglas booklet.
box 2, folder 11, 13
U.S. Army service
circa 1942-1946; 1950-1953
Scope and Contents
Materials are photographs that were taken when Leo Ryoichi Meguro joined the 100th Infantry Battalion and was deployed in
Europe during World War II as well as when he was stationed in Korea during the Korean War.
box 2, folder 12
U.S. military veterans' event
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of U.S. military veterans at an event.
box 3, folder 14
U.S. military administrative documents
box 3, folder 11
U.S. Army special orders
1944 May 20-1951 November 19
Language of Material: English.
Family album and photographs
circa 1928-1959; undated
Physical Description: 1 box
Language of Material: Japanese, English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains an album of Tsuruno Meguro's trip to Japan in 1938; photographs of the Japanese American community in
Colorado in the 1920s and 1930s; the 1938 Rose Parade; the Japanese American community in California after the war; the Takano
family's relatives in Japan; and wartime and post-war Japan.
The Meguro family resided in Colorado in the 1920s and 1930s prior to moving to California. There are photographs of Japanese
schools and public schools which Yoneko Meguro attended as well as Japanese Young Peoples' Christian (J.Y.P.C.) conferences
held in Colorado.
box 3, folder 23
Tsuruno Meguro's Hokkaido trip album
1928
Language of Material: Japanese.
box 2, folder 1
Japanese Young People's Christian (J.Y.P.C.) conferences
1931 December 1; 1933 December 1
Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints
Language of Material: Japanese, English.
Scope and Contents
Contains two photographs of annual conferences of Japanese Young People's Christian (J.Y.P.C.) held in Denver, Colorado in
1931 and 1933.
box 2, folder 2
Las Animas Japanese Elementary School
circa 1928-1939
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: Japanese.
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs of schoolchildren at Las Animas Japanese Elementary School and a Japanese school in Colorado. There is
a photograph of female school play performers at Las Animas Japanese Elementary School. It was taken when they performed the
play, "Masuhime," to celebrate the 1st commencement of the school. Yoneko Meguro is included among the performers.
box 2, folder 3
Public school classroom in Colorado
circa 1930-1939
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains one group photograph of schoolchildren taken in a classroom at an elementary school in Colorado. Japanese American
children are included.
box 2, folder 4
Bent County High School in Colorado
1936
Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains two photographs of graduating class of Bent County High School, Colorado, in 1936, in which Yoneko Meguro is included.
box 2, folder 5
Travels and the 1938 Rose Parade
circa 1930-1939
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs of family trips to Hawaii, Huntington Library, Santa Catalina Island, and the 1938 Rose Parade.
box 2, folder 9-10
Wartime and postwar Japan
1942-1959
Physical Description: 2 folders
Language of Material: Japanese.
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs taken in Japan, including Emperor Hirohito, the Takano family's relatives, and a trip to Japan. There
are photographs presumably taken during the Allied occupation of Japan, capturing the scenes in the aftermath of bombing attacks.
box 2, folder 8, 14
Postwar photographs
circa 1950-1959
Physical Description: 2 folders
Language of Material: Japanese.
Scope and Contents
Contain postwar photographs mostly taken in California, including Futaba Nisei Beauty Salon, Yamanashi Kenjinkai's event,
a baseball team, and a group of female school graduates; and a landscape photograph.
Family information
1906 July 7-1989 August, undated
Physical Description: 23 folders
Language of Material: English, Japanese.
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials regarding the Takano family's background information. Included are an Imperial Japanese Government
passport; a marriage license and certificate; birth registration; death certificate; diplomas and certificates; college and
school yearbooks; graduation programs; a medical certificate; documents regarding the Takano family's property; social security
documents; wills; diaries; a personal narrative; and funeral and obituary information.
box 1, folder 1
Imperial Japanese Government passport issued to Itsuhei Takano
1906 July 9
Physical Description: 1 items
Language of Material: English, Japanese.
box 1, folder 2-3
Itsuhei Takano and Tomoye Kodama marriage license and certificate
1913 August 23; 1913
Physical Description: 2 folders
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 5-6
Diploma and certificate from Fumio Fred Takano's vocational training programs
1933 June 23; 1974 May 16
Physical Description: 2 folders
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7
Permit of local board for Fumio Fred Takano to depart from the United States
1941 August 1
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 8
Medical certificate for Fumio Fred Takano
1941 September 5
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
box 1, folder 9-19
Documents regarding a property owned by Fumio Fred Takano
1936-1976
1936-1942
Physical Description: 11 folders
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Included are insurance policies; deeds; full reconveyance; tax invoice and receipts; mortgage forms; power of attorney forms;
declaration of homestead forms; correspondence; a trust agreement; and other documents regarding the real estate property
in Los Angeles, California, which Fumio Fred Takano purchased in 1938. There is a power of attorney form created prior to
his incarceration, appointing his non-Japanese American friend as his attorney and allowing her to manage his property in
Los Angles, California during the war.
box 1, folder 20
Social security documents for Itsuhei and Tomoye Takano
1954 March 24
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 21-22
Will and funeral procedure written by Itsuhei and Tomoye Takano
1951 December 1; 1951
Physical Description: 2 folders
Language of Material: In Japanese. English translation is viewable at CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.
box 1, folder 23
Tomoye Takano's death certificate and funeral service invoice issued by Fukui Mortuary, INC.
1979 October 22-26
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 24
Fumio Fred Takano's obituary
1989
Physical Description: 1 folder
Language of Material: English.
box 3, folder 15-16
Tsuruno Meguro's diaries and obituary
1963 January-1977, 1985 January 14-February 26
1963-01-1977
Language of Material: Japanese.
Scope and Contents
Materials are four notebooks of diaries written by Tsuruno Meguro in 1963-1977 and documents regarding her passing, such as
funeral information issued by Kubota Nikkei Mortuary, a letter from Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, certificate
of death, and obituaries in English and Japanese.
box 3, folder 9, 17-18
Yoshiko Ruth Meguro's personal information
1919 September 21-October 17, 1969, undated
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Included are Yoshiko Ruth Meguro's diplomas, the Bible Insititute of Los Angeles 1950 photo, certificate from Inter-Continental
Computing Institute Inc, personal narrative describing what brought her to Faith in Christianity, birth registration, graduation
program, and college yearbook, "Biolan 1950, vol. 17."
box 3, folder 19-22
Leo Ryoichi Meguro's personal information
1941-1950 December 15
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Materials are Leo Ryoichi Meguro's high school yearbook, "The Monticellan" published by the student body of Thomas Jefferson
High School, along with portraits given from his friends to him, Frank Wiggins Trade School diploma, Ordnance Automotive School
certificate, and his last will and statement.
