Guide to the William Muranishi Photograph Collection MC327
Liz Phillips
University of California, Davis Library,
Dept. of Special Collections
2021
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of
California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library,
Dept. of Special Collections
Title: William Muranishi Photograph Collection
Creator:
Muranishi, William
Identifier/Call Number: MC327
Physical Description:
21
items
Twenty-one black-and-white photographs (one of them
a duplicate print) measuring between 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches and 6
x 3 3/4 inches.
Date (inclusive): 1940s
Abstract: A small collection
of photographs that belonged to William Muranishi, a young
Japanese-American man from Isleton, California who was
incarcerated at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona
during World War II.
Physical Location: Researchers should
contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections,
as many are stored offsite.
A small collection of photographs that belonged to William
Muranishi, a young Japanese-American man from Isleton, California
who was incarcerated at the Gila River War Relocation Center in
Arizona during World War II. Included are at least a dozen
photographs taken at the internment camp, showing young men
posing singly or in groups in front of the spare prison buildings
or the camp water tower; six of these images have inscriptions on
the front all "to Bill" from other young men at the camp. There
are a number of other photographs belonging to Muranishi, some of
which may have been taken at the camp - a small snapshot of a
baseball team, a studio portrait stamped "Hanasong Studio," and a
handful of portraits, all with ink inscriptions on the fronts,
three adding detailed inscriptions in Japanese on the versos.
Finally, there is a typed note measuring 5 x 5 inches that reads
"Mr. Bill Muranishi Just a little token of appreciation from the
Deltens Jr., wishing you the best of luck through
relocation...Best of luck...Deltens Jr." The note also contains a
list of Japanese-American names, possibly other inmates at the
camp.
[Description provided by William Reese Co.]
Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information
supplied by William Reese Co.
Collection is open for research.
Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information
supplied by William Reese Co.
Purchased from William Reese Co., 2021.
[Identification of item], William Muranishi Photograph
Collection, MC327, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis
Library, University of California, Davis.
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in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University
of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation,
1942-1945
Japanese Americans -- California --
Pictorial works
Muranishi, William -- Archives
Michael and Margaret B. Harrison
Western Research Center
Gila River Relocation Center --
Pictorial works