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Nakai, (Tsuyoshi Roy) Collection
SPC.2019.021
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.021
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1942-2010
Date (bulk): 1990-1994
Abstract: This collection includes reports, agendas, meeting minutes, student guides, books, and a panoramic photograph related to the
Manzanar Incarceration Camp, the Nakai family, and the Treasure Chest Program in Orange County. The collection mostly contains
material from the Treasure Chest Program in Orange County, a multicultural educational program by the Multicultural Arts Council
of Orange County. Other material in the collection, such as the reports and books, relate to the Nakai family and the Manzanar
Incarceration Camp. All of the collection is digitzed and available online.
Language of Material:
English
.
Collection includes 9 seperated books. Books include
Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America's Concentration Camps, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography, And Justice for All: An
Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps, Elusive Truth: Four Photographers at Manzanar, Concentration Camps-
U.S.A. 1942-1946, The Harvest of Hate, Heroic Struggles of Japanese Americans: Partisan Fighters from America's Concentration
Camps, War Relocation Authority: Manzanar Relocation Center 1942-1945,
and
Annotated Bibliography for Manzanar National Historic Site.
There is also a separated panoramic photograph of the Manzanar incarceration camp.
The collection is arranged by related material chronologically.
For information about citing archival material, see the
Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
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 os Special Collections as the owener of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
The Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai Collection (1940-2010, bulk 1990-1994) includes reports, agendas, meeting minutes, student guides,
books, and a panoramic photograph related to the Manzanar Incarceration Camp, the Nakai family, and the Treasure Chest Program
in Orange County. The reports in the collection discuss the history, purpose, and responsibilities of the Information Field
Office at the Manzanar Incarceration Camp during World War Two. They include information about baggage, family reunion applications,
personnel, supplies, and the history of other Information Offices at Manzanar.
The collection also includes pamphlets, student guides, minutes and agendas from the Treasure Chest Program, a multicultural
education program developed by the Multicultural Arts Council of Orange Country, formally known as the Historical and Cultural
Foundation of Orange County. The traveling education program was designed for K-12 students in 1987 and consisted of cultural
treasure chests and supplemental learning material.
This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. For more Japanese American
related materials please consult:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Collection was processed by Jennifer Hill in 2019.
Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai and the Nakai Family
Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai was born at the Manzanar Incarceration Camp where he lived with his family during World War Two. During
his time at the camp, Nakai was photographed by Ansel Adams, a famous photographer, and the image was featured in Adam's book,
Born Free and Equal. In the photograph, Nakai is pictured sitting on his mother's (Mitsu) lap. After the camp closure in 1945, the family moved
back to Lake Elsinore where they operated the Nakai Hot Springs, a spa located in downtown Lake Elisnore. Nakai later became
a pediatric dentist and wrote a book about his life entitled,
Elephant a la Mode: An Epicurean Guide to Life.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of the collection has been digitized and is available at the CSU Japanese American Project site:
Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai Collection.
Processing Information for Digitized Materials
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digitalized reproductions from the original material for long-term preservation
and access. These preservation files (3.32 Gb, 71 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Manzanar War Relocation Center
Japanese Americans
Historical and Cultural Foundation of Orange County
Nakai, Tsuyoshi Roy