Little Tokyo Redevelopment Collection, circa 1970s-1980s., circa 1970s-1980s

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Summary

Title:
Little Tokyo Redevelopment Collection
Dates:
circa 1970s-1980s
Creators:
Little Tokyo Redevelopment Collection
Language:
Materials are in English, Japanese, and Spanish.
Preferred citation:

Little Tokyo Redevelopment Collection, circa 1970s-1980s. Visual Communications Archives and Media Resource Library.

Background

Scope and content:

The Little Tokyo Redevelopment Collection, circa 1970-1980s , consists of over 200 DVDs on the Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization (LTPRO). DVDs include footage of interviews with residents and activists, meetings with organizations, and the LTPRO's protests and actions to stop eviction. Footage from this collection was used in Visual Communications' film “Something's Rotten in Little Tokyo.”

Biographical / historical:

The Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization (LTPRO) was founded in 1973 in the midst of the Little Tokyo Project, which was adopted by the now-defunct Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles in order to redevelop the neighborhood. LTPRO challenged the ongoing evictions caused by the redevelopment efforts and assisted community businesses and long-time senior residents, who were in danger of displacement by transnational companies. It sought to maintain housing and sustainable living conditions for Japanese American working class people.

Processing information:

This collection was processed and digitized by Jeff Liu in 2009. Finding aid written and encoded by Robin Chang in August 2014.

Arrangement:

The holdings are in a single series of DVDs consisting of footage of the interviews, meetings, and protests that made up LTPro's agenda. Interviews are mostly in English, with a select few in Japanese and Spanish.

Physical description:
201 Digital files/DVDs.

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
Original EAD encoding by Robin Chang. August 2014

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use. Advance notice required for access. Contact repository for appointment.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

Little Tokyo Redevelopment Collection, circa 1970s-1980s. Visual Communications Archives and Media Resource Library.

Location of this collection:
120 Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012, US
Contact:
(213) 680-4462
helen@vconline.org
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