Inventory of the Jimmy Fukuhara Manzanar Camp Collection SPC.2019.026
Jennifer Hill
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2019-08-29
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
archives@csudh.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Jimmy Fukuhara Manzanar Camp Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.026
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1978-2013
Abstract: This collection contains one box of photographs, letters, flyers, postcards, booklets, newspaper clippings, newspapers, and
notes related to Jimmy Fukuhara, the Fukuhara family, and the Manzanar incarceration camp.
Separated Materials
One book is separated from the collection titled:
Two Views of Manzanar: An Exhibition of photographs by Ansel Adams/Toyo Miyatake.
Preferred Citation
[title of item] Jimmy Fukuhara Manzanar Camp Collection, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Conditions Governing Use
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 of 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.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Related Materials
This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. For related materials please
consult: http://csujad.com.
Arrangement
Arranged in one box.
Scope and Contents
The Jimmy Fukuhara Mananzar Camp Collection (1978-2013) contains 0.21 linear feet of photographs, letters, flyers, postcards,
booklets, newspaper clippings, newspapers, and notes related to Jimmy Fukuhara, the Fukuhara family, and the Manzanar incarceration
camp. Included in the collection are photographs of Jimmy and his wife, Eileen, and a school teacher, Eve Beekman, who taught
at the Manzanar camp. Other materials, such as the articles, postcards, and flyers, are about Henry Fukuhara, Jimmy's brother,
and his "Paint Out" Watercolor Workshops to Manzanar and the surrounding areas that began in the late 1980s.
Biographical / Historical
Jimmy Fukuhara was born September 21, 1921, in Los Angeles, California to Ume and Ichisuke Fukuhara. In 1942, Jimmy, his
brother Henry, and the rest of his family were removed from their home and sent to the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence,
California. Jimmy was able to leave the camp early but was drafted into the army shortly after. When he returned home from
the war, he moved back to Santa Monica to work at the nursery his family operated until he retired in 1986.
Henry Fukuhara was born in 1913 in Fruitland, California. After high school, Henry attended art school but stopped after
two months to support his wife and daughter during the Depression. He continued to pursue a career in art with prints being
exhibited in local libraries and museums until his family moved to the Manzanar incarceration camp during World War Two. After
the war was over, Henry and his family, moved to Long Island, New York and opened a flower growing business. He did not return
to art until the 1970s when he began attending workshops and classes. In 1988, he organized the first "Paint Out" Watercolor
Workshops to Manzanar and the surrounding areas.
Related Materials
For other materials related to the Fukuhara family please consult Fukuhara (Henry) Paint Out Collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fukuhara, Henry
Fukuhara, Jimmy
Japanese Americans—California
Japanese American families
Manzanar War Relocation Center
box 1, folder 1
Photograph of Jimmy and Eileen Fukuhara
undated
box 1, folder 2
Information about Ichisuke and Ume Fukuhara prepared by Rev. [H. Oda]
undated
box 1, folder 3
Photograph of Eve Beekman and letters from the First Church of Christ, Scientist to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy K. Fukuhara
April 19, 1979-June 10, 1995
box 1, folder 4
Letter from Henry Fukuhara to Jimmy Fukuhara
April 30, 1998
box 1, folder 5
Greeting card from the Fukuharas
undated
box 1, folder 6
Henry Fukuhara Watercolor Workshop and exhibit flyers and pamphlets
circa 1982-2013
box 1, folder 7
Articles on Henry Fukuhara and the Watercolor Workshops and exhibits
1982; August 21, 1998-2001
box 1, folder 8
Henry Fukuhara Watercolor Workshops and exhibits postcards and cards
circa 1994-2008
box 1, folder 9
Poets on site at APC Fine Arts and Graphics Gallery Torrance, California Exhibition from the 12th Annual Henry Fukuhara Workshops-Observations
and Interpretations of Olancha, Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Manzanar and Keeler
September 26, 2009
box 1, folder 10
Notes about Henry Fukuhara
undated
box 1, folder 11
Reflections in three self-guided tour of Manzanar published by the Manzanar Committee
1998
box 1, folder 12
History of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section CIFSS 55th Historical "tidbit" by Dr. John S. Dahlem
undated
box 1, folder 13
Newspaper clippings related to Manzanar and Japanese Americans
1988-1998; undated
box 1, Folder 14
Pacific Citizen Newspapers
October 5-October 12, 1990
box 1, folder 15
Map of California with numbered places to visit
undated
box 1, folder 16
Pavilion for Japanese Art-Los Angeles County Museum of Art
undated
box 1, folder 17
Notes written on paper and an envelope
undated