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

Contains:

Vol. 2
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