Muraoka (Eddie S.) Collection, 1942-2005

Summary

Title:

Eddie S. Muraoka Collection

Dates:

1942-2005

Creators:

Muraoka, Eddie S.

Abstract:

Eddie S. Muraoka was incarcerated at Manzanar incarceration camp in California's Owens Valley from 1942-1945. The collection includes three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings documenting Japanese American incarceration during World War II. The collection also contains a selection of full issues of Japanese American and Asian Pacific American newspapers.

Extent:

3.00 linear feet (5 boxes)

Language:

English, Japanese

Preferred citation:

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Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Eddie S. Muraoka, a Japanese American incarceree. These materials document the Manzanar incarceration camp from 1942 to 1944, and overall Japanese American incarceration and American concentration camps during World War II. The clippings are from American concentration camp newspapers including the Heart Mountain Sentinel and the Manzanar Free Press, as well as other California Newspapers including the Los Angeles Times,Los Angeles Daily News,Los Angeles Examiner, and the Pacific Citizen. The collection also contains loose scrapbook pages with additional newspaper clippings, and full issues from Japanese American and Asian Pacific American publications.

Content Warning: The historical newspapers and clippings in this collection include euphemistic terms and racist language that were wrongfully used to describe Japanese Americans during and after the World War II period.

Biographical / historical:

Eddie S. Muraoka was incarcerated at Manzanar incarceration camp in California's Owens Valley from 1942-1945. His address in the Manzanar incarceration camp was 14-4-1.

Acquisition information:

Harold Muraoka, 1997

Processing information:

The collection was processed in 2012. This finding aid was revised in 2026 to address outdated and harmful descriptive language. References to Japanese American "relocation," "evacuation," and "internment" during World War II were removed and replaced with community recommended/currently accepted terminology in 2026, such as "Japanese American incarceration."

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

This collection is part of the Japanese American Incarceration Collection

Alternative form available:

Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as a part of the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Scrapbooks

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-14 11:45:21 -0700.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:

For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing Archival Materials guide.

Location of this collection:

California State University, Northridge, Special Collections

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330, US

Contact:

(818) 677-4594

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