Inventory of the Goichiro Inouye papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Goichiro Inouye papers
Date (inclusive): 1899-1940
Collection Number: 2019C46
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Japanese
Physical Description:
2 ms. boxes, 1 oversize folder
(1.0 linear_foot)
Abstract: Correspondence, personal documents, and photographs, relating to Japanese immigration to the United States.
Creator:
Inouye, Goichirō
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Goichiro Inouye Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical note
Japanese immigrant worker in the United States.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Goichiro Inouye papers include correspondence, personal documents, financial documents, and photographs related to Japanese
immigration to the United States.
Goichirō (Charlie) Inouye was a Japanese migrant worker from Fukuoka, Japan. He initially worked at the Mana sugar plantation
camp in Kuai, Hawaii (circa 1899-1906). He later migrated to Sonoma and leased a vineyard (circa 1908-1914), then moved to
Los Angeles to be a gardener (circa 1918-1921) before returning to Japan. He returned to the United States in 1937 and lived
in California (circa 1940). There is no record of Inouye having been removed to an internment camp.
The papers demonstrate the complexity of Japanese migration to the United States in the 20th century. The collection includes
Inouye's immigration records; a passport issued by the Empire of Japan for his son in 1913; a sugar plantation contract and
other supporting documents in Hawaii; a vineyard lease contract in Sonoma, CA; remittance and the receipts for the Nihonjinkai
(the Japanese Association) fee and donations to the Japanese military and temples in Fukuoka and Hilo, Hawaii; and bank ledgers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japan -- Emigration and immigration
Japanese -- United States
box 1, folder 1-2
Incoming letters from family in Japan
1905-1917
box 1, folder 4
Yokoyama Village Head
1921, 1935
drawer G18
Outgoing correspondence to friends and family in Japan
1910, undated
box 1, folder 5
California state poll tax
1908-1914
box 1, folder 8
Japanese Military Finance and the National War Finance Committee of the American Red Cross
1904, 1918
box 1, folder 9
Japanese Association
1911-1920
box 1, folder 10
Japanese American newspaper
1919-1920
box 1, folder 11
Bank remittance
1899-1914
box 1, folder 12
Waialua Agricultural Company labor contract
1899
box 1, folder 13
Receipts, security deposit for contract labor
1899
box 1, folder 14
Tamomoshi rotating credit certificate
1905
box 1, folder 15
Loan agreements in Japan
1910-1922
box 1, folder 16
Japanese passport issued to Miyoji Inouye
1921
box 2
Family photographs
1905-1915
