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SPC.2019.025
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Gingo Tanaka Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.025
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): September 14, 1942-July 1944
Abstract: This collection contains ephemera from Gingo Tanaka as well as newspaper publications and a booklet from the Gila Rivers incarceration
camp. Most of this collection has been digitized and is available online.
Language of Material:
English
, Japanese
.
This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. For related materials please
consult:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.
For information about citing archival material, see the
Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
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.
The Gingo Tanaka Papers (September 14, 1942-July 1944) contains ephemera from Gingo Tanaka and publications and a booklet
from the Gila Rivers incarceration camp. The publications in the collection include
Gila News-Courier, a newspaper set up at the camp by the incarcerees to inform people of events, local clubs, and news. The booklet is a reflection
of the two years that had been spent in the camp.
Gila Rivers Incarceration Camp Historical Information
The Gila Rivers incarceration camp opened July 20, 1942, in Rivers, Arizona on an American Indian Reservation. It consisted
of two camps, Canal and Butte, with the Butte camp being the largest of the two. It is estimated that over 16,000 Japanese
Americans lived at the camp while it was in operation. The camp closed November 16, 1945.
Gingo Tanaka was born in Japan in 1903 or 1904 and relocated to the United States in 1919. He was possibly incarcerated at
the Gila Rivers incarceration camp in September 1942 and moved back to Los Angeles in 1945. Tanaka died in Los Angeles in
1993.
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digital reproductions (3.79 gb, 82 files) from the original material for
long-term preservation and access. These preservation files were scanned to and stored on the Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Department Drive. For more information on the best practices and standards for the digitization process, please see:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project Technical Reference Guide.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of the collection has been digitized and is available at the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project site.
Gingo Tanaka Papers
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans
Gila River Incarceration Camp