Description
This collection includes materials collected by Melba Yonemura Matsuura, primarily dating from 1904-1951. The bulk of the
collection are letters exchanged with her second husband George Matsuura during the war, photos documenting the first 35 years
of Melba’s life, family and friends, and ephemera related to her time in Granada Relocation Center (Amache). The collection
also includes scrapbook pages, high school yearbooks, newspaper clippings, a gavel, and two silver spoons.
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Collections
Management and Access Unit at the Japanese American National Museum (collections@janm.org).