The collection consists of 8 mm color film footage and color photographic slides shot by Harold N. Ouye that document the Ouye family and Sacramento's West End and Japantown before, during, and after redevelopment. Material dates from 1945 to 1968. It is divided into two series. The first is focused on Sacramento scenes and redevelopment. The second contains family films; some of these reels also include Sacramento street scenes.

Harold N. Ouye was born March 13, 1907, in Florin to Kenichi and Sada Ouye, Japanese immigrants from Hiroshima who worked as fruit farmers. The Ouyes had five other children: Fred, Carnegie, Norman, Alice, and Raymond (who died in infancy). The family moved to Lodi when Ouye was a child. He attended University of California, San Francisco, graduating with a pharmacy degree. After graduation, Harold worked as a pharmacist in Stockton and Fresno, then moved to Sacramento where he opened Nippon Drugs at 3rd and L streets. Ouye and his wife, Grace, were married in the early 1930s and they had three children: Sandra Mori, Gail Yoshioka, and Lloyd Ouye.

2 Linear Feet (3 shoeboxes, 1 half-manuscript box)

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The collection is open for research.