Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Wayne H. Maeda papers
- Dates:
- 1900-2009, bulk Bulk, 1969-2006
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of drafts and notes for narratives on Asian Americans, photographs, exhibit items, artifacts, publications, and audio & visual material accumulated by Wayne H. Maeda, instructor and founding member of Asian American Studies at Sacramento State.
- Extent:
- 14.5 Linear feet (10 record cartons, 2 oversize boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2011/17, Wayne H. Maeda papers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Wayne H. Maeda (1947-2013) was born in Dayton, Ohio. His parents, Masao and Ayako Maeda, were Japanese Americans formerly interned in Arizona during World War II. After Wayne's birth, his family moved to Sacramento, California where he graduated from high school in 1965. In 1967, he graduated from Sacramento City College and later, in 1969, received his B.A. in Social Science from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). He completed his M.A. in Social Science in 1976.
Maeda served as an instructor and founding member of Asian American Studies at CSUS. In 1992, he curated the Sacramento History Museum exhibit, "Continuing Traditions: Japanese Americans, Story of a People, 1869-1992". In addition, he served as a board member for the CSUS Japanese American Archival Collection Advisory Board and the National Japanese American Historical Society. In 2000, he authored the book "Changing Dreams and Treasured Memories: A Story of Japanese Americans in the Sacramento Region".
- Acquisition information:
- The Wayne H. Maeda papers were donated to the Department of Special Collections University Archives by Yumi Maeda in 2011.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Christopher Rockwell.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Asian Americans -- Study and teaching
Japanese Americans -- California -- Exhibitions
Japanese Americans -- California -- History
Japanese Americans -- Education - Names:
- Department of Ethnic Studies. California State University, Sacramento.
Maeda, Wayne
Maeda, Yumi - Places:
- California -- Race relations
Sacramento Valley (Calif.) -- History
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- June 2016
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-06-27T13:29-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply. The Library does not hold copyright to all of the photographs in this collection. Publication or display of these reproductions without permission of the copyright holder may constitute copyright infringement.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2011/17, Wayne H. Maeda papers, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento.
- Location of this collection:
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University Library, MS 60396000 J StreetSacramento, CA 95819, US
- Contact:
- 916-278-6144