Inventory of the Midori Arima papers
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Title: Midori Arima papers
Date (inclusive): 1877-1977
Collection Number: 2019C65
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and
Japanese
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Midori Tokura Arima was born in
Kurashiki, Okayama in 1924. She was a reporter at Godo Shinbun in western Japan. The
Midori Arima papers consist of a handwritten biographical sketch, ten photographs of
Emperor Hirohito, and information about the Arima family.
Creator:
Arima, Midori
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library &
Archives
Access
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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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Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2020.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Midori Arima papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Midori Tokura Arima was born in Kurashiki, Okayama in 1924. She was a reporter at
Godo Shinbun in western Japan. She met her future husband James Arima, Japanese
American Nisei lieutenant during the occupation of the Allied Forces. Their eldest
son was born in Japan in 1948. After the occupation, they moved to the United States
where their second son, Adrian, was born. She earned a PhD in Anthropology at
Stanford University in 1992, at the age of 66
Scope and Content of Collection
The Midori Arima papers (1877-1977) consist of ten photographs of Emperor Hirohito
taken by Midori Arima as a newspaper reporter in western Japan approximately
1944-1945. Her handwritten biographical sketch, "From Housewife to Anthropologist:
Better Late Than Never," and information about the Arima family.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japan -- Emigration and
immigration
Japanese -- California
Photographs
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan,
1901-1989
Biographical file
1877-1977
box 1, folder 1
"From Housewife to Anthropologist: Better Late Than Never",
biographical sketch with English summary
1990
box 1, folder 2
Personal notes on war bride discussion, with English translation
circa 1950
box 1, folder 3
Photographs of Emperor Hirohito during his national tour to
Tottori prefecture, taken by Midori Arima
1947-1948
