Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Takeshita Teraoka, Joy, 1943-
- Abstract:
- The collection contains annotated family photo albums from the Takeshita and Teraoka family -- first-generation Japanese Americans -- from their arrival in the US through WWII internment camps and post-WWII activities.
- Extent:
- 5 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes (7.47 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In English and Japanese
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Takeshita and Teraoka family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Takeshita and Teraoka family papers consists of annotated photo albums of first-generation Japanese Americans from their arrival in the US through WWII internment camps and post-WWII activities.
- Biographical / historical:
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Joy Takeshita Teraoka and her family Thomas Kohachiro and Katsuyo Lillian Takeshita and were incarcerated at the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center during World War II. Thomas and Lillan both applied and received government jobs after the war.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2020.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Box 10 may not be used without permission of the archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Takeshita and Teraoka family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563