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Takeshita and Teraoka family papers
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Title: Takeshita and Teraoka family papers
Date (inclusive): 1891-1990
Collection Number: 2020C35
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Japanese
Physical Description:
4 oversize boxes
(4.8 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Takeshita Teraoka, Joy, 1943-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2020.
[Identification of item], Takeshita and Teraoka family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Photographs
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Takeshita Teraoka, Joy, 1943-