Inventory of the Takeshita and Teraoka family papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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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

Access

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.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2020.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Takeshita and Teraoka family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

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-

box 1

Photo album of Katsuyo Lillian Takeshita 1905-1925

Scope and Contents

Includes Health Department and Board of Health documents, translated Imperial Japanese Government passport of Hiroshi Takeshita, death certificate of Chio Hasegawa

box 2

Photo album of Katsuyo Lillian Takeshita 1923-1990

Scope and Contents

Includes Japanese citizenship renunciation certificate, and a promotion letter of the Federal Communications Commission.

box 3

Photo album of Thomas Kohachiro Takeshita 1891-1973

Scope and Contents

Includes a photo of Los Angeles Manual Arts High School (1915), University of Illinois (1917), letter from Yuasa Hachiro of Doshisha University (1949), Los Angeles County affidavit of not a "blocked" Japanese national, Japanese Hollywood Presbyterian Church (1937), and Shigin Society in Los Angeles (1938).

box 4

Photo album of Thomas Kohachiro Takeshita 1941-1973

Scope and Contents

Includes Japanese translation of the Heart Mountain Constitution, indefinite leave from Heart Mountain September 1, 1943, translation of announcement of the closing of Heart Mountain camp