Guide to the Honda family papers M2555
Gurudarshan Khalsa
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2021
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Honda family papers
source:
Chapman, Barney
Identifier/Call Number: M2555
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear Feet
(1 manuscript storage box, 4 flat boxes, and 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1915-1951, 1995
Content Description
This collection consists of approximately 950 photos and 144 postcards of the Honda family and other scenes. The Honda family
lived in Sacramento and California starting in the 1910s. The images depict family life, street scenes, school assemblies,
church congregations, funerals, weddings, Boy Scouts, social gatherings, and landmarks. The collection also includes images
from the Tule Lake Internment Camp. The locations are primarily in California and Japan but also include other locations.
The captions on the photographs are primarily in Japanese, while the postcard captions are in English and Japanese.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Honda family papers, M2555, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.)
Japanese Americans -- History
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans -- California, Northern.
Japanese American families
Chapman, Barney
Box 1, Folder 1
Family photographs from Japan
Box 1, Folder 2
Family photographs from Japan, Hawaii, and California
Box 1, Folder 3
School and family photographs
Box 1, Folder 4
Tule Lake Internment Camp and other photographs
Box 2, object 1
Post Card Album
Scope and Contents
The album consists of blank postcards mostly depicting California, and Japan. Also includes images of the observatory on Mt.
Hamilton in Santa Clara County.
Box 2, object 2
Photograph album
Scope and Contents
This album consists of photographs of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and blank postcards mostly depicting landmarks
and other scenes in Japan and California.
Box 3, object 1
Family photograph album
1932-1939
Box 3, object 2
Family photograph album
1931-1935
Box 4, object 1
Family photograph album
1939-1949
Scope and Contents
Includes images of Tule Lake Internment Camp.
Box 4, object 2
Family photograph album
1915-1928
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of family, landmarks, and street scenes, in Sacrament, San Francisco, and other locations. Includes images
of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Also includes blank postcards depicting Japan.
Box 4, object 3
Family photograph album
1923-1928
Scope and Contents
Primarily consists of family portraits.
Box 5
Photographs
circa 1920s-1951, 1995
Scope and Contents
The images include funerals, weddings, church congregations, a delivery truck, family, and other images.
