This collection contains correspondence from Stanley Hayami and Sach Hayami, personal items and documents belonging to Stanley Hayami, ephemera, photographs of soldiers, artifacts, drawings, and newspapers.

Stanley Kunio Hayami was born December on 23, 1925 in Los Angeles to Naicho and Asano Hayami. Stanley had an older brother named Frank, an older sister named Sachiko (“Sach”), and a younger brother named Walter (“Walt”). At one point Sach began goign by Grace. The Hayami family owned and operated a nursey in San Gabriel until the passage of Executive Order 9066. The Hayamis left their home in San Gabriel to live in Los Angeles for one month before transferring to the Pomona Assembly Center and then moving to Heart Mountain in August 1942.

1.50 linear feet

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