Preliminary Inventory of the Kotoharu and Sumiye Inouye papers

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Title: Kotoharu and Sumiye Inouye papers
Date (inclusive): 1922-1947
Collection Number: 2019C47
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Japanese and English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Japanese American community and to internment of Inouye and his wife Sumiye during World War II.
Creator: Inouye, Kotoharu, 1884-1953
Creator: Inouye, Sumiye
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2020.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Kotoharu and Sumiye Inouye papers [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Biographical note.

Japanese immigrant to the United States.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

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Photograph, Copies of Drawings at Santa Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp, Certificates of Donations and Appreciation, and Awards 1922-1944

Scope and Contents

Includes donation certificates to Japan.
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"神道大要" (Summary of Shinto) published at Lordsburg U.S. Army Internment Camp 1943 January

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"間府衛生法 第一編" (Hygiene in Confinement, vol. 1) 1943 July 7

Scope and Contents

Published at Santa Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp
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"転住計画の全貌" (The Relocation Program), War Relocation Authority, Washington D.C. 1943 March 5

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"暁炎" (Haiku Collection) 1945 August 15

Scope and Contents

Published at Topaz Japanese American Internment Camp
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請願書 (Petition for Fair Treatment of Japanese American Soldiers) circa 1944

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Correspondence from Friends and Family from Japan to Kotoharu Inouye 1943-1944

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Correspondence from Japan via the Red Cross 1942-1943

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Correspondence from Friends at Santa Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp and Topaz Internment Camp to Kotoharu Inouye 1942-1944

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Correspondence from wife Sumiye and son Hirosuke Inouye circa 1942-1943

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Receipt for Funds of Prisoner of War 1942-1944

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Donation Acknowledgement to the Topaz Student Aid Fund 1944 June 29

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Parole Request to the Department of Justice 1944 March 9

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加州大学日本人学生会 "麥嶺学窓" (California University Japanese Student Association, Alumni Journal 1926 April

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Third America Japan Student Conference 1936

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Statistical Abstract of the South Manchuria Railway Company; Japan Tourist Bureau Railroad Timetable (Japan and Manchuria) 1933 1935

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Postcards and brochure of the Tatsuta-maru circa 1935

Scope and Contents

The original brochure is in the preservation dept.
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上海事変戦跡案内(Guide for Shanghai Incident Battle Sites) circa 1935

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Sumiye Inouye's journal 1911-1912

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Sumiye Inouye's journal 1913

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Sumiye Inouye's journal 1922

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Sumiye Inouye's journal 1924

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Sumiye Inouye's journal 1943

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Sumiye Inouye's journal circa 1943-1944

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Sumiye Inouye's journal 1944

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Sumiye Inouye's journal 1949

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Sumiye Inouye's journal 1957

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米国市民読本 (Guidebook on United States Citizenship) 1953

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"神の都 紫苑" (God's Capital: Zion) 1946-1947

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報告書高知慈善協会 (Report by Kochi Benevolence Society) 1950