Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Fujita, Toshiro
- Abstract:
- Reports relating to Japanese settlements in São Paulo state, Brazil.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In Japanese and Portuguese
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Fujita Toshiro reports, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of official survey reports (nos. 1-2) of some of the earliest Japanese immigrant community and new settlement areas for future Japanese settlements from the São Paulo state, Brazil in 1911-1912, with Fujita's personal notes; classified documents dispatched from the Japanese embassy in Brazil to Japan; letters addressed to Foreign Minister Uchida, Kosai in Japan; and a letter of Tokyo Imin Kaisha (Tokyo immigrant agency). Also included are photographs of European settlements in the state of São Paulo, agricultural maps of Sao Paolo, a draft contract for Japanese settlers in Liberdade (in Japanese and Portuguese), and a Liberdade settlement plan proposal.
- Biographical / historical:
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Japanese acting minister to Brazil.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2017.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Japanese -- Brazil
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Fujita Toshiro reports, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563