Japanese diaspora collection, 1889-2023

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Summary

Abstract:
Reports, pamphlets, postcards, other printed matter, photographs, and digital materials relating to Japanese immigration to the United States and elsewhere, the Japanese community in the United States, and Japanese American internment during World War II.
Extent:
7 manuscript boxes, 13 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders (18.5 Linear Feet) and 528 digital files (.53 GB Gigabytes)
Language:
In Japanese and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Japanese diaspora collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The Japanese diaspora collection consists of reports, rare historical documents, digital files, rosters, photographs, maps, pamphlets, posters, postcards, and other printed matter relating to the Japanese diaspora, primarily to the Americas. The collection includes series such as the Japantowns of San Francisco and Los Angeles, the departing ports of Yokohama and Kobe in Japan, Japanese export industry and shipping companies, internment camps during World War II, Japanese agriculture and flower growing businesses in the United States, and Japanese government survey reports on the Japanese settlement in Brazil, among others.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2017, 2023.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Japanese diaspora collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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