Inventory of the Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs SPC.2018.057
Jennifer Hill
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
05-06-2020
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs
Creator:
Hiranuma, Edna
Creator:
Hiranuma, John
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2018.057
Physical Description:
4.66 Megabytes
24 jpeg files
Date (inclusive): 1942-1945
Abstract: This collection contains photographs of the Hiranuma family and others at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Images in
the collection include barracks, incarcerees, and life at the camp. All of the items in this collection have been digitized
and are available online.
Language of Material:
English
.
Hiranuma Family
John K. Hiranuma, Michael Hiranuma's father, was born in the late 1800s and moved from Hokkaido or Yezu, Japan to the United
States before World War II. Edna Ouchi, Michael's mother, was born in Hawaii around 1916 and moved to California in the 1940s.
During World War II, John Hiranuma and Edna Ouchi both moved to the Santa Anita racetrack and then to the Heart Mountain incarceration
camp. They arrived at the camp in September 1942. In October 1943, John and Edna got married and had their son, Michael Shigeo
Hiranuma, a year later. After leaving the camp on June 15, 1945, the family moved to Buffalo, New York. After leaving New
York, the family moved to Los Angeles, California.
Scope and Contents
Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs (1942-1945) contains 4.66 mb of digitized photographs donated at a Scanning Day event in
2018. The photographs belonged to John and Edna Hiranuma and are related to the Hiranuma family during their incarceration
at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Images include camp barracks and incarcerees.
Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Mike Hiranuma donated the digitized photographs during a Scanning Day event in 2018. The original material was returned to
the donor.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the
Director of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Existence and Location of Originals
This collection contains digital reproductions created from loaned material. The donor retained the original items.
Related Materials
Processing Information for Digitized Materials
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digital reproductions from the original material for long-term preservation
and access. These preservation files (245 mb, 24 tif files) were scanned to and stored on the Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Deparment Drive. For more information on the best practices and standards for the digitization process, please see:
CSUJAD Techincal Reference Guide.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
All of the digitized photographs are available online at
Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs
They are also available on the Public Use Drive as JPG files at the Gerth Archives And Special Collections. Please request
copies at the reference desk.
Existence and Location of Copies
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese American families
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp
item Public Use Drive, folder Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs, folder mhf_001-_mhf_016
Photographs from the Heart Mountain incarceration camp
circa 1942-1945
Language of Material: English.
