Finding Aid for the Matsunosuke Oi Papers, 1906-1966
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library Special Collections
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Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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Finding Aid for the Matsunosuke Oi Papers, 1906-1966
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
Collection number: 2010
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone:310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2008
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Matsunosuke Oi Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1906-1966
Collection number: 2010
Creator:
Oi, Matsunosuke
Extent: 1 box(0.5 linear ft.) and 1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Matsunosuke Oi was born in 1885 in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He arrived in the United States in 1906 and was a merchant and
community leader in Southern California and an active officer in various Japanese associations including being a founding
member of the postwar Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California. A bulk of the collection is about his participation
in that association. The collection also includes materials related to his life: personal papers including manuscripts of
his autobiography, correspondence related to the seizure of Oi's properties during his wartime internment, and a scrapbook
with newspaper clippings from the local press. Some materials in the collection are in Japanese.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Copyright has not been assigned to Library Special Collections, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Library
Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Matsunosuke Oi Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Matsunosuke Oi was born in 1885; a native of Kochi Prefecture, he arrived in the United States in 1906; he was a merchant
and community leader in Southern California; he was an active officer in various Japanese associations and was a founding
member of the postwar Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials related to the life of Matsunosuke Oi. The bulk of the collection is made up of Oi's association
with the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California and includes bylaws, notices, announcements, miscellaneous reports,
and financial reports. There are also miscellaneous reports and other material related to the Japanese American Citizens League.
Also contains personal papers of Oi and includes manuscripts of his autobiography, correspondence related to the seizure of
Oi's properties during his wartime internment, and a scrapbook with newspaper clippings from the local press (December 1941-April
1942).
Some materials in the collection are in Japanese.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Oi, Matsunosuke--Archives.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles).
Businessmen--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--California--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Clippings.
Related Material
Oi Papers
1906-1966
Physical Description: 1.5 linear ft.
Biographical materials and Miscellaneous Materials
Physical Description: 1.5 linear ft.
Scope and Content Note
Includes papers, a scrapbook on World War II and internment, and documents on the postwar Japanese Chamber of Commerce of
Southern California.
Box 132, Folder 1
3 manuscripts of Oi's autobiography.
Box 132 , Folder 1
Kuni o dete kara watakushi no ayunda ato, 1906-1966 [characters] [My life in the United States, 1906-1966].
1966
Physical Description: (Manuscript, 56pp. Photocopy, 1 item)
Box 132 , Folder 1
Shussei yori chgakko sotsugy made: zempen [characters] [My childhood: Volume I] (incomplete).
n.d.
Physical Description: (Manuscript, 5pp., photocopy)
Box 132 , Folder 1
Watakushi no jigy nenbetsuhy [characters] [A chronological listing of my jobs and occupations in the United States, 1908-1960].
ca. 1960
Physical Description: (Manuscript, 7pp. Photocopy, 1 item)
Box 132, Folder 2
Documents
re Oi's wartime internment.
1942-1945
Physical Description: (5 items)
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence
re the alleged illegal seizure of Oi's properties by his Caucasian friends during his internment, 1942-1944; and a Japanese translation of the Geneva Convention, 1942-1945.
Box 132, Folder 3
Documents
re the Nanka Nikkeijin Kygikai [characters] [Japanese American Community Council of Los Angeles].
1947-1948
Physical Description: (6 items)
Scope and Content Note
Includes a listing of the original members and the objectives of the organization.
Box 132, Folder 4
Documents
re the Nanka Nikkeijin Kai [characters] [Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California].
1950
Physical Description: (2 items)
Box 132 , Folder 4
Nanka Nikkeijin Kai Kaisoku [characters] [Bylaws].
Scope and Content Note
Original and amended versions.
Box 132 , Folder 4
Kaih [characters] [
Bulletin], vol. II, no. 12; vol. III, no. 1.
December 1, 1950; January 1, 1951
Box 132, Folder 5
Scattered issues of the
Nanka Nissh Kaih [characters] [Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California
Bulletin], no. 1- .
December 12, 1948-October 15, 1949
Physical Description: (25 issues)
Box 132, Folder 6
Kaikei Hokoku [characters] (financial reports) of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California (Incomplete).
December 1952-October 1958
Physical Description: (30 reports)
Box 132, Folder 7
Notices, announcements and miscellaneous reports of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California.
ca. 1950-1958
Physical Description: (32 pieces)
Scope and Content Note
Includes newspaper clippings on the organization.
Box 132, Folder 8
Nanka Nikkeijin Kai Meibo [characters] [Directory, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California]. Los Angeles.
September 1950; October 1, 1950
Physical Description: (Ditto, 10pp., 1 item)
Scope and Content Note
Appends the
Nanka Nikkeijin Kai [
Bulletin], vol. II, no. 10.
Box 132, Folder 9
Documents
re the Rafu Seinan Nikkeijin Shiny Chochiku Kumiai [characters] [Los Angeles Southwest Japanese Credit Union].
ca. 1954-1956
Physical Description: (4 pieces)
Scope and Content Note
Includes a copy of the bylaws (Mimeographed) and Bulletin no. 55 (May 1, 1956).
Box 132, Folder 10
Papers
re the Shink Tshi Kabushiki Kaisha [characters] [Shink Investment Company, Inc.].
1956-1958
Physical Description: (3 pieces)
Box 132, Folder 11
Reports and other materials distributed by the Anti-discrimination Committee of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).
1948-1949
Physical Description: (37 items, Mimeographed)
Box 132, Folder 12
Miscellaneous reports and other materials
re the JACL.
1946-1960
Physical Description: (25 items)
Box 132, Folder 13
Miscellaneous materials. Postwar.
Physical Description: (20 items)
Box 722
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings from local presses, from the outbreak of World War II to the evacuation from the
West Coast.
December 1941-April 1942
Physical Description: (1 oversize scrapbook)
