Hoshimiya Family Papers, 1910-1968

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Summary

Creators:
Hoshimiya Family
Abstract:
Tosuke Hoshimiya was born in 1886. A native of Miyagi prefecture, he graduated from Thoku Gakuin and arrived in the United States in 1906. He served as principal for various Japanese language schools in the Los Angeles area (Brawley, Moneta, Torrance, El Segundo, and Los Angeles) until December 1941. He was incarcerated in internment camps at Fort Missoula, Montana, and Lordsburg, New Mexico, until he later joined his family at the Granada Relocation Center in Amache, Colorado. He served as a Japanese language instructor for the Military language program at the University of Michigan, 1945-46. He married Sadayo Hoshimiya (née Nagai) in 1915. She was also a native of Miyagi Prefecture, and she attended Utsunomiya Women's School in Japan and arrived in the United States in 1914. She was a Japanese language school teacher, and she and Tosuke had three children. The collection consists of correspondence, business records, publications, Japanese language instructional materials for children and adult education classes, and other documents about the Hoshimiya family. There are English and Japanese materials in the collection.
Extent:
14 boxes (7 linear ft.)
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, business records, publications, Japanese language instructional materials for children and adult education classes, and other documents about the Hoshimiya family. The collection primarily relates to Tosuke Hoshimiya and his wife, Sadayo. Correspondence includes letters to various people interned in the United States during World War II. Also includes church bulletins and religious publications from various Japanese churches in the United States.

Materials in the collection are in English and Japanese.

Biographical / historical:

Tosuke Hoshimiya was born in 1886; a native of Miyagi Prefecture, he graduated from Thoku Gakuin and arrived in the United States in 1906; served as principal for various Japanese language schools in the Los Angeles area until December 1941; incarcerated in internment camps at Fort Missoula, Montana, and Lordsburg, New Mexico, until he later joined his family at the Granada Relocation Center in Amache, Colorado; he served as a Japanese language instructor for the Military language program, University of Michigan, 1945-46; he married Sadayo Hoshimiya (née Nagai) in 1915; she was also a native of Miyagi Prefecture; she attended Utsunomiya Women's School in Japan and arrived in the United States in 1914; she was a Japanese language school teacher, and she and Tosuke had three children.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Personal correspondence of the Hoshimiyas, 1931-68 (Boxes 63-68).
  2. Materials relating to Sadayo Hoshimiya's funeral, biographical materials of Tosuke Hoshimiya, and documents on the Thoku Gakuin, Sendai, and Riverside scholarship program (Box 69).
  3. Business and non-personal correspondence, records on the Hoshimiya property during the war, and their evacuation property loss claims (Box 70).
  4. Tax records (Box 71).
  5. Japanese language instructional materials compiled by Tosuke Hoshimiya (Boxes 72-74).
  6. Hoshimiya's naturalization records and documents relating to the Japanese Hospital of Los Angeles and the Pasadena Japanese Community Center (Box 74).
  7. Church bulletins and religious publications (Boxes 75-76).

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.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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