Finding Aid for the Ruth W. Kingman Papers Related to the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, 1941-1952
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
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Finding Aid for the Ruth W. Kingman Papers Related to the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, 1941-1952
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/
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- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2008
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Ruth W. Kingman Papers Related to the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play,
Date (inclusive): 1941-1952
Collection number: 2010
Creator:
Kingman, Ruth W.
Extent:
1 box
(0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Ruth W. Kingman was the Executive Secretary of the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play. The collection
consists of correspondence and other papers related to the activities of that organization and Ruth W. Kingman's involvement
in it. Includes materials related to the Tanforan Assembly Center, the Central Utah WRA (War Relocation Authority) Center
in Topaz, Utah, correspondence with Japanese evacuees and incidental papers on the naturalization of 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], Ruth W. Kingman Papers Related to the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play,
Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Ruth W. Kingman was the Executive Secretary of the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence and other papers related to the activities of the Pacific Coast Committee on American
Principles and Fair Play and Ruth W. Kingman's involvement in the organization. Includes materials related to the Tanforan
Assembly Center and the Central Utah War Relocation Authority (WRA) Center in Topaz, Utah. Includes Kingman's correspondence
with Japanese evacuees, including Chiura Obata on the Tanforan Center Art School, and American soldiers. Also includes incidental
papers on the naturalization of Japanese.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kingman, Ruth W.--Archives.
Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles).
Women civic leaders--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Archival resources.
Related Material
Citizenship in a Democracy {oral history transcript} / Harry L. Kingman, interviewee. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley, California, 1973.
Japanese-American Relocation Reviewed {oral history transcript}. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California,
1976.
Kingman Papers
1941-1952
Physical Description: 7 folders
Box 154, Folder 4
Kingman correspondence
re the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.
May 1942-ca. January 1946
Physical Description: (78 items)
Box 154, Folder 5
Kingman correspondence with American soldiers on the treatment of Japanese Americans.
August-December 1943
Physical Description: (19 letters)
Box 154, Folder 6
Kingman correspondence with Japanese evacuees.
April 1942-March 1945
Physical Description: (47 letters)
Scope and Content Note
Mostly in 1942.
Box 154, Folder 7
Correspondence and documents
re a Christmas program at the Central Utah WRA center, Topaz, Utah.
December 1942
Physical Description: (29 items)
Box 154, Folder 8
Kingman correspondence with Chiura Obata on the Art School in the Tanforan Assembly Center and the Central Utah WRA Center,
Topaz, Utah.
May-November 1942
Physical Description: (15 letters)
Box 154, Folder 9
Documents and printed materials
re the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.
1942-1945
Physical Description: (19 items)
Box 154 , Folder 9
A brief historical report of the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.
October 1, 1941-December 15, 1945
Physical Description: (13pp. + appendix, mimeographed, 1 item)
Box 154 , Folder 9
News releases, reports, and circulars.
October 1941-November 1945
Physical Description: (11 items, mimeographed)
Box 154 , Folder 9
3 undated reports and 1 notebook of Kingman memos.
Physical Description: (Carbon copies, 4 items)
Box 154 , Folder 9
Other incidental papers.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 154, Folder 10
Incidental papers on the naturalization of Japanese.
1946-1952
Physical Description: (16 items)
