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Finding Aid for the Yasukichi Iwasaki Papers, 1899-1965
2010
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Title: Yasukichi Iwasaki Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1899-1965
Collection number: 2010
Creator:
Iwasaki, Yasukichi
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Iwasaki was born in 1876. A native of the Shiga Prefecture, he arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1899 and
entered the United States in 1901. He worked as a section hand in Missoula, Montana, a cannery worker in Anacortes, Washington,
and a hotel manager in Tacoma, Washington. In 1904 he started to farm in Washington and eventually moved to Hillsboro, Oregon,
to settle down as a farmer in 1913. He and his family were interned in the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho, during
World War II. The collection consists of handwritten autobiographical sketches and diaries of Yasukichi Iwasaki, 1899-1900
and 1917-45. The entire collection is 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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
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.
[Identification of item], Yasukichi Iwasaki Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA
Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233210
Iwasaki was born in 1876; a native of the Shiga Prefecture, he arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1899 and
entered the United States in 1901; he worked as a section hand in Missoula, Montana, a cannery worker in Anacortes, Washington,
and a hotel manager in Tacoma, Washington; in 1904 he started to farm in Washington and eventually moved to Hillsboro, Oregon,
to settle down as a farmer in 1913; he and his family were interned in the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho, during
World War II.
Collection consists of handwritten autobiographical sketches and diaries of Yasukichi Iwasaki, 1899-1900 and 1917-45.
The entire collection is in Japanese.
Arranged in the following series:
- Handwritten autobiographical sketches (Box 82).
- Diaries (Boxes 82-85).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Iwasaki, Yasukichi--Archives.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles).
Japanese American farmers--Northwest, Pacific--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Archival resources.
Diaries.
Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010)
. Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.