Finding Aid for the Yasukichi Iwasaki Papers, 1899-1965
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
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Biological and Medical Sciences --Agriculture --General
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Geographical (By Place) --United States (excluding California)
History --History, United States (excluding California) --History, Idaho
Geographical (By Place) --United States (excluding California) --Idaho
Finding Aid for the Yasukichi Iwasaki Papers, 1899-1965
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
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
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.
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], Yasukichi Iwasaki Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA
Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of handwritten autobiographical sketches and diaries of Yasukichi Iwasaki, 1899-1900 and 1917-45.
The entire collection is in Japanese.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Handwritten autobiographical sketches (Box 82).
- Diaries (Boxes 82-85).
Indexing Terms
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.
Related Material
Container List
Iwasaki Papers
1899-1965
Physical Description: 2.0 linear ft.
Brief Handwritten Autobiographical Sketches and Diaries
1899-1900 & 1917-1945
Physical Description: 2.0 linear ft.
Box 82, Folder 1
Handwritten autobiographical sketches.
n.d. (ca. 1965)
Physical Description: (Manuscripts, 4 items)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Box 82
Diaries.
1899-1900 & 1917-1922
Physical Description: (1 notebook & 6 diary-books)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Scope and Content Note
The entries in the first diary, 1899-1900, begin on September 29, 1899, the day on which he left his native village in Shiga
Prefecture for his long trip to America.
Box 83
Diaries.
1923-1929
Physical Description: (7 diary-books)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Box 84
Diaries.
1930-1937
Physical Description: (8 diary-books)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Box 85
Diaries.
1938-1945
Physical Description: (7 diary-books)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Scope and Content Note
Includes the diaries kept at the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho.
