Shimada (Moriyuki) Scrapbook, 1942-1945

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Summary

Title:
Moriyuki Shimada scrapbook
Dates:
1942-1945
Creators:
Shimada, Moriyuki, 1920-2000
Abstract:
Moriyuki Shimada was twenty-two years old when he and his family were forcibly removed from their home in Santa Clara, California to the Heart Mountain Concentration Camp in Wyoming. Shimada created a scrapbook after the war with the photographs he had taken and collected during his incarceration.
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Moriyuki Shimada Scrapbook. 92.10, Japanese American National Museum. Los Angeles, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

The 108 photographs in this scrapbook consist of snapshots of friends, family, social and sporting events. The original scrapbook, created after the war, was dismantled and the photographs removed for preservation purposes.

Biographical / historical:

Moriyuki Shimada (1920-2000) was twenty-two years old when he and his family were forcibly removed from their home in Santa Clara, California to the Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming.

Acquisition information:
The scrapbook was acquired in 1992 as a gift of Mori Shimada.
Processing information:

Items were processed by museum staff, then described and encoded by Snowden Becker and Michael C. Conkin in 2000. The EAD encoding and administrative information was updated in 2017 by Jamie Henricks.

Physical description:
1 scrapbook (108 photographs)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Snowden Becker and Michael C. Conkin.
Date Prepared:
© 2000
Date Encoded:
Textual frontmatter derived from MS-Word by Snowden Becker; container list derived from MS-Access by Michael Conkin. Date of source: 2000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

By appointment only. Please contact the Collections Management and Access Unit (collections@janm.org). Advanced notice is required.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Collections Management and Access Unit at the Japanese American National Museum (collections@janm.org).

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Moriyuki Shimada Scrapbook. 92.10, Japanese American National Museum. Los Angeles, CA.

Location of this collection:
Collections Management & Access Unit
100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012, US
Contact:
213-625-0414
collections@janm.org
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