Finding Aid for the Shasui Takayanagi Papers, ca. 1943
Processed by Anne Caiger; machine-readable finding aid created by Amy Shung-Gee Wong
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2001
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
Area, Interdisciplinary, and Ethnic Studies--Asian American Studies
History--United States and North American History
Geographical (By Place)--United States
Arts and Humanities--Art--Painting
Finding Aid for the Shasui Takayanagi Papers, ca. 1943
Collection number: 1370
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of 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:
- Manuscripts Division staff, December 1984 & July 1986
- Encoded by:
- Amy Shung-Gee Wong
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Amy Shung-Gee Wong, November 2000
- Funding:
- This online finding aid has been funded in part by a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Shasui Takayanagi Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1943
Collection number: 1370
Creator:
Takayanagi, Shasui
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Takayanagi was interned at Heart Mountain Relocation Center in northwestern Wyoming near the cities of Cody and Powell. It
was one of ten United States government camps used to house Japanese Americans during World War II under the administration
of the War Relocation Authority (WRA). It opened in August 1942 and closed in November 1945, holding more than 10,000 internees
at its peak. Collection consists of paintings, memorabilia, and ephemera related to Heart Mountain Relocation Camp during
the 1940s. Some of the 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, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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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: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of 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
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Shasui Takayanagi, 1984.
Funding
This online finding aid has been funded in part by a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Shasui Takayanagi Papers (Collection 1370). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Takayanagi was interned at Heart Mountain Relocation Center in northwestern Wyoming near the cities of Cody and Powell. It
was one of ten U.S. government camps used to house Japanese Americans during World War II under the administration of the
War Relocation Authority (WRA). It opened in August 1942 and closed in November 1945, holding more than 10,000 internees at
its peak.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of paintings, memorabilia, and ephemera related to Heart Mountain Relocation Camp during the 1940s.
Materials in this collection are in Japanese and English.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Takayanagi, Shasui--Archives.
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Archival resources.
Paintings.
Related Material
Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010). Available
at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Japanese American Research Project -
Fading Footsteps of the Issei (Collection 2010). Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
Shasui Takayanagi Papers, v.p., ca. 1943-1945
Physical Description: (4 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Materials pertaining to Mr. Shasui Takayanagi's experiences in Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming.
Oversize Box 1
Memorabilia, handicrafts and paintings.
Box 2
Poems, letters and business documents.
Box 3
Poetry written in camp, issues of poetry magazine
Hokubei Tanka (1945), and envelopes (only) addressed to Mr. Takayanagi (ca. 1943-44).
Box 4
Miscellaneous printed and manuscript materials and 3 record albums.
Oversize Box 6
Watercolors, calligraphy and silk embroidery.