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Gerda Isenberg papers, 1931-1990.
BANC MSS 94/210 cLOCALBANC MSS C-B 738 [no longer used]LOCAL
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Title:
Gerda Isenberg papers, 1931-1990Creator/Contributor:
Isenberg, Gerda, 1901-1997, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Zenzes, Gertrude.Abstract:
Consist of correspondence, writings, speeches, reports, interviews, subject files, clippings, a scrapbook, photographs and
ephemera. Collection includes records of the European Bookshop (1931-1936), papers of her Civil Rights activities (1941-1984),
including the focus of the collection, Japanese-American relocation (1942-1951), her campaign for California State Assembly
(1950), and records of the Yerba Buena Nursery (1983-1990). The Japanese-American relocation papers include correspondence
and interviews of evacuees while chairmen of the Palo Alto Committee on Fair Play and American Principles, materials supporting
Japanese-American involvement in the war effort, reports for the War Relocation Authority (WRA), and the American Friends
Service Committee, including a report of her visit to Tule Lake, and publications of the Japanese-American Citizens League.
Date:
1931 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBookstores -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- California -- Interviews
Civil rights workers -- California
Refugees -- United States
Elections -- California
Librairies -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Histoire
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Américains d'origine japonaise
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- Entretiens
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme -- Californie
Réfugiés -- États-Unis
Élections -- Californie
Bookstores
Civil rights workers
Elections
Japanese Americans
Refugees
United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans
États-Unis -- Forces armées -- Américains d'origine japonaise
California
California -- San Francisco
United States
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
European Book Shop -- Archives
Tule Lake Relocation Center.
Japanese American Citizens' League.
United States. -- War Relocation Authority.
Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play. -- Palo Alto Chapter.
American Friends Service Committee. -- Northern California Regional Office.
Society of Friends -- California
Yerba Buena Nursery (Woodside, Calif.) -- Archives
California. -- Legislature. -- Assembly -- Elections
American Friends Service Committee. -- Northern California Regional Office
California. -- Legislature. -- Assembly
Japanese American Citizens' League.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Tule Lake Relocation Center.
United States. -- War Relocation Authority
Isenberg, Gerda -- 1901-1997 -- Archives
Walker, John T
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COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1994.036--PIC).
Gerda Isenberg, born June 8, 1901 near Hamburg, Germany, came to Carmel, Calif., via Hawaii, in 1923. In the 1930's Isenberg
co-owned the European Bookshop with Gertrude Zenzes, became interested in Quaker views and joined the Society of Friends,
and helped to resettle European refugees. In 1941 she purchased a cattle ranch in Woodside, Calif. where she founded Yerba
Buena Nursery in 1960 and where she work for the rest of her life. During World War II she visited the Tule Lake Internment
Camp and after the war helped relocate the Japanese-American internees. In 1947, she was involved in the case of John T. Walker
whose house in Redwood City, Calif. was burned down by the Ku Klux Klan. In 1950, Isenberg campaigned unsuccessfully for a
seat in the California State Assembly. Gerda Isenberg died June 11, 1997 in San Mateo County, Calif.
Type:
Archives.History.
Interviews.
Physical Description:
print
4 boxes, 2 v. (1.8 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 94/210 cLOCAL
BANC MSS C-B 738 [no longer used]LOCAL
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.