Manuscripts
Internment publications
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Photograph albums and oversize photographs
Manuscripts
Two photograph albums featuring images from Amache, and a series of documentary photographs of the forced removal of Japanese Americans.
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Thomas and Ruth Shigekuni papers
Manuscripts
Correspondence, photographs, documents, and other materials related to Thomas and Ruth Shigekuni, first generation Japanese Americans living in the western United States. The collection documents significant events and themes of the 20th century including the Japanese American incarceration during World War II, military service in the Korean War, the growth of the agricultural industry in Southern California, and the lives and communities of Japanese Americans. Considerable material related to the Granada War Relocation Center, also known as Camp Amache, documents the experiences of the Shigekuni family and other incarcerated residents, and includes newsletters and brochures, historical reports, photographs, reunions, interviews, and publications. There is also correspondence, photographs, and other documents related to Thomas and Ruth Shigekuni and their families, particularly Thomas Shigekuni's parents and siblings, and his education and military service. The collection also includes business records related to Centrose Nursery, the family business located in the Compton area of Los Angeles, and documentation of Thomas and Ruth Shigekuni's involvement with professional, community, and religious organizations such as the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, the Church of Christ, and the Japanese American Citizens League.
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Church of Christ
Manuscripts
Correspondence, photographs, documents, and other materials related to Thomas and Ruth Shigekuni, first generation Japanese Americans living in the western United States. The collection documents significant events and themes of the 20th century including the Japanese American incarceration during World War II, military service in the Korean War, the growth of the agricultural industry in Southern California, and the lives and communities of Japanese Americans. Considerable material related to the Granada War Relocation Center, also known as Camp Amache, documents the experiences of the Shigekuni family and other incarcerated residents, and includes newsletters and brochures, historical reports, photographs, reunions, interviews, and publications. There is also correspondence, photographs, and other documents related to Thomas and Ruth Shigekuni and their families, particularly Thomas Shigekuni's parents and siblings, and his education and military service. The collection also includes business records related to Centrose Nursery, the family business located in the Compton area of Los Angeles, and documentation of Thomas and Ruth Shigekuni's involvement with professional, community, and religious organizations such as the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, the Church of Christ, and the Japanese American Citizens League.
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Camp Amache/Granada War Relocation Center
Manuscripts
Materials related to the Granada War Relocation Center, also known as Camp Amache, and the experiences of the Shigekuni family and other incarcerated residents. Includes newsletters and brochures, historical reports, photographs, and other materials related to the camp, as well as documentation of reunions, an interview with Tom Shigekuni, and publications about other internment camps for Japanese Americans.
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442nd Infantry Regiment
Manuscripts
Writings by Thomas Shigekuni, photographs, reunion documentation, and publications related to the 442nd Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, which was composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry.
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Civilian exclusion order. No. 22
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Broadside instructing Japanese American residents in the west downtown area of the City of Los Angeles that they will not be pernitted to remain in the designated area as of May 1, 1942. It also instructs "a responsible member of each family, and each individual living alone" to report to the Civil Control Station at 2314 South Vermont on April 25 and 26, 1942. Part of a series of proclamations posted prior to the mass incarceration of the Japanese population of the Los Angeles area.
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