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Japanese American Citizens' League. Portland Chapter

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Yasui Brothers business records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2949
Abstract The Yasui Brothers business records document the Yasui family’s business, personal, and community-related activities in Hood River, Oregon, from the start of the 20th century until World War II. The collection is composed primarily of correspondence, business operation records, and financial files from the Yasui Bros. Co. general stores that Masuo Yasui and his brother Renichi Fujimoto operated from 1908 to 1942, as well as their orchards and farms in the Hood River Valley, and the various...
Dates: 1904-1990; Majority of material found within 1908-1942

Yasui family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 949
Abstract This collection includes correspondence, personal papers, and photographs of three generations of the Yasui family. Major topics represented in the collection include the first (Issei) generation’s immigration to Oregon in the early 1900s; the family's business and community activities in Hood River, Oregon, through 1942; the forced removal and incarceration of Yasui family members during World War II; and advocacy for redress and on behalf of Japanese American history by members of the...
Dates: 1873-2023; Majority of material found within 1910-1995

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Agriculture -- Oregon -- Hood River Valley 1
Civil Rights 1
Fruit growers -- Oregon -- Hood River Valley 1
Hood River (Or.) 1
Immigrant business enterprises -- Oregon -- Hood River 1