Yasui, Miki, 1926-2018
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Yabe family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 982
Abstract
This collection consists of papers of and relating to members of a Japanese American family. The materials date from the early 20th century to 2022, and particularly highlight the experiences of Mitsuye (Jyoko) Yabe (1897-1985), who immigrated to California from Japan around 1917, and her youngest daughter, Miyuki (Yabe) Yasui (1926-2018).
Included are Mitsuye Yabe's correspondence (in Japanese), original documents and materials of Yabe family members, Miyuki Yasui's research files and...
Dates:
1900-2022
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