Japanese Americans -- Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hideto Tomita letters
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2704
Abstract
Hideto Tomita was a Portland, Oregon, Japanese American who was incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka camp in Idaho and later joined the 442nd regiment of the U.S. Army. Collection consists of Tomita's correspondence with Cora B. Oliver, a former teacher, 1942-1945, regarding his experiences of incarceration, of basic training in Mississippi, and of life at the front in Italy and France.
Dates:
1942-1945
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