Guide to the Guide to the Donald H. Estes Papers
Jessica Silver-Sharp
Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego
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San Diego, CA 92162-0988
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Guide to the Guide to the Donald H. Estes Papers
Collection number: MSS-006
Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego
Special Collections
San Diego, California
- Processed by:
- Jessica Silver-Sharp
- Date Completed:
- 2007
- Encoded by:
- Jessica Silver-Sharp
© 2007 Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Donald Estes papers
Dates: 1887-2005
Bulk Dates: 1935-1995
Collection number: MSS-006
Creator:
Estes, Donald, 1936-2005
Collection Size:
6 linear feet
Repository:
Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego.
San Diego, California 92162-0988
Abstract: Donald H. Estes (1936-2005) was a San Diego based historian and educator who wrote and taught about the Japanese American
experience in Southern California and the nation. The bulk of his Papers contain his research files for his many books and
articles, his writings, and the the sources he collected from the Japanese American community in order to document their internment
during World War II. Other papers include Issei and Nisei oral history interview transcripts, papers reflecting Estes' service
to the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), research and documentation of California's Alien Land Laws, and a range of
unique primary source materials pertinent to the study of Japanese and Japanese Americans in San Diego and California.
Physical location: 10463 Austin Dr # F, Spring Valley, CA 91978
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred Citation
Donald Estes papers, MSS-006. Courtesy of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego.
Acquisition Information
The Papers were donated by Carol Estes in 2005.
Biography / Administrative History
Donald Hamilton Estes was born in Nebraska in 1936. He and his family moved to the San Diego North Park neighborhood in 1939.
He entered San Diego City College in 1954, and completed BA and Masters degrees from San Diego State University by 1966.
In 1960, Estes began teaching Advanced History and Government at La Jolla High School, leaving the school in 1967 to become
Professor of History and Political Science at San Diego City College. From 1969 to 1973 he also served as Adjunct Professor
of Education at the University of California at San Diego, and held a similar position at San Diego State University during
1974-1975. Also during the 1970s, Estes performed curriculum development work for the California Department of Education and
served as a Fellowships Program Evaluator for the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1986 San Diego City College awarded
Estes the Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching. He retired from San Diego City College in 2003.
Estes sat on the Board of the San Diego Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League from 1967 on, and served twice as
president. He was a founding member of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego (JAHSSD) and served that organization
as historian, curator and in other significant capacities. Estes was among the first historians to serve on the Scholarly
Advisory Board of the Japanese American National Museum beginning in 1989.
Estes' oral history interviews and research produced six books, published between 1971 and 1996. He also authored numerous
scholarly articles, many published in the Journal of San Diego History. Estes also curated exhibitions and served as adviser
or director of several films and video productions. At the time of his death, Estes was working on an extensive history of
the Japanese in America.
According to Ben Segawa, founding president and executive director of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego,
Estes was the acknowledged expert on the history of our community, the heart and soul of our organization. He was known as
an inspiring teacher and in his scholarly pursuits, addressed what he called a natural void that was waiting to be filled.
Estes both collected and generated significant materials that would otherwise not be available for research today. He died
on May 7, 2005 at the age of 68.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Donald Estes Papers comprise his professional research, writings and teaching materials as well as the primary source
materials he collected for his study of the Japanese American experience with emphasis on San Diego County. Primarily the
Papers reflect his work as an educator and scholar, but also as a leader within the Japanese American community during the
late 1960s through 2005.
The Papers represent an important resource for understanding Estes and his passion for and contributions to the study of Japanese
Americans. Most apparently, they are a comprehensive resource for students and scholars of the internment, resettlement and
redress experiences of San Diego Japanese Americans, and a land mine resource for genealogists of the region.
Perhaps most unique to the collection are the primary source materials generated and collected by Estes over a period of more
than thirty years. Estes conducted more than 100 oral history interviews and also made possible the English translation of
a number of accounts of San Diego history in Japanese. Materials collected from San Diego Japanese American community members
and others include personal diaries and autobiographical writings, and significant internment camp records including rosters,
newspapers, poetry, art and ephemera. Estes also collected research materials from other archives including local, state and
federal records salient to the internment and its aftermath. Related to Estes career as educator are the research guides and
curriculum development materials he compiled, collected and wrote.
In addition to internment, topics well covered by the Papers include alien land laws of California, California census and
demographics statistics, San Diego County restrictive housing practices, the San Diego fishing industry, Japanese Americans
in the arts, and the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego.
The Papers contain minimal personal material reflecting Estes' private life.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into seven series:
Series 1. Alphabetical Subject Files, 1887-2005 (bulk, 1973-2004). 12 document boxes.
Series 2. Issei Nisei Interviews, 1909-2005 (bulk, 1971-2004). 4 document boxes.
Series 3. Japanese American Citizens League, 1969-1998 (bulk, 1970-1974), 2 document boxes.
Series 4. Japanese in San Diego Primary Source Files, 1887-1977, 1 document box.
Series 5. World War II Internment, 1935-1948, 5 document boxes.
Series 6. Newspaper Clipping Files, ca. 1960-2004, 1 document box.
Series 7. California Alien Land Laws, 1937-1994, 1 document box.
The collection is arranged to the folder level.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Breed, Clara E. (Clara Estelle), 1906-1994
Estes, Donald, 1936-2005
California--Alien Land Act of 1913
Japanese American Citizens' League
Poston Relocations Center (Ariz.)
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Newspapers
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Poetry
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Sources
Japanese Americans--California--San Diego
Japanese Americans--California--Interviews
Fishing industry--California--San Diego--History
Japanese American business enterprises--California--San Diego
Japanese Americans--California--San Diego--Directories
Japanese Americans--Study and teaching
Related Material
Processing of related collections is in progress. These include Estes' scholarly books and the thousands of photographs and
hundreds of artifacts he collected on behalf of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego.
Separated Material
REgenerations oral history project files have been transferred to the Institutional Archives of the Japanese American Historical
Society of San Diego.
Collection contents
Series 1.
Alphabetical files
1887-2005
1973-2004
Physical Description: 12 document boxes
Series Scope and Content Summary
Papers reflect Estes academic research interests in Japanese American history and the projects he lead on behalf of the Japanese
American Historical Society of San Diego. They reflect the depth of Estess personal and professional involvement with both
local and national Japanese American communities and organizations. Included are Estess writings, lectures, notes, correspondence,
and collected manuscripts and publications, newspaper clippings and organization files. Within this broad series about Japanese
and Americans of Japanese descent, predominant subjects include Californias alien land laws, California census and demographics,
San Diego housing restrictions, the San Diego fishing industry, Japanese Americans in the arts, the Japanese Friendship Garden
in San Diego's Balboa Park, and the World War II experience including subsequent resettlement, redress and reparations for
Japanese Americans. Early documents in this series are photocopies Estes obtained for his research purposes.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Box-Folder 1 : 1
Academic Research proposals and reports
1996-2002
Box-Folder 1 : 2
Agriculture, San Diego County Profiles in Flowers Book excerpts
1989
Box-Folder 1 : 3
Alien Land Laws, Alien Land Law of California court brief
1945
Box-Folder 1 : 4
Alien Land Laws, Earl Warren correspondence
1942-1944
Box-Folder 1 : 5
Alien Land Laws, family mortgage documents Yasukochi and Yoshimura
1937-1942
Box-Folder 1 : 6
Alien Land Laws, lease for Mission Valley land, Hosaka, Yano and Ito
1912
Box-Folder 1 : 7
Alien Land Laws, The Issei Farmer and the California Alien Land Law in San Diego County, Master of Arts thesis, T. D. Carnes
1979
Box-Folder 1 : 8
Alien Land Laws, People v. Nakamura
1932
Box-Folder 1 : 9
Alien Land Laws, People v. Oyama
1942-1946
Box-Folder 1 : 10
Alien Land Laws, Oyama v. State of California
1948
Box-Folder 1 : 11
Alien Land Laws, War Relocation Authority Solicitor General Opinion
1944
Box-Folder 1 : 12
Arab Americans and Japanese Americans, civil liberties articles
2001-2003
Box-Folder 1 : 13
Arizona Humanities Council, Transforming Barbed Wire, correspondence and publications
1997-1998
Box-Folder 1 : 14
Assimilation and Ethnic Identity in America, panel program
2003
Box-Folder 1 : 15
Baja California, articles and notes regarding fishing, hand drawn maps
1915-1972
Box-Folder 1 : 16
Baja California, map of Lower California and the Northwestern States of Mexico
1930
Box-Folder 1 : 17
Baker, Lillian, articles and correspondence with San Diego Historical Society
1983-1994
Box-Folder 1 : 18
Book Dealers catalogs
1990
Box-Folder 1 : 19
Book Reviews, Japanese American subjects
1995
Box-Folder 1 : 20
Book Reviews by Estes
1980-2003
Box-Folder 1 : 21
Breed, Clara. Dear Miss Breed, Joanne Oppenheim projects
2002-2006
Box-Folder 2 : 1
Breed, Clara. Dear Miss Breed, Joanne Oppenheim project photographs, copies
2005
Box-Folder 2 : 2
Breed, Clara. Exhibit at Japanese American National Museum
1997
Box-Folder 2 : 3
Breed, Clara. Index and description of letters at Japanese American National Museum
1998
Box-Folder 2 : 4
Breed Clara. Forwarding Address Required, National Postal Museum projects
2001
Box-Folder 2 : 5
Breed Clara. Letters, Estes notes, script for slide show
undated
Box-Folder 2 : 6
Breed Clara. News clippings
1988-2002
2006
Box-Folder 2 : 7
Breed Clara. Visitor's pass, Santa Anita Assembly Center
1942
Box-Folder 2 : 8
Breed Clara. Miscellaneous
1942-2001
Box-Folder 2 : 9
California Pacific International Exposition, letter to U. Obayashi
1934
Box-Folder 2 : 10
Census info. Japanese in San Diego, demographic statistics and Estes notes
1910-1950
Box-Folder 2 : 11
Census info. Japanese in San Diego, US census statistics, San Diego County report, special 1975 census, The Pan Asians
1970s
Box-Folder 2 : 12
Census info. A summary of a study of selected socioeconomic characteristics, draft
1970s
Box-Folder 2 : 13
Census info. News clippings
1980-2001
Box-Folder 2 : 14
Census info. Japanese and Asians by state, statistics and reports, American Community survey CD-ROM
1998-2002
Box-Folder 2 : 15
Census info. Japanese in San Diego, US census and Sandag reports
1990-2004
Box-Folder 2 : 16
Chicksexing, the Japanese Vent Sexing Method, Dr. Tommy Nakayama
ca. 1993
Box-Folder 2 : 17
Chinese American Racism. News clippings, miscellaneous
1969-1970
Box-Folder 2 : 18
Chinese Asian Thematic Historic District of San Diego. Planning and establishment of
1999-2001
Box-Folder 3 : 1
Chinese Asian Thematic Historic District of San Diego. Planning and establishment of
1994-1998
Box-Folder 3 : 2
Chinese. The Anti-Chinese movement in San Diego, 1870-1882, student paper Mary Miller
undated
Box-Folder 3 : 3
Chinese. The Chinese in San Diego, 1870-1890, student paper David Fisher
undated
Box-Folder 3 : 4
Chinese. The Chinese and Japanese in America, an outline history by Estes
1972
Box-Folder 3 : 5
Chinese. Status of women speech. Estes notes research sources
1974
Box-Folder 3 : 6
Chula Vista sister city Odawara. Friends of Odawara
1995-1996
Box-Folder 3 : 7
Citizenship for equality in naturalization, Richard J. Walsh
1947
Box-Folder 3 : 8
Citizenship textbook on naturalization for citizenship. English with Japanese translation
1979
Box-Folder 3 : 9
Communist political systems, articles by Estes, Richard Gripp and Jean Hanchett
undated
Box-Folder 3 : 10
Community activities programs and printed materials
1960-1989
Box-Folder 3 : 11
Community activities programs and printed materials
1990-2004
Box-Folder 4 : 1
Community organizations. Japanese American Associations in San Diego, an examination of their persistence, Sakiko Akika
1976
Box-Folder 4 : 2
Community organizations. Pre-war associations articles of incorporation
1913-1917
Box-Folder 4 : 3
Community organizations. House of Japan
1960-1980
Box-Folder 4 : 4
Community organizations. Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana, roster and directory
1998-2004
Box-Folder 4 : 5
Community organizations. Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana education committee meetings summit
1998-2001
Box-Folder 4 : 6
Community organizations. Japanese Consulate of Los Angeles
1998-2003
Box-Folder 4 : 7
Community organizations. Japanese Coordinating Council
1979-2004
Box-Folder 4 : 8
Community organizations. Kiku Gardens. Reports, surveys, programs, residents
1977-1996
Box-Folder 4 : 9
Community organizations, listing of
undated
Box-Folder 4 : 10
Community organizations. San Diego Meiji Kai roster
1979
Box-Folder 4 : 11
Community organizations. San Diego Nihonjin Kai history, search for records
1972-2002
Box-Folder 4 : 12
Community organizations. San Diego Yokohama Sister City Society history, precursor to Japanese Friendship Garden
1951-1992
Box-Folder 4 : 13
Community organizations. University of San Diego Nikkei Student Union
1998-2004
Box-Folder 4 : 14
Community organizations. VFW Post 4851 history and property
undated
Box-Folder 4 : 15
Congress of History San Diego
2000
Box-Folder 4 : 15A
Coronado Japanese Garden and Tea House, notes
1963
Box-Folder 5 : 1
Crime. San Diego Nikkei, news clippings
1996-2005
Box-Folder 5 : 2
Demographics. Taiyo Maru and the San Diego Nikkei Community
1910-1912
Box-Folder 5 : 3
Demographics. Japanese Businesses in San Diego
1880-1925
Box-Folder 5 : 4
Demographics. Japanese Businesses in San Diego County 1970 Census data
1968
ca. 1970
Box-Folder 5 : 5
Demographics. Japanese Farm Population in San Diego County table
undated
Box-Folder 5 : 6
Demographics. Japanese American Settlement patterns in San Diego. Questionnaire by S. Shinagawa
1987
Box-Folder 5 : 7
Demographics. Japanese in San Diego County, lists by name and by city
1992
Box-Folder 5 : 8
Demographics. California population trends, profiles
2001-2002
Box-Folder 5 : 9
Demographics. Nikkei Businesses in San Diego, Fifth and Island, 1939-1941 listing and diagram
undated
Box-Folder 5 : 10
Education. Asian American minority education in San Diego schools, collected reports and papers
1968-1973
Box-Folder 5 : 11
Education. Women in Vocational Education, project application for San Diego Community College District
1976
Box-Folder 5 : 11B
Estes, Donald. Biographical material
1966-2005
Box-Folder 5 : 12
Estes eulogies of friends
undated
Box-Folder 5 : 13
Farming. Farmers and produce in San Diego
1916
1977
Box-Folder 5 : 14
Fishing equipment and techniques
1982-1998
Box-Folder 5 : 14A
Fishing in San Diego. Fishermen of San Diego, the Italians. Seminar by? William Richardson
1980
Box-Folder 5 : 15
Fishing. Legal cases, Abe, Takahashi and Zacharias, correspondence, articles
1939-1948
Box-Folder 5 : 16
Fishing in San Diego. Academic articles, notes
1983-1996
Box-Folder 5 : 17
Fishing in San Diego. California Department of Fish and Game report and photo inventory
1935
1941
Box-Folder 5 : 18
Fishing in San Diego. Fishermen's Coalition
1995-1996
Box-Folder 6 : 1
Fishing in San Diego. Kondo Masaharu and the Best of all Fisherman. Estes typescript
1976
Box-Folder 6 : 2
Fishing in San Diego. News clippings, articles
1942
1974-2004
Box-Folder 6 : 3
Fishing in San Diego. Offensive Stupidity and The Struggle of Abe Tokunosuke. Estes typescript, article
1982
Box-Folder 6 : 4
Fishing in San Diego. Notes, research, talks by Estes
1939
1999
undated
Box-Folder 6 : 5
Fishing in San Diego. YP346, Estes research notes, government sources
1940s
1997-1998
Box-Folder 6 : 6
Fishing in San Diego. Miscellaneous
1942-2004
Box-Folder 6 : 7
Gakuen, Minato bridge, linking cultures report
undated
Box-Folder 6 : 8
Gakuen, Minato Scripps Ranch news clippings, correspondence, Estes notes
1996
Box-Folder 6 : 9
Grant applications and funding sources
1994-2001
Box-Folder 6 : 10
Hate Groups. Map of active groups, Harper's Magazine
1996
Box-Folder 6 : 11
Hohri, William. Rambler's Nemesis. Rafu Shimpo
1996
Box-Folder 6 : 12
Holiness Church. Tom Mukai property documents, day book, Poston Missionary Diary
1938-1978
Box-Folder 6 : 13
Honda, Harry. Correspondence, articles
1994-2005
Box-Folder 6 : 14
Housing. San Diego restrictive housing covenants by subdivision
1913-1959
Box-Folder 6 : 15
Housing. Anti-Nikkei resolutions of San Diego City and County, text and articles
1942-2002
Box-Folder 6 : 16
Imperial Valley Museum, articles correspondence
1992-2004
Box-Folder 7 : 1
Internment. A comparative study of exhibits, paper by Juliette Wong
1999
Box-Folder 7 : 2
Internment. Amerasians multiracials, Japanese Americans, Non-Japanese, articles and correspondence
1986
2002
Box-Folder 7 : 3
Internment. Buddhists in the camps. Daily schedule, sheet music, complex loyalties article in Japanese language
1943-2002
Box-Folder 7 : 4
Internment. article about internment camp newspapers
ca. 1995
Box-Folder 7 : 5
Internment. General articles, bibliographies, statistics
1972-2000
Box-Folder 7 : 6
Internment. General camp info. and maps compiled by T. Kojima
1994
Box-Folder 7 : 7
Internment. US government source materials, catalogs, finding aids
1991-1994
Box-Folder 7 : 8
Immigration to America, bibliography
ca. 1975
Box-Folder 7 : 9
Immigration from Japan, government regulations, articles
1959-1970
Box-Folder 7 : 10
Internment. JACL Saburo Kido attack, Estes notes
1995
Box-Folder 7 : 11
Internment. JACL role, Lim report
2002
Box-Folder 7 : 12
Internment. Justification by US government. Articles and research correspondence
1981
1994
Box-Folder 7 : 13
Internment. Kooskjia Idaho project
2001-2002
Box-Folder 7 : 14
Internment. Manzanar
1977-1994
Box-Folder 7 : 15
Internment. Maps showing camp locations population statistics
undated
Box-Folder 7 : 16
Internment. Photographic record article by S. Danovitch
1980
Box-Folder 7 : 17
Internment. The relocation and internment of San Diego 's Nikkei community, 1942-1945. Matthew Estes, draft
1995
Box-Folder 7 : 18
Internment resisters, articles about
1987
1989
Box-Folder 7 : 19
Internment. Selection of camp names and locations, articles about
undated
Box-Folder 7 : 20
Internment. Teaching materials Amy Uno Ishii
1974
Box-Folder 7 : 21
Internment. Video script by Estes
undated
Box-Folder 7 : 22
Internment. Gila River, general information
1994
Box-Folder 7 : 23
Internment. Poston maps
undated
Box-Folder 7 : 24
Internment. Poston, Hot Enough to Melt Iron. Estes ms published in reunion program
1991
Box-Folder 7 : 25
Internment. Poston. Estes notes
1996
Box-Folder 7 : 26
Internment. Poston. Bureau of Sociological Research, meeting minutes excerpted by Harry Honda
1994
Box-Folder 8 : 1
Internment. Poston I, recollections by residents
undated
Box-Folder 8 : 2
Internment. Poston II, background information and diagram
1992
Box-Folder 8 : 3
Internment. Poston news and magazine articles
1992-1998
Box-Folder 8 : 4
Internment. Poston. A place Called Poston, Estes article
undated
Box-Folder 8 : 5
Issei. Miscellaneous articles about San Diego Issei, JACL members
undated
Box-Folder 8 : 6
Issei and Nisei lexicon
undated
Box-Folder 8 : 7
Japanese American artists. Articles about
1995-1996
Box-Folder 8 : 8
Japanese American artists. Estelle Ishigo, Days of Waiting article
undated
Box-Folder 8 : 9
Japanese American documentaries and television programs
1999-2001
Box-Folder 8 : 10
Japanese American exhibits. Executive order 9066
1972
Box-Folder 8 : 11
Japanese American exhibits. Robert Nakamura relocation exhibit, news clippings
1970-1971
Box-Folder 8 : 12
Japanese American films. Kizuna, a film treatment of a Japanese immigrant in America
1974
Box-Folder 8 : 13
Japanese American films. Unfinished Business, program
1975
Box-Folder 8 : 14
Japanese American History. Chronology and sources by Estes
1973
undated
Box-Folder 8 : 15
Japanese American History. Chronologies, timelines
1985
1989
Box-Folder 8 : 16
Japanese American History, San Diego. Estes notes, miscellaneous
undated
Box-Folder 8 : 17
Japanese American History, San Diego. Estes notes, discussion of primary sources
1973-1975
Box-Folder 8 : 18
Japanese American Historical Society. Nanka Nikkei Voices Turning Points Essays of Southern California
1992
Box-Folder 8 : 19
Japanese American Korean War Veterans exhibit proposal commemorative yearbook
1998
2003
Box-Folder 8 : 20
Japanese American Medal of Honor recipients. News articles, commemorative programs
2000
Box-Folder 8 : 21
Japanese American National Museum. Japanese American history encyclopedia
1991
Box-Folder 8 : 22
Japanese American National Museum. National Scholarly Advisory Council
1989-1993
Box-Folder 8 : 23
Japanese American play and media scripts. The Gate of Heaven, draft
1994
Box-Folder 9 : 1
Japanese American plays and media scripts. Three Stars In My Window, script, audio recording
1995
Box-Folder 9 : 2
Japanese American plays. Sisters Matsumoto, program
2000
Box-Folder 9 : 3
Japanese American Research Project JARP. Notes about Japanese in San Diego
undated
Box-Folder 9 : 4
Japanese American social and cultural behavior. Articles and studies
1970s
Box-Folder 9 : 5
Japanense corporate culture in U.S. News clippings
1987-1988
Box-Folder 9 : 6
Japanese diplomatic missions article by E. Taylor Parks
undated
Box-Folder 9 : 6A
Japanese diplomatic missions. Viscount Ishii's address
1933
Box-Folder 9 : 7
Japanese Friendship Garden Balboa Park bylaws articles of incorporation employee handbook history
1980-1991
Box-Folder 9 : 8
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park. Minutes of the board
1990-1992
Box-Folder 9 : 9
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park. Minutes of the board
2002-2005
Box-Folder 9 : 10
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park. Newsletter, The Niwa
1994-1996
Box-Folder 9 : 10
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park. Newsletter, The Niwa
1994-1996
Box-Folder 9 : 11
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park. Newsletter, The Niwa
1997-2000
Box-Folder 9 : 12
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park. Newsletter, The Niwa
2001-2003
Box-Folder 9 : 13
Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park. Newsletter, The Niwa
2004-2005
Box-Folder 9 : 14
Japanese Friendship Garden Balboa Park. Planning design, city approvals
1977-1999
Box-Folder 10 : 1
Japanese Friendship Garden Balboa Park. Programs, reports
1994-2005
Box-Folder 10 : 2
Japanese Friendship Garden Balboa Park. Tom Yanagihara
undated
Box-Folder 10 : 3
Japanese Friendship Garden Balboa Park. Yokohama Friendship Lantern Balboa Park
1958-1998
Box-Folder 10 : 4
Japanese Tea Pavilion. Articles, papers, Amero and Asakawa correspondence
1971-1998
Box-Folder 10 : 5
Monuments. Go For Broke, Los Angeles
1999
Box-Folder 10 : 6
Monuments. National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism, Washington DC
1996-2000
Box-Folder 10 : 7
Monuments. Poston. Plans and materials, progress, photos, programs
1992-1997
Box-Folder 10 : 8
Monuments. Poston. Memorial Monument dedication program
1992
Box-Folder 10 : 9
Monuments. San Diego. Inscriptions, photographs
undated
Box-Folder 10 : 10
Monuments. San Diego. Mt. Hope Cemetery, Toya Tsunejiro articles and photographs
1887-2004
Box-Folder 10 : 11
Monuments. San Diego. Mount Hope Cemetery, Toya Tsunejiro, Tsukuma memorial committee
1997-2005
Box-Folder 10 : 12
Mount Hope Cemetery notes from burial register re: San Diego Nikkei
1869-1926
Box-Folder 10 : 13
National Japanese American Historical Society. Locked In, Locked Out
2001-2002
Box-Folder 10 : 14
Nikkei, Canadian. Miscellaneous typescripts, news clipping
1996-2000
Box-Folder 10 : 15
Nikkei, Latin American. News clippings, magazine article, articles by Harry Honda
1984-2004
Box-Folder 10 : 16
Nikkei, Mexican. Encenada shi Nihonjinkai, article by Harry Honda
2000-2003
Box-Folder 10 : 17
Nikkei, Latin American. Unpublished papers, statistics by Harry Honda
1998
2000
Box-Folder 11 : 1
Nikkei, California. Japanese in California, Carey McWilliams article
1935
Box-Folder 11 : 2
Nikkei, San Diego. References, bibliographies, notes
1972-1988
Box-Folder 11 : 3
Nippon Company articles of incorporation
1909
Box-Folder 11 : 4
Nisei. Miscellaneous articles, news clippings
1994-1998
Box-Folder 11 : 5
Nisei in Uniform, booklet
undated
Box-Folder 11 : 6
Nisei Soldiers, America at Its Best, by Eric Saul
2001
Box-Folder 11 : 6A
Ohara School of Ikebana. San Diego chapter directory of members
1977
Box-Folder 11 : 7
Olympics Los Angeles 1932. Cheers for Japanese Athletes, Eriko Yamamoto
2000
Box-Folder 11 : 7A
Oral History Procedures compiled by Estes
undated
Box-Folder 11 : 8
Pacific Asian Americans bibliography
1981
Box-Folder 11 : 9
Pan Asian organizations. Asian American Journalists Assoc. AAJA San Diego Chapter newsletter
1999
2001
Box-Folder 11 : 10
Pan Asian organizations. AASA San Diego State University
1976
Box-Folder 11 : 11
Pan Asian organizations. Asian Pacific American Studies Consortium, San Diego State University
1984
Box-Folder 11 : 12
Pan Asian organizations. Asian Pacific American Advocates of California APAAC conferences
1983-1985
Box-Folder 11 : 13
Pan Asian organizations. National Asian American Telecommunications Assoc. NAATA distribution catalog
1997-1998
Box-Folder 11 : 14
Pan Asian organizations. Pacific Asian Coalition PAC memo
1976-1977
Box-Folder 11 : 15
Pan Asian organizations. Pacific Asian Voter Education Council, PAVE
1985
Box-Folder 11 : 16
Pan Asian organizations. San Diego Asian Women Leadership Network
undated
Box-Folder 11 : 17
Pan Asian organizations. Union of Pan Asian Communities UPAC special services programs
1974
Box-Folder 11 : 18
Pan Asian organizations. Union of Pan Asian Communities UPAC. The Pan Asian Bulletin
1974-1981
Box-Folder 11 : 19
Description missing
1900-2005
Box-Folder 11 : 20
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, meeting and report
2000-2001
Box-Folder 11 : 21
Redress bibliography
1982
Box-Folder 11 : 22
Redress Commission on Wartime Relocation. Los Angeles testimonies
1981
Box-Folder 11 : 23
Redress Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Personal Justice Denied part 2, recommendations
1983
Box-Folder 11 : 24
Redress organizations. Committee for Internment Credit
1978
Box-Folder 11 : 25
Redress. Department of Justice instructions
1988-1989
Series 2.
Issei Nisei interviews
1909-2005
1971-2004
Physical Description: 4 document boxes
Series Scope and Content Summary
Transcripts and research files generated by the San Diego Issei Oral History Project (1971) and other San Diego based oral
history projects which Estes directed. Includes interviews with prominent and lesser known Issei including ministers, farmers,
artists and others; interviews documenting San Diego Kibei and Nisei populations; and group interviews and individual testimony
before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (1981). Documentation includes Estes interview questions
and typed transcripts, or when no interview was conducted (for about half of the series), collected biographical or autobiographical
materials. The majority of documents are in English. Early documents are photocopies Estes obtained for research. The REgenerations
oral history project files are not included in this collection.
Series 3.
Japanese American Citizens League
1969-1998
1970-1974
Physical Description: 2 document boxes
Series Scope and Content Summary
Estes project files showing his involvement in early work by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and other California
groups to improve the study of Japanese American history. Documents from the 1970s includes a variety of project proposals,
conferences and reports on UCLAs Asian American Studies Center, curriculum development and film projects by Visual Communications
of Los Angeles, and JACL workshops and handbooks by Estes for researching Japanese American history at the local level, and
for understanding the evacuation and relocation. Also includes bibliographies and collected syllabi for early Asian American
studies and Ethnic Studies courses. 1990s material reflects Estes work for JACL to produce an updated curriculum and resource
guide and conduct teacher training workshops.
Series 4.
Japanese in San Diego primary source files
1887-1977
Physical Description: 1 document box
Series Scope and Content Summary
During 1971-1972 Estes received a grant, took a sabbatical, and worked with the Asian American Study Center at UCLA on a project
that aimed to gather primary source materials on the history of the Japanese American community in San Diego County and Southern
California. This series contains the results of this work, most of it Japanese language material such as diaries, memoirs
and published selections from Japanese books and newspapers. Estes arranged for the translation of Japanese sources to English,
and one or both version is included. The series includes directories of Japanese residing in San Diego, some with biographical
information. A second grouping of files contains English language newspaper and magazine clippings, arranged chronologically
by decade. An index to persons referenced by this series is found in folder one. Those doing local genealogy should consult
this series first.
Series 5.
World War II internment
1935-1948
Physical Description: 5 document boxes
Series Scope and Content Summary
Original primary source materials donated to the Historical Society by the San Diego community as well as photocopies Estes
obtained from archival repositories. Materials emphasize the part San Diego played in the evacuation of thousands of Americans
of Japanese ancestry during World War II, and their eventual destination, the Colorado River Relocation Center, commonly known
as Poston. Copies of significant government documents include an FBI roster of property holdings by Japanese in San Diego
County (1940) and the Colorado Quarterly Census, the War Relocation Authoritys detailed roster of internees at Poston (1944).
Scarce materials, sometimes in Japanese, include the Wartime Japanese Internees Family Roster for Crystal City, Texas (1944),
a roster of internees at Lordsburg, New Mexico (1943), the collected poetry of the Gila River Senryu Poem Club (1944-1945),
and a Buddhist worship book from Roseburg, Oregon. Other camp related ephemera include school yearbooks, Young Buddhist Association
(YBA) materials, a comprehensive collection of camp newspapers, and letters from Tets Hirasaki and others to Clara Breed of
San Diego Public Library (1942).
Series 6.
Newspaper clipping files
1960-2004
Physical Description: 1 document box
Series Scope and Content Summary
Newspaper and magazine clippings on subjects related to Japanese Americans in San Diego, Southern California and Nikkei around
the world. Also includes articles about Japanese culture and Japanese corporations in the US. Most articles are from the San
Diego Union Tribune, Los Angeles Times and the Japanese American ethnic press.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Series 7.
California Alien Land Laws
1937-1994
Physical Description: 1 document box
Series Scope and Content Summary
Government documents and pamphlets discussing the enforcement of the California alien land laws and tracking Japanese farms
and farmers in San Diego County during World War II. Also, a collection of student papers and academic articles by historians
about California Alien Land Laws.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
