Finding Aid for the Constantine Panunzio Collection of Material on Japanese American Internment, ca. 1853-1945, (bulk 1942-1943)
Processed by Christen Sasaki, with assistance from Laurel McPhee, November 2005; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline
Cubé.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
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Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Constantine Panunzio Collection of Material on Japanese American Internment
Date (inclusive): ca. 1853-1945, (bulk 1942-1943)
Collection number: 1636
Creator: Panunzio, Constantine M. (Constantine Maria), 1884-1964.
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: The collection consists of Professor Constantine Panuzio's collection of printed materials such as articles, clippings, newsletters,
pamphlets and reports relating to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of Ralph P. Merritt, 1946.
- Gift of Bradford Smith, 1952.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Constantine Panunzio Collection of Material on Japanese American Internment (Collection Number 1636).
Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) was born in Molfetta, Italy. He arrived in the United States in 1902, and after some difficult
years as a struggling immigrant, he entered Kent's Hill Academy in Maine. He received his A.B. from Wesleyan University in
1911 and a M.A. in 1912. He then enrolled in the Boston University School of Theology and earned the S.T.B. in 1914. He served
as pastor in several Methodist churches in Massachusetts and he was superintendent of Social Service House, Boston, from 1915-1917;
from 1917 to 1918 he served as general organizer of the YMCA on the Italian front during World War I. In 1925 he earned the
Ph.D. degree at the Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government, and was appointed assistant professor of sociology
at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1931, where he remained until he retired as professor of sociology in 1951.
His published works include three books and two research monographs. In 1931-33, Panunzio was president of the Pacific South-western
Academy; in 1934-35, president of the Pacific Sociological Society. In 1939, he participated in the founding of the Mazzini
Society; in 1940 he was designated by the New York World's Fair Committee as among the foreign-born who have made outstanding
contributions to American culture. In 1961 he received the Wesleyan University Distinguished Alumnus award.
Expanded Biographical Note
Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) was born in Molfetta, Italy. He arrived in the United States in 1902, and after some difficult
years as a struggling immigrant, he entered Kent's Hill Academy in Maine. He received his A.B. from Wesleyan University in
1911 and a M.A. in 1912. He then enrolled in the Boston University School of Theology and earned the S.T.B. in 1914. He served
as pastor in several Methodist churches in Massachusetts and he was superintendent of Social Service House, Boston, from 1915-1917;
from 1917 to 1918 he served as general organizer of the YMCA on the Italian front during World War I. In 1925 he earned the
Ph.D. degree at the Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government, and was appointed assistant professor of sociology
at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1931, where he remained until he retired as professor of sociology in 1951.
His published works include three books and two research monographs. In 1931-33, Panunzio was president of the Pacific South-western
Academy; in 1934-35, president of the Pacific Sociological Society. In 1939, he participated in the founding of the Mazzini
Society; in 1940 he was designated by the New York World's Fair Committee as among the foreign-born who have made outstanding
contributions to American culture. In 1961 he received the Wesleyan University Distinguished Alumnus award.
In the last dozen years of his life, Dr. Panunzio was instrumental in bringing about a substantial increase in the stipends
of colleagues already retired at the University of California, in improving the retirement system at UC, and in discovering
what the situation was for other retirees at institutions throughout the United States by launching a nationwide emeriti census
in 1954. He died on August 6, 1964.
From Gordon H. Ball, et. al, "Constantine Maria Panunzio, Anthropology and Sociology: Los Angeles," in University of California:
In Memoriam, April 1966.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of Professor Contantine Panuzio's collection of printed materials such as articles, clippings, newsletters,
pamphlets and reports relating to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Internment camps represented in
the collection are Heart Mountain, Wyoming; Manzanar, Calif.; Merced Assembly Center, Calif.; and the Santa Anita Assembly
Center, Calif. The collection also contains a mid-nineteenth century map of Japan.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged at the folder level. There are no series.
Custodial History
The materials in Collection 1636 were originally part of Collection 131, A collection of material on Japanese American Internment,
which was itself extracted from Collection 122, the Manzanar War Relocation Center Records (formerly titled the U.S. War Relocation
Authority Archive) in 1971. Within a few years, materials from Collection 131 were dispersed into three additional collections:
the present collection, entitled the Constantine Panunzio collection of material on Japanese American internment (Collection
1636); the Lincoln Kanai papers (Collection 1637); and the Bradford Smith papers (Collection 1638). The name of Constantine
Panunzio was formally incorporated into the collection title in 2005, according to the papers' original provenance within
the Manzanar War Relocation Center Records. Christen Sasaki and Laurel McPhee fully re-housed and processed the collection
in the fall of 2005.
Related Material
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Maps--Japan.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Panunzio, Constantine M.--(Constantine Maria),--1884-1964.
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
K.M.P.C. broadcast
1942 March 30
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Transcription of a statement on a program sponsored by the Native Sons of the Golden West."
Box 1, Folder 10
Santa Anita Assembly Center
1942
Physical Description: 5 items.
Scope and Content Note
Letters and manuscripts about life in Santa Anita Assembly center by L. Noda.
Box 1, Folder 11
Church Federation of Los Angeles
1942 June-July
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
Japanese Evacuation Committee bulletins.
Box 1, Folder 12
General Information Bulletins, Heart Mountain, Wyoming
1942 September 19-1942 October 20
Physical Description: 13 items.
Scope and Content Note
Bulletins cover housing, food, and daily life in camp.
Box 1, Folder 13
American Friends Service Committee
1942-1945
Physical Description: 13 items.
Scope and Content Note
Assorted print materials, including information bulletins.
Box 1, Folder 14
Map of Japan--"Zushu Shimoda Onsen Meishoki"
between 1853 and 1868
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Fold-out color map of Japan. Published by Taiheido Seiji.
Box 1, Folder 15
Civilian Public Service Camp no. 21, Cascade Locks, Oregon
1942
Physical Description: 3 items.
Scope and Content Note
Materials on George Kiyoshi Yamada, including three issues of The Columbian. C.P.S. camps were an alternative
for conscientious objectors during World War II.
Box 1, Folder 16
Merced Assembly Center--"The Mercedian"
1942
Physical Description: 6 items.
Scope and Content Note
Newsletter on the daily life of internees.
Box 1, Folder 2
Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play
1943 June 15
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Printed policies.
Box 1, Folder 3
Text of American Legion Protest on Racial Discrimination
1943
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Printed resolution.
Box 1, Folder 4
Resolution authorized by Los Angeles County Defense Council though action by special committee
1942 February 11
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Resolution regarding Japanese Americans. Chairman Gordon L. McDonough.
Box 1, Folder 5
Japanese Methodist Church newsletter--"The Methodist Voice"
1942 March-April
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
Volume VIII, no. 40. Includes an evacuation news sheet.
Box 1, Folder 6
Nelson, Henry E. "The status of Orientals in unions on the Pacific Coast"
no date
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Paper.
Box 1, Folder 7
The Conscientious Objector
1943 August 6
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Monthly newsletter published by the National Committee on Conscientious Objectors. Article on Stanley Murphy
and Lewis Taylor.
Box 1, Folder 8
Frances A. Kaplan materials--"Japanese Problem"
1942
Physical Description: 3 items.
Scope and Content Note
Letter, Paul Shoup, President of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association for Better Employment Relations.
Transcribed statements by public officials on Japanese Americans, pertaining to agriculture, produce, and special interest
groups.
Box 1, Folder 9
Manzanar
ca. 1942
Physical Description: 11 item.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence. Includes a typewritten manuscript on a film produced by Frank Judson,
instructor of photography at USC, with Wesley Oyamaa and Isamu Noguchi. Volume II, no. 5 of "The Community Flashlight," a
newsletter published by the University Community Youth Committee.
