Constantine Panunzio collection of material on Japanese American incarceration, circa 1853-1945, bulk 1942-1943

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Summary

Creators:
Panunzio, Constantine M. (Constantine Maria), 1884-1964
Abstract:
The collection consists of UCLA Professor Constantine Panunzio's collection of printed materials such as articles, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets and reports relating to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Constantine Panunzio Collection of Material on Japanese American incarceration (Collection Number 1636). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of UCLA Professor Constantine Panunzio's collection of printed materials such as articles, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets and reports relating to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Incarceration camps represented in the collection are Heart Mountain, Wyoming; Manzanar, California; Merced Assembly Center, California; and the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California. The collection also contains a mid-nineteenth century map of Japan.

Biographical / historical:

Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) was born in Molfetta, Italy. He arrived in the United States in 1902. He received his A.B. from Wesleyan University in 1911 and an 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 UCLA, in 1931, where he remained until he retired as Professor of Sociology in 1951. His published works include three books and two research monographs. During 1931-1933, Panunzio was President of the Pacific South-western Academy, and during 1934-1935 was President of the Pacific Sociological Society. In 1939, he participated in the founding of the antifascist political association, 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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ralph P. Merritt, 1946. Gift of Bradford Smith, 1952.
Custodial history:

The materials in Collection 1636 were originally part of Collection 131, a collection of material on Japanese American incarceration, 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 incarceration (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.

Processing information:

Processed by Christen Sasaki, with assistance from Laurel McPhee, in the Center for Primary Research and Training, 2005.

Description was updated by Rishi Guné and Kuhelika Ghosh as part of a 2019 CFPRT Redescription Project. Euphemistic terms such as "internment" were updated to reflect preferred terminology outlined in the Power of Words Handbook from the Japanese American Citizen's League.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Constantine Panunzio Collection of Material on Japanese American incarceration (Collection Number 1636). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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