Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Iwasaki, Shuko, 1871-1947
- Abstract:
- Iwasaki was born in 1871 in Japan. A native of Tottori, he arrived in the United States in 1903. He had a small business in Southern California and was interned in a relocation camp after the outbreak of World War II. Collection consists of 15 volumes of Shuko Iwasaki's personal diaries for the years 1917, 1918, 1920-28, 1931 and 1940-42. The diaries relate to family activities and include household accounts, often detailed, and political or social events are in the form of clippings inserted into the volumes. Collection is in Japanese.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of 15 volumes of personal diaries (in Japanese), for the years 1917, 1918, 1920-28, 1931, 1940-42, of Shuko Iwasaki. The diaries relate to family activities and include household accounts, often detailed. The diary for 1942 has some entries about evacuation but entries mentioning political or social events are in the form of clippings inserted into the volumes.
Collection is in Japanese.
- Biographical / historical:
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Iwasaki was born in 1871 in Japan; a native of Tottori, he arrived in the United States in 1903; he had a small business in Southern California; interned in a relocation camp after the outbreak of World War II; he died in 1947.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Tetsuo Iwasaki, 1982.
- Arrangement:
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Collection arranged chronologically by diary.
- 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.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988