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Finding Aid for the Japanese American Research Project collection of material about Japanese in the United States (Yuji Ichioka
papers), 1893-1973
2010
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Title: Japanese American Research Project (Yuji Ichioka) collection of material about Japanese in the United States,
Date (inclusive): 1893-1973
Collection number: 2010
Creator: Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)
Extent:
760 boxes (380 linear ft.)
21 cartons (21.0 linear ft.)
85 oversize boxes
1 oversize folder
Languages: Finding aid is written in Japanese and English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library 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 Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library 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.
[Identification of item], Japanese American Research Project (Yuji Ichioka) collection of material about Japanese in the United
States (Collection 2010). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
The Japanese American Research Project (originally named the Issei History Project) was
initiated by Wakamatsu Shigeo, President of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
in 1960. The three major objectives of the project were:
- 1. to conduct a sociological survey based on a national sampling of the Issei and Nisei populations;
- 2. to publish a definitive history of the Japanese Americans;
- 3. and to collect documents, including oral history and memorabilia. UCLA agreed to co-sponsor the project along with the JACL.
Collection consists of materials collected by the Japanese American Research Project
(JARP) related to the history of Japanese and Japanese Americans in the United States.
Contains more than 100 groups of personal papers related to individuals and/or families,
and these groups contain correspondence, diaries, photographs, and a variety of printed
materials. Also contains several thousand returned questionnaires and records related to
surveys of the Issei, Nisei, and Sansei conducted during the 1960s. Also includes over
400 tape recordings and oral histories, original art work done by internees during WWII,
yearbooks, directories, newspapers, pamphlets, and records related to Japanese consulates
on the West Coast. The collection also contains administrative records of the Japanese
American Research Project.
Arranged in the following series:
- Personal papers
- Materials relating to the Japanese consulates in the United States
- Organizational materials
- Materials relating to Japanese language schools
- Materials relating to internment camps and World War II
- Published materials (not included in previous categories)
- Photographs and photo albums
- Oral history tapes
- Issei, Nisei, and Sansei survey returns and related office files
- Miscellaneous items
- Frank F. Chuman papers (listed in a separate finding aid under Chuman, Frank F.)
- Sumitomo Bank of California
- Nisei and Sansei survey, original returns
- University of Hawaii at Manoa - transcripts of oral history interviews
- W. Eugene Dimon papers
- Arai family papers (see also Collection 1254, the Arai Family Papers )
- Shigeichi Kawano papers (Collection 1251)
- Siberius Y. Saito drawings.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)--Archives.
United States. War Relocation Authority.
Japanese Americans--United States--History.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Archival resources.
Japanese American families--Archival resources.
Schools, Japanese--United States.
Periodicals.
Diaries.
Audiotapes.
Family papers.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Drawings.
Paintings.
Scrapbooks.
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