Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Anderson, Hugh Harris, 1912-1999
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Besides personal correspondence and materials, the Hugh Anderson Collection (1921-1959) includes newspaper clippings, correspondence and materials regarding the World War II evacuation of Japanese-Americans to relocation centers and correspondence with wartime government and military officials. The collection includes correspondence and newspaper clippings about Esther Takei, the first Japanese-American readmitted to California from a relocation center in 1944, and the controversy surrounding her return to Pasadena.
The collection also includes information and correspondence regarding Anderson's involvement in the Guayule Rubber Project in the 1940s and materials and correspondence relating to the Model Grocery Company of Pasadena, California.
- Biographical / historical:
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Hugh H. Anderson was born in Pasadena on September 12, 1912. He graduated from Pasadena High School in 1929. He received an AB in Social Science and Economics from Stanford University in 1934.
During World War II Anderson fought for the rights of relocated Japanese-Americans and helped secure the release of Esther Takei, the first Japanese-American to return to California from a relocation camp. Facing protests by some area residents, the Anderson family housed Ms. Takei upon her return to California where she attended Pasadena Junior College.
In 1954, Anderson took over the presidency of the Model Grocery Company from his father, Hugh S. Anderson. A longtime fixture in Pasadena, the Model Grocery Company opened its doors in 1893. Anderson ran the company until it closed in 1958.
- Physical description:
- 11 boxes
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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470 West Walnut StreetPasadena, CA 91103-3594, US
- Contact:
- 626.577.1660