MKMJAA. Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archives
Record Group
Identifier: MKMJAA
Named in honor of Mr. Kasai for his dedication to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans and for a generous bequest he made through his estate.
The story told by this archive begins with the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants who came here to work in the railroad, mining, and agricultural industries. Included are records, photographs, journals, oral histories, and films from their settlement. Salt Lake City’s Japantown, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and other U. S. military involvement, relocation to internment camps, and the establishment of Japanese Buddhist and Christian churches are included in the archive.
Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:
Kayo Hayakawa photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1440
Abstract
Kayo Hayakawa (1922-) is a veteran of the United States Army who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. This collection contains 4 black-and-white copy prints of Hayakawa's military service dating from 1943 to 1946.
Dates:
1943-1946
Sho and Toshi Yamada Higashi digital photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1532
Abstract
The This collection Sho and Toshi Yamada Higashi digital photograph collection consists of 3 digital-only images of Ken Higashi, Ted Higashi, Sho Higashi, Akira Higashi, Japanese Americans who served in the United States military during World War II, circa 1940s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1943-1949
Tsutomu and Shirley Sugimoto Inouye papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2354
Abstract
The Tsutomu and Shirley Sugimoto Inouye papers (1951-2006) consist of scanned copies of the military documents and Japanese American Korean War Veterans materials. Tom Inouye served in Battery A 90th Field Artillery Battalion during the Korean War.
Dates:
1951-2006
Interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1209
Abstract
The interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah (1984-1988) consists of transcripts of a series of interviews conducted with members of the Japanese community between 1984 and 1988. Common themes within the interviews are family life, work, religion, immigration experiences, discrimination, and relations with the Mormon establishment in Utah.
Dates:
1984-1988
Japanese American Citizens League audio-visual collection
Collection
Identifier: A0286
Abstract
The Japanese American Citizens League audio-visual collection (1926-1975) consists largely of black and white, silent 16mm films taken by Ogden resident Dr. Sanji Oda, who recorded parades, sporting events and other activities throughout Northern Utah as well as material specific to the Japanese American community and Oda's own family from the late 1920s through the 1930s. The colleciton also includes a 1927 newsreel and a 1975 audio recording of an appeal to obtain redress for the World War II...
Dates:
1926-1975; Majority of material found within 1927-1939
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Utah Chapter records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1852
Abstract
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Utah Chapter records (1927-2012) contain organizational materials for both the National JACL and local chapters as well as materials from other Japanese American events and organizations.
Dates:
1927-2012
Japanese American relocation collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0144
Abstract
The Japanese American relocation collection (1941-1945) contain materials concerned with the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the Tule Lake Relocation Center, the Topaz Relocation Center, and the Heart Mountain Relocation Project. The collection contains correspondence, reports, statistics, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and other related material. In 1942, after the Pearl Harbor Bombing, Americans of Japanese ancestry, living on the West Coast, were ordered to internment centers in...
Dates:
1941-1945
Japanese American relocation photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0144
Abstract
The Japanese American relocation photograph collection consists of photographs depicting conditions at the Tule Lake camp at Newell, California and the lives and activities of the Japanese Americans confined in the camp.
Dates:
1942-1943
Japanese Church of Christ photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1086
Abstract
The Japanese Church of Christ photograph collection contains images of church buildings, members, leaders, organizations, and friends of the church ranging from 1910 to 1980. The majority of the early images in the Japanese Church of Christ collection were taken from the Hirasawa family album.
Dates:
1910s-1978
Japanese Church of Christ records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2182
Abstract
The Japanese Church of Christ records (1951-2004, 2024) contains church newsletters that were sent out from the 1960s and 1999-2004. Also included are some service programs and a letter written to the congregation from Rev. George Hanabusa and other general materials.
Dates:
1951-2004