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:
Japanese in Utah collection
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0514
Abstract
This collection (1971-1985) consists of various items relating to the history of Japanese Americans in Utah. Included are issues of The Lotus, the newsletter of the Japanese Buddist Temple in Salt Lake City, an issue of the newspaper Pacific Citizen (1977), and a typewritten essay titled "History of the Japanese in Utah" by Alice Kasai.
Dates:
1971-1985
Japanese oral histories
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0806
Abstract
The Japanese oral histories (1964-1969) consist of transcripts of a number of interviews conducted between 1964 and 1969 by members of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in Los Angeles, California, as part of the Japanese American Research Project. The original reel-to-reel tapes are housed at the University of California at Los Angeles. Topics discussed include immigration, social life and customs, adaptation to life in the United States, and the effects of World War II.
Dates:
1964-1969
Joy and Lee She Ju digital photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1625
Abstract
Joy Ju (1865-1954) and Lee "Mary" She Ju (1902-1965) were immigrants from China who settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, where they worked primarily in farming. This collection contains four digital-only images of Joy and Lee She Ju.
Dates:
circa 1922-1965
Alice Kasai papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1091
Abstract
The Alice Kasai papers (1911-2007) contain correspondence, reports, news clippings, articles, pamphlets, brochures, programs, awards, and newsletters related to the public life of this Utah writer and community activist. Alice Kasai (1916-2007), raised in a small town in rural Utah, saw her husband taken away by the FBI and incarcerated in an internment camp in the early days of World War II. She has been active in community affairs for more than 50 years. She has been affiliated with the...
Dates:
1911-2007
Alice Kasai photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0442
Abstract
The Alice Kasai photograph collection contain photographs of the Kasai family, photographs of various Japanese-American activities in Utah, including photographs of Governors Rampton and Bangerter signing documents. The collection also contains slides of buildings taken during a visit to Kyoto, Japan.
Dates:
1930s-1990s
Henry Y. Kasai papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0149
Abstract
The Henry Y. Kasai papers (1907-1966) contain material relating to the personal and professional life of Henry Y. Kasai, a leader in Utah's Japanese American community. The bulk of the collection consists of the minutes, history, and president's files of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) of Salt Lake City, the formation of which Kasai initiated in 1935. Kasai was elected president of the Salt Lake JACL in 1960. Other materials include an autobiography, awards, degrees,...
Dates:
1907-1966
Henry Y. Kasai photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0149
Abstract
The Henry Y. Kasai photograph collection contains family photographs, and portraits of Henry Kasai at various public activities and events.
Dates:
1890-1966
Mitsugi M. Kasai papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2550
Abstract
The Mitsugi M. Kasai papers (1918-2013) contain assorted documents related to Mr. Kasai's early life, his career in the United States Army and his participation in various Japanese-American organizations following his retirement.
Dates:
1927-2013
Seiko M. Kasai photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1439
Abstract
Seiko M. Kasai (1920-2002) was a veteran of the United States Army who served as a translator in Japan during World War II and its aftermath. This collection contains photographs of Kasai's service, particularly his time at the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Fort Snelling, Minnesota, from 1944 to 1946.
Dates:
1944-1946
Frank Kikuhei and Yoshiko Shibuya Endo papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2352
Abstract
The Frank Kikuhei and Yoshiko Shibuya Endo papers (1900-2005) contain family genealogies, photocopies of images and family histories of the Endo, Hirano, Iwamoto, Sugiyama, and Tachiki families, newspaper clippings, and a photographic history of Hachiro Endo. These families have close ties to one another due to intermarriages.
Dates:
1900-2005