Mitsugi M. Kasai papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2550
Scope and Contents
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
Creator
- Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Note
Mitsugi M. Kasai (1918-) was born in 30 January 1918, in Milford, Utah and was raised on a farm in Idaho. He joined the army in 1946 serving in the Military Intelligence Service teaching Japanese and then during the Korean War serving in Japan monitoring pro-Communist Korean organizations and Japanese who had been repatriated from Russia. Kasai retired from the military in 1973, and became an activist with the JACL.
Extent
30 Linear Feet (49 Boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Japanese
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mitsugi M. Kasai in 2010.
Donated by Raymond Uno in 2013.
Donated by Raymond Uno in 2013.
Separated Materials
Video tapes have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (A600).
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1432).
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1432).
Processing Information
Processed by Julia Huddleston in 2012.
Addendum processed by Matthew Weathered in 2014.
Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.
Addendum processed by Matthew Weathered in 2014.
Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.
- Address books
- Army Counter Intelligence Corps Veterans, Incorporated -- Records and correspondence
- Autobiographies (literary works)
- Awards
- Bowling -- Tournaments -- Sources
- Brochures
- Business cards
- Business correspondence
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Commemorative medals
- Historical television programs
- Insignia patch
- Japanese American Citizens' League -- Sources
- Japanese American Citizens' League -- Records and correspondence
- Japanese American Korean War Veterans -- Records and correspondence
- Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Sources
- Japanese American Redress Committee -- Records and correspondence
- Japanese American Veterans Association -- Records and correspondence
- Japanese American soldiers -- Utah -- Archives
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans -- Idaho -- Archives
- Japanese Americans -- Utah -- Archives
- Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013 -- Archives
- Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013 -- Family -- Archives
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Military intelligence -- Sources
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Sources
- Letters to the editor
- National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (U.S.) -- Records and correspondence
- National Japanese American Historical Society (U.S.) -- Records and correspondence
- Newsletters
- Obituaries
- Personal correspondence
- Records (Documents)
- Reparations for historical injustices -- Utah -- Sources
- Scrapbooks
- United States. Army. Infantry Battalion, 100th -- Sources
- United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd -- Sources
- United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service -- Sources
- United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service -- Sources
- Veterans' writings, American -- Utah -- Specimens
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Sources
Creator
- Kasai, Mitsugi M., 1918-2013 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Mitsugi M. Kasai papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Julia Huddleston.
- Date
- 2012 (last modified: 2014 and 2018)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2014: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Matthew Weathered to include an addendum to the collection.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu