Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 3171

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa papers (1925-2017) consist of photos, diaries, school documents, personal and professional certificates, yearbooks, and correspondence primarily by Kenji Shiozawa with additional materials relating to Helen Shiozawa. Materials cover Kenji’s schooling and career as a landscape architect and environmental planner, Kenji and Helen’s involvement in the Japanese American Citizens League, and Kenji’s personal life events.

Dates

1925-2017

Creator

Shiozawa, Kenji, 1916-1999 (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.

Historical Note

Kenji Shiozawa was born on March 26, 1916 in Rigby Idaho. He graduated from Rigby High School in 1935 and attended Brigham Young University and Utah State University, graduating from USU in 1945 with a B.A. in Landscape Architecture. At BYU, Kenji met Helen Shiratori and the two married on June 26, 1944 in the Salt Lake Temple. He served in the Military Intelligence Service during WWII, and after an honorary discharge from service, completed a Masters of Landscape Architecture degree from USU in 1949. He taught in the Department of Landscape Architecture at USU until 1959, worked as District Landscape Architect for the California Division of Beaches and Parks, and finally functioned as a Landscape Architect Supervisor for the U.S. Forest Service. Shiozawa died in Ogden, Utah on July 24, 1999.

Helen Teruko Shiratori Shiozawa was born in Rexburg, Idaho on June 20, 1920. She attended Madison High School and graduated as valedictorian. She attended Brigham Young University, graduated in 1945 with a Bachelor of Science degree, and received her Masters of Education from Utah State University in 1972. She taught elementary school for 29 years in California and Utah, until her retirement in 1983, after which she continued to volunteer at Valley Elementary. Helen and Kenji were parents to two children, Gail and Dennis. Helen died on January 26, 2020, in Glendale, California.