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Tsutomu "Stormy" Mitsui photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1704

Scope and Contents

The Tsutomu "Stormy" Mitsui photograph collection is arranged in two series. Series 1: Family, Travel consists of Boxes 1-3 and contains black-and-white and color photographs depicting the Mitsui family and Stormy Mitsui's hobby of building and flying model airplanes. Series II: Photograph Albums consists of Boxes 4 and 5 which are oversize and contain family albums. The album in Box 4 contains color photographs dating primarily from the 1990s. Box 5 contains 3 albums: an album of photographs depicting Hitoshi Mitsui's funeral; an album of black and white photographs depicting the City Cafe in the 1950s; and an album of color photographs of the Mitsui family dating from circa 1989. The box also contains loose oversize prints in folders 4 and 5.

Dates

  • 1900-2007

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 / Historical

Tsutomu "Stormy" Mitsui was born on February 14, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Kenko and Miseji Mitsui. He married Chiyoko Yokoyama on April 9, 1944; together, the couple had three children. Mitsui served in the United States Army in World War II. After the war, he returned to Salt Lake City, where he and Chiyoko Mitsui operated the City Cafe. Stormy Mitsui built and flew radio control scale model airplanes. Stormy Mitsui died in Salt Lake City on November 14, 2010.

Extent

4.6 Linear Feet (3 archives boxes, 2 oversize boxes) : 1,457 items

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Stormy Mitsui (1922-2010) owned and operated the City Cafe in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife Chiyoko Yokoyama Mitsui. This collection contains photographs, slides and negatives of Stormy Mitsui’s family portraits, events and gatherings, City Café, Stormy's remote control model airplane hobby, vacations to Japan and California, and hunting and fishing.

Arrangement

Organized by two series: Series I: Family, Travel and Series II: Photograph Albums.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Judy Jarrow in 2011.

Related Materials

This collection forms part of the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive.

Separated Materials

See also the Tsutomu (Stormy) Mitsui papers in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Information

Title
Tsutomu "Stormy" Mitsui photograph collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid written by Special Collections staff.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The finding aid was written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
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