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.

Abstract Mike M. Masaoka served as National Secretary (1941-1943) and Washington lobbyist (1945-1953) for the Japanese American Citizens' League. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and served as president of the Japan-America Society. He was active in issues of immigration reform and compensation for victims of wartime internment. The collection includes scrapbooks, yearbooks, correspondence, court and congressional documents, articles, oral history transcripts,...

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The Faith Terasawa photograph collection deals with significant issues dealing with the relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps in the Western United States during World War II. Formal portraits of Faith Terasawa, various groups at Topaz or Tule camps, and later (circa 1950) early color images of the buildings and grounds of Topaz or Tule.

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The Topaz oral histories photograph collection contains one black and white candid shot of a young typist at Topaz. There are also four color photographs of various Japanese political figures in Washington D.C., during 1988.

Abstract The Topaz oral history project collection interviews (1987-1993) were conducted by Sandra Taylor, of the University of Utah's Department of History. The interviews were part of her research for Jewel of the desert: Japanese American internment at Topaz (1993). Also included are correspondence, news clippings, published and unpublished articles, and research...