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Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata papers
Shigezo Iwata was born in Japan and immigrated to the United States in 1924. Sonoko U. Iwata was born in Los Angeles. The couple made their home in Thermal, California where they farmed and Shigezo was secretary of the Thermal Farmers' Cooperative Association. Separated in the initial part o...
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| Collection: | Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata Papers |
| Collection Number: | MSS053 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Iwata, Shigezo and Sonoko |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata papers |f 1942-1991 | |
| 300 | |a 0.6 Linear feet |f 0.6 linear feet, 2 boxes | ||
| 506 | |a This collection is open for research. | ||
| 520 | |a Shigezo Iwata was born in Japan and immigrated to the United States in 1924. Sonoko U. Iwata was born in Los Angeles. The couple made their home in Thermal, California where they farmed and Shigezo was secretary of the Thermal Farmers' Cooperative Association. Separated in the initial part of World War II when Shigezo was arrested and detained by the FBI at the Lordsburg Internment Camp (New Mexico), the Iwatas were reunited in 1943 at the Colorado River Relocation Center near Poston, Arizona. The collection contains letters between the Iwatas and their friends detailing life in the relocation center and the internment camp. There are also personal documents and biographical materials. | ||
| 524 | 8 | |a [Indicate cited item or series here], Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata papers (Collection MSS053), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | |
| 541 | 1 | |a The Iwata Papers were donated by Mrs. Sonoko U. Iwata to the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in 1973, 1985, and 1987. | |
| 544 | |a At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Fujita family papers, 1942-1944 (SC209) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/japanese_smcoll.html Inouye and Michiyu Saburo papers, 1888-1985 (SC163) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/japanese_smcoll.html Yosuke E. Nakano papers, 1906-1953 (SC164) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/japanese_smcoll.html#NakanoYosuki Yabuki family papers, 1943-1983 (SC232) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/japanese_smcoll.html#YabukiFamily Horikawa family papers, 1943-1944, n.d. (SC266) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/horikawa.html Sumiko Kobayashi papers, 1941-1989 (MSS73) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/kobayashi_sumiko.html Susumu Kobayashi papers, 1892-1975 (MSS71) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/kobayashi_susumu.html Nakai family photographs, 1940-1950 (PG165) Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians records (microfilm), 1942-1983. At other institutions: Japanese Americans records at the National Archives and Records Administration. http://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans/ War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 at the Bancroft Library at University of California, Berkeley. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf596nb4h0/ Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (JARDA) created by the University of California. http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/jarda/ Collections at the Hirasaki National Resource Center at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California. http://www.janm.org/nrc/ The Japanese American Archival Collection at California State University, Sacramento. http://library.csus.edu/collections/jaac/ | ||
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 546 | |a Materials are in Japanese with some English translations supplied by Sonoko Iwata. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Lordsburg Internment Camp (N.M.). | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.). | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Shigezo and Sonoko Iwata Papers |c MSS053 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/i/IwataMSS053.html |