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Title
Hand drawn maps of Japan-Town in old Sacramento
Creator
Kambara, George K. (George Kiyoshi)
Iwamoto, Harry K
Date Created and/or Issued
1999-09-17
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
All request for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento, University Library, Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Further information available online: www.lib.csus.edu/scua
Description
Contents index and 9 hand drawn composite maps of Japan-Town, Sacramento, California, circa 1935, created by former residents of this Japanese American community along with a cover letter from George K. Kambara & Harry K. Iwamoto to Mr. Toko Fujii, coordinator Sacramento Region Japanese History, JACL, Sacramento Chapter.
Collection consists of drafts and notes for narratives on Asian Americans, photographs, exhibit items, artifacts, publications, and audio and visual material accumulated by Wayne H. Maeda, instructor and founding member of Asian American Studies at Sacramento State.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence; Maps; Charts; Cityscapes; Ethnography; Illustrations
11 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, handwritten, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
sac_maed_0034
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/55318
Language
English
Subject
Community activities--Nihonmachi ('Japantowns')
Geographic communities--California--Sacramento
Identity and values--Issei
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Japanese American Identity
Identity and values--Old people
Industry and employment
Reflections on the past
Place
Sacramento, California
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/css/mss201117.pdf
Wayne H. Maeda papers

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