Cancelled lease, originally granting Ichiro Sugasawara approximately 20 acres of the 349-acre tract of Rancho San Pedro in Los Angeles County, dated July 1, 1937, with handwritten annotations indicating first that 10 acres were to be given to another tenant on December 17, 1941, and then that the lease was cancelled on April 22, 1942 for the reason: "tenant evacuated per U.S. Gov't." This collection includes records of land leased to Japanese American tenants in years leading up to World War II. As such, they provide a view of California in years of the Alien Land Laws, attitudes toward Japanese Americans, and the impact of World War II.
Type
text
Format
Leases 1 page, typescript with some handwritten annotation image/jpeg
Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles Industry and employment--Agriculture World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') Immigration and citizenship Alien land laws Land tenure--Law and legislation--California
Place
Los Angeles, California
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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