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Title
Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga, Kathryn Korematsu and Betty Wakiji
Date Created and/or Issued
1998-01-15
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
Photograph of Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga, Kathryn Korematsu, and Betty Wakiji at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of American History. Back of photo reads: January 15, 1988 Smithsonian Inst. [Institute] Nat'l [National] Museum of American History, President's Reception Room. Occasion: Reception following ceremony awarding Fred Korematsu the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Pictured: Aiko Herzig, Kathryn Korematsu, and Betty Wakiji. Picture rec'd [received] Jan. 22, 1999 from George Wakiji.
Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga Papers includes photographs and a letter related to Aiko's life, family, and work. Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga was an activist for the Japanese American Redress movement whose research conducted for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) provided key evidence that led to redress. She later co-edited the transcription and publication of the CWRIC hearings, along with other related projects. This collection mostly includes photographs from her early life primarily focused on the years 1930-1950. Subjects in the photographs include the Jerome and Rower incarceration camps, post- World War II Japan, Japanese American soldiers, and Japanese American families.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
color
image/jpeg
Identifier
aiko_07_02_01_008
csudh_aiko_0611
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/45734
Language
English
Subject
Activism and involvement--Civil liberties
Geographic communities--Washington, D.C
Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Women
Place
Washington, D.C.
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8kp888m/
Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga Papers

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