Matsuda, Minn, 1911-2003

  1. Matsuda, Minn, 1911-2003
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Minn Matsuda was born in 1911 in Seattle, Washington. She lived in Utah, California, and New York. She married and had one son. She was active in the Asian American and African American civil rights movements and was a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America. She worked with Kazu Iijima to organize Asian Americans for Action. At the time of the interview, she was involved in the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence.

Biographical note for Minn Matsuda in the Guide to the New York University Department of History Oral History Class Collection, OH 033, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University, viewed on January 22, 2021

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/oh_033/dscaspace_4cf1d0440f09f4f369e97dcf713de221.html#aspace_5bda28fbd7ed2e2e51284588f0c1374c

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Place: Seattle

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Name: Shizu Matsuda
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[Matsuda Shizu]
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[Shizu Utsunomiya]
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Birth Date: 31 May 1911
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Birth Place: Seatle, Washington
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Death Date: 6 Aug 2003
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Father: Kojiro Utsunomiya
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Mother: Yu Miyoshi

Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, via Ancestry.com search, viewed January 22, 2021

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Date: 1911-05-31 (Birth) - 2003-08-06 (Death)

Name Entry: Utsunomiya, Shizu (Minn), 1911-2003

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It was established by, as I understand it, two ladies: Kazu Iijima and Shizu "Minn" -- Minn is her nickname -- Matsuda.

Transcript of the Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig interview at the Densho Digital Repository, viewed January 22, 2021

https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/ddr-densho-1000-16-1-transcript-00bc9a1b0a.htm

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Name Entry: Matsuda, Shizu (Minn), 1911-2003

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