Guide to the Isaku and Emi Kida Papers, 1929-2002, undated

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Guide to the Isaku and Emi Kida Papers, 1929-2002, undated

1929-2002, undated

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_165/tam_165.html

Isaku and Emi Kida were the publishers of the <i>Hokubei Shimpo</i>, later the <i>New York Nichibei</i>, a Japanese and English newspaper published in New York, New York from 1945 to 1993. The collection contains partial business records for the <i>Hokubei Shimpo</i> and the <i>New York Nichibei</i> with Emi Kida's personal papers making up the bulk of the collection. The collection dates are 1929-2002, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1983 and 1993. The majority of the collection is in English, although most personal and business correspondence is in Japanese.

6 Linear Feet in 5 record cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, and 1 oversized folder in a shared box

eng, Latn

jpn, Jpan

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331417

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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