Guide to the Michi Nakao Collection 1874-1993

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Guide to the Michi Nakao Collection 1874-1993

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The Michi Nakao Collection chiefly contains Nakao's writings and research materials on Sen Katayama, a founding member of both the American and Japanese Communist parties, as well as, in Japan, a pioneer of the socialist movement, a founder of the profession of social work, a leader in the early trade union movement, and the editor of Japan's first labor newspaper. It also includes research materials on other individuals and topics, photographs, correspondence, journals, and memoranda. Most of the items in the collection are in Japanese.

3.3 cubic feet; 3 records center cartons and 1 manuscript box)

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Nakao, Michiko (Michi), 1934-1993

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Michiko (Michi) Nakao was an editor and writer who greatly contributed to the Japanese community in New York. She was born in Hokkaido, Japan, in 1934. In Japan, Nakao worked for Iwanami Shoten, one of the most well-regarded publishers in the country. In 1956, Nakao received a scholarship to study in the United States, first at Villa Maria College in Buffalo, New York, and from 1960, at Columbia University. Unfortunately, Nakao had to leave the university due to an injury caused by ...

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Katayama, Sen, 1859-1933

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Takamine, Jōkichi, 1854-1922

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Yoneda, Karl Gozo, 1906-1999

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Yoneda was born in Glendale, CA, in 1906; studied in Japan, 1913-26; returned to the US, 1927; joined American Communist Party and launched career as a labor activist; a longshoreman by trade, he was affiliated with the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, and also served as a CIO labor organizer; edited Rodo Shimbun (Japanese Labor News), the publication of the Japanese Bureau of the American Communist Party; wrote 5 books, 4 in Japanese; interned at the Manzanar Relocation Ce...