Matsunosuke Oi Papers, 1906-1966

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Matsunosuke Oi Papers, 1906-1966

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Matsunosuke Oi was born in 1885 in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He arrived in the United States in 1906 and was a merchant and community leader in Southern California and an active officer in various Japanese associations including being a founding member of the postwar Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California. A bulk of the collection is about his participation in that association. The collection also includes materials related to his life: personal papers including manuscripts of his autobiography, correspondence related to the seizure of Oi's properties during his wartime internment, and a scrapbook with newspaper clippings from the local press. Some materials in the collection are in Japanese.

1 box; (0.5 linear ft.); 1 oversize box

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)

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The Japanese American Research Project (originally named the Issei History Project) was initiated by Wakamatsu Shigeo, President of the Japanese American citizens League (JACL) in 1960. The three major objectives of the project were: 1. to conduct a sociological survey based on a national sampling of the Issei and Nisei populations; 2. to publish a definitive history of the Japanese Americans; 3. and to collect documents, including oral history and memorabilia. UCLA agreed to co-sponsor the proj...

Oi, Matsunosuke

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Biography Matsunosuke Oi was born in 1885; a native of Kochi Prefecture, he arrived in the United States in 1906; he was a merchant and community leader in Southern California; he was an active officer in various Japanese associations and was a founding member of the postwar Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California. From the guide to the Matsunosuke Oi Papers, 1906-1966, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. ...