Smith Family Papers on World War II, 1936-2005 (bulk 1942-1946)

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Smith Family Papers on World War II, 1936-2005 (bulk 1942-1946)

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Papers of two generations of the Smith family — Dr. Frank Herron Smith and his son Dr. Morris Eugene "Gene" Smith — including vintage broadsides and government reports on the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and correspondence from the elder Smith to government officials advocating for improved treatment and safety for returning internees. Also includes Gene Smith's personal papers, yearbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, tennis racquets and frames, and an illustrated autobiographical typescript detailing his service in the 25th Infantry Division from 1942-1946 as an Army linguist, translator, and interrogator in the Aleutians, Japan, the Philippines, and New Caledonia. Material donated by Smith family members in 1981, 1996, 2005, 2008 and 2009.

8 boxes

Special Collections, Robert E. Kennedy Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6653229

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Smith, Frank Herron, 1879-1965

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Dr. Frank Herron Smith was born in Illinois in 1879, son of a physician and a school teacher. After theological training, he left the U.S. in 1905 to begin his work abroad as a Methodist missionary, establishing churches in Japan and later Korea. In 1926, Frank Herron Smith and family returned to the U.S. where he served as the superintendent of the Pacific Japanese (Methodist) Mission. He was also a strong advocate for the fair treatment of Japanese American internees both while in...

Smith, Morris Eugene, 1912-2005

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Biography Rev. Frank Herron Smith Dr. Frank Herron Smith was born in Illinois in 1879, son of a physician and a school teacher. By 1905, he had completed a theological course of study at Northwestern University. He soon left to begin his work abroad as a Methodist missionary, establishing churches in Japan and later Korea. By 1926, Frank Herron Smith and his family had returned to the U.S. and settled in Berkeley, California, wher...