George Hoshida papers 1942-1945 1942-1983

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

George Hoshida papers 1942-1945 1942-1983

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt829029dd

George Hoshida (1907-1985) was an incarcerated artist who documented camp life with pencil and brushwork in a series of notebooks he kept between 1942 and 1945. This collection consists of his autobiography, artwork, and correspondences.

0.75 linear feet

eng,

Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6660022

Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Hoshida, George

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6040xvk (person)

Biography / Administrative History George Hoshida was born in Japan in 1907. In 1912, at the age of four, he immigrated with his family to Hilo, Hawai'i. It is important to note Hoshida's age when he made the journey across the Pacific. Although his entire adolescence and adulthood was spent in Hawai'i, Hoshida was forbidden by law to become a naturalized citizen. Unlike migrants from Europe, immigrants from Asia were restricted from naturali...