Tarō Higa Papers, 1944-1964

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Tarō Higa Papers, 1944-1964

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Thomas Tarō Higa, a Hawaiian-born Kibei, was born in 1916. He was a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion. The collection consists of documents of Higa's speech tour (1944) sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), photocopies of newspaper articles written by Higa and a copy of a privately printed pamphlet by Yasusato Sadao on the clothing relief drive for Okinawa in Hawaii titled (1964). Materials in this collection are primarily in Japanese, with some in English. Hawai ni okeru Okinawa hifuku kysai und no dki to sono kiroku

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Higa, Tarō, 1916-

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Thomas Taro Higa, a Hawaiian-born Kibei, was born in 1916; he was a member of the 100th Infantry Battalion; between Sept. 15th and Dec. 10, 1944, Higa gave a speech tour on the mainland sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens League. From the description of Papers, 1944-1964. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39793771 Biography Thomas Tarō Higa, a Hawaiian-born Kibei Nisei, was born in 1916;...

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...