Akahori Family Papers, ca. 1908-1965

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Akahori Family Papers, ca. 1908-1965

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Masaru Akahori was born in 1884 in Tokushima Prefecture. He moved to the United States in 1904 where he resided in the San Francisco Bay area and worked in Sacramento and Placerville, California. After World War II he resettled in Los Angeles, California. Materials in this collection include diaries, memoirs, correspondence, and business and professional records related to the Akahori family. There are English and Japanese materials in this collection.

40 boxes (20 linear ft.); 1 oversize box

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Akahori, Masaru, b. 1884-

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Akahori, Kiku

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Akahori family

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Biography Masaru Akahori was born in 1884; a native of Tokushima Prefecture, he arrived in the United States in 1904. He resided in the San Francisco Bay area and worked in Sacramento and Placerville, California, as a reporter for a Japanese language press. Mr. Akahori returned to Japan in 1919 as a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun in Tokyo. He returned to the United States in 1922 and moved to Seattle, Washington, where he became managing ed...

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...