Yasui Bros. Co. records [manuscript], 1909-1987 1909-1941.

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Yasui Bros. Co. records [manuscript], 1909-1987 1909-1941.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173184383

The collection includes business and personal correspondence in both Japanese and English, financial records, store invoices, posters, catalogs, cash register rolls, workers' time vouchers, and other miscellaneous records (1909-1941); and documents, correspondence, memos, and letters related to the Japanese American Citizens' League (1973-1987), of which Homer Yasui was an active member. In addition, the collection includes approximately 150 newspapers (1930s-1950s), the majority published in Japan.

184 boxes.

eng,

jpn,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6919845

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Yasui, Homer

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Yasui, Ray

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Fujimoto, Renichi

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Japanese American Citizens' League

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Founded in 1930, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is a membership organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others victimized by injustice. The JACL has 112 chapters nationwide and eight regional districts with over 24,000 members found in 23 states. In addition to its national headquarters in San Francisco, the JACL has five regional offices (Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago), as well as ...

Yasui, Masuo

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Yasui, Minoru, 1916-

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Yasui, Renichi

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Yasui Bros. Co. (Hood River, Or.)

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The Yasui Brothers, part of the pioneer Japanese Yasui family, were among the earliest merchants in Hood River, Oregon. Masuo Yasui, Renichi Fujimoto (also known as Renichi Yasui), and Taiitsuro Yasui opened the Yasui Bros. variety store in Hood River, on July 8, 1908. The store was closed by the U.S. Treasury Department after Pearl Harbor in 1941. Masuo Yasui and at least one of his sons, Ray, were arrested and interned as dangerous aliens during World War II. Another of Masuo Yasui's sons, Min...

Yasui family.

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Yasui, Taiitsuro

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