Papers, 1954-1959.
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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...
Fujioka, Shirō
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Fujioka was born in 1878; a native of Aomori Prefecture, he arrived in the US in 1897; attended Columbia Univ.; was a journalist for various Japanese language newspapers in the US, including the Nyûyôku shimpô (New York), the Hokubei jiji (Seattle), and the Rafu shimpô (Los Angeles); president, Nanka Chûô Nihonjin Kai (Central Japanese Association of Southern California), 1919-20; died in 1957. From the description of Papers, 1954-1959. (University of California, Los Angeles). ...