John M. Yumoto collection, 1943-1988.

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John M. Yumoto collection, 1943-1988.

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The John M. Yumoto collection consists of documents taken from his scrapbook pertaining to the period in which he taught for the US Navy Japanese Language School at the University of Colorado in Boulder from 1942-1945. There is a copy of the Japanese Sword Society of the United States, Inc. Newsletter, dedicated to John M. Yumoto with biographical information included, and photographs donated by his wife, Vickie Yumoto. The documents, labeled "Scrapbook," are separated into sub-categories.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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SNAC Resource ID: 7419398

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Archives Dept.

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Yumoto, John M.

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John Masayuki Yumoto was born January 30, 1916, in Fresno, California to Yohei and Koshio Yumoto. In 1919, Yumoto and his family moved to Okayama, Japan, where he was introduced to sword study by his grandfather. He lived in Japan until 1935 when he returned to the US alone. Yumoto completed both grammar and high school in Burlingame, California, and began working as a photographer for Shin Sekai Asahi Newspaper in San Francisco, California. In 1942, after the US entered World War II, Yumoto and...

Japanese Sword Society of the United States

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United States. Navy. Japanese Language School

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