Henry Okuda papers, 1943-1957.

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Henry Okuda papers, 1943-1957.

Biographical information, correspondence, financial records, minutes, speeches and writings, photographs, and other papers relating to Okuda's freight-handling and importing and exporting companies, and his involvement with Hokubei Butokukai, 1910-1966. Also includes the correspondence and tax records of Henry Okuda's son, Kenji Okuda. Major correspondents include the U.S. Treasury Dept., Oriental Express Company, Okuda and Shibagaki (Importers and Exporters), and Hokubei Butokukai (North American Fencing Club).

0.92 cubic ft. (2 boxes, 1 package)

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University of Washington. Libraries

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

Hokubei Butokukai (North American Fencing Club)

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Okuda, Kenji

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Oriental Express Company, Seattle.

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Okuda and Shibagaki (Importers and Exporters), Seattle.

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Okuda, Henry Heiji.

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Businessman and civic leader of Seattle, Washington. Henry Okuda was born in Japan in 1867. He came to the U.S. in 1895 and moved to Seattle in 1898, where he was active in community and civic affairs. He founded and became president of the Oriental Express Company, a transfer and storage business which was a common carrier of freight in Seattle until it ceased operation on December 8, 1941. He was also president of Okuda and Shibagaki (Importers and Exporters), and help...