Papers, 1894-1965.

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Papers, 1894-1965.

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Collection consists of a diary, correspondence, and various writings related to the life of Shinkichirō Shima. The diary, in Japanese, begins when he left Yokohama for the United States on board the Empress of China (October 9, 1894) with subsequent entries made on memorable occasions. It includes descriptions of voyages when Shima traveled between the U.S. and Japan from 1898 to 1918, and documents the matters of his cactus export business to Japan. It also covers the time period when Shima was incarcerated in the Santa Fe Assembly Center and the Manzanar Relocation Center (1942-1946), depicting life in the camps in a Japanese poetic form. Three notebooks contain his drafts of letters, in English and Japanese, some of which were written in the Manzanar Relocation Center while he was incarcerated. These include descriptions of camp life conditions as well as his participation in the Guayule project to propagate rubber plants at the Manzanar Relocation Center, and his family situations in Japan. The drafts also include English letters asking his friends to manage his bank accounts and Japanese letters discussing business plans for trading between US and Japan. Other writings include manuscripts for religious poems, Reichō, Daily blessing, hymns compiled in a Japanese poetic form in the Manzanar Relocation Center, excerpts from the Bible and verses, and other religious writings.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

eng,

jpn,

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7438358

University of California, Los Angeles

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Shima, Shinkichirō, 1877-

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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...

Shima, Shinkichirō.

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Shinkichirō Shima was born 1877 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and arrived at San Francisco in 1894 on board the Empress of China. He was baptized at a Methodist church in 1898 and became a devout Christian. During World War II, he was incarcerated in the Santa Ana Assembly Center and transferred to the Manzanar Relocation Center on July 31, 1942. In the Manzanar Relocation Center, he joined the Guayule project, propagating rubber plants. He was also a poet and worked as a cactus nurseryman in S...