Gerda Isenberg papers, 1931-1990.

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Gerda Isenberg papers, 1931-1990.

1931-1990

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Consist of correspondence, writings, speeches, reports, interviews, subject files, clippings, a scrapbook, photographs and ephemera. Collection includes records of the European Bookshop (1931-1936), papers of her Civil Rights activities (1941-1984), including the focus of the collection, Japanese-American relocation (1942-1951), her campaign for California State Assembly (1950), and records of the Yerba Buena Nursery (1983-1990). The Japanese-American relocation papers include correspondence and interviews of evacuees while chairmen of the Palo Alto Committee on Fair Play and American Principles, materials supporting Japanese-American involvement in the war effort, reports for the War Relocation Authority (WRA), and the American Friends Service Committee, including a report of her visit to Tule Lake, and publications of the Japanese-American Citizens League.

4 boxes, 2 v. (1.8 linear ft.)

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