Anthony Lanza World War II Letters and Photographs
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Lanza, Kenneth
Lanza, Anthony, 1925-1995
- Dates:
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1925-1946
undated
bulk 1940-1946
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1.33 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0910
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
World War II personal papers, photographs, and printed material of Anthony R. Lanza, who served in the U.S. Army in Japan between 1944 and 1946.
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Armed Forces History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Rosenau, Fred Simon
- Dates:
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1944-1945
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0478
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains both the personal papers of Fred Rosenau and examples of air-dropped psychological warfare literature created by the O.W.I. Amongst his personal papers, which constitute the first series, there are information guidebooks and language aids for India and Burma, a large number of Indian newspaper articles, and photographs take...
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Oishi, Mamoru, 1918-1993
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circa 1941-1962
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1420
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes a photograph album containing photographs documenting Oishi's experiences as a Japanese American soldier during World War II and his time with the Military Intelligence Service; identification cards; maps and guidebooks; booklets issued to soldiers; language dictionaries; and miscellany.
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Tanaka, Peter, Dr.
Tsukamoto, Mary
McGovern, Melvin
Nitta, Eugene T.
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1900s-1993
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0305
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is an assortment of souvenirs and memorabilia, which have survived the years since World War II. Many of them, Christmas cards, high school graduation programs, notes to friends, snapshots, and photographic prints in the form of dance programs reflect the interests and concerns of all teenagers. There are camp newsletters and Japan...
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Sato, Sanji (student)
Satow, R. (student)
Satow, Susama Paul (student)
Lamboley, E. Gerald
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1942-1943
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0.12 Cubic feet (1 folder, 6 letters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0450
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Letters from students of Japanese-American ancestry to Miss Cox, their former teacher at the Edward Kelley School in Sacramento, California. This teacher has been identified as Mary Aline Cox by Ms. Colleen Zoller, January 13, 2009.
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Marutani, Victoria
Marutani, William M.
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1940-2003
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0890
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These materials are arranged chronologically and include information about Marutani's life and professional activities. The series includes information about his time in the Army, his association with Tule Lake, his work on the Loving v. Virginia case, photographs, a plaque from the Tule Lake Reunion Committee, and lecture research and notes.
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Tokita, Kamekichi
- Dates:
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circa 1900-circa 2010
bulk 1900-1948
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1.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tokikame
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The scattered personal papers of Seattle area painter Kamekichi Tokita (1897-1948) measure 1.5 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to circa 2010 with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1910 to 1948. The papers include biographical materials, including documents about the closing of the War Relocation Authority's Minidoka Camp in Idaho; correspondence; three diaries written in Japanese documenting Tokita's war time experiences and relocation to Minidoka, two earlier notebooks, also written in Japanese, and scattered notes; a few personal business records; printed materials; one scrapbook; sketches; and one family photograph album.
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Cornelius, Hallye Mercer
Horne, Glendora
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1945.
- Size:
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0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0826
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Seventy-three (73) cigarette pack labels from the World War II years. The manufacturers include American, British, Chinese, and Japanese tobacco companies.
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Okubo, Miné, 1912-2001
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circa 1940-2001
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1.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.okubmine
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Roy Leeper and Gaylord Hall collection of Miné Okubo papers measure 1.4 linear feet and date from circa 1940 to 2001. Roy Leeper and Gaylord Hall were long-time friends with and patrons of Okubo from the late 1950s until her death. The collection contains letters, writings, and sketches by Okubo. Among the printed materials is a copy of the 1944 special edition of Fortune magazine which was sympathetic to Japanese Americans interned during World War II and for which Okubo was hired to illustrate. Also found are scattered documents relating to Hall and Leeper.
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Earle, Ralph
- Dates:
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1945.
- Size:
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0794
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
11 lantern slides and 18 35mm slides, all glass-mounted and taped at edges, showing an atomic bomb test explosion. Of this collection, two slides contain images of the crew conducting the test and a third shows the camp and some of the equipment used. The remainder contain images of explosions and the resulting smoke.