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Guide to the Karl Ichiro Akiya Papers TAM.236
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Akiya, Karl Ichiro, 1909-2001 |
| Source
- dnr:
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Chestnut, Elizabeth Akiya |
| Source
- dnr:
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Akiya, Frederick |
| Title: |
Karl Ichiro Akiya Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1921-2002 |
| Dates [bulk]: |
1949-1998 |
| Abstract: |
Karl Ichiro Akiya (1909-2001) was an activist in the labor and Japanese community
both in the United States and Japan. Incarcerated at the Topaz War Relocation Center
in Topaz, Utah, he was released to serve as a language instructor in the U.S. Army's
Japanese language school at the University of Michigan. Akiya was member of the Japanese
American Citizens League, the Furniture Workers Union and the Communist Party of the
U.S.A. He wrote for the Japanese American Hokubei Shimpo and literary magazine the
New York Bungei. The collection contains subject files documenting Akiya's life and
work in the United States and Japan; his writings, including articles published in
Hokubei Shimpo newspaper and The New York Bungei, essays, short novels, and an autobiography;
notebooks and address books; artwork and photographs.
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| Quantity: |
10 Linear Feet in 7 record cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, 3 oversized flat boxes, and 1 oversize folder.
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| Language: |
Materials are primarily in English, with some materials in Japanese. |
| Call Phrase: |
TAM.236 |
