James Omura personal archive, 1912-1955
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Materials include correspondence, notes and writing for Current Life and Rocky Shimpo, clippings, biographical documents, legal and financial records, photographs, cassettes, video recordings, computer disks, government documents related to Omura, ephemera, and more.
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Form | other |
| Extent | 39 linear feet (29 boxes and 1 roll) |
| Place | United States |
| Publication date | 1912 - 1995 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
| Note | Organized into nine series: 1. Correspondence; 2. Speeches & Writings; 3. Biographical Materials; 4. Personal Financial Records; 5. Personal Legal Records; 6. Omura Landscape Service; 7. Audio-Visual Materials; 8. Ephemera & Memorabilia; 9. Research Materials. |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Omura, James Matsumoto, 1912-1994 |
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Subjects
| Subject | Omura, James Matsumoto, 1912-1994 |
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| Subject | Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 |
| Subject | World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans |
| Genre | Other |
| Genre | Personal papers. |
Bibliographic information
| Acquisition | Gift of Art Hansen; 2017. Accession MSS 2017-419. |
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| Biographical/Historical | James Matsumoto Omura (1912-1994) was a Japanese American editor and publisher. He founded the San Francisco-based publication Current Life in 1940 and later edited the Rocky Shimpo newspaper in Denver, Colorado. Omura was politically active and was an outspoken critic of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/sr157jb1188 |
| Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
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- Copyright
- Materials may be subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- [identification of item], James Omura personal archive (M2294). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.