Cathy Tanaka Collection, bulk 1948-2016

Summary

Creators:

Tanaka, Cathy

Abstract:

This collection contains administrative documents and photographs from various MIS Veteran clubs throughout the United States, but mainly from Southern California. It is mainly paper documents but there are also some photographs, books, DVD's, and VHS tapes. Most of the materials are directly from club meetings and events. However, there is some secondary source material relating the histories of Japanese American soldiers.

Extent:

18 Linear Feet 35 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

([Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains administrative documents and photographs from various MIS Veteran clubs throughout the United States, but mainly from Southern California. It is mainly paper documents but there are also some photographs, books, DVD's, and VHS tapes. Most of the materials are directly from club meetings and events. However, there is some secondary source material relating the histories of Japanese American soldiers.

The collection is broken into nine series: Administration, Events, MIS Photos, Media, Books, MIS Ephemera, Periodicals, Go For Broke National Education Center, and Fukui Mortuary. The first series contains correspondences, banking information, and general administrative papers. The second series contains programs, meeting minutes, and tickets relating to various Japanese American events, mainly in Southern California. The third series contains loose photos as well as photo albums relating to MIS and other Veteran clubs. The fourth series contains DVDs, CDs, and VHS tapes of produced films, still photographs, and filmed events. The fifth series contains books on various topics relating to Japanese American World War II veterans. The sixth series contains various ephemera relating to Japanese Veteran clubs. The seventh series contains newspapers and newsletters. The eighth series contains administrative papers relating to Go For Broke National Education Center. The ninth series contains administrative papers relating to Fukui Mortuary.

Biographical / historical:

Catherine (Cathy) Tanaka was born in Tokyo during the U.S. Occupation of Japan post WWII. She graduated from UCLA with a BA in French in 1972 and studied the Japanese language/culture in Japan from 1974-1975. She has continued her father, Soichi's, legacy at Fukui Mortuary as secretary and treasurer. She is also licensed as a Funeral Director and Pre-need Counselor. She volunteers with various Japanese American veteran organizations in Southern California. She has been secretary to the Military Intelligence Service Association of Southern California since 1981, and secretary to the National Japanese American Veterans Council since 2004. She has served on the Board of Directors with the Go For Broke National Education Center and was the MIS SoCal representative of the Nisei Veterans Coordinating Council. (Bio from Fukui Mortuary website).

Processing information:

Prcoessed by Nicole McKeon, 2017.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Additional collection guides:

• [Cathy Tanaka Collection Finding Aid]

Indexed terms

Subjects:

California
Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century
Japanese Americans
Military intelligence
Los Angeles (Calif.)
United States.
Tokyo (Japan)
United States. Army. Infantry
United States. Army. Infantry Battalion, 100th
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence
Military Intelligence Service Club of Southern California
Go For Broke National Education Center

Preferred citation:

([Item], [Collection], Go For Broke National Education Center, Los Angeles, California.

Location of this collection:

Go For Broke National Education Center

355 East 1st Street, Suite 200

Los Angeles, CA 90012, US

Contact:

(310) 328-0907

archives@goforbroke.org

Website

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Box 10

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Box 7: Invoices

Box 8: Banking Statements

Box 9: John Aiso Book Club

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Box 1, Item 1: MIS Steakbake 2008-2012

Box 1, Item 2: NVCC 1999-2010 Meeting Notes

Box 1, Item 3: Binder of MIS Minutes 2010-2013

Box 2, Item 1: MIS Assn. of SoCal Minutes 2006 - 2010

Box 2, Item 2: MIS SoCal Minutes 1998 - 2004

Box 2, Item 3: MIS SoCal Minutes 1985 - 1997

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Box 5

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Box 3: Correspondences, 1982-1999

Box 4: Highway Dedication and War Memorial, 2001-2015

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Box 6

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Box 11

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Resource Center:

* First Class Nisei Linguists in World War II: Origins of the Military intelligence Service Language Program by David W. Swift Jr.

* The Heart Mountain Story: Photographs by Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel of teh World War II Internment of Japanese Americans by Mamoru Inouye with an essay by Grace Schaub

* Americans of Japanese Ancestry in the Korean War: Stories of those who served by Robert M. Wada

* Born Free and Equal: Photographs from the Library of Congress Collection

* John Aiso and the MIS: Japanese-American Soldiers in the Military Intelligence Service, World War II by Ichinokuchi (1 paperback, 1 hardback)

* In Good Conscience: Supporting Japanese Americans During the Internment by Shizue Seigel

* Nisei Linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II by James C. McNaughton (signed by author)

* Patriotism, Perseverance, Posterity: The Story of the National Japanese American Memorial

* Honor by Fire: Japanese Americans at War in Europe and the Pacific by Lyn Crost

* American Samurais: WWII in the Pacific MIS by Pierre Moulin

* American Samurais: WWII in the Pacific 100th/442nd by Pierre Moulin

* Reflections of Honor: The Untold Story of a Nisei Spy by Lorraine Ward and Katherine Erwin with Yoshinobu Oshiro

* Journey of Heroes: The Story of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 44nd Regimental Combat Team by Stacy T. Hayashi

* MIS in the War Against Japan

* Visas for Life by Yukiko Sugihara

* Saipan: Oral History of the Pacific War by Bruce M. Petty

* Twice Heroes: America's Nisei Veterans of WWII and Korean by Tom Graves

* Proud to Serve: Japanese American World War II Veterans by Rafu Shimpo

* Concentration Camps-USA by Stone S. Ishimaru

* Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II edited by Eric L. Muller

* War Relocation Authority: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming, 1942-1945

* MIS Language School Fort Snelling by Stone S. Ishimaru

* MIS Language School Camp Savage by Stone S. Ishimaru

* Fire for Effect: 442nd Regimental Combat Team

* The Unveiling of An American Story

* The Nisei Soldier by Edwin M. Nakasone

* Trials and Triumphs of the Nikkei by Hiro Nishimura

* Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and abroad by Robert Asahina

* The Crucible of Trials and Tribulations: Memories of a Meiji Missionary by Gi'ichi Tanaka (2005)

* Unsung Heroes: MIS Past, Present, Future

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* In Good Conscience: Supporting Japanese Americans During the Internment by Shizue Seigel

* Nisei Linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II by James C. McNaughton x3 (with signatures)

* Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents 2002 Edition

* Proud to Serve: Japanese American World War II Veterans by Rafu Shimpo

* Readjustment Problems Among Vietnam Veterans by Jim Goodwin

* Veterans Resource Book

* Unsung Heroes: MIS Past, Present, Future

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* Directory of 100th - 442nd Battalion

* The Oda Memoirs as written by Jimmie Oda x3

* "From America's Concentration Camps to the U.S. army" by Koji Kawaguchi Oct. 29, 2007 version x2 (CD)

* "From America's Concentration Camps to the U.S. army" by Koji Kawaguchi Dec. 5, 2007 (CD)

* From America's Concentration Camps to the U.S. army" by Koji Kawaguchi Nov. 30, 2005 (CD)

* Speak Out for Justice! Viewer's Companion 1981

* MIS Veterans Hawaii Directory

* The Nisei Story: The Story of the Japanese Americans during WOrld War II by Kojiro F. Kawaguchi (1 print out, 5 floppy disk versions)

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Box 16: 1980's-2000's Notes

Box 17: Binders

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Box 13: 1980's-1990's

Box 14: 2000's

Box 15: 2000's

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Box 12: Registration Lists and Tickets 1980-1999

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Box 37

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Box 34: Administration, 1998-2008

Box 35: Administrative materials and events, 2006

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Box 36

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Box 33

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Box 22:

* 2014 Joint Luncheon Videos (DVD) x2

* 2014 Joint Luncheon Photos (DVD)

* 2014 Las Vegas Reunion (DVD)

* 06/07/14 GFB Monument Anniversary Photos (DVD)

* Honor Bound 100th info and 442nd RCT (DVD)

* Evening of Aloha 11/05/11 (DVD) x2

* 2011 MIS Bonenkai Dec. 5-7 (DVD) x4

* 2011 Minidoka Pilgrimage June 30-July 3 (DVD)

* 2011 Minidoka Pilgrimage part 2 (DVD)

* Memorial Day Evergreen 05/27/13 (DVD)

* Barney Hajiro (1916-2011) (DVD)

* Memorial Day 2011 Evergreen Cemetery (DVD)

* Prejudice and Patriotism (NJAHS) (DVD) x3

* Go For Broke Oral History #089 OKA, Don Nov. 13, 1999 (DVD)

* Hawaii Congressional Gold Medal Celebration 12/17/11 (DVD)

* Hawaii Congressional Gold Medal Celebration Memorial Service 12/18/11 (DVD)

* LARCGM DVD (DVD)

* LARCGM Files (DVD)

* Congressional Gold Medal Award/ David Ono's Witness American Heroes (DVD)

* Central California Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony 02/19/12 (DVD)

* Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee (DVD)

* 442 Congressional Medal of Honor LA 06/09/12 (DVD)

* Go For Broke LARCGM Celebration (06/09/12) First Copy (DVD)

* Congressional Gold Medal (100, 442, MIS) Tribute Film (contains Dear Veteran: A Tribute Film and Congressional Gold Medal Speeches) (DVD)

* Congressional Gold Medal Award 11/2011 (DVD) x2

* Congressional Gold Medal Award (08/13/13)

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Box 23:

* Go For Broke Educational Foundation Condensed Interview of Takashi Tom Nakamoto (09/27/18-04/06/14) (DVD)

* 1982 Interviews

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Box 23:

* D-Day special features (DVD)

* 99 Years of Love Japanese Americans Episode 1 (DVD) x 4

* 99 Years of Love Japanese Americans Episode 2 "Issei and Nisei" (DVD) x 4

* 99 Years of Love Japanese Americans Episode 3 "Concentration Camp" (DVD) x 4

* 99 Years of Love Japanese Americans Episode 4 (DVD) x 4

* 99 Years of Love Japanese Americans Episode 5 (DVD) x 6

* 99 Years of Love Japanese Americans Episode 1 "America" and Episode 2 "Issei and Nisei" (DVD)

* 99 Years of Love Japanese Americans Episode 3 "Concentration Camps" and Episode 4 "Japanese American Troops" (DVD)

* Cathy Tanaka (student project?) (DVD)

* Welcome to: AJA War Memorial Court (DVD)

* "Go For Broke" by Jake Shimabukuro (CD)

* GHQ's Nisei Interpreters (DVD)

* Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor (DVD and Letter)

* AJA WWII Memorial Alliance and Japanese American Living Legacy DVD packet x 3

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Box 21:

* Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties (VHS)

* A Flicker in Eternity: based on the diary and letters of Stanley Hayami (DVD)

*Designing the Path: Japanese American Architect, Gyo Obata (DVD)

*442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity (DVD) x3

* Beyond Barbed Wire (DVD) x2

* Toyo's Camera: Japanese American History during WW II (DVD)

* Stand Up for Justice (DVD)

* When We Were Warriors Part 1 (VHS)

* From Hawaii to the Holocaust A Shared Moment in History (VHS)

* We Must Never Forget Promo Video (VHS)

* A Tradition of Honor (VHS)

Box 22: * Journey to Washington: On the Trail of Senator Daniel Inouye Japanese American Pioneer / The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese (DVD) x 2

* Unknown Warrior of WW II by David Ono (DVD) x 2

* An American Story: The History of California's Nisei Veterans (DVD)

* Rescue of the Lost Battalion (DVD)

* Echoes of Silence (DVD) x3

* Encounter with the Past (VHS)

* More Than A Thousand Words (DVD)

* Uncommon Courage (DVD)

* Encounter with the past (DVD)

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Box 28

Box 29: Rolodex

Box 30: Oversize Ephemera

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Box 18 Box 19: includes American Legion Oversize Scrapbook

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Box 20: Photographs, 1980-2011

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Box 32:

* Santo Gogai Rocky Mountain MIS Veterans Club (1985-1996)

* MIS Northwest Association Newsletter (1987-1997)

* Chicago-Nisei Post News Bulletin (1986-2015)

* National Park Service (2012-2016)

* Japanese American National Museum (1995-2005) * UTB TV Magazine (2012)

* National Japanese American Historical Society (2008-2012)

* MIS Veterans Club of Hawaii Newsletter (1990-2016)

* The Torch (2001-2015)

* Normandale Japanese Garden Newsletter (2014) * The Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL Newsletter (2010)

* The Way (2015)

* Savage Review (1992)

* Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California (2008-2015)

* Gardenia Nisei Memorial Post Bulletin (2011-2015)

* DC News Notes (1992)

* Japanese American Veterans Association Advocate (2013)

* Japanese American Korean War Veterans Newsletter (1996-2013)

* Hitoshi Sameshima Tribute (2014)

* MIS Intelligence Professional Bulletin (1996)

* Nisei Week (2012)

* MIS Intelligencer (1985)

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Box 31: * Pacific Citizen (1995 - 2014)

* Rafu Shimpo (1995 - 2015)

* The Daily Breeze (1995)

* Hokubei Mainichi, North American Daily (1999)

* Kamai Forum (1999)

* Cultural News (2000)

* Seattle Times (2012)

* The Japanese Daily Sun (2013)

* LA Times (2013)

* Nichi Bei Weekly (2014)

* South Pasadena Review (2015)

* Chicago Shimpo (1996)