Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records

Creator:	Japanese American Citizens League. Seattle Chapter, creator
Title:	Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records
Dates :	1921-2010
Quantity:	31.57 cubic feet (46 boxes and 2 oversize items)
Manuscript Collection No.:	0217
Languages:	Collection materials are in English and Japanese.

Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical Note

The Seattle Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League served as the voice of the Nisei (second generation Japanese). The members (primarily professionals) tended to be highly nationalistic and proud of their American citizenship, promoting good citizenship and active participation in civic life. Organized 1921, as Seattle Progressive Citizens' League, it became the Seattle Chapter of national Japanese American Citizens League in 1930.

Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League met to organize an Emergency Defense Council composed of the presidents of many Nisei organizations. When incarceration became inevitable, the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League began to cooperate with the War Relocation Authority in the removal and in governing the Puyallup Assembly Center (Camp Harmony). James Sakamoto, Chairman of the Emergency Defense Council, became Chief Supervisor of the Japanese staff at the Puyllup Assembly Center.

The Chapter was inactive during the period immediately following the war, but was formally reactivated in 1948. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League became involved in civil and human rights issues. Chapter members participated in the statewide effort to eliminate from the Washington state constitution the 1899 Alien Land Law which prohibited Asians from owning land. In 1966, SJR 20 passes as an amendment to the constitution. In 1962 the seventeenth National Japanese American Citizens League Biennial Convention was held in Seattle. Minoru Tsubota was president circa 1960, Minoru Masuda in 1971, Chuck Kato in 1980, and Lloyd Hara in 1981.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, minutes, financial and membership records, newsletters, convention materials, and photographs relating to the Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League and its predecessor, the Seattle Progressive Citizens' League. Includes papers on the Japanese American evacuation during World War II and activities of the Emergency Defense Council (set up after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941), the chapter's successful efforts to repeal the Washington State Alien Land Law, its participation in the redress movement, and its activities as host for the Japanese American Citizens League's 17th Biennial National Convention in 1962.

Arrangement

Arranged in 6 accessions:

Accession No. 0217-005, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter minutes and introduction, 1942, 1970
Accession No. 0217-006, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-1981 (bulk 1941-1977)
Accession No. 0217-007, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter artifacts, 1942-1945
Accession No. 0217-013, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1933-1996 (bulk 1960-1990)
Accession No. 0217-014, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1942-2001 (bulk 1981-1999)
Accession No. 0217-015, Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-2010 (bulk 1960-2000)

Restrictions on Use

Creator retains literary rights.

Restrictions on Access

Open to all users.

Preferred Citation

Japanese-American Citizen's League, Seattle Branch records. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

Processing Info

Partially processed.

Inventory



Accession No. 0217-005

Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter minutes and introduction, 1942
		.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content
Contains minutes of meetings from March 8-10, 1942. The minutes document special emergency meetings by Seattle Japanese American Citizens League leadership following announcement of evacuation plans by U.S. Army for those of Japanese ancestry. There is also an introduction to the minutes by Mike Masaoka, written in 1970.
Acquisition Info
Gift of David Ishii, 11/21/1978.


Accession No. 0217-006

Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-1981 (Bulk: 1941-1977)
		8.06 cubic feet (19 boxes)

Arrangement
Arranged in two series:
Administrative records Records of committees and related organizations
Scope and Content
Correspondence, minutes, constitution, financial records, membership records, newsletters, reports, photographs; 1921-1981 (bulk 1941-1977). Included are records from the Seattle Progressive Citizen's League and the Emergency Defense Council, as well as other committees of the Seattle Japanese American Citizens League, such as the Committee for Abolishing Restriction on Land Ownership, Committee for the Repeal of the Anti-Alien Land Law, and the Seattle Committee for Senate Joint Resolution No. 20.
Acquisition Info
Gift of Linda Ishihara Kimura, 1976; periodic transfers of the Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter between 1968 and 1982.
Processing Info
Merger of 5 accessions: 0919-001, 0919-004, 1814-001, 1820-001, 0216-006.
Box									Date
			Administrative Records
				Organization
1					History				1921-1981
1					Constitution				1955-1970, undated
1					By-Laws				1967-1977, undated
1					Articles of Incorporation				1973, 1975
1					Agreement of Association				undated
				Interchapter Correspondence
1					Pacific Northwest District Council				1934-1975
							2 folders
1					National Office				1940-1975
							5 folders
1					Washington D.C. Office				1948-1974
							2 folders
1					Northwest Intermountain Regional Office				1973-1975
							1 folder
1					"Pacific Citizen"				1958-1975
1					Other Offices				1939-1974
1				Interoffice Correspondence					1965-1975
				Incoming Correspondence
2					A-B				1964-1975
2					Adams, Brock				1969-1975
2					C-E				1941-1972
2					Evans, Daniel				1972-1975
2					F-I				1969-1974
2					Jackson, Henry M.				1962-1975
2					J-K				1964-1975
2					M-N				1956-1972
2					Magnuson, W. G.				1961-1975
2					Nisei Veterans Committee, Inc.				1969-1975
2					O-R				1941-1975
2					S-T				1969-1975
2					Seattle, City of				1969-1975
2					Seattle A-M				1969-1975
2					Seattle City Council				1969-1975
2					Seattle Public Library - Seattle Public Schools				1969-1975
2					United States				1969-1975
2					University of Oregon - University of Washington				1969-1975
2					V-Z				1940-1975
2-3				Outgoing Letters					1960-1976
						19 folders
3				General Correspondence					1968-1976
						6 folders
				General Correspondence Concerning
3					Stereotypes				1975
							1 folder
3					Golf Tournament				1964-1973
							2 folders
				Minutes
4					Advisory-Executive Board				1946-1949
							1 folder
4					Seattle Chapter				1941-1979
							15 folders
4					Bainbridge Island Chapter				1940-1942
4					Convention Committee				1941
4					National Chapter				1937-1975
4					Northwest District Council				1937-1975
				Financial Records
4					Office Account				1940-1942
4					Statements				1939-1960
5					Treasury Reports				1940, 1958-1975
							3 folders
5					Balance Sheets				1954-1964
5					Checking Account				1963-1965
5					Special Events				1939-1966
5					Membership Income				1962-1965
							2 folders
5					National, other chapters				1962-1975
				Membership
5					Board and Officers				1941-1977
5					Membership Lists				1941-1975
							2 folders
5					Committees				1941, 1963-1975
5					1000 Club				1960-1963
5					National List				1964-1975, 1978
5				Agendas					1971-1974, 1978
6				Directories					1962, 1967-1972
						2 folders
6				Forms					1948
				Newsletters
6					Japanese American Citizens League Bulletin				1947-1970
6					Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter Bulletin				1941, 1950-1956
6-7					Japanese American Citizens League Reporter				1961-1982
							12 folders
6-7					Miscellaneous Bulletins				1950, 1965
7				Legislation					1935-1974
7				Legal					1963, 1967-1968, undated
7				Resolutions					1941-1973, undated
7				Ordinances					1972
7				Speeches and Writings					1970-1974, undated
				Memoranda
7					National Headquarters				1940-1965
							2 folders
7					Seattle Chapter				1940-1973, 1978
							2 folders
				Lists
7					Mailings				1940-1962
7					Attendance				1967, 1975-1977, undated
7					Miscellaneous				1965-1973
				Reports
7					Japanese American Citizens League				1967-1975
7					"Japanese Girls in the Business World"				1937
7					Japanese American Citizens League Occupation Survey				1964
7					Committees				1969-1970
7					General				1959-1975, undated
8				Programs and Activities					1940-1965
8				Newsreleases					1962-1975
8				Photographs					undated
						2 folders
8				Biographical Sketches					undated
8				Grants and Proposals					1970-1972, undated
				Conferences and Conventions
8					National Conventions				1940-1942
8					11th Biennial Convention				1950
8					12th Biennial Convention				1952
8					13th Biennial Convention				1954
8					15th Biennial Convention				1958
8					16th Biennial Convention				1960
8					Northwest Conference on Racism				1971
8					Miscellaneous Conference Material				1970-1972
8				Programs					1963-1979
						2 folders
9				Clippings
						2 folders
9				Ephemera
						4 folders
				Subject Files
9					Black Panthers				1968
9					Redress/Reparations				1971-1979
							3 folders
9					Pacific Citizen				1942-1962
							Related Material: The University of Washington Libraries' MicNews division also holds copies of the Pacific Citizen.
9					Nisei of the Biennuum - Watanabe				1978
9					Referendum 35 - Open Housing				1967
10					"Pride and Shame" Exhibit				1970
							2 folders
10					Hayasaka Collection, University of Washington				undated
10					Japanese American History Project				1961-1965
10					JACL Medical Insurance				1971
10					Public Assistance Booklet				1970
10					The George J. Inagaki Chapter Citizenship Award				1971, 1975, undated
			Records of Committees and Related Organizations
				Anti-Defamation Committee
10					Minutes				1975
10					General Correspondence				1974-1975
							2 folders
10				Anti-Discrimination Committee General Correspondence					1951, 1962
				Committee on Japanese American Evacuation Claims
10					General Correspondence and Memoranda				1962-1969
10					Claim File				1949
10					Ephemera				undated
10				Ethnic Concerns Committee Reports					1969-1970, undated
				Greater Seattle Japanese Queen Committee
10					General Correspondence				1961-1971
10					Minutes				1964, 1969, 1971
10					Programs				1941, 1964-1971
10					Miscellany				1964-1971
				Human Relations Committee
10-11					Organization				1967
10-11					Minutes				1965
10-11					General Correspondence				1964-1970
							4 folders
10-11					Reports				1963-1967
10-11					Speeches and Writings				1963-1967
10-11					Ephemera				1963-1967
10-11				Installation Committee: General Correspondence					1965-1975
				Issei Concerns Committee
11					Organization				1975
11					General Correspondence				1972-1973, 1975
11					Minutes				1972-1973
11					Reports - "Proposed Nursing Home"				1972
11					Membership				1954-1955, 1972
				Issei-Nisei Stories Committee
11					Organization				1970
11					General Correspondence				1969-1970
							3 folders
11					Minutes				1970
11					Reports				1970
				Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Branch Membership Committee
11					General Correspondence				1963-1966, 1971-1972
11					Ephemera				1972-1976
11				Japanese Americans for Patsy Mink: General Correspondence					1971-1972
11				Japanese Cultural Center Committee: General Correspondence					1973-1975
11				Japanese Immigration Centennial Committee: General Correspondence					1969
11				National Committee to Repeal the Emergency Detention Act: General Correspondence					1969
11				Nisei Veteran's Committee: General Correspondence					1967-1975
				Pacific Northwest Conference on Nisei Retirement
11					General Correspondence				1977
11					Registration				1977
11					Program				1977
							Scope and Content: Includes photographs.
11					Ephemera				1977
				Recognition Committee
12					General Correspondence				1967-1981
							6 folders
12					Scroll of Recognition				undated
				Seattle Progressive Citizens League
12					Organization				1940-1941, 1947
19					Minutes OVERSIZE				1921-1941
12					Incoming Letters				1939
12					Outgoing Letters				1940-1942
12					Financial Records				1949, 1953
12					Membership Lists				1939-1942
19					Scrapbook OVERSIZE				undated
				Social Concerns Committee
12					General Correspondence				1971-1973
12					Membership				1972
				Committee for the Repeal of the Anti-Alien Land Law (SJR No. 4)
12					Incoming Letters A-Y				1960
							2 folders
12-13					Outgoing Letters				1960-June 1962
							23 folders
13					Minutes				1960
13					Financial Records				1960
14					Election Records				1952-1960
							2 folders
14					Lists				1960
14					Speeches and Writings				1960
14					Clippings				1960
							Scope and Content: Includes photographs.
14					Ephemera				undated
				Committee for Abolishing Restriction on Land Ownership (SJR No. 21)
14					Organization				1961-1962
14					Incoming Letters				1962
							2 folders
14					Outgoing Letters				1961-1963
							2 folders
14					Minutes				1962
14					Financial Records				1962
							2 folders
					Memoranda
14						Incoming			1962
14						Outgoing			1962
15					Campaign Material				1962
							2 folders
15					Lists				1962
15					Voting Record				1962
							2 folders
15					Recaps				1962
							3 folders
15					SJR 21 Fund Drive				1961-1962
15					Ephemera				1962
				Seattle Committee for Senate Joint Resolution No. 20
15					General Correspondence				1966
15					Minutes				1965-1966
15					Financial Records				1966-1967
16					Proposals				1966
16					Campaign Material				1966
							3 folders
16					Resolutions				1966
							3 folders
16					Clippings				1966
							4 folders
16					Photographs				1966
16					Notebooks				1966
16					Election Returns				1966
16					Ephemera				1966
				JACL Biennel National Convention, 17th Seattle, 1962
16					Incoming Letters A-Y				1962
							7 folders
17					Outgoing Letters				1962
							6 folders
17					Minutes				1962
17					Minutes - Youth Activity Committee				1962
17					Financial Records				1962
					Memoranda
17						National Headquarters			1962
17						Washington Office			1961-1962
17						Miscellaneous			1961-1962
17					Speeches and Writings in Japanese				1962
17					Clippings,				1962
							Scope and Content: Including ephemera.
17					Program				1962
17					Registration				1962
17					Events				1962
17					Miscellany				1962
				Emergency Defense Council
18					Organization				1941-1942
18					Incoming Letters				1941-1942
18					Outgoing Letters				1941-1942
18					General Correspondence				1942
18					Minutes				1941-1942
18					Financial Records				1940-1942
18					Case Files				1941-1942
18					March Orders				1942
18					Reports
18					Speeches and Writings				1942
					Lists
18						Addresses (Business and Home)			1942
								2 folders
18					News Releases				1941-1942
					Bulletins
18						National Headquarters			1941-1942
18					Clippings				Jan-May 1942
							5 folders
18					Ephemera				1942-1950
18					Subject File: Headquarters - Camp Harmony				1942


Accession No. 0217-007

Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter artifacts, 1942-1945
		.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content
Exhibit items: 1-foot sample of barbed wire, heavy teacup from Camp Minidoka internment; 1942-1945.
Restrictions on Access
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info
Gift of Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter, 8/1/1992.


Accession No. 0217-013

Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1933-1996 (Bulk: 1960-1990)
		2.00 cubic feet (3 boxes and one oversize package)

Arrangement
Arranged in 4 series:
Organizational records, 1959-1996 Presidents' papers, 1960-1982 Japanese American Citizens League, Pacific Northwest District records, 1933, 1960-1967 Japanese American Citizens League records, 1944, 1967
Scope and Content
Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, photographs, ephemera, posters, financial records, clippings, lists of officers, 1933-1996 (bulk 1960-1990). Primarily records of presidents Minoru Tsubota, Minoru Masuda, Chuck Kato, and Lloyd Hara. Also includes records of the Japanese American Citizens League, Pacific Northwest District Council, ca 1960-1967.
Acquisition Info
Gift of Shea Aoki, 4/28/1983; Donald Kazama, 6/1983; Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter, 1971.
Processing Info
Processed in 1996.
Merger of Accession No. 0217-008, Accession No. 0217-009; Accession No. 0217-010, Accession No. 0217-011, Accession No. 0217-012, and incoming ephemera.
Box/Folder									Date
			Organizational Records
1/1				Historical Feature -- Time Line					undated
1/2				Organizational Features					undated
1/3				Intraorganizational Correspondence					1982-1990, undated
				Minutes
1/4					Board				1960-1982
1/5					Alien Land Law Repeal Committee				1959-1960
1/6					Committee on Resolution No. 4				1960
1/7					Committee on Abolishing Restrictions on Land Ownership				1962
1/8					Executive Board				1981
1/9					Executive Committee				1980-1981, undated
1/10					Japanese Canadian Project				1980
1/11					Joint Meetings				1960-1971
1/12					Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival Committee				1971, 1981-1982
1/13				Budget Files					1982
1/14				List of Officers					1982
1/15				Agendas Of U. S. Wartime Relocation And Internment Of Civilians Commission					1981
				Newsletters
1/16-22					Japanese American Citizens' League, Seattle Chapter				1961-1963, 1971, 1977-1996
1/23					NCRR Banner (National Coalition Reparations Redress)				1981
1/24-25				Subject File -- Inagaki Award					1970-1982
1/26				Clippings					1968, 1974-1980, undated
Package
4				Photographs OVERSIZE					undated
4				Posters OVERSIZE					undated
				Ephemera
Box/Folder
1/27					Japanese American Citizens' League, Seattle Chapter				undated
1/28					Others				undated
			Presidents' Papers
				Minoru Tsubota
1/29-31					President's Notebooks				circa 1960
							Scope and Content: Including records of Pacific Northwest District Council.
				Minoru Masuda
2/1					President's Notebook				circa 1971
2/2-3					Subject File -- Nisei Retirement Planning Conference				undated
				Chuck Kato
2/4					General Correspondence				1979-1980, undated
2/5					Intraoffice Correspondence				1980
2/6					Lists of Officers				1980
2/7					Subject File -- Japanese Canadian Centennial Project				1977
2/8					Ephemera				undated
				Lloyd Hara
2/9-11, 3/1					President's Notebooks				circa 1981
3/2					General Correspondence				1981
3/3					Financial Records				1980-1981
3/4					Conference -- Japanese Canadians and Japanese Americans				1981
3/5					Report on Results of Third Medical Examination of Atomic Bomb Survivors Residing in the U.S.				1982
3/6					Political Education Committee -- Goals and Objectives				1981
3/7					Resumes of Board Members				undated
					Subject Files
3/8						Board Retreat			1981
3/9						Diabetes Study			1981
3/10						Floyd Schmoe			1975-1981
3/11						Leadership Workshop			1981
3/12						60th Anniversary Banquet			1981
3/13						Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival			1981
3/14						Youth Achievement Banquet			1981
3/15					Scholarship Committee				1981
			Japanese American Citizens League, Pacific Northwest District
3/16				Minutes					1960-1962, 1967
3/17				Conference and Convention Files					1933, 1963, 1967
3/18				Resolution					undated
3/19				Program -- District Youth Council					1967
3/20			Japanese American Citizens League						1944, 1967, undated


Accession No. 0217-014

Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1942-2001 (Bulk: 1981-1999)
		4.00 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content
Correspondence, legislation, roll calls, rosters, testimony, minutes, memoranda, committee files, project files, grant files, financial files, reports, constitution, by-laws, membership lists, clippings, newsletters, press releases, photographs; 1942-2001 (bulk 1981-1999)
Majority of files were created during the tenure of Cherry T. Kinoshita while serving as President of the Seattle Chapter and Chair of the National Redress Committee for the Japanese American Citizens League. Includes materials related to redress legislation for Washington state, City of Seattle, and Seattle School District employees. Also includes project files for the creation of the video documentary, Redress: JACL's Campaign for Justice . Also includes grant files from the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund (CLPEF) for the Born in Seattle: Japanese American Campaign for Redress manuscript published by the University of Washington Press in 1998.
Restrictions on Access
Partially restricted. The records contain confidential materials, including social security numbers, personal checks, and bank account information. Individual files have been identified as restricted in the finding and are tied with red string. These files are closed until processed. All other files are open to all users immediately.
Acquisition Info
Gift of Cherry T. Kinoshita, 10/6/2005.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.
Box									Date
			Washington State Employees Redress Bill
1				Redress - Washington State/City/Seattle School Summary					1983-1984
1				Washington State - SJM104/HJM9					1983-1985
1				SB 3163 - Legislature Vote Count/Fact Sheets					1983
1				SB 3163 - Personnel/Claimants					1982-1985
1				SB 3163 - Copy of Bill - Washington State Employees					1983
1				Washington State Bills - SB 3163, HB 864, etc.					1975-1983
1				SB 3163 - Senate Hearings, Testimonials					1982-1983
1				Washington State Employees SB 3163 - Washington State Redress					1982-1983, 1988
1				SB 3163 - News Releases					1982-1983
1				Washington State Employees SB 3163 - State Employees Bill					1983
1				SB 3163 - Floor Debate Transcripts, Senate & House					1983
1				Washington State Employees Redress					1942, 1982-1984
1				Washington State Employee Redress - Duplicate Correspondence					1982-1983
1				Washington State Employees Redress ESSB 3163 - Passed May 1983					1982-1983
1				Washington State SJM 104/SSB 3369					1981-1985
1				Washington State Legislature SSHM 104 - Support National Redress					1985
1				Washington State Legislature - Joint Memorials on Redress					1983-1985
1				Lobbying Material - Washington State Employees, City Employees, Seattle School District Employees					1983-1985
			City of Seattle Employees Redress Ordinance
1				Seattle City Employees/Ordinance					1983-1984
1				City of Seattle Redress Legislation					1942, 1982-1984
			Seattle School District Clerks Redress Resolution
1				History of Washington State/Seattle Public Schools					1983-1984
1				Seattle School Clerks Correspondence					1983-1986
1				Seattle School District Clerks - Redress					1942-1945, 1981-1984
1				Seattle School Clerks - Initial Organizing Meeting					1983-1984
1				Seattle School Redress - Press Releases					1984
1				HB 1668/ESB 6152 - Exempts Redress as Income					1988-1989
1				Seattle School Board - Resolution					1984-1988
1				Seattle School Clerks - Pre-war					1942-1945
1				Seattle School Board - Testimonies, Letters of Support					1942-1944, 1982-1984
1				Washington State Bills - SSB 3369/Municipalities					1983-1985
1				HB 1415 - Seattle School - Enabling Legislation					1984-1986
1				Seattle School Teachers Redress Seminar					1986-1987
1				Seattle School Redress HB 1415 - Municipal Employees					1986
1				Seattle School Claimants' Escrow Instructions					1984
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
1				AAS 443 Washington State Employees Redress Bill					1942-1982
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
1				Seattle Japanese American Citizens League - Seattle School District Donations					1986
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
1				Redress Survey					1984-1985
1				Day of Remembrance					1986
1				Redress Celebration					1988-1989
1				Seattle School Employees, Dr. Louis Fiset - PMW Quarterly					1986
1				Seattle School Board - Japanese Clerks					1942-1984
						1 binder
			Washington Coalition on Redress/Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Redress
2				Community Committee on Redress/Reparations					1988
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Minutes					1982-1985
2				Washington Coalition on Redress					1983
2				Seattle Redress/Washington Coalition on Redress Finance Voucher					1984-1986
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
2				Community Committee on Redress/Reparations/Washington Coalition on Redress Mock Hearing					1981
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Fund Raising					1984
2				Japanese American Citizens League Related Articles					1983-1991
2				Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Board Meeting, Redress Questionaire					1984-1986
2				Seattle Redress/Resolution					1996-1997
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Meeting - Lobbying Strategies					1985-1987
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Testimony - HR 442 Hearing					1986
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Memos					1994-1997
2				Redress - Lowry Bills Correspondence					1979-1983
2				Testimonies - Subcommittee Hearing HR 442 (99th Congress)					1986
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Redress Victory Celebration					1988
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Education Fund					1996
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Education Fund/Disbanding					1996-1999
2				National Redress - Correspondence/Reports					1984-1985
2				National Redress - LEC; Lobbying - Washington State Congressmen					1987
2				Seattle, Washington State Congressmen Letters					1983-1989
2				Community Committee on Redress/Reparations Nillei Survey (Redress)					1981
2				State Employee, H. Tatsumi Scholarship University of Washington - N. Ike					1983-1984
2				W. Hohri - Japanese American Citizens League Redress Video					1989, 1991
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Thanks to Japanese American Citizens League Chapters					1986
2				Puyallup Monument					1982
2				Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Day of Remembrance Financial Statement					1986
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Day of Remembrance Lowry					1988
2				Washington Coalition on Redress Day of Remembrance, February 18, 1990					1990
2				University of Puget Sound - Day of Remembrance					1989-1992
2				WRA Camps - Maps of 10 Centers					1991-1992
2				Lobbying Resource					undated
2				Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Redress Donations					1986
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
2				Thank You - Redress Donation Washington Coalition on Redress Seattle Redress					1983-1985
2				Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Redress Donations					1984-1985
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
2				King County Council - Public Hearing RE: Asian Pacific					1982
2				Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Workshop - Japanese American Experience					1995
2				Speech Workshop - Dr. Yamauchi					1983-1985
2				HR 9471 Civil Service Retirement Credit for Internees					1978
2				US Conference of Mayors - National League of Cities - Resolution Redress Support (Mayor Royer)					1983-1984
2				Crystal City Internment Reunion					1993
2				Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Conference - Contemporary Perspectives on the Internment - American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)					1979-1980
2				Washington State Kip Tokuda Resolution - Japanese American Internees					1996-1999
2				Wing Luke Museum - Executive Order 9066					1988-1991
2				Seattle Times - Editorial Protest					1985
2				Nisei Aging Projects					1983
			Seattle Japanese American Citizens League
2				Constitution By Laws					1977-1983
2				Articles of Incorporation					1969
2				Chapter Minutes					1964-1973
2				Nominations/Ballots					1971-1975
2				Chapter Minutes					1969-1970
2				Minutes					1977-1979
2				National Organization Materials					1971-1978
2				Correspondence, Misc.					1977-1980
2				Nikkei Retirement Seminar					1977
2				Constitution, Membership					1976-1977
2				Officers/Board					1962-1977
2				Membership Lists					1972, 1976
2				HB 138 Washington State Commission/Asian American Affairs					1972-1977
2				Board Meeting					1985
2				Minutes					1980
2				Installation Budget					1986
2				Inagaki Award					1976-1977, 1980-1981
2				Inagaki Application					1983
2				Inagaki Award					1986
3				Recognitions/Nominations					1983-1984
3				Awards/Recognition					1982
3				Endowment Fund					1993
3				Endowment Fund Raising					1976, 1992-1993
3				Fund Raising Committee: Endowment Fund					1990-1991
3				Japanese American Citizens League Redress Seattle, Thank You Donors					1985-1989
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Seattle Legacy Fund Contributions - Thank Yous					1990-1993
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Seattle Legacy Fund Contributions - Install Budget Program					1990-1993
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Financial, Budget					1994-1999
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Redress Donations - Seattle Japanese American Citizens League Endowment					1990-1991
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Directory Ads					1997
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Office Lease, C & T Building					1993-1999
3				Office Negotiations					1993
3				Recognition Committee					1970-1975
3				Anti-Discrimination Commission/Coalition					1986-1993
3				International Relations Committee					1982-1984
3				Meiji-Mura Museum					1984
3				Commission on Asian American Affairs					1985
3				Washington State Employees - Commission on Asian American Affairs/Bill/Testimony					1982-1983
3				Commission on Asian American Affairs					1982-1983
3				Consul General of Japan					1986-1987
3				M. Masuda Memorial Fund					1980-1982
3				Kanojo					1994-1995
3				Kanojo Fashion Show					1994
3				Church Council of Greater Seattle					1984
3				Nisei Veterans Committee Correspondence					1989-1991
3				Nisei Veterans Committee Newsletter - Redress					1988-1990
3				Governor Mike Lowry's Advisory Council					1993
3				Consul General of Japan - Seattle					1988
3				U.S. Japan International Relations					1991-1995
3				American Jewish Committee - Asian-Jewish Meeting					1995
3				Mike Lowry - Fund Raiser Correspondence					1991-1997
3				Three Resolutions - Compassion in Dying; Seattle Chapter					1994
3				Seattle Resolution - Physician Assisted Dying					1994
3				Compassion in Dying - Japanese American Citizens League Resolution					1991-1997
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Japanese American Citizens League Resolution - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Compassion in Dying					1996
3				ACLU Resolution - Death/Dying					1996
3				Japanese American Citizens League Seattle - Anti-Defamation Letters, Clippings					1975-1979
3				Membership Campaign Letters					1975-1981
3				1000 Club/Life Member Lists					1994
3				Senator Spark Matsunaga - Peace Foundation Washington Coalition on Redress					1990
3				Strength and Diversity: Japanese American Women - Burke Museum					1994
3				Minidoka Irrigator					1942-1945
						2 folders
3				Japanese American Chamber of Commerce					1996
3				Office Space, Restricted Funds, Endowment					1993-1994
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Office of Mayor Royer					1983
3				Providence Journal					1987
3				Aki Kurose					1997-1999
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				University of Washingon Archives - Japanese American Citizens League Files					1982
			Japanese American Citizens League Video Project: Redress: Japanese American Citizens League's Campaign for Justice
3				Authorization from Proposed Endowment Fund					1988-1989
3				Kawabe Memorial Foundation, Motoda Foundation					1989-1992
3				Contract/Budget					1990-1994
3				Financial - Revenue/Expenses					1991
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
3				Production Agreement					1989-1990
3				Correspondence Development					1989-1990
3				Treatment - Drafts					1989
3				Opinion Survey of Redress Activities					1990
3				Script Drafts					1990
3				Rough Cut Comments					1990-1991
4				Interview Transcripts: Inouye, Mineta, Matsui, Tateishi, Miyatake					undated
4				Personal Release Forms					undated
4				Donated Tapes, Files, Photos					1989-1991
4				Puyallup Fairgrounds - Taping					1990
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
4				Summary Insert					1991
4				Distribution, Memos, Letters					1991-1992, 2001
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
4				Days of Waiting/Japanese American Citizens League Redress Video					1991
4				Flyers for Video Showing					1991
4				Script - Faces Behind the Wire					1989
4				Redress Symposium - Japanese Canadians					1980-1983
4				William Hohri - Attacks in Redress Video					1991
			Civil Liberties Public Education Fund (CLPEF) - Seattle Redress Book Project
4				Application/Agreement					1996-1998
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
4				Seattle Meeting					1996
4				Grant Application Drafts					1996-1997
4				National Legacy Fund Grant					1996-1998
4				Financial					1997-1998
						Restrictions on Access: Restricted.
4				Board Nominees - R. Kurose, G. Uyehara					1994-1996
4				Q & A to Shimabakuro					1997
4				Project Director					1997-1998
4				General					1997-1998
4				CK Comments on Drafts					1998
4				Project Reports					1997
4				Born in Seattle Drafts/Comments; R. Shimabukuro					1998
4				Latest Drafts: Born in Seattle					1998
4				Born in Seattle					2001
4				Project Interviews - G. Hirabayashi, R. Sims, M. Lowry					1997-1998
4				Civil Liberties Public Education Fund and Other Grants					1997
4				Grants, Other					1997-1998


Accession No. 0217-015

Japanese American Citizens League, Seattle Chapter records, 1921-2010 (Bulk: 1960-2000)
		16.87 cubic feet (18 boxes and one oversize file)

Box									Date
			JACL Seattle Chapter
1				Board minutes					1963-2005
1				Membership lists and directories					1969-1991
2				By-laws					1980s
2				Correspondence					1958-1996
2				Bank statements, invoices, budgets, and grants					1980-1985
3				Handbooks					1981-1999
						Scope and Content: Include meeting agendas and minutes, by-laws, correspondence, and financial information
3				Records Management Manual					1988
4				JACL Seattle Chapter newsletters					1962-2005
4				Clippings					1969-1998
5-7				Redress					1959-1986
7-9				Committee, subject, and miscellaneous files					1940-2009
9-10				Pride and Shame exhibit					1972-1974
10				Legal--Coram Nobis					1983-1986
10				Publications					1941-2005
11-13				Scrapbooks					1921-1984
14				Audio and video recordings, microfiche					1970s-1980s
				Poster					1981
			Pacific Northwest District Council
14				Audio cassette recordings of meetings					1970s-1980s
15				By-laws, minutes, correspondence, and reports					1950-1997
			National
16				Correspondence, reports, minutes, and subject files					1958-1986
16				Newspapers					1942-1943
17-18				Conventions					1960-2008

Subject Terms
	Organizations:
		Japanese American Citizens' League. Seattle Chapter--Archives.

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Guide to the Japanese-American Citizens League, Seattle Branch Records 1921-2010