A Buried Past: An Annotated Bibliography of the Japanese Americn Research Project Collection

by Yuji Ichioka (Editor)

Collection consists of materials collected by the Japanese American Research Project (JARP) related to the history of Japanese and Japanese Americans in the United States. It consists of primary and secondary Japanese language source materials, including Japanese government archival documents, concerning Japanese immigrants and their descendants in the United States. These materials--many of which are here described for the first time are indispensable for historical and sociological studies of this racial minority group. The bibliography contains 18 chapters; headnotes introduce the major ones, providing a brief historical background and summary evaluation of the materials within them. The volume is a product of the research program of the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California at Los Angeles. The Japanese American Research Project (originally named the Issei History Project) was initiated by Wakamatsu Shigeo, President of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in 1960. The three major objectives of the project 1. to conduct a sociological survey based on a national sampling of the Issei and Nisei populations; 2. to publish a definitive history of the Japanese Americans; 3. and to collect documents, including oral history and memorabilia. UCLA agreed to co-sponsor the project along with the JACL. T. Scott Miyakawa became the first director of the project, and Robert A. Wilson was appointed to administer the fund. Later funds were contributed to the project to include the Sansei generation in the survey. Materials in this collection are in both Japanese and English.

227 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974