Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers, 1942-1946

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Title
Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers, 1942-1946
Creator
Millsap, Walter, 1886-1971
Contributor
Imamura, Keichi.
Imamura, Keikichi Akana.
Imamura, Toshiko.
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, and printed material collected by Walter Millsap. Chiefly correspondence between Millsap and the Imamura family during the Imamuras' incarceration at the Gila River Relocation Center. Millsap's letters to the Imamuras are represented by carbon copies. The letters discuss Japanese incarceration and Millsap's United Co-Operative Industries, as well as his involvement in the Llano Colony, a socialist utopian community. Included are several typescripts of essays by Keikichi's wife, Toshiko Imamura, and some cartoons by their son, Keichi

Description
Walter Millsap was from 1916 to 1919 an active member of the utopian Llano colony, a socialist community which moved from its original location in California to Louisiana in 1917. Millsap was trustee of United Co-Operative Industries and head of the Llano Co-Operative Association.
Keikichi Akana Imamura was a salesman for Millsap's United Co-Operative Industries before World War II and an adjunct professor in Oriental languages at Yale University in the fall of 1945. The Inamura family was incarcerated at the Gila River Relocation Center, an American concentration camp during World War II.
The United States declared war on Japan in 1941 following an attack by Japan on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Under authority granted by Executive Order 9066, issued in February 1942, the federal government incarcerated over 120,000 people of Japanese descent in American concentration camps.
Accompanied by a contents list in box 1.
Provenance
Gift of the William S. Reese Company, 1993.
Extent
0.8 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA MSS S-1590
Container / Volume
Box 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Archives
Personal narratives
Resource Type
unspecified
Subject (Geographic)
United States.
Subject (Name)
Imamura, Keichi.
Imamura, Keikichi Akana.
Imamura, Toshiko.
Keikichi Akana Imamura Family
Millsap, Walter, 1886-1971
Gila River Relocation Center.
Llano Colony (Secular community)
Subject (Topic)
Cooperative societies
Japanese American women
Japanese Americans
Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Utopian socialism
Subjects
Imamura, Keichi
Imamura, Keikichi Akana
Imamura, Toshiko
Keikichi Akana Imamura Family > Archives
Millsap, Walter, 1886-1971 > Archives
Gila River Relocation Center
Llano Colony (Secular community)
Cooperative societies > United States
Japanese American women
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Personal narratives
Utopian socialism > United States

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Citation
Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura Family Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
9936237673408651
Object ID (OID)
14705199

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