Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Foreign Missions Conference of North America Home Missions Council of North America Rundquist, George E
Published / Created:
1944 June 5
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1590
Collection Title:
Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 13
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, and printed material collected by Walter Millsap. Chiefly correspondence between Millsap and the Imamura family during the Imamuras' internment at the Gila River Relocation Center. Millsap's letters to the Imamuras are represented by carbon copies. The letters discuss Japanese relocation 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.
Alternative Title:
Letter : Walter Millsap, 1944 June 3 to Committee on Resetllement of Japanese Americans, New York, N. Y. and Letter : Walter Millsap, 1944 June 5 to Dr. K. A. Imamura, Rivers, Ariz.
Description:
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. and 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.
Subject (Name):
Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, Foreign Missions Conference of North America, Gila River Relocation Center, Home Missions Council of North America, Imamura, Keichi, Imamura, Keikichi Akana, Imamura, Toshiko, Keikichi Akana Imamura Family--Archives, Llano Colony (Secular community), and Millsap, Walter,--1886-1971--Archives
Subject (Topic):
Cooperative societies--United States, Japanese American women, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, and Utopian socialism--United States
