c0446 Ben Terashima Photograph Collection, 1940-1980 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2007 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 2007. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 446 Ben Terashima Ben Terashima Photograph Collection, 1940-1980 3 lin. ft. (6 boxes plus 1 oversize folder)

The collection contains photographs and negatives of the activities of the Japanese American Civic League from 1940 to 1980. Topics: Japanese Americans Organizations: Japanese American Civic League (Salt Lake City, Utah) Form or Genre: Photographs and negatives Background Background Note

The first meeting of the Japanese American Civic League's Salt Lake chapter was held at the Japanese Church of Christ on 8 March 1935. The chapter's membership has grown in size over the years and in 1985 it was the fourth largest congregation in the United States. The chapter was established as a means for the Japanese-Americans to fraternize.

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 Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs and negatives of the activities of the Japanese American Civic League from 1940 to 1980.

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Ben Terashima Photograph Collection, 1940-1980, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Ben Terashima.

 Restrictions on Use

The Ben Terashima Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone, 2007 Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 2007 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2007 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2007 Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2007 Container list Box Folder Contents Japanese American Civic League (JACL) 1 1 Okada, Hito, 16 November 1946 1 2 National JACL, 24 November 1946 1 3 Inagaki, George, 24 November 1946 1 4 Masaoka, Joe, 24 November 1946 1 5 JACL, Salt Lake Chapter, 23 January 1947 1 6 Kurumada, 3-17 June 1948 1 7 Pacific Citizen, 24 October 1951 1 8 Pacific Citizen (Idaho Chapter convention), 24 October 1951 1 9 Tajiri, Gayo, 17 September 1952 1 10 Tajiri, Larry, 17 September 1952 1 11 Tajiri testimonial dinner, 27 September 1952 1 12 Japanese Christian Church, 5 April 1953 1 13 National JACL, “Sabetui-Kai," 29 May 1953 1 14 JACL, S.L., Women Auxiliary, 7 July 1953 1 15 International Peace Gardens, 12 July 1953 1 16 National JACL (Satow, Masao W.), 13 July 1953 1 17 Okadu, Hito, 20 June 1954 1 18 Satow, Masao W., 2 August 1957 1 19 Hachiya, Rupert, 12 November 1957 1 20 SL JACL Convention scenery, 15 November 1957 2 1 National Convention, 9 January 1958 2 2 Queen Coronation, 9 January 1958 2 3 Cherry tree (15th National Biennial), 16 March 1958 2 4 JACL Auxiliary, 26 March 1958 2 5 JACL Queen Coronation, 5 April 1958 2 6-8 15th National Biennial, 14 June 1958 2 9-13 National Convention, August 1958 2 14 SL JACL choir, 15 August 1958 3 1 National JACL Credit Union officers, 24 January 1959 3 2 SL JACL cabinet officers, 19 May 1959 3 3 Shibata, George, 28 May 1959 3 4 Tsubumoto?, Walter, September 1959 3 5 Kido, Saburo, September 1959 3 6 Basketball team, 3 April 1960 3 7 JACL Board, 5 September 1960 3 8 SL JACL, 6 October 1960 3 9 SL JACL, installation of officers, January 1962 3 10 16th annual bowling winners, 10 March 1962 3 11 Officer Installation, 12 December 1963 3 12 P.C. staff, 15 November 1967 3 13 Okada, Hito, 1 June 1968 3 14 ADC, JACL, 1 June 1968 3 15 Masaoka, Mike, 4 March 1976 3 16 National JACL, Frank Chuman, Randolph Lakada 3 17 Membership Drive Charity, Hotel Utah 3 18 SL JACL 3 19 SL JACL, Publicity 4 1-10 10th Biennial JACL Convention 5 1-15 Miscellaneous activities 6 1-8 Miscellaneous activities Unidentified group, possibly National JACL (oversize folder)