Kanomata family papers, 1936-1992.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

English; Japanese

In English and Japanese.

Purchased from Bolerium Books on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2011.

Arranged chronologically.

This material is open for research.

The Kanomata family were Japanese Americans in Pocatello, Idaho in the twentieth century. Sumi (also spelled Samie) Kanomata (1918-1992) attended high school in Pocatello. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho in 1938 and lived in Japan for several years, where her daughter Anne Miwa Kanomata (1941-) was born. Sumi Kanomata returned to Idaho and became a civil servant in the 1950s.

Papers documenting the Kanomata family's life in Pocatello, Idaho, from the 1930s to the 1990s. Includes academic records, health records, and citizenship affidavits. Includes materials in Japanese, including academic records and Japanese children's songs.

October 05, 2017

Kanomata Family Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Kanomata Family Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Civil servants Idaho 20th century.