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Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers

Title
Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers, 1942-1946.
Physical Description
0.8 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Language
English
Provenance
Gift of the William S. Reese Company, 1993.
Biographical / Historical Note
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.
Summary
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.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Indexes/Finding aids
Accompanied by a contents list in box 1.
References
Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura Family Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura Family Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Reparative description
This record was edited in 2021 as part of ongoing revision of outdated or harmful language in cataloging. Previous versions of this catalog record may be available. For more information, contact the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 2021-07-01
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