Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Tom Hide Collection
1925-2012
SC 014.1
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Hide, Tom, 1926-
- Title
- Tom Hide collection
- ID
- SC 014.1
- Date [inclusive]
- 1925-2012
- Extent
- 11.0 containers
- General Physical Description note
- 6.5 linear feet of shelf space
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- The Tom Hide Collection consists of materials related to the incarceration of the Hide family at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming as well as efforts to commemorate the internment experience. The collection also includes materials on Tom Hide’s time at Washington State College from 1944-1948, and published materials about Japanese American experience before and during the camps. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, artifacts, newspapers, published materials, audio-visual materials, and directories.
Preferred Citation note
[Item description]. Tom Hide Collection, 1925-2012. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biographical Note
Terumi (Tom) Hide was born to Japanese immigrants Mantaro and Kiyo in Washington State’s Yakima Valley in 1926. As a result of Executive Order 9066, the Hide family was evacuated from the Yakima Valley to the Portland Assembly Center in 1942. The family eventually ended up at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. During their years in the camp, the family spent a portion of 1943 in Lyman, Nebraska. In 1944, Tom entered his freshman year at Washington State College, where he competed as runner on the track and field team and was a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). By 1945, Tom’s older brother, Makio (Mike) entered the army. As interest in the commemoration and history of the camps increased, Tom Hide played an active role in preserving the memory of Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Hide assisted in the transport of a Heart Mountain barrack to the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles and served on the Heart Mountain Reunion Committee. Tom Hide passed away on November 3, 2012 while residing in Anaheim, California.
Scope and Contents note
The bulk of this collection relates to Tom Hide’s experience as an internee at Heart Mountain Relocation Center and efforts to commemorate the internment experience. Materials from camp include a series of photographs, photocopies of the Heart Mountain high school newspaper, and pamphlets and artifacts from the camps. Materials on commemoration include papers and souvenirs from Heart Mountain reunions, materials related to the planning of Heart Mountain restoration projects, and materials documenting educational efforts related to incarceration. A much smaller portion of the collection consists of memorabilia from Washington State College. The collection also contains several published items about Japanese American experiences prior to and during World War II. Many of the published items are in Japanese.
Arrangement note
The documents in this collection are arranged in four series: Biographical Materials, Incarceration, Washington State College, and Published Materials.
Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1925-2012. This series contains materials on Tom Hide. It includes an obituary, his funeral program, and photographs of the Hide family prior to and after the camps.
Series 2: Incarceration, 1942-2012. This series consists of materials about the Hides' incarceration at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming and efforts to commemorate the internment. This series is divided into 4 subseries. Materials in each subseries are arranged in chronological order.
Subseries 1: Documents from the Detention Camps and Assembly Centers, 1942-1965. This subseries consists mainly of ephemera from the camps, including pamphlets on resettlement, directories, ration books, programs from Heart Mountain High School, and photocopies of the school newspaper. This subseries also includes a scrapbook containing articles from the Rocky Shimpo during World War II and articles from Japanese language newspapers from Los Angeles after the war.
Subseries 2: Documents on the Preservation and Memory of the Camps, 1942-2010. This subseries consists primarily of materials related to the preservation and memory of Heart Mountain Relocation Center. This includes public programming about the camp, efforts to restore or transport barracks from the site, planning for the interpretive center built on the site in 2011, and reunions for those interned at Heart Mountain. This subseries also includes articles reflecting on the significance of the camps and articles about redress.
Subseries 3: Photographs and Audio-Visual Materials, 1944-1997. This subseries consists of a series of photographs from the Hide family's time at Heart Mountain and on their work assignment in Nebraska during the internment. It also contains photographs of Makio (Mike) Hide in military uniform, a video tape recording of the 1997 Heart Mountain reunion, and a DVD recording featuring an interview with Gail Nomura and Steve Sumida.
Subseries 4: Realia, 1942-1986. This subseries consists of artifacts from Heart Mountain and memorabilia from Heart Mountain reunions. This includes autograph books created at Heart Mountain, a bag used by Tom Hide during the incarceration, and several souvenirs from Heart Mountain reunions such as a rice paddle and baseball cap.
Series 3: Washington State College, 1945. This series consists of memorabilia from Washington State College, including Tom Hide’s sweater, a pennant, photographic materials, and an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) patch and pin.
Series 4: Printed Materials, 1926-circa 1988. This series consists of several volumes related either to Japanese Americans prior to World War II or life in the detention camps in the United States and Canada. Of particular note are two volumes, one specific to the Japanese American community in the Yakima Valley and the other about Japanese Americans in Washington State. Most of the volumes in this series are in Japanese, some of the volumes contain sections written in English.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries © 2012
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open and available for research use.
Conditions Governing Use note
Copyright restrictions apply.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The Tom Hide Collection was donated to Washington State University by Patti Hirahara and Tom Hide. It was received in multiple installments from 2010 to 2013 (MS 2010-37; MS 2011-25; MS 2011-31; MS 2011-38; MS 2013-01; MS 2013-02; MS 2013-05).
Processing Information note
This collection was processed by Steven Bingo 2012. A grant from the National Park Service provided funding for processing and digitization of materials about Heart Mountain.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
Heart Mountain Relocation Center Quarterly Census, Wyoming, March 31, 1944 (SC 14.4)
George and Frank C. Hirahara Photograph Collection of Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1940-2012 (SC 14)
George B. and Doris G. McIntyre Papers, 1944-1945 (SC 14.5)
Okubara Family Collection, circa 1943-2008 (SC 14.2)
Takeda Family Collection, 1938-2002 (SC 14.3)
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- History -- Sources
Personal Name(s)
- Hide, Tom, 1926- --Archives
Subject(s)
- Artifacts
- Black-and-white photography -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--History
- Photographs
- Washington (State)
- Washington State University -- History -- Sources
Collection Inventory
Series 1 Biographical materials 1925-2012 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Obituary, program, and WRA data 2012 |
1 | 1 | ||
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Photographs of Hide family and compact disc with scanned images 1925-1969 |
1 | 2 | ||
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Series 2 Incarceration 1942-2012 |
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Subseries 1 Documents from detention camps and assembly centers 1942-1965 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Newsletters from Portland Assembly Center 1942 |
1 | 3 | ||
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Hide family ration books and luggage tags 1942-1944 |
1 | 4 | ||
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Tom Hide’s ration books, luggage tags, and pamphlets 1942-1945 |
1 | 5 | ||
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Photocopies of Heart Mountain Eagle October 19, 1943-February 22, 1944 |
1 | 6 | ||
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Programs from Heart Mountain High School 1943-1944 |
1 | 7 | ||
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Pamphlets on resettlement 1943-1945 |
1 | 8 | ||
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Scrapbook 1943-1965 |
6 | 33 | ||
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Heart Mountain directories 1945 |
1 | 9 | ||
Subseries 2 Documents on the preservation and memory of the camps 1942-2010 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Articles about Heart Mountain 1942-2010 |
6 | 34 | ||
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Pacific Citizen and Rafu Shimpo 1944-1946, 1989-1990 |
6 | 35 | ||
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Heart Mountain memory and restoration 1944, 1992-2011 |
1 | 10-11 | ||
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Ephemera on remembering incarceration 1981-2011 |
7 | 36 | ||
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Heart Mountain Reunion program and registration materials 1982 |
1 | 12 | ||
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Heart Mountain reunions, oversized materials 1983-1995 |
Map Drawer | |||
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Heart Mountain reunions 1985-1995 |
1 | 13 | ||
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Pacific Citizen and Rafu Shimpo 1990-2012 |
7 | 37 | ||
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Certificate and correspondence from the United States government 1992 and 1995 |
1 | 14 | ||
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Article about redress January 3, 1997 |
7 | 38 | ||
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Educational kit about incarceration June 25, 1905 |
2 | 15 | ||
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Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center plans April 2010 |
7 | 39 | ||
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Heart Mountain cards undated |
2 | 16 | ||
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Posters undated |
Map Drawer | |||
Subseries 3 Photographs and audio-visual materials 1944-1997 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Photographs of Makio (Mike) Hide and Heart Mountain Relocation Center 1944-1945 |
2 | 17 | ||
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Negatives |
2 | 18-19 | ||
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Contact sheet produced from negatives |
2 | 20 | ||
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Video cassette of 1997 Heart Mountain reunion 1997 |
2 | |||
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Copy of Japanese Americans in Washington State |
2 | |||
Subseries 4 Realia 1942-1986 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Autograph books 1942 and 1944 |
9 | |||
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Bag used by Tom Hide at Heart Mountain circa 1943 |
8 | |||
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Souvenir plaque from Lyman, Nebraska circa 1943 |
9 | |||
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Commemorative rice paddle 1985 |
10 | |||
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Heart Mountain reunion hat and buttons 1985 |
10 | |||
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Commemorative hand towel 1986 |
10 | |||
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Flag flown over the Capitol Building in 1995 |
8 | |||
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Series 3 Washington State College 1945 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Reminiscence of freshman year 1945 and undated |
2 | 21 | ||
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Photographs and postcards |
2 | 22 | ||
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Washington State College pennant |
10 | |||
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Washington State College sweater |
10 | |||
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Washington State College pendant and ROTC patch and pin |
10 | |||
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Series 4 Published Materials 1926-circa 1988 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Amerika Seikatsu, Sasabune Sasaki 1937 |
3 | 23 | ||
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Famous biographies in Northern California 1939 |
3 | 24 | ||
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Famous Poems 1926 |
3 | 25 | ||
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Japanese Canadian poetry club 1972 |
4 | 26 | ||
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Kokoro no Kate, volumes 3-4 circa 1988 |
4 | 27 | ||
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Orations and Essays by the Japanese Second Generation in America, edited by Paul T. Hirohata 1935 |
4 | 28 | ||
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Poems by internee at Crystal City 1959 |
4 | 29 | ||
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Recollections of 60 Years in America, Toshichi Mitoma and Yoshie Mitoma 1970 |
4 | 30 | ||
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Sakimura book for the Yakima Valley 1938 |
4 | 31 | ||
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United States-Japan and younger generation photos 1935 |
5 | 32 | ||
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