Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Takeda Family Collection
1938-2002
SC 014.3
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Takeda family
- Title
- Takeda family collection
- ID
- SC 014.3
- Date [inclusive]
- 1938-2002
- Extent
- 2.0 containers
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains materials related to the Takeda family’s internment at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming and Shiro Takeda’s service as a Japanese language instructor for the United States Navy.
Preferred Citation note
[Item description]. Takeda Family Papers, 1938-2002
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biographical Note
Shiro Takeda (1901-1971) and Hisako Manabe (1911-1970) were married on September 13, 1938 in Reno, Nevada. Shiro Takeda emigrated from Japan in 1929 to attend graduate school at Lincoln University in San Francisco. After graduating, he served as editor for The New-World Sun in San Francisco and the Rafu Shimpo in Los Angeles. Hisako was born in San Francisco to immigrant parents born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 1942, Hisako gave birth to a son, Terry, the same year the Takeda family was evacuated to Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming via Santa Anita Assembly Center, California. In 1943, Shiro was hired as a Japanese language instructor for the United States Navy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. By 1944, Hisako and Terry were also released from Heart Mountain. In 2002, the U.S. Navy presented an award for distinguished service to Shiro Takeda (posthumously) and other instructors at the U.S. Navy Japanese Language School.
Scope and Contents note
The Takeda Family Papers consist primarily of records, photographs, and clippings gathered by Terry Takeda. The records contained in the collection are vital records about Shiro and Hisako Takeda, a copy of Terry Takeda’s authorization for permanent leave from the relocation camps, and records related to Shiro Takeda’s service to the United States Navy as a Japanese language instructor. Photographs are of Shiro Takeda prior to World War II and the Takeda family during their time at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Also included in the collection is a blanket used by Shiro Takeda at Heart Mountain.
Arrangement note
This collection is arranged in a single series.
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 Takeda Family Collection were donated to Washington State University by Patti Hirahara, Terry Takeda’s wife, in 2010.
Processing Information note
This collection was processed by Steven Bingo.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
Related materials may be found in the following collections:
Heart Mountain Relocation Center Quarterly Census, March 31, 1944 (SC 14.4)
Tom Hide Collection, 1935-1995 (SC 14.1)
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 14.3)
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- History -- Sources
Family Name(s)
- Takeda family--Archives
Subject(s)
- Artifacts
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
|
Materials from Takeda family scrapbook 1938-2002 |
1 | 1 | ||
|
Photographs of Shiro, Hisako, and Terry Takeda circa 1942 and undated |
1 | 2 | ||
|
Compact disc containing photographs of Takeda family and scans of Terry Takeda’s authorization for permanent leave |
1 | 3 | ||
|
Oversize materials from Takeda family scrapbook 2002 |
Map Drawer | |||
|
Blanket used by Shiro Takeda at Heart Mountain Relocation Center |
2 | |||