Guides and Collections
Collections Pertaining to Asian American People and Culture in Oregon
Contents:
- Photographs, Motion Picture Films, and Videotapes
- University Records
- Manuscript Collections
- Memorabilia Collection Files
- Oral Histories
- Other Resources
Photographs, Motion Picture Films, and Videotapes
Extension Bulletin Illustrations (P 20)
- P20:787 – Group of Japanese being evacuated from Hood River, 1942
- P20:788 – Japanese family with luggage getting ready to board evacuation train, Hood River, 1942
- P20:789 – Japanese boarding train to be evacuated, Hood River, 1942
OSU Historical Collection (P 25)
- P25:2739 - Chinese New Year, dragon costume, ca. 1940
Gwil Evans (P 82)
- P82:35 image 589 - Hawaiian freshman hangs leis on dormitory staff, Bob Koehler on left; Oct 14, 1950.
- P82:36 images 219-220 - Philippine students on home economics broadcast over KOAC; Oct. 14, 1950.
- P82:36 image 769 - Hawaiian and Alaskan students; Oct. 1949
- P82:91 image 1637 - Masu Takeda, Japanese student, and Ava B. Milam scholarship winner; Jan. 1954.
- P82:91 image 1809 - Phi Kappa Phi, a Hawaiian student receives junior honor; Feb. 1955.
- P82:164, image 2247 Chinese students in forestry at OSC; Dec. 1957
President's Office (P 92)
- P95:1381 John Byrne and Japanese students, 1993? (5 images)
John Garman (P 95)
Extension and Experiment Station Communications (P 120)
- P120:1234 & 2600 – Barracks-type building formerly part of the Japanese Relocation Center at Tule Lake, California has been moved by Earl W. Mack to his potato farm to be used during the harvest season to hold 10 to 12 workers
- P120:2362 – Japanese evacuees harvested onion seed in one of Malheur county's big onion seed acreage, 1944
- P120:2429 – Japanese Americans hoeing beets. About 450 Japanese-Americans from relocation centers were also used in Malheur county this season. They worked mostly for Japanese farmers, though there are some working in the Dale Garrison beet field.
- P120:2606 – Barracks from Japanese Relocation Center, now furnishing housing for farm labor on Bryant Williams farm. Klamath County, 1947.
- P120:2608 – House for permanent help, remodeled from former Japanese barracks, on W.M. Kaylor farm near Klamath Falls. House includes four rooms and bath. It measures 20 x 40 feet. 1947.
- P120:2720 – Japanese-American field worker, Ontario, Oregon, May 1946
- P120:2721 – Japanese-American workers planting an onion field, Malheur County, May 1946
Asia University America Progam (P 209)
Photographs document the programs, activities, and participants of the Asia University America Program (AUAP) at OSU. The AUAP albums have been digitized: AUAP Albums
Harriet's Collection
2510 – Student Organizations – Hawaiian Club (Hui O Hawaii)
University Records
President's Office (RG 13)
Subgroup 6 – General Subject file, series 8 – Oregon State College
mf reel 20, ff 22b – Japanese-American students, 1941–1942
Student Affairs (RG 102)
Accession 90:32 – Student organizations (pre-1987)
Chinese Christian Fellowship
Friends of Japan
Hui-O-Hawaii
Indonesian Student Organization
Japanese Student Organization
Vietnamese Student Association
Accession 93:074 – Subject files
Cultural Programming Fund, 1990
Minority recruiting, 1985–1989
Accession 95:009 – records of the Minority Students Affairs Advisory Council, 1987–88 (includes report on creation of and funding for cultural centers at OSU.)
Manuscript Collections
Oregon Chinese Disinterment Documents – Documents pertaining to the 1948-1949 disinterment of hundreds of Chinese immigrants’ remains from cemeteries throughout Oregon.
Te May Ching Papers – Personal papers of OSU crop scientist Ching. The collection covers the years 1944–1988. Dr. Ching is a native of China.
Ava Milam Clark Papers – Personal papers of OSU dean of home economics Ava Milam (1917–1950). Collection includes letters, photographs and other materials pertaining to international students from Japan, China, and other Pacific rim countires, as well as records of Milam's work in China and Japan.
Richard Y. Morita Papers – Personal papers of OSU microbiologist Richard Morita. The collection dates from 1949–2001. Morita is of Japanese ancestry.
Harry S. Nakaue Papers – Personal papers of Nakaue, an OSU poultry scientist. This extensive collection dates from 1975 to 1997. Nakaue is of Japanese ancestry.
Oregon State University Collegiate 4-H Club Records, 1929–1985 – Includes records of the LABO – 4-H Exchange, an exchange program with Japanese students, 1972–1982.
Memorabilia Collection Files
Alumni – contains clippings about Ariko Iso ('93), the first female athletic trainer in the National Football League.
Asian Americans in Oregon – newspaper clippings and article drafts on Japanese-American students at Oregon State College in WWII, their removal from campus, and the 2008 honorary degree ceremony.
Asian Pacific Island American Association (APIAA) of OSU – leaflet from the early 1990s describing this student organization.
Chinese Students and Scholars Association – newspaper clippings and brochures pertaining to this OSU student organization.
Morita, Richard Y. – Extensive biography and vita of Dr. Morita, a long-time Microbiology faculty member at OSU. Dr. Morita is Nisei, and spent time in the Gila Relocation Center during World War II.
World War II - This file includes a copy of an article from the October 1995 Oregon Stater on Japanese-American students at Oregon State College that were sent to internment camps during the war.
Oral Histories
Japanese American Association of Lane County, Oregon, Oral History Digital Collection – contains oral history interviews of Japanese Americans living in Eugene, Oregon and the vicinity. Several include accounts of life in the WWII internment camps. (OH 15) PDF Collection Guide
An oral history interview of Dr. Richard Morita is part of theVoices of Oregon State University Oral History Collection (OH 9).
Other Resources
“Report on the Japanese Situation in Oregon, Investigated for Governor Ben W. Olcott,” August 1920. Valley JV6888 .O7 D2. Also available online from the Oregon State Library.