Floyd Shimomura Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Shimomura, Floyd
label: Names
content: Japanese Americans Citizens League
place: label: Place
content: California
topic: label: Topic
content: Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment -- 1942-1945
label: Topic
content: Concentration camps -- 1942-1945 -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center by Floyd Shimomura in 2016.
creator: label: Creator
content: Shimomura, Floyd
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born in 1948, Shimomura graduated from the University of California, Davis, law school in 1973. He has worked for the State of California for most of his legal career. From 1982 to 1984 he was President of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). During his presidency he worked to seek redress for citizens of Japanese descent who were interned during World War II.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978-2004
label: Date
content: bulk 1981-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1376
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Writings
label: Type
content: Speeches
label: Type
content: Minutes
label: Type
content: Financial records
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Newsletters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is unarranged.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Articles -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Writings -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Speeches -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Minutes -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Financial records -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports -- 1980-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters -- 1980-1990
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection documents Shimomura's work with the Japanese American Citizens' League in its efforts to seek redress for the internment of citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. The collection contains correspondence, especially with various chapters of JACL; reports; meeting minutes; business and financial records; convention materials; writings, notes, speeches and testimony; newsletters; campaign materials; clippings and articles; and travel papers for a JACL delegation to Japan.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: William Marutani Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.