The Estelle Ishigo Papers, 1941 - 1957

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Biographical materials and internment camp correspondence.

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771Incidental papers containing biographical information on Estelle Ishigo and her husband. ca. 1954 - ca. 1957. 6 items. [images]
772, 3Letters and postcards Estelle Ishigo received from her Caucasian friends in the Pomona Assembly Center and the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp. 1942 - 1945. 73 items. [images] [images]
774Letters and postcards Arthur and Estelle Ishigo received from their Japanese friends in the relocation camp, in English and Japanese. 1942 - 1945. 62 items. [images]
775Incidental correspondence of Estelle Ishigo relating to her internment in the relocation camp. 1942 - 1945. 7 items. [images]
776Correspondence exchanged between Estelle Ishigo and Alan Eaton, of the Russell Sage Foundation, regarding the compilation of Beauty Behind Barbed Wire. 1945 - 1948. 39 items. [images]

Documents, records and other materials relating to Estelle's life in the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp and the Federal Public Housing Authority resettlement trailer camps in Southern California.

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781Mementos from Estelle's internment at the Pomona Assembly Center. June - July, 1942. 8 items.
782Documents, records and mementos relating to her internment in the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp. 1942 - 1945. Approximately 40 items.
783The Ishigos' property records during their internment and related correspondence. 1942 - 1945. 7 items.
784Night School, Heart Mountain Adult Education Bulletin No. 1. October 24, 1942. 7 pp. mimeo, 1 item.
785Estelle Ishigo's pencil drawings and sketches, Heart Mountain Relocation Camp. ca. 1942 - ca. 1945. 34 pieces. [images]
786Photographs and snapshots taken at the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp. 1942 - 1945. 57 pieces. [images]
787Correspondence relating to Estelle Ishigo's life in Federal Public Housing Authority resettlement trailer camps at Burbank, Lomita, and Harbor City, California. 1945 - 1948. 36 items.
788Documents and records relating to the resettlement trailer camps. November, 1945 - June, 1948. ? items.
789Incidental papers and records relating to her life in the trailer camps. 1945 - 1948. 20 items.
7810Snapshots taken at the trailer camps. 1945 - 1948. 33 pieces.
7811Miscellaneous personal correspondence of Estelle Ishigo. 1949 - 1956. 9 items.
7812Handwritten drafts of Estelle's letters. ca. 1945 - ca. 1949. Approximately 40 items [images]

Correspondence and documents relating to the Ishigos' evacuation claims and manuscripts for Estelle Ishigo's short stories and essays.

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791Correspondence relating to the Ishigos' postwar evacuation claims. 1952 - 1954. 32 items. [images]
792Records, documents and other materials relating to the Ishigos' evacuation claims. ca. 1949 - 1954. 18 items. [images]
793Manuscripts and drafts for Estelle Ishigo's short story, "Lone Heart Mountain". No date. 44 pp., 5 items. [images]
794Manuscripts for her essay, "A Treatment for Cancer" (at Temple Hospital). February, 1958. Carbon and photocopied copies, 2 items. [images]
795Unfinished manuscript for, "To Protect the Innocent". no date.14 pp., 1 item. [images]
796Manuscripts for her short articles submitted to Mystic: "The Vision of a Cave", "A Ball of Light", "The Cat and the Ghost", September, 1954; September , 1954; and October, 1954, respectively. 8 items. [images]
797Handwritten draft for a play, Early Dawn. no date. 4 pp., 1 item. [images]
798, 9Handwritten notes and unfinished drafts for her projected short stories, essays and articles. no date. Approximately 50 items. [images] [images]

Miscellany and published materials.

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801Miscellaneous memos and notes kept by Estelle Ishigo. no date. Approximately 50 items. [images]
802Incidental financial papers of Estelle Ishigo. ca. 1944 - ca. 1956. 14 pieces.
803Eleven printed programs for various events. 194? - 1952. 11 items.
804A collection of various leaflets, pamphlets and booklets on Japanese Americans, relocation camps and their evacuation. ca. 1943 - ca. 1946. 19 items.
805An incomplete copy of Far East Photo Review, a magazine printed in New York.

Handicraft works of Japanese evacuees at relocation camps.

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81Handicraft works of Japanese evacuees at relocation camps. No date. 8 pieces. [images]

Watercolor Paintings, Oil Paintings and Pencil Sketches.

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7811A large portfolio containing mounted watercolor and pencil sketches of Estelle Ishigo, Heart Mountain and Los Angeles. ca. 1942 - ca. 1945, 1954. 11 items. [images]
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863"Lone Heart Mountain", Heart Mountain. No date. Oil on canvas, 30" x 20". [images]
769"Gathering coal at Heart Mountain Relocation Camp", No date. Oil on canvas, 24" x 20". [images]
788"Untitled", Heart Mountain. No date. Framed watercolor painting on paper. [images]
788"Untitled", (scenery), Los Angeles. 1961, Oil on canvas. [images]
783Two paintings. [images]
"A Stormy Day, Heart Mountain", September, 1944.
"Untitled", Heart Mountain, ca. 1942. Each painting is 28" x 22".
719Three paintings. [images]
"A Baseball Game", 21" x 16", Heart Mountain, Summer, 1943.
"Japanese Concentration Camp", 21" x 16", Heart Mountain, 1942 - 1945.
"Untitled", 21" x 16", Heart Mountain, ca. 1944.
719Four paintings. [images]
"Dust Storm", Heart Mountain, September 4, 1942.
"Untitled", Heart Mountain, ca. 1944.
"Untitled", Heart Mountain, May, 1942.
"Home", Heart Mountain, December, 1942. Each painting is 22" x 18".
719Three paintings. [images]
"Boys with Kite," Heart Mountain, September, 1944.
"Camp Life", Heart Mountain, ca. 1942.
"Memorial Day", Heart Mountain, May, 1944. Each painting is 22" x 18".
719Nine pencil drawings. [images]
"Windstorm in Heart Mountain Cemetery", Heart Mountain, 1944.
"Three Drawings of Camp Life", Heart Mountain, 1942 - 1945.
"Three Views of Travelling to Camp", Heart Mountain, 1942.
Two Views.
"Baggage Truck Preparing to Leave for Heart Mountain Camp", May, 1942, 7:00 a.m.
"Boarding the Train to Leave Heart Mountain Relocation Camp", Heart Mountain, November 9, 1945. 1942 - 1945. Each piece is 22" x 18".

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