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From: Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers, 1942-1946.
From: Walter Millsap / Keikichi Akana Imamura family papers, 1942-1946.
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| Creator: | Imamura, Keichi |
| Other Creator: | Millsap, Walter, 1886-1971 Imamura, Keichi Imamura, Keikichi Akana Imamura, Toshiko |
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1945 March 21 |
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Walter Millsap was from 1916 to 1919 an active member of the utopian Llano colony, a socialist community which moved from its original location in California to Louisiana in 1917. Millsap was trustee of United Co-Operative Industries and head of the Llano Co-Operative Association.
Keikichi Akana Imamura was a salesman for Millsap's United Co-Operative Industries before World War II and an adjunct professor in Oriental languages at Yale University in the fall of 1945.
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| Abstract: |
Correspondence, writings, and printed material collected by Walter Millsap. Chiefly correspondence between Millsap and the Imamura family during the Imamuras' internment at the Gila River Relocation Center. Millsap's letters to the Imamuras are represented by carbon copies. The letters discuss Japanese relocation and Millsap's United Co-Operative Industries, as well as his involvement in the Llano Colony, a socialist utopian community. Included are several typescripts of essays by Keikichi's wife, Toshiko Imamura, and some cartoons by their son, Keichi.
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| Physical Description: |
2 p. : 27 cm.
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Box 1
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Folder 17
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| Curatorial Area: | Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| Object ID: | 10001661 |
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