RUTH NOMURA TANBARA:

An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Tanbara, Ruth Nomura, 1907-2008, creator.
Title:Ruth Tanbara papers.
Dates:1906-2008.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Papers of Japanese American activist, organizer, and longtime YWCA Adult Education and International Program Director Ruth Tanbara. Includes correspondence, biographical materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, speeches, diaries, and printed material related to the relocation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II and her family's eventual relocation to Minnesota. Also included are memoir correspondence and drafts for "Reflections", an oral history transcript for the St. Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Project, travel files, and a manuscript copy of her cookbook, Ruth Tanbara's Japanese Food Recipes. The papers also consist of official pamphlets regarding restrictions placed upon Japanese Americans and letters from friends in relocation and internment camps describing conditions in various camps.
Quantity:1.2 cubic feet (1 box and 1 volume in 1 partial box)
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Access Restrictions:

Orginials are closed. Access and use requires the curator's permission.

These files are located off site in Remote Storage. Advance arrangements are required in order to view the files.

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Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Tanbara, Ruth Nomura. Ruth Tanbara Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 12,896; 16,525; 16,485; 16,595; 17,477; 17,517; 17,614

Processing Information:

Processed by: Lara Friedman-Shedlov, December 12, 1998; Jennifer Huebscher, October 24, 2011; and Leif Kopietz, May 30, 2019

Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Society, June 2019

Catalog ID number: 990017350680104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
305.D.15.10F1Printed material, undated and 1940s, 1980-1981. 2 folders.
Printed material, undated and 1940s, 1980-1981. Folder 1
Printed material, undated and 1940s, 1980-1981. Folder 2
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1976. 2 folders.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1976. Folder 1
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1976. Folder 2
Relocation: War Relocation Authority (WRA) and Resettlers, 1942-1945.
Relocation: War Relocation Authority (WRA) and Resettlers, 1942-1945. Digital version
Proclamations # 6-3 and CE Order 107 and reference letters, 1939-1944.
Proclamations # 6-3 and CE Order 107 and reference letters, 1939-1944. Digital version
Printed material, 1940s.
Printed material, 1940s. Digital version
Ruth Tanbara correspondence, 1942-1944.
Ruth Tanbara correspondence, 1942-1944. Digital version
Ruth and Earl Tanbara correspondence, June 1942-November 1944.
Ruth and Earl Tanbara correspondence, June 1942-November 1944. Digital version
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1926-2006. 2 folders.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1926-2006. Folder 1
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1926-2006. Folder 2
Correspondence, undated and 1930-1939. 2 folders.
Correspondence, undated and 1930-1939. Folder 1
Correspondence, undated and 1930-1939. Folder 2
Diaries, 1926, 1935.
Diaries, 1926, 1935. Digital version
Ruth and Earl's wedding, 1935.
Ruth and Earl's wedding, 1935. Digital version
Miscellaneous, undated and November 1939.
Miscellaneous, undated and November 1939. Digital version
Trip to Orient, 1964. 1 volume and 1 item.
Trip to Orient, 1964. 1 volume and 1 item. Digital version
Trip to Japan, 1973.
Trip to Japan, 1973. Digital version
Earl Tanbara letters of recommendation (photocopies), 1939.
Earl Tanbara letters of recommendation (photocopies), 1939. Digital version
Father and mother, 1942-1944.
Father and mother, 1942-1944. Digital version
Newspaper clippings, 1935-2007.
Newspaper clippings, 1935-2007. Digital version
Ruth Tanbara newspaper clippings, 1942-1945.
Ruth Tanbara newspaper clippings, 1942-1945. Digital version
Fort Snelling Languauge School, 1944-1945.
Fort Snelling Languauge School, 1944-1945. Digital version
Letters and talks given, 1940s.
Letters and talks given, 1940s. Digital version
Biographical materials, 1924, 1974-1975, 1993, 2008.
Biographical materials, 1924, 1974-1975, 1993, 2008. Digital version
Biography and vitae, undated and 1948-2008.
Biography and vitae, undated and 1948-2008. Digital version
Ruth Tanbara passport, 1926.
Ruth Tanbara passport, 1926. Digital version
Ruth Tanbara birth certificate, 1907, 1933, 1955.
Ruth Tanbara birth certificate, 1907, 1933, 1955. Digital version
Glove making course correspondence and photographs, 1936.
Glove making course correspondence and photographs, 1936. Digital version
"Reflections" memoirs correspondence and miscellaneous drafts, 1991-1995.
Reflections memoirs correspondence and miscellaneous drafts, 1991-1995. Digital version
Tanbara, Festival of Nations photographs, 1947, 1952.
Tanbara, Festival of Nations photographs, 1947, 1952. Digital version
Nomura family photographs, approximately 1905-1947.
Nomura family photographs, approximately 1905-1947. Digital version
Published items, undated and 1977.
Published items, undated and 1977. Digital version
Oral history, St.Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Project, March 28, 2003.
Oral history, St.Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Project, March 28, 2003. Digital version
Speeches, undated and 1970, 1990.
Speeches, undated and 1970, 1990. Digital version
LocationBox
302.F.14.7B2Ruth Tanbara's Japanese Food Recipes manuscript, undated. 1 volume.
Ruth Tanbara's Japanese Food Recipes manuscript, undated. 1 volume. Digital version

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Concentration camps.
Cooking, Japanese.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans.
Japanese Americans -- Social conditions.
Persons:
Tanbara, Earl, 1935-1974, author.
Organizations:
International Institute of Minnesota.
Military Intelligence Service Language School (Fort Snelling, Minn.)
United States. War Relocation Authority.
St. Paul YWCA (Minn.)
Document Types:
Cookbooks.
Oral histories.
Photographs.
Speeches.
Diaries.
Biography files.
Personal correspondence.

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