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"Name Her Reiko!": The Ikemiya Diaspora, Morgan Ikemiya
"Name Her Reiko!": The Ikemiya Diaspora, Morgan Ikemiya
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This creative-nonfiction project encapsulates a Japanese family diaspora to America beginning in the late 1880s. Through short stories, poems, and monologues, the author expresses familial struggles such as living in a foreign land and being Japanese in White America. The author reflects on her grandparents' time in the Japanese internment camps where they faced hardship and hegemonic oppression as well as her father's experience of growing up Japanese-American in Los Angeles. The stories weave together history, hardship, and race to create a unique diaspora story.
1897 - The Franciscans In California, Zephyrin Engelhardt
1897 - The Franciscans In California, Zephyrin Engelhardt
Franciscan Publications
Engelhardt noted that much had bee written about those who first introduced Christianity and civilization in California but little was reliable due to ignorance, malice, exaggeration and misstatements. Up to 1785, Engelhardt consulted original Spanish documents and compared those with statements of H. H. Bancroft. According to the author, with regard to the missions from 1831 through 1850, Bancroft was almost the only authority offering any accurate information. He believed as to historic facts, that Bancroft's work was reliable and all the more valuable because it came from a non-Catholic source.
1879 - Droughts In California In 1805 And 1817, Mariano G. Vallejo
1879 - Droughts In California In 1805 And 1817, Mariano G. Vallejo
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
A handwritten transcription of a brief narrative by Mariano G. Vallejo (original in Spanish) describing the droughts of 1805 and 1817 experienced in California and the impact it had upon the people and land.
1915 - Monterey County, California - Lands For Wealth, Fruit For Health; Arthur Dunn
1915 - Monterey County, California - Lands For Wealth, Fruit For Health; Arthur Dunn
Miscellaneous Monterey and San Luis Obispo County Documents and Reports
It was the aim of this booklet to direct attention to the advantages and opportunities found in Monterey County in 1915 for those who were seeking homes. The hope was that the publication would induce further settlement, for there was a vast amount of territory awaiting development. A marketing publication prepared by Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau for the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, the publication described in detail the bountiful agricultural opportunities, especially when irrigation and pumping were utilized. The document contains a: 1) description of existing irrigation systems, as well as a vision for the future of irrigation and …