The Ichikawas were a Japanese American family living in Los Angeles for most of the 20th century. Parents Hideyuki Frances and Yasu Maria were born and raised near Mount Fuji in Japan and immigrated to California in the early 1920s, settling in Los Angeles. They had four children, Agnes Yayoi, Marion Hideko, Ruth Kikuko, and David Tadatsugo. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, the Ichikawas were forcibly detained at the Pomona Assembly Center and then incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, an American concentration camp in Wyoming. After their release in 1945, the family returned to their home in south Los Angeles where they lived until their passing. The collection illuminates many aspects of their lives during their incarceration from their schooling, work, and many holidays spent together. The Ichikawa Family Papers feature artwork displayed in their home, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and photo albums. Items selected for digitization include two scrapbooks documenting their incarceration at Heart Mountain.

The William H. Hannon Library is grateful for the support from the Bill Hannon Foundation that made possible the digitization of this collection.

For a full listing of the physical documents within this collection, see the finding aid: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8q246pp/