[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN RECOGNITION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN 
                          ARCHIVAL COLLECTION

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                          HON. DORIS O. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 19, 2019

  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise to 
honor the 25th Anniversary and the magnificent work of the Japanese 
American Archival Collection at California State University, Sacramento 
(Sacramento State). I ask all my colleagues to join me in acknowledging 
the contributions of the Japanese American Archival Collection, as 
their work has preserved the deep history of Japanese Americans in the 
Sacramento Region, as well as the history of World War II internment, 
redress and reparations.
  The collection was created in 1994 from the generous gifts from Mary 
Tsukamoto, the Florin JACL, and the Sacramento VFW Nisei Post 8985, 
along with many other families and community members. This collection 
includes Ms. Tsukamoto's educational materials about the internment 
camps and a wealth of material about the Japanese-American community, 
including pages from her father's scrapbook, news publications, and 
photographs. The JAAC also includes historical artifacts, such as 
blankets, various military records, and personal journals. Since its 
founding, the collection has grown to include California State 
University's (CSU) Japanese American Digitization Project, which is a 
collection of over 2,900 images and documents from 15 CSU campuses 
related to the WWII incarceration of American citizens of Japanese 
descent. This award-winning collection also includes the JAAC 
Imagebase, which is comprised of over 1,300 photographs in a searchable 
database. Through the entire collection, scholars and the public can 
view images that range from the pictures of the inside of an internment 
camp to images of the uniforms worn by the Japanese-American nurses 
that worked in the camps. All of the documents, photographs and 
artifacts in the JAAC are a piece of our nation's history and I am so 
pleased that Sacramento State has taken the leadership to preserve 
them. Finally, I must add my deep and personal appreciation to the 
JAAC, as it is the host the Robert Matsui Legacy collection, which 
includes a number of news articles, pictures and videos about the 
redress and reparations movement.
  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise to honor the important work of 
the Japanese American Archival Collection at Sacramento State. This 
archival collection is absolutely important for all Americans, as we 
must continue to commit to learning from our nation's history of past 
mistakes, if we are to not repeat them in the future. I ask all my 
colleagues to join me in celebrating the 25th Anniversary of this 
significant collection, and all those who have contributed personal 
items or have helped it grow.

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