Jack and Aiko Herzig Papers Reception
Date and time
Location
Charles E. Young Research Library - Main Conference Room
University of California, Los Angeles 280 Charles E. Young Drive North Los Angeles, CA 90095Description
THE UCLA ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES CENTER & UCLA LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS INVITE YOU TO THE INAUGURAL RECEPTION FOR
The Jack and Aiko Herzig Papers
Featuring
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
UCLA
Charles E. Young Research Library
Main Conference Room
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Special Collections are honored to host an inaugural public reception to celebrate the release of the Herzig Papers to researchers, community, and students.
The program will feature Ms. Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, who, with her late husband John ‘Jack’ Herzig, developed an impressive personal repository of historic documents, articles, legal memoranda, and correspondence. Their discoveries aided in redress for thousands of Americans illegally incarcerated during World War II and the vacating of wartime convictions of Japanese Americans in the Supreme Court Coram Nobis cases. UCLA faculty research scholars will also comment on the collection’s historic significance and the Herzigs’ dedicated research contributions.
The Herzig Papers serves to enhance public knowledge about the unjust mass removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and offers invaluable lessons to anyone vitally concerned with issues of social justice and constitutionality in America.
Light refreshments will be served. For questions, please contact 310/825-2974.
Parking is available in Structures 3 and 5 on the north side of the UCLA campus. Short-term parking (cash or credit card) can be purchased at self-service pay stations at both lots. To obtain a daily permit (cash only), visit the parking booth at the Westholme and Hilgard entrance. For more info, visit http://bit.ly/uclapark.
Sponsored by:
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
UCLA Library Special Collections
Dr. Sanbo and Kazuko Sakaguchi Research Fund in Japanese American Studies
This archival collection processing project was funded, in part, by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program. Additional funding was received from the George and Sakaye Aratani Community Advancement Research Endowment (C.A.R.E.) grant, as well as charter individuals who gave generously towards the UCLA AASC Friends of the Reading Room’s Herzig Archival Collection Project.