Japanese Pamphlets

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  Japanese Pamphlets, Volume I, 1906-1914

  Nineteen politically oriented pamphlets published between 1906 to 1914 that set forth the pros and cons of Japanese continuing to reside in the United States and California. The White population was particularly concerned about the mixing of races and wanted laws that not only excluded the Japanese who were living in the United States (including children born in the United States) from citizenship but also from leasing or owning land. Those who were anti-Japanese described the Japanese as an inferior race incapable of assimilating into the White population. The pamphlets in this volume also include responses from the Japan Society of America and those sympathetic to the Japanese plight and an anti-Japanese pamphlet written by the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League and the Asiatic Exclusion League.

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  Japanese Pamphlets, Volume II, 1912-1920

  Twenty-nine politically oriented pamphlets published between 1912-1929 set forth the pros and cons of Japanese continuing to reside in the United States and California. The White population was particularly concerned about the mixing of races and wanted laws that not only excluded the Japanese who were living in the United States (including children born in the United States) from citizenship but also from leasing or owning land. Arguments used against the Japanese living in America included claims of surreptitious entries (e.g., being smuggled in through Mexico), Japanese use of “Picture Prides, Japanese efforts to control the soil, Japanese use of “peaceful penetration” to take over the country, and fear by the White population that Japanese Americans were being trained for Japan’s service and hence a threat to the United States should there be a war. Those who were anti-Japanese described the Japanese as an inferior race incapable of assimilating into the White population. The pamphlets in this volume also include responses from the Japan Society of America and those sympathetic to the Japanese plight. V. S. McClatchy of the Sacramento Bee was particularly anti-Japanese as evidenced by the many pamphlets that he authored.

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  Japanese Pamphlets, Volume III, 1918-1925

  Twenty-two politically oriented pamphlets published between 1906 to 1914 that set forth the pros and cons of Japanese continuing to reside in the United States and California. The White population was particularly concerned about the mixing of races and wanted laws that not only excluded the Japanese who were living in the United States (including children born in the United States) from citizenship but also from leasing or owning land. Those who were anti-Japanese described the Japanese as an inferior race incapable of assimilating into the White population and includes a pamphlet entitled “Preliminary Report of the Mental Capacity of Japanese Children in California.” The pamphlets in this volume also include responses from the Japan Society of America and those sympathetic to the Japanese plight. Also, in Volume III was a question about California’s Japanese language schools that fostered solidarity amongst the Japanese living in California. V. S. McClatchy of the Sacramento Bee wrote a large number of the anti-Japanese found in this volume.

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  Japanese Pamphlets, Volume IV, 1907-1925

  Ten politically oriented pamphlets published between 1907 to 1925 that set forth largely anti-Japanese contentions against those residing in the United States and California. The White population continued to be concerned about the mixing of races and wanted additional laws that not only excluded the Japanese who were living in the United States (including children born in the United States) from citizenship but also from leasing or owning land. The arguments found in the first three volumes of pamphlets continued on into Volume IV including a V.H. McClatchy’s 1925 pamphlet entitled: “Guarding the Immigration Gates: What Has Been Done; What Is Still to Be Done.”