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Asian American History and Culture Collection

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Collection Number: P-130

Collection Strengths

  • World War II Japanese Internment
  • Asian Americans in the history and culture of California

Items in the collection may be located through the library catalog by searching:

asian american history and culture collection

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How to Access Materials

To request an item,​ look for the “Request from Special Collections” link located in the “Get It” section of the item record in UC Library Search. This will initiate a request form for that item within the Aeon request system.