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Frank Saito Papers
ca. 1942-2003, 5 linear feet

These papers consist of letters, military service records, notebooks, subject files, church conference records, religious educational material, church newsletters, church annual reports, pamphlets, photographs, and an audio-taped oral history. Saito was born in Glendale, California and his family sent him to Japan to be educated as a young child. He returned to California for high school; was interned at Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas; volunteered to serve in the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II; and eventually settled in Chicago. He was an active member of the Lakeside Japanese Christian Church originally in Chicago and now in Skokie. Some of the letters are in Japanese.
 
Research topics: Japanese Americans in California, Japanese Americans in Japan, Rohwer Relocation Center (McGehee, Arkansas), U.S. Military Intelligence Service, Japanese Americans in Chicago, and Lakeside Japanese Christian Church (Chicago and Skokie, Illinois).
 

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