{"id":4406,"date":"2011-07-29T17:57:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T21:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apanews.si.edu\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2014-12-30T21:55:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T21:55:44","slug":"documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Got Documents?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Birth<\/a>

Birth Certificate from Hawaii<\/p><\/div>\n

APA Collections<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Update from Noriko Sanefuji:<\/em><\/p>\n

I recently had an opportunity to meet Maureen Kuwano Hinkle, who kept her parents\u2019 documents from the early 1900’s!\u00a0 Among the documents was a birth certificate. \u00a0 Her father, Douglas Tsuneo Kuwano, was born in Puunene, Maui, Territory of Hawai`i in 1906. Douglas\u2019 father was a laborer like many other Japanese immigrants in the sugarcane fields of Maui for most of his life, and his mother made clothes for plantation workers.<\/p>\n

In the fall of 1926, Douglas enrolled at the University of Colorado where he majored in electrical engineering and graduated with honors in 1930.\u00a0 He also met his future wife Daisy Sasaki his junior year, and they got married in June of 1930. The depression deprived Douglas of an anticipated position at Westinghouse in Pennsylvania, so the newlyweds went back to Hawai`i.<\/p>\n

Douglas\u2019 birth certificate is five pages long, including not only a photo, but a witness statement by his father\u2019s friend. I wonder if this is the long birth certificate that President Obama was also questioned for?\u00a0 On the other hand, Daisy, who was born in Colorado in 1909, had a much different birth certificate. It is only one page, without a photo, and was not filed until 1927.\u00a0 It is interesting to note that there is a section on \u201cLegitimate\u201d status and what they listed under “color” might be surprising.<\/p>\n

Maureen also donated some travel documents, passport, and her parent’s wedding certificate.<\/p>\n

\"Birth<\/a>

Birth Certificate from Colorado<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Certificate<\/a>

Certificate of Marriage<\/p><\/div>\n

All documents donated by Maureen Kuwano Hinkle<\/em>
\nSource: Meeting with\u00a0Maureen Kuwano Hinkle<\/em><\/p>\n


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