Japanese American activist who, after being interned at the Tule Lake Japanese American internment camp with her family, travelled extensively and was heavily involved in human rights and civil rights activism in Iowa City and beyond. The collection includes materials from her personal life, employment, and activism, as well as photographs, audiovisual materials, and artifacts.

Author and Professor Emeritus of Russian at the University of Iowa, who emmigrated to the United States after surviving the siege of Leningrad in 1941.