Historic
Japanese American National Library
The Japanese American National Library (全米日系アメリカ人図書館, Zenbei Nikkei Amerikajin Toshokan) is a private non-lending library and resource center in San Francisco's Japantown for the collection and preservation of materials relating to Japanese Americans. It has been in operation since 1969.
The library's collection consists of the following:
Books related to Japanese-Americans and Asian-Americans
Periodicals, including magazines, newsletters, journals, newspapers, and newspaper clippings.
Why it's on the map
However, the continuously increasing collection resulted in the library have to more again in 1987 to its current location at 1619 Sutter Street, on the first floor of the Hinode Towers.
The library is dedicated to collecting and preserving materials and objects which pertain to the history and identity of the Japanese American people.
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