Scope and Content Note
The Jeanne Sakata collection span the years from 1942 to 2011 with the bulk of material dating between 2007 to 2011. The collection consists of research material, articles, essays, programs, flyers, a documentary produced and directed by John de Graff and sponsored by the United States Bicentennial Commission, correspondence between Hirabayashi and the Ring family, and correspondence between Sakata and Hirabayashi from 1995. A published and unpublished script for the play is included in this collection along with Sakata's transcribed oral history interviews with Gordon Hirabayashi. The collection also contains a DVD copy of Sakata and actor Ryun Yu's interview with KPFK Radio in Los Angeles. Of particular importance is that the play's title changed from Dawn's Light: The Journey of Gordan Hirabayashi to Hold These Truths. The play was chosen for the New York Theatre Workshop and selected for a collaborative public reading by Epic Theatre Ensemble and the Lark Play Development Center. All supporting material for these events are housed in this collection.