Archives and Collections

Kochiyama Archives at Columbia University

The Yuri and Bill Kochiyama papers are part of the Anti-Racist and Black Liberation Archives in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University located at:

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St
New York, NY 10027

Phone: 212 854-5590
Email rbml@library.columbia.edu

Archives are available by appointment only Monday-Friday 10AM-4PM.

More information can be found at this link.

Back of a postcard from Malcolm X to the Kochiyama family from Kuwait with a handwritten message that reads: "Still trying to travel and broaden my scope since I've learned what a mess can be made by narrow-minded people." Signed Bro. Malcolm X

Malcolm X postcard to the Kochiyama family (1964)

On May 19, 2023, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center launched the Yuri Kochiyama Digital Exhibit. The UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s digital Yuri Kochiyama archive features a digital exhibit, learning activities, and access to a digital collection of more than 4,000 archival objects including photos, personal correspondence, newsletters, scrapbooks and diaries from Yuri’s incarceration during WWII.

Yuri Kochiyama Digital Exhibit at UCLA

Yuri and family in San Pedro (1938)