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Title: 1937-39 Last three Northern California conventions of Japanese-Americans before Pearl Harbor Author: Japanese American Citizens League, Northern California District Council Place: California Publisher: Date: 1937-39 Description: 3 programs: Souvenir Program, 2nd Biennial Convention, Sept. 4-6, 1937, Watsonville. Original wrappers, 36 unnumbered pp. With autographs of some attendees on last leaf; Souvenir Program, 3rd Biennial Northern California District Convention. July 1-3 1939, San Francisco. Spiral bound in original pictorial wrappers. 54pp.; Souvenir Program, Fourth Biennial Northern California District Convention, [Monterey], July 31-Aug.3, 1941. Original pictorial wrappers, 24pp. The Japanese American Citizens League, which would gain prominence as the “voice” of the interned Nisei during World War II, was founded in San Francisco in 1929. While the national group held annual conventions during the ensuing decade, local organizations – which were most active in northern California, Los Angeles and Seattle – had conclaves of their own. These programs record the 2nd, 3rd and 4th northern California conventions. While the meetings stressed the loyalty of these American citizens, with singing of the Star Spangled Banner, patriotic speeches and display of one of the largest American flags in the country, there is no indication that the delegates who enjoyed golf at Pebble Beach and an Abalone dinner in Monterey in the summer of 1941 - 16 weeks before Pearl Harbor – had any sense of foreboding of the impending storm and its tragic consequences. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear from handling; very good. Item number: 232901