Series II: Post World War II, 1938-2009, inclusive

Subseries A documents the legislative struggle in the 1980s to secure reparations and official apology from the U.S. government for Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII, as well as materials regarding Japanese American World War II veterans. Redress and reparations efforts are documented through letters in support of and testimonies given at, summary explanations of laws, newsletters, newspaper clippings as well as flyers and other ephemera advertising workshops, films and other events designed to educate and build collective remembrance of incarceration and support for the Redress Movement. Victory in the campaign is documented through copies of George and Kimi Yuzawa's Redress checks, programs to community Redress celebrations, and photographs of Ronald Reagan signing the 1988 Civil Liberties Act (originals located in Series V: Photographs and Artwork). Materials on Japanese American WWII veterans and their military service consists of newsletters, correspondence and event programs from the Go For Broke Foundation, National Japanese American Memorial Foundation, JANM and other institutions hosting events and erecting memorials commemorating the service of Japanese Americans in the armed forces. Also included are recent clippings that Yuzawa collected about Japanese American WWII veterans.

Subseries B: Japanese American National Museum (JANM) consists largely of press and information about "America's Concentration Camps," an exhibition about Japanese American incarceration on view at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum between November 11, 1994 and October 15, 1995. Yuzawa served on the board of the New York Committee of JANM which brought the exhibition to Ellis Island and thus had access to documents relating to the exhibition's planning such as internal correspondence and resource binders listing information about docents, community relations and key contacts as well as more public documents such as fact sheets, brochures, press kits and museum visiting information. The series also contains member outreach materials such as campaign reports, museum publications, and information on the museum's opening and expansion. There are also a few files relating to the New York Committee of JANM, including its planning of an exhibit featuring early Issei settlement in the state.

Subseries C: Asian American Media Monitoring documents the campaigns that George Yuzawa, Kazu Iijima, Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga and other activists who later founded Asian Americans for Fair Media conducted during the 1970s and 1980s against racially offensive representations of Asian Americans in the media. The campaigns—which include protests against designer Kenzo Takada's use of the trademark "JAP" on his clothing labels, the ILGWU's "Made in Japan" poster scapegoating Japan for Americans' loss of jobs , and the use of the term "Jap" in newspapers and broadcasts—are largely documented through correspondence and clippings but also through a few flyers, press releases, notes and legal documents.

Subseries D: Japanese American Association (JAA) consists of administrative documents such as meeting minutes, financial reports, constitution, by-laws and correspondence that Yuzawa kept as vice president, board member and committee chair. Newsletters, flyers and programs document events that JAA helped sponsor such as the Nipponanza cultural and arts festival, Miss New York Nikkei contest and member dinner dances.

Subseries E: Japanese American Help for the Aging, Inc. (JAHFA) documents Yuzawa's work with the New York Japanese American elderly as JAHFA's founding director and consists of meeting minutes, financial reports, correspondence, newsletters, events flyers and resource information on elderly housing and care. The early history of JAHFA is documented through files on its various predecessor ad hoc committees, needs assessment questionnaires and grant proposals.

Subseries F: Japanese American United Church (JAUC) consists of minutes and reports from JAUC's annual congregational meetings, Board of Directors meetings, pastoral search committee and Concerned Group of JAUC; correspondence; fellowship newsletters; event flyers and programs; and directories of members and church officers. The series also contains materials relating to the 19th Century Japanese burial plot at Willow Grove Cemetery in New Brunswick, NJ and memorial services at Cypress Hills and Mount Olivet Cemeteries. Yuzawa, as part of his advocacy work for the Japanese American elderly, regularly assisted in making funeral arrangements.

Subseries G: Personal Documents, Correspondence, and Subject Files consists of personal documents, correspondence and subject files relating to Asian American organizations and individuals in which Yuzawa took an interest or active part. There are substantial files relating to the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival) that Yuzawa was instrumental in establishing at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) New York Chapter, of which Yuzawa was a board member. Most other organizations have one file with contents ranging from event programs and flyers to correspondence, newsletters and member lists. The series also contains Yuzawa's personal documents such as resumes and awards, birth and marriage certificates, medical records, memory writing exercises and personal correspondence. Yuzawa avidly collected and archived information about Asian American events and people. The files he kept on individuals, some of whom he knew personally, range in content from clippings to more personal documents such as correspondence, resumes and ID cards.