article_snippet.sent: items from its April 17 event are crafts and artifacts made by Japanese-Americans confined to World War II internment camps.
article_snippet.sent: the items were inherited from the historian's estate.
article_snippet.sent: For us, there could be no better resolution than for a suitable museum, foundation or members of the Japanese-American community with the means to preserve this collection to come forward and secure this collection for education, display and research," she said.
article_snippet.sent: would like items returned to family members if possible and any other artifacts put in an exhibition.
article_snippet.sent: This was a gift and let a gift come full circle," said Judy Hamaguchi with the San Francisco Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
article_snippet.sent: Judy Hamaguchi with the San Francisco Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League was referring to a letter the organization sent to New Jersey auction house.
article_snippet.sent: a letter the organization sent to the auction house should be returned as a gift.