by Samantha | Dec 29, 2025
Kathryn Tolbert will lead a workshop on how to collect family stories. Her own work has been instrumental in the development of Japanese War Brides: Across a Wide Divide. The Smithsonian Institute’s Traveling Exhibition on display until Feb 28th. This event is...
by Samantha | Dec 29, 2025
CCHS Members: Please join us for an evening at the museum featuring a screening of fall seven times get up eight THE JAPANESE WAR BRIDES A film by Lucy Craft, Karen Kasmauski, and Elmira’s own Kathryn Tolbert. Along with the screening, Kathryn will give a talk and...
by Samantha | Dec 29, 2025
Join us for an Out to Lunch with Kathryn Tolbert, who will share Elmira’s connection to the history of Japanese War Brides. Kathryn will speak about her mother, Hiroko Furukawa Tolbert, known locally as Susie, who came to Elmira after World War II as a Japanese War...
by Samantha | Nov 26, 2025
Following the end of WWII, nearly 45,000 Japanese women immigrated to America as wives of U.S. military servicemembers. These young women left their homes to build lives within the complexities of postwar American society. Their arrival marked the largest women-only...
by Samantha | Oct 22, 2025
You’re invited to Ghosts in the Museum: 3 Weddings and a Funeral, happening Saturday February 7th. Join us for a guided tour through parts of the museum rarely open to the public, where the past comes alive in whispered vows, untold tragedies, and the echoes of...
