Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Obata, Chiura
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- Chiura Obata papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet (Boxes 1, 6)
- Date
- 1925-1992
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.obatchiu, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Chiura Obata papers, circa 1891-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Chiura Obata letter drafts to unidentified correspondents are at the beginning of the series, followed by one folder of alphabetically arranged correspondence from a late addition to the collection. The rest of the correspondence in the series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Letters and comments from students and Christmas and greeting cards are housed at the end of the series.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- The bulk of this series has been digitized, except for duplicates.
- Scope and Contents
- This series includes correspondence between Obata and family, friends, and colleagues, primarily while he was incarcerated at Tanforan and Topaz. Occasional letters addressed to his family members are also included. Notable correspondents include John Boylin, Dorothea Lange, Monroe Deutsch, Dorothy Parker, Miné Okubo, and Ruth Kingman. Much of the correspondence in this series is in Japanese, including letters of appreciation from students who attended the art schools established by Chiura Obata at Tanforan and Topaz. Some correspondence includes explanatory notes summarizing letter contents or providing context, written by either Kimi Kodani Hill or Mia Kodani Brill, Obata's grandchildren who donated the collection to the archives. Noteworthy material includes a series of letters Obata wrote to his wife Haruko during his 1927 trip to the Sierras in California.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1602077428998-1602077429029-1
