Papers, ca. 1945-1964.

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Papers, ca. 1945-1964.

Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and mimeographed bulletins of Haiku societies related to the life and career of poet and author Setsu Kanehara. Correspondents include friends, family, Issei poets and writers, the Japanese American Research Project, and poets and writers in Japan. The newspaper clippings are of reviews of Kanehara's books. The bulletins of Haiku societies are from Minidoka, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Denver (ca. 1945-50).

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

eng,

jpn,

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SNAC Resource ID: 7416976

University of California, Los Angeles

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Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)

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The Japanese American Research Project (originally named the Issei History Project) was initiated by Wakamatsu Shigeo, President of the Japanese American citizens League (JACL) in 1960. The three major objectives of the project were: 1. to conduct a sociological survey based on a national sampling of the Issei and Nisei populations; 2. to publish a definitive history of the Japanese Americans; 3. and to collect documents, including oral history and memorabilia. UCLA agreed to co-sponsor the proj...

Nagata, Setsuko, 1916-

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Kanehara was born in 1916 in Oakland, CA; she was sent to Japan and graduated from a girls' middle school in Miyazaki Prefecture; she returned to the US in 1936; a poet and author, she used Setsuko Nagata as her pen name. From the description of Papers, ca. 1945-1964. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39793890 Biography Kanehara was born in 1916 in Oakland, California; she was sent to Japan and ...