Guide to the Toichi Domoto papers M1414

Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2011
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu


Language of Material: Japanese
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Toichi Domoto papers
creator: Domoto, Toichi, 1902-
Identifier/Call Number: M1414
Physical Description: 9.5 Linear Feet (7 manuscript boxes, 6 print boxes, 2 record containers, 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1860-1996
Abstract: Japanese American Toichi Domoto (1902-2001) was a noted horticulturist who began in his family's Domoto Brothers Nursery and later founded his own nursery in Hayward, California.

Biographical / Historical

Toichi Domoto was the son of first generation immigrants from Japan who settled in California. Arriving in 1883, his father and uncle worked first as laborers and within a year were able to lease and then purchase a few acres of land in Oakland, founding the Domoto Brothers Nursery in 1884. They first specialized in the cut flower trade, and later, as pioneers in California's nursery business, they were responsible for the first plant importation of many important Japanese horticultural varieties of camellias, tree peonies, and chrysanthemums. They eventually specialized in trees, shrubs, climbing vines, roses, palms and ferns. Born in 1902 in Oakland, Toichi studied at Stanford University and the University of Illinois before joining his father's and uncle's business. He later bought 27 acres of land in Hayward and started his own nursery. His first catalog featured camellias and tree peonies, as well as magnolias, water iris, flowering quince and bonsai. He was interned with his family during World War II, but returned to his Hayward nursery and continued living there until his death in 2001.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains family and business correspondence, legal advice concerning the Alien Land Law of 1913, early nursery business records, early nursery catalogs (from the Yokohama nursery, the Domoto Bros. nursery, and Toichi Domoto's nursery), photographs of the Domoto family and early nursery business, class notes and subject files.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Marilyn Domoto Webb and Douglass Domoto, 2004.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Horticulture -- California -- History
Japanese Americans -- California -- History -- 20th century
Domoto, Toichi, 1902-

box 1, folder 1

Geneology

box 1, folder 2

Re TV Show About Domoto Family

box 1, folder 3

Family Photos 1

box 1, folder 4

Family Photos 2

box 1, folder 5

Correspondence Toichi to Father 1923-25

box 1, folder 6

David Stan Jordan with Japanese American students, U of Illinois?

box 1, folder 7

Correspondence Mai Abegast, Nursery Related

box 1, folder 8

Correspondence Internment '42

box 1, folder 9

Correspondence DClarke - Nursery and Internment Related

box 1, folder 10

Correspondence Filoli, Nursery Related

box 1, folder 11

C. Strybing to Toichi Domoto

box 1, folder 12

Correspondence Personal 1917-1991

box 1, folder 13

Correspondence Nursery Related 1909-1996

box 1, folder 14

Correspondence in Japanese 1896-1914

box 1, folder 15

Anti Alien Land Law - legal interpretation 1913

box 1, folder 16

Recipes 1970s

box 1, folder 17

Nursery Photos, Historical

box 1, folder 18

Photos Domoto Nursery 1988 Color

box 1, folder 19

Nursery Photos (23)

box 1, folder 20

Domoto Nursery Records - invoices, 1913-1917

box 1, folder 21

Domoto Nursery Records, 1902-1912

box 1, folder 22

Domoto Nursery Records, 1930s

box 1, folder 23

Nursery Commercial Receipts

box 2, folder 1

Domoto class notes, 1918

box 2, folder 2

Class notes, 1921

box 2, folder 3

Toichi Domoto class notes, 1922

box 2, folder 4

Class notes, 1923

box 2, folder 5

Domoto class notes, 1924

box 2, folder 6

Toichi Domoto class notes, 1925

box 2, folder 7

Landscape design and cathedrals - Domoto

box 2, folder 8

Exhibit photos Domoto

box 2, folder 9

Eden Township History

box 2, folder 10

Domoto Bros catalogs and lists

box 2, folder 11

Tokyo Yengei Kaisha, Ltd. - catalog, 1907

box 2, folder 12

Kamo nurseries - lists

box 2, folder 13

Tokio Nurseries catalogue, 1896

box 2, folder 14

Yokohama Nursery catalogs, 1928-31

box 2, folder 15

Toichi Domoto Nursery catalogs

box 2, folder 16

CA Flower Market - History

box 3, folder 1

Plant photos

box 3, folder 2

Plant & Planting 1926

box 3, folder 3

Clippings, 1940-1941 (Horticultural)

box 3, folder 4

List of Plants and their color

box 3, folder 5

Tree Peonies - I

box 3, folder 6

Domoto's list and notes re tree peony and camellias

box 3, folder 7

Camellia list (w/ leaves)

box 4, folder 1

Photo - Camellia

box 4, folder 2

Iris Kaempferii; re Domoto calog

box 4, folder 3

Prop. Of grafting tree peonies - negs and prints, boxing trees

box 4, folder 4

Wisteria photos

box 4, folder 5

Notes

box 4, folder 6

Bamboos

box 4, folder 7

Bonsai - cultural recommendations

box 4, folder 8

Camellia cultivans

box 4, folder 9

Miscellaneous Nursery

box 4, folder 10

Tree Peony

box 4, folder 11

Trident maple (brought from Japan by Domotos - at that time already 200 years) - now in Bonsai garden in Tacoma

box 4, folder 12

Japanese Quince - pamphlets nursery oriented

box 4, folder 13

Japan greenhouse industry

box 4, folder 14

Typescript (incomplete)

box 4, folder 15

Misc 2

box 4, folder 16

Clippings plant-oriented

box 4, folder 17

Tree Peony - Booklet

box 4, folder 18

Books - Nursery Oriented Japense

box 4, folder 19

Christian Texts (Books)

box 5, folder 1

Catalog - Photos Yokohama Nursery 1910-1911

box 5, folder 2

Catalog - Drawing - ?

box 5, folder 3

Catalog - Drawings - Chyrsanthamums

box 5, folder 4

Domoto Nursery orders, 1890-1899

box 5, folder 5

Strybing pamphlets - nursery

box 5, folder 6

Ledger records

box 5, folder 7

Notes

box 5, folder 8

Notes

box 5, folder 9

Miscellaneous Publications

box 5, folder 10

Miscellaneous Publications

box 6, folder 10

Stationery

box 7

Envelopes

box 8, folder 1

Misc Historical Photos (Non-Horticultural)

box 8, folder 2

Certificates

box 8, folder 3

Scrapbooks

box 9, folder 1

Honors TD

box 9, folder 2

Honors Strybing TD

box 9, folder 3

Pacific Magazine, 1997

box 9, folder 4

Honors Camellia Soc. Toichi Domoto

box 9, folder 5

Hall of Fame award Domoto Bros

box 9, folder 6

Automatic Flashers by Toichi Domoto

box 10, folder 6

Strybing Society, F. Owen Pearce Award of Horticulture, 1989

box 11

California Horticultural Society 1962 Annual Award

box 12, folder 1

Catalog - Drawing lilies

box 12, folder 2

Catalog - Camillas

box 12, folder 3

Photo - plant

box 12, folder 4

Photos - flowers - color and b/w

box 12, folder 5

Photo - peonies in color

box 13, folder 1

Family photos

box 13, folder 2

Family photos

box 13, folder 3

Catalog drawings - Iris

box 13, folder 4

Catalog drawings - Peaches

box 13, folder 5

Catalog drawings - Orchids

box 13, folder 6

Catalog drawings - Peonies

box 13, folder 7

Catalog drawings - Water Lilies

box 13, folder 8

Catalog: photos of drawings of peonies, Yokahama Nursery