Finding Aid to the Gloria Wickham
Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park Research Files, circa 1887 to 2000
SFH 374
Finding aid prepared by Tami J. Suzuki
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
January 2015
Title: Gloria Wickham
Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park Research Files
Date (inclusive): circa 1887 to 2000
Collection Identifier: SFH 374
Creator:
Wickham, Gloria
Physical Description:
1 manuscripts box, 1 oversized folder
(0.33 cubic foot)
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
Abstract: Contains research files of Gloria Wickham who co-authored the book,
The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park (1894-1942).
Physical Location: The collection is stored on site.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English and Japanese.
Access
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk
hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gloria Wickham
Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park Research Files (SFH 374), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Provenance
Collection was created by Gloria Wickham, and subsequently donated by her sister, Mary Jane Stanford, in 2001.
Biographical Note
Gloria Wickham co-wrote two books with Tanso Ishihara. Besides the Japanese Tea Garden book, they wrote
Hakone Garden (Kyoto: Kawara Shoten, 1974).
Scope and Contents
Contains research files of Gloria Wickham who co-authored the book,
The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park (1893-1942) with Tanso Ishihara. Included are the author's notes and correspondence, newspaper clippings, copy prints and some original
photographs, and original documents including letters penned and/or collected by Makoto Hagiwara, the Tea Garden's designer
and long-time gardener. Wickham collected information from publications and archival sources. Some documents were collected
from family members of people connected to the Japanese Tea Garden, including Makoto Hagiwara's granddaughter and Shinshichi
Nakatani's grandnephew.
Ishihara and Wickham's book maintains that Hagiwara was the designer, landscaper, and builder of the original Japanese garden
built for the 1894 California Midwinter Exposition, as well as long-time gardener. This is contrary to the City of San Francisco's
long-held promotion of the garden, and to opinions held by descendants of George Turner Marsh who held early concession rights
to the Japanese Village.
Biographical Note
Makoto Hagiwara had a daughter, Takano, with his first wife (name unknown). Makoto and second wife, Tai, adopted daughter
Sada (Takeshita Yamamoto). Takano married Goro Tozawa; Goro took the Hagiwara name. Goro and Takano Hagiwara had three children,
George, Sumi, and Haruko. George's wife was Namiko.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into two series: 1. Research Files; and 2. Photographs. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Processed by
Tami J. Suzuki with translation assistance provided by Mamiko Nakamura.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Wickham, Gloria -- Archives.
Hagiwara, Makoto.
Gardens, Japanese -- Design.
Japanese Tea Garden (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History.
Series 1
Research Files,
1894-2000
Scope and Contents
Contains Wickham's research files including her notes and correspondence, newspaper clippings, and original documents including
letters penned and/or collected by Makoto Hagiwara. A number of documents, possibly collected by Hagiwara, are in Japanese
calligraphy.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence,
1978-1981
Scope and Contents
Contains letters to Gloria Wickham and Tanso Ishihara from Edward J. Schuster. Schuster managed the garden and wished to correct
the historical record.
Box 1, Folder 2
Hagiwara, Makoto,
[Late 1890s?]-1983
Scope and Contents
Has a 1913 biographical article (in Japanese), a personal advertisement (of Hagiwara's), a transcript of his obituary (from
1925), and a 1983 letter from the Recreation and Park Commission to Hagiwara's granddaughter offering an apology and payment
of $5,000 in reparations for the family's removal from their home and the Japanese Tea Garden in 1942. See also Photographs:
Hagiwara and Family, Makoto.
Box 1, Folder 3, OV-flat-box Mixed, Folder 1
Hagiwara Documents, Makoto,
1908-1930
Languages represented: Documents are in Japanese (in kanji).
Scope and Contents
Contains documents in Japanese including words of condolence; an unsigned letter to Tansu Ishihara, (no date); a piece of
garden poetry (author unknown; acknowledgement from the Consul General of Japan (in San Francisco) to Goro Hagiwara (1930);
a calligraphic piece of art expressing appreciation from the San Jose Buddhist Church to Makoto Hagiwara for his work (circa
1908); and a copy of Makoto Hagiwara's eulogy (1925).
Box 1, Folder 4
Hagiwara, Makoto: 1906 Earthquake and Fire,
1906-[1970s?]
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of his photo album. See also Photographs: Hagiwara, Makoto: 1906 Earthquake and Fire Album.
Box 1, Folder 5
Marsh, George T.,
[1970s?]
Scope and Contents
Includes San Francisco City Directory entries for George Turner Marsh from 1875 to 1881, and transcripts on the Japanese Village
at the Midwinter Exposition from Clay Lancaster's
The Japanese Influence in America.
Box 1, Folder 6
Nakatani, Shinshichi,
1998-2000
Scope and Contents
Contains copies of documents of the family of Shinshichi Nakatani, the builder of the California Midwinter Exposition's Japanese
Village drum bridge, or
taiko bashi in Japanese. See also Photographs on same subject.
Box 1, Folder 7
Panama-Pacific International Exposition,
1915-[1970s?]
Related Materials
See also Photographs on same subject.
Box 1, Folder 8
Recreation and Park Department/Commission (San Francisco),
1895-1980
Scope and Contents
Has papers regarding ownership of Tea Garden plants and trees, and copy of 1910 letter written by Hagiwara to the Park Commissioners
asking to retain his job of five years.
Box 1, Folder 9
Japan and Japanese Dignitaries,
1953-[1970s}
Scope and Contents
Has notes and transcripts on Japanese history, especially on Prince Chichibu's visit to the Tea Garden in 1927. See also Photographs:
Japanese Royal Family.
Box 1, Folder 10
Japanese Tea Garden Layout,
[1970s?]
Box 1, Folder 11
Japanese Tea Garden: Plants,
[1970s?]-1980
Box 1, Folder 12
Japanese Village at Mid-winter Fair,
1894, 1996
Related Materials
See also Photographs: Mid-winter Fair.
Box 1, Folder 13
The Japanese Tea Garden, Golden Gate Park, by McClintock,
1977
Box 1, Folder 14
The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park (1893-1942), by Tanso Ishihara and Gloria Wickham,
1979
Box 1, Folder 15
The Japanese Tea Garden In Golden Gate Park: Book Sales,
1979-1980
Series 2
Photographs,
circa 1887-1931
Scope and Contents
Contains mostly copy prints. Includes some original 1906 earthquake photos and a single (original) albumen print of the Tea
Garden, possibly shot by Makoto Hagiwara and sold in the gift shop. Subjects include Hagiwara family members, his restaurant
Yamatoya, and the visits of Japanese Royal Family members.
Box 1, Folder 16
Hagiwara and Family, Makoto,
circa 1887-1924
Scope and Contents
Has photographs of Hagiwara and family members including his second wife, two daughters, and son-in-law; and of Hagiwara's
restaurant (in San Francisco), Yamatoya.
Box 1, Folder 17
Hagiwara, Makoto: 1906 Earthquake and Fire Album,
1906
Note
See also Research File on same. These images are mostly copy prints.
Box 1, Folder 18
Japanese Royal Family,
1927-1931
Scope and Contents
Covers visits of Princes Atsunomiya Yasuhito and Chichibu-no-miya Yasuhito, and Baron Hayashi Tadasu (in 1927); of Prince
Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito, Princess Kikuko, and Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (in 1931). See also Research File on Japan and
Japanese Dignitaries.
Box 1, Folders 19-21
Japanese Tea Garden,
1896-1928
Box 1, Folder 22
Mid-winter Fair,
1894
Scope and Contents
Copies of some pages of the
"Monarch" Souvenir of Sunset City and Sunset Scenes portfolio by I.W. Taber. Also includes an I.W. Taber print of the Japanese Village at the California Midwinter International
Exposition; and an original [Hagiwara?] print of the Japanese Village. See also Research File on Japanese Village at Mid-winter
Fair.
Existence of Original
Library has copy of
The "Monarch" Souvenir of Sunset City and Sunset Scenes; Being Views of California Midwinter Fair and Famous Scenes in the
Golden State. A Series of Pictures Taken by I. W. Taber.
Box 1, Folder 23
Nakatani, Shinshichi,
circa 1892-1894
Scope and Contents
Has a family photo and two images of family estate in Japan. See also Research File.
Box 1, Folder 24
Panama Pacific International Exposition, Japanese Exhibit,
1915
Related Materials
See also Research File.
