Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Noguchi, Yoné, 1875-1947
- Abstract:
- A collection of material related to Yoné Noguchi, poet and professor.
- Extent:
- 1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Yoné Noguchi papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous items. All the manuscripts in the collection are works authored by Noguchi, the vast majority of which are drafts of poems. Also included is a piece Noguchi wrote memorializing the Japanese writer, Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904). The photographs in the collection are of Noguchi and most date from 1903. All of the letters in the collection are from Noguchi to his friend and fellow writer, Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1904). The letters chiefly address aspects of Noguchi's writing and modern poetry in general.
- Biographical / historical:
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Yoné Noguchi (1875-1947) was a poet and professor of English at Keio University in Tokyo. Noguchi traveled to the United States in 1893, where he lived and worked in San Francisco and New York before returning to Japan in 1904. He developed a reputation while in the United States as an imagist poet and published his first book of poetry, Seen and Unseen or, Monologues of a Homeless Snail (1897), while living in San Francisco. With the publication of his book, Noguchi became the first Japanese national to publish poetry in English. In 1904, Noguchi returned to Japan where he taught English and wrote both poetry and books on Japanese art. He was the father of American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988).
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1923.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Alan Jutzi in April 1973; in January 2025, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged with Noguchi's manuscripts first (in alphabetical order), followed by correspondence (in chronological order), miscellaneous items and photographs.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Previously, the collection had a restriction that the letters from Noguchi to Charles Warren Stoddard could not be be photocopied without the permission of Isamu Noguchi; this restriction has been removed as of January, 2025.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Yoné Noguchi papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191