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Title: Tamotsu Shibutani papers
Identifier/Call Number: UArch FacP 76
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet
(6 cartons)
Creator:
Shibutani, Tamotsu (1920-)
Date (bulk): approximately 1950s-1960s
Abstract: The Tamotsu Shibutani papers consist of Shibutani's personal research and publications mostly from his time spent as a professor
of sociology from the late 1950s to the mid-late 1960s.
Physical Location: The collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
The collection is open for research. The collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Tamotsu Shibutani papers, UArch FacP 76. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Transfer from University of Southern California, 2021.
Tamotsu (Tom) Shibutani was a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He
was born in 1920 in Stockton, California, to Japanese immigrants. In 1942, Shibutani and his family were sent to the Tule
Lake Japanese internment camp. After this incarceration, Shibutani went on to serve for two years in the United States army
during World War II, after which he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Shibutani moved to the University of California, Berkeley, in 1951 where he wrote his first book
Society and Personality, published in 1961, the same year he came to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he continued his studies
in sociology and philosophy. His research collaborations with colleagues included studies on race relations, rumors and communication,
and theoretical perspectives about other social processes. He published numerous other articles and books throughout his career
that advanced the study of Symbolic Interactionism.
In 2004, Shibutani passed away in Santa Barbara, California, at 83 years old.
The Tamotsu Shibutani papers were established in 2021 and presently consist of his typed drafts of published works, newspaper
and magazine clippings, handwritten notes, coursework, biliographies, correspondence, and class syllabi. Materials span approximately
from the late 1950s to mid-late 1960s.
Materials in the collection are kept in their original order that follows Shibutani's topics of study or interest. The collection
is described at folder level. While some materials are still housed in their original binders, each binder is referred to
as a folder in this finding aid. Single research topics or works span multiple folders and may continue into the next container.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Symbolic interactionism -- Research
Sociology -- Study and teaching
Personal correspondence
Outlines and syllabi
Manuscripts
Bibliographies
Shibutani, Tamotsu (1920-) -- Archives