Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Yamada, Gayle K. and Yamada, Gayle K.
- Abstract:
- Oral histories, interviews, and other primary resources relating to yamada's research for a book on women in broadcast journalism and a documentary about Japanese American military intelligence officers during World War II.
- Extent:
- 8 Linear Feet (5 flat boxes, 5 cartons, 1 card box, 1 manuscript half-box, 1 map folder) and 960 gigabyte(s) 1 external hard drive, 1 flash drive
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
[identification of item], gayle k. yamada papers (M2830). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
The collection contains audio and video research materials from gayle k. yamada's career as a journalist, storyteller, and filmmaker. Series 1 contains audio interviews for the book "Hard News: Women in Broadcast Journalism," which she co-authored with David Hosley during the 1980s. Series 2 contains audio and video interviews with Japanese American veterans, as well as archival video footage and research, used in her documentary "Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties" about Japanese American intelligence officers during World War II.
- Biographical / historical:
-
gayle k. yamada is a filmmaker and broadcast journalist. She has directed, produced and written programs for public television and radio for over four decades. Yamada's career began in the traffic department of KCBS radio station in San Francisco, where she soon moved to the news department and rose through the ranks. In the early 1980s, yamada was hired as a researcher for "We the People" with Peter Jennings, later becoming the series' associate producer. Her credits also include The Spirit of Taiko, Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties, Yan Can Cook, Cooking at the Academy, Maxine Hong Kingston: Talking Story, Artwear: The Body Adorned, Czeslaw Milosz: The Poet Remembers, and Julia Morgan: A Life by Design. She is the co-author, with David Hosley, of Hard News: Women in Broadcast Journalism (1986).
She has been elected to the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Her films have been distributed for broadcast through PBS, NETA, Pacific Mountain Network, TLC, and local public television stations, as well as screened at universities and cultural organizations throughout the country. With business partner Dianne Fukami, yamada founded Bridge Media, Inc., a production and consultation firm, and Media Bridges, Inc., an educational non-profit organization. She earned her BA from the College of William and Mary, her MA in communications is from the University of Florida, and her PhD in interdisciplinary humanities from UC Merced.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was given by gayle k. yamada to Stanford University in 2022.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36-48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
-
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
-
[identification of item], gayle k. yamada papers (M2830). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.
- Location of this collection:
-
Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022