Finding Aid to the Ayako Nakauchi Kataoka Family Photograph Collection

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Finding Aid to the Ayako Nakauchi Kataoka Family Photograph Collection

BANC PIC 2022.010

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Photograph albums

Volume 1 (fALB)

Volume 1 BANC PIC 2022.010--fALB v.1 approximately 1930-1940

Physical Description: 185 photographs

Scope and Content

Chiefly studio portraits of friends of Ayako, many of them inscribed to her. Also includes studio portraits of Ayako, and a few snapshots depicting friends and leisure outings.

Note

Identified photographers: Tōyō Miyatake; Izuo.

Volume 2 (ALB)

Volume 2 BANC PIC 2022.010--ALB v.2 1943-1945

Physical Description: 115 photographs

Scope and Content

Chiefly snapshots pertaining to Ayako's internment at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming, during World War II. Well-captioned throughout, the album documents Ayako's friends, family and other internees, most of whom are identified by name. Views includes individuals, groups and camp buildings. Also includes a few views taken during outings from the camp to Basin and perhaps other nearby locations. Also includes a few postcards. Many leaves are lacking previously mounted photographs and postcards.

Volume 3 (ALB)

Volume 3 BANC PIC 2022.010--ALB v.3 approximately 1900-1968

Physical Description: 180 photographs

Scope and Content

Studio portraits and snapshots chiefly pertaining to the youth and early years of the marriage of Ayako's parents, Tamotsu Nakauchi and Kaneju Nakauchi. Some portraits predate the couple's departure from Japan. Later snapshots include homes and domestic scenes (pets, plants, gardening, etc.)

Note

Identified photographers: Motoyoshi (San Francisco), Harry Shirao (Hollywood).

Volume 4 (fALB)

Volume 4 BANC PIC 2022.010--fALB v.4 approximately 1934-1968

Physical Description: 100 photographs

Scope and Content

Album chiefly pertains to the funerals of Ayako's mother Kaneju Nakauchi (d. 1958) and father Tamotsu Nakauchi (1968). Also includes at least two scenes from the funeral of Masayuki Nakauchi, Ayako's brother who died in infancy in 1934. Also includes snapshots of family homes, pets, plants, friends, etc.

Volume 5 (fALB)

Volume 5 BANC PIC 2022.010--fALB v.5 approximately 1935-1968

Physical Description: 335 photographs

Scope and Content

Album of snapshots and portraits pertaining to various periods of Ayako's life, including social and religious group portraits taken in Los Angeles in the 1930s and 1940s; domestic scenes of her parents' home; and many views of her parents' garden taken in 1958 and 1968 (the death years of her mother and father, respectively).

Note

Identified photographers: Tōyō Miyatake, Imada (Los Angeles), Izuo, Shirao (Hollywood), Tanaka Studio (Los Angeles).

Volume 6 (ALB)

Volume 6 BANC PIC 2022.010--ALB v.6 approximately 1960-1970

Physical Description: 125 photographs

Scope and Content

Snapshots taken at Disneyland, Grand Canyon, Hearst Castle and other Kataoka family tourist destinations in California and the Western U.S.

Volume 7 (ALB)

Volume 7 BANC PIC 2022.010--ALB v.7 approximately 1968-1972

Physical Description: 100 photographs

Scope and Content

Snapshots taken at Yosemite National Park and perhaps other Kataoka family outing locations in the Sierra Nevada.

Volume 8 (fALB)

Volume 8 BANC PIC 2022.010--fALB v.8 approximately 1970-1975

Physical Description: 100 photographs

Scope and Content

Snapshots taken during family outings in the mountains during winter and at Disneyland. Also includes snapshots of pupils and teachers at middle and/or high school – perhaps friends and associates of Kimiye Kataoka and/or her sister Kikuye.

Volume 9 (ALB)

Volume 9 BANC PIC 2022.010--ALB v.9 approximately 1960-1970

Physical Description: 90 photographs

Scope and Content

Snapshots of Kataoka family pets.

Volume 10 (fALB)

Volume 10 BANC PIC 2022.010--fALB v.10 approximately 1951-1995

Physical Description: 40 photographs

Scope and Content

Album pertaining to Ayako and her husband Takeo Kataoka, likely compiled after Ayako's death. Includes portraits and snapshots of the couple, copies of each of their death certificates, a copy of their marriage certificate, and ephemera pertaining to Takeo's funeral and memorial services.

Volume 11 (ALB)

Volume 11 BANC PIC 2022.010--ALB v.11 approximately 1930-1965

Physical Description: 100 items

Scope and Content

Chiefly commercial portraits of Japanese movie stars (including Kinuyo Tanaka) and other celebrities, and a few American celebrities. Also includes commercial postcards of views in Japan.

Other photographs

Portraits, snapshots and other pictorial materials BANC PIC 2022.010--PIC

PIC_box 1, folder 1

Ayako Nakauchi Kataoka: studio portraits approximately 1925-1940

Physical Description: 7 photographs

Scope and Content

Studio portraits of Ayako, a few including her parents and siblings.

Note

Identified photographer: Tōyō Miyatake

PIC_box 1, folder 2

Ayako Nakauchi Kataoka and family: snapshots

Physical Description: 80 photographs

Scope and Content

Snapshots depicting Ayako with various family members.

PIC_box 1, folder 3

Leaves from unidentified album

Physical Description: 50 photographs

Scope and Content

2 leaves from an unidentified photograph album, likely compiled by Ayako, containing very small photographic prints, probably from the 1930s. Leaves include hand-written captions. Some photographs are missing.

PIC_box 1, folder 4

Miscellaneous studio portraits (mounted)

Physical Description: 4 photographs

Scope and Content

Studio portraits: Masayuki Nakauchi, Ayako's brother who died in infancy in 1934; Ayako's daughter Kikuye Kataoka shortly after her birth; Ayako's niece Karen; and Helen Yamamoto.

Note

Identified photographers: Tōyō Miyatake, Nursery Identi-Foto Co., Inc. and J. Edmund Watson Studios.

PIC_box 1, folder 5

Miscellaneous studio portraits (unmounted)

Physical Description: 6 photographs

Scope and Content

Studio portraits of various friends/associates of Ayako.

PIC_box 1, folder 6

Miscellaneous snasphots

Physical Description: 50 photographs

Scope and Content

Snapshots of friends, associates, travels, pets, etc. Includes one snapshot of actor Errol Flynn.

PIC_box 1, folder 7

Miscellaneous snasphots (small)

Physical Description: 50 photographs

Scope and Content

Smaller format snapshots of friends, associates, travels, pets, etc.

PIC_box 1, folder 8

Kimiye Kataoka

Physical Description: 50 photographs

Scope and Content

Snapshots and portraits pertaining to Ayako's daughter Kimiye Kataoka.

PIC_box 1, folder 9

Kimiye Kataoka: friends

Physical Description: 13 photographs

Scope and Content

Middle school and/or high school portraits of friends of Kimiye Kataoka.

PIC_box 1, folder 10

Kimiye Kataoka: Osmond family, pen pal correspondence and a letter

Physical Description: 5 photographs

Scope and Content

Fan memorabilia pertaining to the Osmond family collected by Kimiye Kataoka, much of it including correspondence from other fans; snapshots of an Osmond family concert; other pen pal correspondence of Kimiye Kataoka from her youth; and a letter to her written from a friend in 1999.

PIC_box 1, folder 11

Kimiye and Kikuye Kataoka

Physical Description: 35 photographs

Scope and Content

Snapshots depicting Ayako's daughters, twin sisters Kimiye and Kikuye Kataoka during their childhood.

PIC_box 1, folder 12

Kimiye and Kikuye Kataoka (small)

Physical Description: 40 photographs

Scope and Content

Smaller format snapshots depicting Ayako's daughters, twin sisters Kimiye and Kikuye Kataoka, during their childhood.

PIC_box 1, folder 13

Kikuye Kataoka

Physical Description: 5 photographs

Scope and Content

Childhood portraits of Ayako's daughter Kikuye Kataoka.

PIC_box 1, folder 14

Mary Jane Kataoka

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content

Portrait of Mary Jane Kataoka (born 1955) taken when 6 weeks old.

PIC_box 1, folder 15

Materials removed from albums

Physical Description: 5 photographs

Scope and Content

Photographs and papers that were found laid in loosely to various albums in the collection. All are marked with the volume and location where they were found.

PIC_box 1, folder 16

Postcards, greeting cards, miscellaneous ephemera

Physical Description: 30 items

Scope and Content

Chiefly unused postcards, many from the Mirage resort in Las Vegas, most of which pertain to entertainers Siegfried and Roy and their tigers; other miscellaneous postcards, souvenirs, etc.

PIC_box 1, folder 17

Realia

Physical Description: 15 items

Scope and Content

Hospital identification name beads for twins Kikuye and Kimiye ("Kataoka A" and "Kataoka B"); a small, flat Japanese doll wearing a kimono; and 12 O.P.A. (Office of Price Administration) World War II ration tokens.

oversize_folder --AX

Oversize portraits BANC PIC 2022.010--AX 1940-1984

Physical Description: 3 photographs

Scope and Content

Group portrait taken at the funeral of Takeo Kataoka, 1984, in front of the Ivy Chapel, Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles (2 copies); wedding portrait of Fred and Louise Morimoto, 1940.

Note

Photographer: Tōyō Miyatake

oversize_folder --G

[Group portrait, funeral of Kaneju Nakauchi, Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles] BANC PIC 2022.010--G 1958

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Note

Photographer: Tōyō Miyatake

neg_box 1 (5x7)

Negatives BANC PIC 2022.010--NEG(5x7) approximately 1960-1995

Physical Description: 300 photographs in 1 box : color film negatives ; various sizes and formats

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous color snapshot negatives, taken during the final decades of Ayako's life, most of which are duplicated among the prints.

Conditions Governing Access

Negatives (NEG(5x7) box 1): UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE.

Collection Contents

Photograph albums

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5

Volume 6

Volume 7

Volume 8

Volume 9

Volume 10

Volume 11

Other photographs

Portraits, snapshots and other pictorial materials

Negatives