Finding aid for the Tamotsu Shibutani papers 3317
Diann Benti
USC Libraries East Asian Library
2021 October
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-1825
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Tamotsu Shibutani papers
Creator:
Shibutani, Tamotsu, 1920-
Creator:
Shibutani, Taka, 1892-1986
Identifier/Call Number: 3317
Physical Description:
14.1 Linear Feet
13 boxes
Date (inclusive): ca. 1900-1999
Abstract: This collection chiefly consists of the professional papers of Japanese-American sociologist and professor Tamotsu Shibutani
(1920-2004). The bulk of the collection relates to Shibutani's academic career at the University of California, Santa Barbara,
in the form of research and writing materials, course files, and professional correspondence. In addition, there are photograph
albums of his mother, Taka Shibutani (1892-1986), dating from the early 1900s to 1980s.
Language of Material:
English, Japanese.
Biographical / Historical
Tamotsu Shibutani (1920-2004), also known as Tom Shibutani, was a Japanese-American sociologist who was a professor at the
University of California, Santa Barbara. He was born in Stockton, California, the child of Naonosuke and Taka Shibutani (1892-1986).
He received an AB from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1942, and an AM and a PhD from the University of Chicago
(1944, 1948). During World War II, from 1942 to 1944, he worked as a researcher for the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement
Study while in an internment camp. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. His parents were also interred, first at
Tule Lake Relocation Center and then for three years at the Granada Relocation Center in Wyoming.
Shibutani was a sociology instructor at the University of Chicago (1948-1951); an assistant professor of sociology at the
University of California, Berkeley (1951-1957); and an associate professor of sociology (1961-1966) and a full professor (1966-1991)
at the University of California Santa Barbara.
Shibutani was married to Tomika Harano from 1942 to 1968, Sandra Jean Gettman from 1981 to 1987, and later to Sandra Uyeunten.
Scope and Contents
This collection chiefly consists of the professional papers of Japanese-American sociologist and professor Tamotsu Shibutani
(1920-2004). In addition, there are photograph albums of his mother, Taka Shibutani (1892-1986), dating from the early 1900s
to 1980s.
The bulk of the collection relates to Shibutani's academic career at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), in
the form of research and writing materials, course files, and professional correspondence. There are more than seven boxes
of subject files on specific sociological topics, often with corresponding class lecture notes, articles, clippings, notes,
and occasional correspondence. In addition, there are also files for specific courses that contain Shibutani's lecture notes,
exams, syllabi, and reading lists, and a complementary series of course outlines and records for courses taught at the University
of Chicago (1948-1951), University of California, Berkeley (1951-1958), and UCSB (1962-1991). Publication files relate to
Shibutani's book and article projects and often include correspondence, research material, manuscript drafts, and royalty
statement.
There are also various personal and professional correspondence files chiefly related to Shibutani's professional life including
letters about job opportunities, speaking invitations, and his position as a University of California faculty member.
The collection also contains photograph albums presumably kept by Taka Shibutani that appear to reflect much of her life including
family photographs and a school yearbook from Japan (Box 13, Vols. 1-2), dating from the early 1900s; snapshots taken after
she moved to California (from the 1920s to the early 1980s) depicting her family, family events, and various trips. There
is also a scrapbook (Box 12, Vol. 4) and photograph album (Box 13, Vol. 5) related to her gardening, flower arranging, and
flower show participation. While there are almost no items reflecting Tamotsu Shibutani's experience during World War II,
the albums of his mother do include a notebook kept while she was interred at the Granada Relocation Center in Wyoming with
English language lessons (Box 13, Vol. 6). As part of this notebook, there are drafts of some letters written by Taka that
mention life in the camp.
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is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Tamotsu Shibutani papers, Collection no. 3317, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sandra Uyeunten.
Processing Information
Processed by USC students in 2019 as part of the "Piloting a Shared Practice for Accessible Archival Descriptions" Dean's
Challenge Grant. Additional description by Diann Benti in 2021.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japan -- Photographs
Flower arrangement -- Photographs
Japanese-Americans -- Archival resources
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Archival resources
Japanese Americans -- Photographs
Sociologists -- Archives
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archival resources
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese-Americans -- Archival resources
Faculty papers
Research (documents)
Photograph albums
Shibutani, Tamotsu, 1920- -- Archives
Shibutani, Taka, 1892-1986 -- Archives
University of California, Santa Barbara -- Faculty -- Archives
Box 1, Folder 3
The Problem of Human Agency
Box 1, Folder 4
Motivation as a Cybernetic Process
Box 1, Folder 5
Behavior as an Adaptive Process
Box 1, Folder 6
Volition as a Cybernetic Process
Box 1, Folder 7
Impulses and Personal Needs
Box 1, Folder 8
The Social Control of Perception
Box 1, Folder 9
Coping with Problematic Situations
Box 1, Folder 10
Blockage and Problem-Solving
Box 1, Folder 11-12
Consciousness as Inner Communication
Box 1, Folder 13
Frustration and Compensatory Reactions
Box 1, Folder 14-18
Emotion and Expressive Behaviour
Box 1, Folder 19
Patterns of Self-Actualization
Box 2, Folder 1
Social Status in Reference Groups
Box 2, Folder 2
Personal Status in Primary Groups
Box 2, Folder 3
The Struggle for Recognition and Power
Box 2, Folder 5
Cultural Differences: Beliefs about Human Nature
Box 2, Folder 6
Meanings as Conventional Norms
Box 2, Folder 8
Classification and Evaluation of Human Beings
Box 2, Folder 9
Behavioral Approach to Self-Concepts
Box 2, Folder 10
The Meaning of Self-Concepts
Box 2, Folder 11
The Evaluation of Self-Concepts
Box 2, Folder 12
The Preservation of Self-Esteem
Box 2, Folder 13
The Structure of Typical Sentiments
Box 2, Folder 14
The Construction of Personifications
Box 2, Folder 15
Development of Self-Control
Box 2, Folder 16
The Formation of Self-Concepts
Box 2, Folder 17
Uniqueness of Temperament and Experience
Box 3, Folder 1
Socialization as Communication
Box 3, Folder 2
The Acquisition of Meanings
Box 3, Folder 3
The Establishment of Habits
Box 3, Folder 4
The Formation of Compulsions
Box 3, Folder 5
The Development of Self-Control
Box 3, Folder 6
The Social Matrix of Personal Identity
Box 3, Folder 7
Identification with Significant Others
Box 3, Folder 8
The Formation of Sentiments
Box 3, Folder 9-10
The Revisions of Self-Concepts
Box 3, Folder 11
Hierarchies of Personal Values
Box 3, Folder 12
Participation in Organized Groups
Box 3, Folder 13
The Social Context of Career Lines
Box 3, Folder 14
Variations in Personal Autonomy
Box 3, Folder 15
Disorders Involving Personal Identity
Box 3, Folder 16
Compulsive Behavior Patterns
Box 4, Folder 2
Differences in Self-Other Orientations
Box 4, Folder 3
Enhancement of Self-Control
Box 4, Folder 4-5
Individuality and Social Control
Box 4, Folder 6
Future Development of Social Psychology
Box 4, Folder 8
The Subject Matter of Sociology
Box 4, Folder 9
Instrumental Component of Transactions
Box 4, Folder 10
Expressive Component of Transactions
Box 4, Folder 11
Sociology as an Emerging Discipline
Box 4, Folder 12
Verstehen Soziologie and Collectivistic Approaches
Box 4, Folder 13
Classification and Evaluation of Physical Objects
Box 4, Folder 14
Symbols and Symbolic Representation
Box 4, Folder 15
Human Knowledge as a Social Process
Box 4, Folder 16
Communication and Culture
Box 4, Folder 17
Consensus as Mutual Role-Taking
Box 4, Folder 18
Conventional Aspect of Communication: Language
Box 4, Folder 19
Conventional Aspect of Communication: Bodily Gestures
Box 4, Folder 20
The Personal Aspect of Communication
Box 4, Folder 21
Communication: The Media of Mass Communication
Box 5, Folder 3
Ecological Bases of Society
Box 5, Folder 4
Cultural Diversity in Mass Society
Box 5, Folder 5
The Development of Economic Systems
Box 5, Folder 6
Population and Demography
Box 5, Folder 7
Spatial Distribution of Population
Box 5, Folder 8-9
The Process of Urbanization
Box 5, Folder 11
Mutual Accommodation in Routine Situations
Box 5, Folder 12
Strategic Interaction in Rivalries
Box 5, Folder 13
The Development of Mass Behavior
Box 5, Folder 15
The Reaffirmation of Group Norms
Box 5, Folder 16
Socialization and Social Control
Box 5, Folder 18
Varieties of Stratification Systems
Box 5, Folder 19
Preservation of Status Differentials
Box 5, Folder 21
Occupational & Professional Groups
Box 6, Folder 1
Personal Loyalty and Group Solidarity
Box 6, Folder 3
The Development of Deviant Careers
Box 6, Folder 4
Community Reactions to Deviance
Box 6, Folder 5
The Enforcement of Formal Norms
Box 6, Folder 6
Human Society as a Moral Order
Box 6, Folder 7
Legitimation and the Moral Order
Box 6, Folder 8
Collective Behavior Course
Box 6, Folder 10
Crisis and Collective Adjustments
Box 6, Folder 11
Group Problem-Solving by Discussions
Box 6, Folder 12
Formation of Public Policy
Box 6, Folder 14
The Emergence of Incongruities
Box 6, Folder 15
Factionalism and Marginal Status
Box 6, Folder 16
Demoralization as a Social Process
Box 6, Folder 17
The Development of Collective Anxiety
Box 7, Folder 1
The Culture of Primary Groups
Box 7, Folder 3
The Focalization of Collective Discontent
Box 7, Folder 6
Popular Acceptance of Innovations
Box 7, Folder 7
Patterns of Social Mobility
Box 7, Folder 8
Establishment of Norms and Roles
Box 7, Folder 9
The Transformation of Perspectives
Box 7, Folder 11
Conflict as a Social Process
Box 7, Folder 13
Tactics of Informational Strategy
Box 7, Folder 14
Persuasion: Special Techniques
Box 7, Folder 15
Some Techniques of Coercion
Box 7, Folder 17
Bipolarization of the Political Arena
Box 7, Folder 18
Formation of Contrast Conceptions
Box 7, Folder 19
Hostile Outbursts within Communities
Box 7, Folder 20
Intervention in Civil Disorders
Box 7, Folder 22
Social Characteristics of War
Box 7, Folder 24
Mobilization for Group Combat
Box 7, Folder 26
Insurrections and Revolutions
Box 8, Folder 1
The Scope of Social Psychology
Box 8, Folder 2
The Psychoanalytic Approach to Behavior
Box 8, Folder 3
Behaviorism and Learning Theory
Box 8, Folder 4
Gestalt Psychology and Existentialism
Box 9, Folder 18
Struggles within Provisional Governments
Box 9, Folder 19
The Reestablishment of Authority
Box 9, Folder 22
Modes of Conflict Resolution
1950-1970
Box 9, Folder 23
Intellectuals: Social Control of Intellectual Life
1960-1970
Box 9, Folder 26
Pragmatism as a Perspective
1980-1990
Box 10, Folder 6
Chicago School of Sociology
Box 10, Folder 7
Cybernetics and other Process Models
Box 10, Folder 9
Theoretical Models and Empirical Research
Box 10, Folder 10
Observation and Data Collection
Box 10, Folder 11
Coding and Analytic Procedures
Box 8, Folder 6
Society and Personal Growth
Box 8, Folder 12
Current Issues in Social Psychology
Box 8, Folder 14
Sociology of Deviant Behavior
Box 8, Folder 17
Field Research in Sociology
Box 8, Folder 18
Seminar in Collective Behavior
Box 8, Folder 19
Pragmatism and American Sociology
Box 8, Folder 20
Seminar on Social Control
Course Outlines and Records
Box 9, Folder 4
University of Chicago
1948-1951
Box 9, Folder 5
University of California
1951-1954
Box 9, Folder 6
University of California
1955-1958
Box 9, Folder 7
U.C. Santa Barbara
1962-1966
Box 9, Folder 8
U.C. Santa Barbara
1967-1972
Box 9, Folder 9
U.C. Santa Barbara
1972-1976
Box 9, Folder 10
U.C. Santa Barbara
1977-1982
Box 9, Folder 11
U.C. Santa Barbara
1983-1988
Box 9, Folder 12
U.C. Santa Barbara
1988-1991
Box 1, Folder 1
Personal Autonomy: Correspondence
1976-1978
Box 1, Folder 2
Personal Autonomy: Front Matter and Acknowledgements
1977-1988
Box 8, Folder 22
The Making of the Infantryman
Box 8, Folder 23
Reference Groups as Perspectives
Box 8, Folder 24
Reference Groups and Social Control
Box 8, Folder 25
The Sentimental Basis of Group Solidarity
Box 8, Folder 26
The Passing of a Problem Minority
Box 8, Folder 27
On Sentiments and Social Control
Box 8, Folder 28
A Cybernetic Approach to Motivation
Box 8, Folder 30
George Herbert Mead (for IESS)
Box 8, Folder 31
On the Personification of Adversaries
Box 8, Folder 32
Herbert Blumer's Contributions to Twentieth Century Sociology
Box 8, Folder 33
Mass panic: Convergent Reactions to Overwhelming Danger
Box 9, Folder 1
Human Agency from the Standpoint of Pragmatism
1980-1990
Box 9, Folder 2
On the Empirical Investigation of Self-Concepts
1985-1995
Box 9, Folder 14
Revisions in Manuscript
1950-1970
Box 9, Folder 15-16
Correspondence and royalty statements
1950-1990
Box 9, Folder 20-21
Social Engineering
1960-1990
Box 9, Folder 24
Process Paradigms in Sociology: Front Matter & Acknowledgements
1980-1990
Box 9, Folder 25
Process Paradigms in Sociology: Correspondence
General
Empty folder as of October 2021
Box 10, Folder 13
Sociology: Basic Principles
Box 10, Folder 14
Social Processes: Correspondence
Box 10, Folder 15
Social Processes: Correspondence (UC Press)
Box 10, Folder 16
Generation of Tension in Problematic Situations
Box 10, Folder 17
Environmental Change: Break in the Routine 1-10
Box 10, Folder 18
Environmental Change: Disaster Situation 11-20
Box 10, Folder 19
Attention-Focusing Event, 21-40
Box 10, Folder 21
Internal Dissension & Strife, 46-60
Herbert Blumer on Collective Behavior
Box 11, Folder 1
Correspondence and royalty statements
1964-1981
Box 11, Folder 6
Chapter 1. The Problem of Ethnic Differences
Box 11, Folder 7
Changing Significance of Ethnic Identity
Box 11, Folder 8
Value Judgments and Scientific Inquiry
Box 11, Folder 9
Comparative Study of Inter-Ethic Contacts
Box 11, Folder 10
Chapter 2. Ethnic Identity & Social Stratification
Box 11, Folder 11
Classification & Social Stratification
Box 11, Folder 12
Ethnic Identity and Social Control
Box 11, Folder 13
Dimension of Ethnic Stratification
Box 11, Folder 14
Chapter 3. Symbols of Ethnic Differentiation
Box 11, Folder 15
Cultural Differences and Physical Types
Box 11, Folder 16
Physical Traits as Status Symbols
Box 11, Folder 17
Auxiliary Symbols of Ethnic Identity
Box 11, Folder 18
Chapter 4. Popular Conceptions of Ethnic Identity
Box 11, Folder 19
Ethnic Categories as Popular Concepts
Box 11, Folder 20
Recurrent Evaluations of Ethnic Groups
Box 11, Folder 21
The Personal Equation in Ethnocentrism
Box 11, Folder 22
Chapter 5. Recurrent Patterns of Transformation
Box 11, Folder 23
The Theory of the "Race Relations Cycle"
Box 11, Folder 24
Other Common Patterns of Development
Box 11, Folder 25
Regularities in Inter-Ethnic Contacts
Box 11, Folder 26
Chapter 6. Patterns of Migration and Settlement
Personal and professional
Box 11, Folder 27
University of California
Scope and Contents
Chiefly administrative correspondence and forms related to Shibutani's position at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Box 11, Folder 31-32
Correspondence and professional materials
Box 11, Folder 33
Goleta Sun [newspaper issue]
1989-06-21
Taku Shibutani materials
early 1900s-1980s
Box 13, volume 1
Family photograph album
circa 1910s-circa 1930s
Scope and Contents
Family photograph album containing formal portraits in traditional Japanese dress, including a family portrait in Osaka, Japan,
dated 1913, as well as family snapshots and portraits from the United States.
Box 13, volume 2
Japanese women's school yearbook
circa early 1900s
Box 13, volume 3
Family photograph album
circa 1920s
Box 12, volume 4
Flower show scrapbook
1930-1939
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing clippings, ribbons, and photographs related to the flowers grown and arranged by Taka Shibutani (Mrs.
N. Shibutani) in Stockton, California. A few of the photographs include individuals, presumably Mrs. Shibutani and other family
members in the garden.
Box 13, volume 5
Taka Shibutani flower photograph album
1934-1970s
Scope and Contents
Contains images chiefly of Taka Shibutani and her flower arrangements and gardens, chiefly in the 1930s and 1960s.
Box 13, volume 6
Taku Shibutani notebook
1943-1945
Scope and Contents
Binder containing handwritten English lessons and drafts of letters by Taka Shibutani, dating from her time interred at the
Granada Relocation Center in Wyoming. Some of the letters reference life in the Internment camp.
Box 12, volume 7
Family photograph album
circa 1940s-1960s
Scope and Contents
Contains various photographs of travel, family events in both the United States and Japan, and studio portraits.
Box 12, volume 8
Travel photograph album
1950s
Scope and Contents
Chiefly contains snapshots of trips, presumably taken by Taka Shibutani, to the United States east coast and Japan.
Box 12, volume 9
Family photograph album
circa 1960s
Box 12, volume 10
Family photograph album
1970s-1980
Box 12, volume 11
Family photograph album
circa 1980
Box 12, volume 12
Box of various materials
1927-1960
Scope and Contents
Box containing a 1949 funeral program and photograph of coffin, Japanese decorative item with hand-drawn art and writing,
four certificates for Taka Shibutani from the Stockton Evening High School Americanization Department (1927-1931), and four
sets of notepads with bibliographic entries for sociology articles.
