Guide to the Toichi Domoto papers M1414
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2011
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
Japanese
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Toichi Domoto papers
creator:
Domoto, Toichi, 1902-
Identifier/Call Number: M1414
Physical Description:
9.5 Linear Feet
(7 manuscript boxes, 6 print boxes, 2 record containers, 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1860-1996
Abstract: Japanese American Toichi Domoto (1902-2001) was a noted horticulturist who began in his family's Domoto Brothers Nursery and
later founded his own nursery in Hayward, California.
Biographical / Historical
Toichi Domoto was the son of first generation immigrants from Japan who settled in California. Arriving in 1883, his father
and uncle worked first as laborers and within a year were able to lease and then purchase a few acres of land in Oakland,
founding the Domoto Brothers Nursery in 1884. They first specialized in the cut flower trade, and later, as pioneers in California's
nursery business, they were responsible for the first plant importation of many important Japanese horticultural varieties
of camellias, tree peonies, and chrysanthemums. They eventually specialized in trees, shrubs, climbing vines, roses, palms
and ferns. Born in 1902 in Oakland, Toichi studied at Stanford University and the University of Illinois before joining his
father's and uncle's business. He later bought 27 acres of land in Hayward and started his own nursery. His first catalog
featured camellias and tree peonies, as well as magnolias, water iris, flowering quince and bonsai. He was interned with his
family during World War II, but returned to his Hayward nursery and continued living there until his death in 2001.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains family and business correspondence, legal advice concerning the Alien Land Law of 1913, early nursery
business records, early nursery catalogs (from the Yokohama nursery, the Domoto Bros. nursery, and Toichi Domoto's nursery),
photographs of the Domoto family and early nursery business, class notes and subject files.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marilyn Domoto Webb and Douglass Domoto, 2004.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Horticulture -- California -- History
Japanese Americans -- California -- History -- 20th century
Domoto, Toichi, 1902-
box 1, folder 2
Re TV Show About Domoto Family
box 1, folder 5
Correspondence Toichi to Father 1923-25
box 1, folder 6
David Stan Jordan with Japanese American students, U of Illinois?
box 1, folder 7
Correspondence Mai Abegast, Nursery Related
box 1, folder 8
Correspondence Internment '42
box 1, folder 9
Correspondence DClarke - Nursery and Internment Related
box 1, folder 10
Correspondence Filoli, Nursery Related
box 1, folder 11
C. Strybing to Toichi Domoto
box 1, folder 12
Correspondence Personal 1917-1991
box 1, folder 13
Correspondence Nursery Related 1909-1996
box 1, folder 14
Correspondence in Japanese 1896-1914
box 1, folder 15
Anti Alien Land Law - legal interpretation 1913
box 1, folder 17
Nursery Photos, Historical
box 1, folder 18
Photos Domoto Nursery 1988 Color
box 1, folder 20
Domoto Nursery Records - invoices, 1913-1917
box 1, folder 21
Domoto Nursery Records, 1902-1912
box 1, folder 22
Domoto Nursery Records, 1930s
box 1, folder 23
Nursery Commercial Receipts
box 2, folder 3
Toichi Domoto class notes, 1922
box 2, folder 6
Toichi Domoto class notes, 1925
box 2, folder 7
Landscape design and cathedrals - Domoto
box 2, folder 10
Domoto Bros catalogs and lists
box 2, folder 11
Tokyo Yengei Kaisha, Ltd. - catalog, 1907
box 2, folder 13
Tokio Nurseries catalogue, 1896
box 2, folder 14
Yokohama Nursery catalogs, 1928-31
box 2, folder 15
Toichi Domoto Nursery catalogs
box 2, folder 16
CA Flower Market - History
box 3, folder 3
Clippings, 1940-1941 (Horticultural)
box 3, folder 4
List of Plants and their color
box 3, folder 6
Domoto's list and notes re tree peony and camellias
box 3, folder 7
Camellia list (w/ leaves)
box 4, folder 2
Iris Kaempferii; re Domoto calog
box 4, folder 3
Prop. Of grafting tree peonies - negs and prints, boxing trees
box 4, folder 7
Bonsai - cultural recommendations
box 4, folder 11
Trident maple (brought from Japan by Domotos - at that time already 200 years) - now in Bonsai garden in Tacoma
box 4, folder 12
Japanese Quince - pamphlets nursery oriented
box 4, folder 13
Japan greenhouse industry
box 4, folder 18
Books - Nursery Oriented Japense
box 5, folder 1
Catalog - Photos Yokohama Nursery 1910-1911
box 5, folder 3
Catalog - Drawings - Chyrsanthamums
box 5, folder 4
Domoto Nursery orders, 1890-1899
box 5, folder 5
Strybing pamphlets - nursery
box 5, folder 9
Miscellaneous Publications
box 5, folder 10
Miscellaneous Publications
box 8, folder 1
Misc Historical Photos (Non-Horticultural)
box 9, folder 4
Honors Camellia Soc. Toichi Domoto
box 9, folder 5
Hall of Fame award Domoto Bros
box 9, folder 6
Automatic Flashers by Toichi Domoto
box 10, folder 6
Strybing Society, F. Owen Pearce Award of Horticulture, 1989
box 11
California Horticultural Society 1962 Annual Award
box 12, folder 4
Photos - flowers - color and b/w
box 13, folder 4
Catalog drawings - Peaches
box 13, folder 5
Catalog drawings - Orchids
box 13, folder 6
Catalog drawings - Peonies
box 13, folder 7
Catalog drawings - Water Lilies
box 13, folder 8
Catalog: photos of drawings of peonies, Yokahama Nursery
