Series 1: Biographical 1968-2013
Subseries 1.1: Correspondence 1968-2013
1968
1984-1985
1986-1987
1988-1989
1990-1991
1992
1993
1994-1995
1996
1997
1998-1999
2000-2001
2002-2003
2004-2005
2006-2007
2008-2009
2010-2011
2012-2013
undated
Subseries 1.2: Publication 1987-2013
Clippings of write-ups about Yamashita 1987
Photocopies of book reviews 1990s
Writings about Yamashita by others 1992-2012
Printouts of interviews with Yamashita 1994-2010
Writings, events, and interviews with Yamashita 1995-2010
Clippings primarily about Yamashita 1997
Critical essays about Yamashita; interviews; class syllabi including Yamashita works 1998-2001
Printouts of reviews 2006-2012
Coffee House Press catalogs 1993-1999
Writings about Yamashita 2006-2010
Yamashita writings excerpted in publications 2009
Writings, syllabi about Yamashita's writings 2002
Writings about Yamashita; interviews 2005-2010
Programs, ephemera from events 1998-2001
Articles Yamashita consulted on 1999
Writings about Yamashita 1999-2005
Articles, conference presentations on Yamashita; print-outs of interviews, 2000-2005
Writings about Yamashita early 2000s
Photocopies of reviews early 2000s
Clippings on award to Yamashita 2001
Articles, programs, fliers about Yamashita 2001-2006
Programs and Coffee House brochures 2002-2004
Writings about Yamashita; syllabi featuring her works 2002-2005
Graduation program; commencement speech by Yamashita; faculty materials 2002-2006
Write-ups; UCSC brochure on writing program; fliers about Yamashita events 2005-2006
Printout of scanned images from Yamashita plays 2013
Literary agency agreement with Jeremy Solomon, First Arts Management; annotated 1991
"Saudade" 2001
Writings about Yamashita 2001-2003
Writings about Yamashita 2007-2010
Subseries 1.3: Research 1987-2013
Clippings, articles, and ephemera 1987-2008
Clippings, articles, and ephemera 1991-2002
Clippings, articles, and ephemera 1994-2006
Clippings, articles, and ephemera 1996-2003
Clippings, articles, and ephemera 2002-2012
Clippings, articles, and ephemera 1988-2002
Autographed Li-Young Lee author event poster November 2013
"Reforma Agraria: Por Um Brasil Sem Latifundio!" poster 2000
Subseries 1.4: Activities 1991-2012
Teaching materials 1999-2000
Teaching materials 2000-2001
Teaching materials 2011
Teaching materials 1998-2000
Teaching materials 2005-2007
Teaching materials 2005-2012
Teaching materials circa 2002
Teaching materials 1999
Teaching materials 1998-2000
Organizational involvement 1996-1997
Organizational involvement 1991-1992
Organizational involvement 1995-1996
Organizational involvement 2009-2010
Organizational involvement 1992-1994
Organizational involvement 1991-1994
Organizational involvement 1999
Organizational involvement approximately 1991
The Japanese American Journey project proposal; Civil Liberies Public Education Fund grant application 1992
Organizational involvement 1994-2001
Organizational involvement 1994-1996
Organizational involvement 1992-1996
Organizational involvement 1993-1995
UCLA prospective employment opportunity 2012
Subseries 1.5: Speaking Events 1990-2010
1990
1990-1992
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Subseries 1.6: Digital Files Series1.6_Digital_Files 1996-2009
Series 2: Books 1907-2014
Subseries 2.1: Brazil-Maru 1953-2006
Correspondence
1973-1974
1975-1976
1977-1978
1979-1980
1984-1986
1987-1988
1989-1990
1991
1992
1993
1995-1996
1997-1998
1999-2000
2001
undated
Publication
Statement of purpose; resume; notes 1986-1990s
Typed manuscript, Part I (1 of 3); copyright registration 1988-1990
Typed manuscript, Part II (2 of 3) 1988-1990
Typed manuscript, Part III (3 of 3) 1988-1990
Copyright registration; publishing agreement amendment 1990, 1997
Reader critiques of manuscript circa 1990
Typed manuscript, Part I (1 of 3), annotated circa 1991
Typed manuscript, Part II (2 of 3), annotated circa 1991
Typed manuscript, Part III (3 of 3), annotated circa 1991
Proof, annotated (1 of 2); mock-up of dust jacket 1992
Proof, annotated (2 of 2) 1992
Coffee House Press publishing agreement 1992
Photocopies, clippings of reviews 1992-1993
List of bookstore locations for signings, events circa 1992
Clippings, primarily of reviews 1992
Typed manuscripts of epilogue and afterword for Portuguese translation, annotated (2) 2006
Background music for live readings 1990s
Research
Notebooks I-XI circa 1975-1977
Notecards on interviews 1975-1977
6 Notebooks, unlabeled circa 1975-1977
Notes on family trees 1975-1977
Photocopied essays; pamphlets 1975-1977
Photocopies of essays 1953-1977
Clippings and photocopies of essays 1953-1977
Booklets, brochures on Japanese-Brazilian religious life 1966-1981
Notebook, notes, clippings 1970s
Essays, articles 1970s
Photocopied essays and articles 1970s
Notes on Japanese immigration early 1970s-1980s
Transcriptions, notes on interviews mid-1970s
Bibliographic research; essays mid-1970s
Typed manuscripts of "Japanese Brazilians" (4) article, coauthored by Yamashita, annotated circa 1975-1991
Clippings and articles 1978
Clippings, essays circa 1970s-1980s
Yamashita translations of Pagina Um articles 1979-1982
Essays, notes late 1980s-1990s
Clippings, essays late 1980s
Rafu Magazine supplement with "Japanese Brazilians" article (2); note 1989
Clippings 1979-1981
Notes, timeline on oversize graphing paper circa 1970s
Subseries 2.2: Through the Arc of the Rain Forest 1980s-2004
Correspondence
1988
1989-1990
1990
1991-1992
1993-1994
1995-1997
2002
2003
Publication
Typed manuscript of some chapters circa 1980s
Cover design by Oliveira late 1980s
Typed manuscript, 1986 (1 of 2); proposal and outline 1986, 1987
Typed manuscript, 1986 (2 of 2) 1986
Copyright registrations 1987-1989
Typed manuscript, includes Author's Note (1 of 2) 1989
Typed manuscript, includes Author's Note (2 of 2) 1989
Clippings of reviews, write-ups 1990
Clippings of reviews, write-ups; American Book Award program recognition 1990-1991
Coffee House Press catalogs; production checklists; notes 1990
Reader copy, September 1990, with annotations 1990
Publishing agreements; author biography; production checklist; list of reviewers 1990-2002
Typed manuscript of Portuguese translation 28 April 2003
Clippings, publicity on Portuguese translation 2003-2004
Research
Notes, clippings, ephemera late 1980s
Notes, clippings on publishing 1987-1988
Notes, clippings, ephemera 1987-1992
Book catalog and environmental guide 1989-1990
Clippings, articles circa 1989-1991
Notes, maps, brochures 1990-1992
Subseries 2.3: Tropic of Orange 1970s-2006
Correspondence
1991
1993-1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2002-2006
undated
Publication
Early typed iterations and short stories 1970s
Page proofs, photocopies of "The Orange", annotated 1991
Typed manuscripts of "The Orange", annotated circa 1991
Book outline, table of contents; press release, reviews 1996-1997
Proof, annotated 25 April 1997
Typed manuscript 3 February 1997
Coffee House publishing agreements; book catalog 1997-2001
Typed manuscript of chapter 2 undated
Research
Brochures, book catalogs 1976-1996
Programs from performing arts events 1981-1998
Clippings, map, photograph of KCET journalists, TV hosts 1988-1996
Notes, clippings, articles 1990s
Journal from Mexico trip circa 1990s
Notes, articles, ephemera circa 1990s
Articles mid-1990s
Notes, booklets, ephemera from Mexico trip 1991
Notes, articles approximately 1991-1994
Notes, clippings, excerpts 1991-1993
Brochures for art shows, book catalogs 1991-1995
Clippings 1991-1996
Clippings 1991-1999
Handouts, report on U.S. immigration, notes circa 1994
Notes, clippings circa 1995
Poems, essays, articles, notes circa 1995
Subseries 2.4: Circle K Cycles 1990s-2003
Correspondence
1997
1998
1999
2001
2002-2003
undated
Japan
Projects 1994-1996
Projects 1995
Travel 1996-1997
The Japan Foundation Fellowship application 1996-1997
Brazilians in Japan 1996-1997
35 mm photographic negatives from time in Japan circa 1996-1997
Correspondence on Japan, trip 1997-2000
Publication
Typed manuscripts of CafeCreole travel blog; outline for book 1990s
Writings by Yamashita, influenced by CafeCreole circa late 1990s
Interview by CafeCreole's Ryutu Imafuku 1996-1998
Printouts of CafeCreole blog pages by Yamashita 1998
Coffee House publishing agreements, annotated 2000
Typed manuscript early 2000s
Reader copy of Circle K Cycles early 2000s
Proof, annotated 6 March 2001
Clippings of reviews 2001-2002
Portuguese translations of chapters approximately 2001
Reader copy; chapter excerpts approximately 2001
Coffee House Press author questionnaire; contact list circa 2001
Proof pages of chapter; typed manuscript of preface circa 2001
Typed manuscript circa 2001
Typed manuscript; page of notes circa 2001
Publicity write-ups, fliers for readings 2002
Research
Journal 1992
Excerpts, clippings, pamphlets 1997-2003
Travel ephemera 1990s
Travel ephemera circa 1997
Correspondence
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Undated
Publication
Typed manuscript of Introduction (2) by Yamashita for excerpt in Amerasia 2006
Typed manuscript of Introduction, Acknowledgments; notes, book structure approximately 2006-2009
Greeting cards designed by Leland Wong (3) circa 2007
Typed manuscripts of Introduction, 2009; novellas 1 and 10. 11 October 2008, 2008-2009
Typed manuscript of novellas 2-6. October 2008
Typed manuscript of novellas 7-10. October 2008
Printouts of: chapter illustrations by Leland Wong, Sina Grace; cover designs by Linda Koutsky 2009
Proof of Introduction and novella 1, annotated 22 June 2009
Proof of Introduction and novella 1, annotated, 22 June 2009; typed manuscript of novella 1, chapter 2. 2009
Proof of novella 6, annotated 22 June 2009
Proof 22 June 2009
Typed manuscript of Contents, book structure, chapter 5 of novella 4. 27 February 2009
Coffee House Press author questionnaire; interviews 2009
Proof of novella 4, with annotations circa 2009
Proof of title page to novella 2, chapter 1 circa 2009
Typed manuscript of novellas 1, 2, and 3 circa 2009
Typed manuscript of novellas 4, 5, and 6 circa 2009
Typed manuscript of novellas 8, 9, 10, with annotations circa 2009
Proof from title page to novella 4, chapter 3, annotated 2010
Proof of novellas 1-3, annotated 7 January 2010
Proof of novellas 4-6. 7 January 2010
Proof of novellas 7-10, annotated 7 January 2010
I Hotel project budget 2010
Reviews, publicity write-ups, programs for Yamashita readings 2010-2011
Coffee House Press publishing agreement, annotated 2009-2010
David Palumbo-Liu essay for I Hotel Project, annotated 2010
Research
"Ipaglaban Ang International Hotel" [Fight for the International Hotel] button circa 1977
Clippings, essays, ephemera circa 1993-2008
Essays, ephemera, demolition protest poster 1994-2000s
Clippings, notes, ephemera 1995-2006
Clippings, articles, fliers, notes, and notebook on Asian/American social movements and Asian/American history in 1960s and 1970s. early 1996-2000s
Brick from the International Hotel building circa 1907
Canvas rice bags (6) circa 1950
Essays, newsletters, ephemera 1996-2004
Clippings 1996-2006
Clippings, essays, ephemera early 1998-2000s
Clippings, notes, ephemera 1998-2006
Essays and ephemera 1999-2005
Essays 2000-2007
Clippings, essays, ephemera circa 2000
Photocopies of early Asian American Studies course materials circa 2000
Essays circa 2000s
Essays and bibliographies circa 2000s
Clippings early 2000s
Notebooks (4) 2001-2004
Photocopies of 1970s course materials for "Asian Women in America" UCLA class early 2000s
Photocopy of 1971 "Asian Women" reader; Interview transcript of Pat Sumi early 2000s
Photocopies of: International Hotel newsletter, Pagkakaisa, 1972; "Fight Demolition!" flier early 2000s
Portfolio materials by Jerome Reyes and David Palumbo-Liu early 2000s-2010
Event programs from eviction commemorations 2001-2002
HK Yuen Archive index and notes circa 2002
Story outlines, maps, room sketches 2004
Articles and contacts 2009
Photocopied clippings early 2000s
Recordings copied mainly from 1960s to 1970s HK Yuen Archive early 2000s
Essays, clippings, notes, and ephemera circa 2000-2004
Essays, clippings, notes, and ephemera 2001-2008
Laminated brochure for 1996 Tule Lake Pilgrimage 1996
Butcher paper map of Manilatown, International Hotel circa 2000
"The Ness Aquino Benefit" poster circa 2000s
"I Witness" Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California event poster 2008
I Hotel Digital Files Subseries2.5_Digital_Files 2000-2009
Subseries 2.6: Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance 2000-2014
Correspondence 2000-2013
Production: Typed manuscript, includes introduction 8 July 2008
Production: Typed manuscript, includes introduction 8 August 2008
Production: Early manuscript, compiled from photocopied scripts circa 2008
Production: Typed manuscript of afterword by Hong Sohn, annotated circa 2008
Production: Typed manuscript, includes acknowledgements 12 August 2012
Production: Typed manuscripts (2) of afterword by Stephen Hong Sohn, annotations by Yamashita 2012
Production: Typed manuscript 8 August 2012
Production: Coffee House Press publishing agreement and drafts 2012-2013
Production: Author questionnaire and printout of interview 2012-2013
Production: Typed manuscript of initial introduction by Stephen Hong Sohn, annotations by Yamashita circa 2012
Production: Photocopy of galley proof 30 October 2013
Production: Draft of Coffee House interview with Yamashita 2013
Production: Typed manuscript 2014
Research: Lucy Burns proposal on science fiction project; Yamashita notes on Anime Wong circa 2008
Series 3: Dramatic Works 1978-2013
Subseries 3.1: Omen: An American Kabuki 1976-1989
Correspondence 1977
Production: Photocopy of typed script; playbill from performance approximately 1976-1977
Production: Photocopies of typed scripts (2) 1976
Production: Copyright registration 1979
Subseries 3.2: Asaka-No-Miya 1980s-1984
Production: Typed script 1984
Research: Notes outlining play structure early 1980s
Subseries 3.3: O Kage circa 1980s
Production: Performance proposal, annotations included circa 1980s
Research: Photocopied articles and notes circa 1980s
Subseries 3.4: Xina circa 1980s-1985
Correspondence 1983-1985
Production: Copyright registration 1981
Production: Typed scripts (2) and proposal to East West Players 1981-1983
Research: Notes and clippings early 1980s
Subseries 3.5: Hiroshima Tropical early 1980s-1989
Correspondence 1983-1985
Production: Typed scripts, with lists of cast and crew, annotated 1983
Research: Notes and clippings early 1980s
Research: Typed revision script of Hiroshima screenplay by John McGreevey 14 September 1989
Subseries 3.6: Hannah Kusoh: An American Butoh 1984-1993
Correspondence
1988
1989
1990-1993
Production
Program from performance; grant proposal; leaflets 1988-1989
Typed scripts (4), some annotated approximately 1988-1989
Copyright registration and typed script 1988-1989
Original art and designs (2 of 2) 1989
Clippings of reviews 1989
Publicity fliers; leaflets; storyboard of video which used in play 1989
Theater contract; background proposal 1989-1990
Cast lists; publicity fliers and releases; production schedule; music scores; notes 1989-1990
Clippings and photocopies of reviews 1989-1990
Photographic negatives of performance, personal life approximately 1989-1990
Typed script, master copy 10 December 1990
Audio recording of interview with Yamashita, from Crossroads radio show, copies 1-3, 1990
Research
Articles, clippings, notes 1984-1990
Subseries 3.7: GiLAwrecks, aka Godzilla Comes to Little Tokyo 1985-1993
Correspondence
1990-1991
1992-1993
Production
Typed script 29 November 1989
Typed script 1989
Copright registration 1990
Typed script 30 October 1991
Typed script 3 September 1992
Cast list and biographies, schedules, play synopsis 1992
Clippings of reviews and mentions 1992
Program, fliers, photocopied images from performance 1992
Typed script 18 May 1992
Photographs subseries3.7_Digital_Files 2011
"Godzilla Comes to Little Tokyo" performance posters (2) 1992
Research
Notes and clippings 1985-1992
Postcards, fact sheets, ephemera circa 1988-1992
Clippings 1991-1992
Subseries 3.8: Kusei: An Endangered Species 1985-1993
Correspondence 1987
Production: Photocopies (2) of typed script, with annotations and sketches of scenes circa 1986
Production: Typed script, with annotations circa 1986
Production: Clipping and fliers 1987
Subseries 3.9: Tokyo Carmen vs. L.A. Carmen 1989-1990s
Correspondence 1990
Production: Typed script, with annotations and list of settings circa 1990
Production: Typed script, with project proposal to Taper Forum circa 1990
Production: Typed script of Taper Forum performance, June 1990
Production: Calenders, budget, stage map, notes 1990
Production: Clippings of reviews 1990
Production: Articles, clippings, notes 1989-1991
Production: Painted drawings on transparencies early 1990s
Subseries 3.10: Rock Candy 1986-1991
Correspondence 1987-1989
Production: Excerpts from script circa 1987
Production: Typed script circa 1987
Production: Typed script; copyright registration 1988
Research: Clippings, articles, and fliers 1986-1991
Subseries 3.11: Noh Bozos 1990-1994
Correspondence
1990-1992
1993-1994
Production
Financial reports and actor contracts 1992-1993
Final report, grant contract for Los Angeles Cultural Affairs 1992-1993
Design sketches and paper props 1992-1993
Participant materials from Los Angeles Cultural Affairs grant program 1992-1993
Clippings of write-ups and reviews 1993
Paper props 1993
Fliers and leaflets 1993
Set and prop designs; calendar 1993
Sheet music (2) for "California Roll" song 1993
Typed script 10 June 1993
Typed script, 8 June 1994
Research
Clippings, fliers, ephemera 1991-1993
Clippings 1991-1994
Subseries 3.12: Anime Wong: A CyberAsian Odyssey 1996-2013
Production: Typed script, with annotations circa 2008
Research: Clippings and articles 1996-2013
Research: Articles 2002-2008
Subseries 3.13: Siamese Twins and Mongoloids: Three Abstractions on Asian America 2012
Typed script 7 August 2012
Subseries 3.14: Jan Ken Pon: A Dance Performance Idea 2012
Draft printout of slide presentation and drawings, annotated circa 2012
Series 4: Other Writings 1970s-2012
Correspondence 1985-1996
Research on Kochiyama 1997-1998
Photocopies of articles by Yamashita 1975-2006
Typed short story, "What's Fiction Got to Do With It?" 1993
Typed manuscript of "In A Family Way"; copyright registrations (4) 1987-1989
Typed master manuscript of "In A Family Way" 1989
Copyright registrations for: "Under the Mountain Wolf Olive Tree"; "Antonio"; "The Frog and the Bird"; "Jane Tei and Jon"; "The Dentist and the Dental Hygienist" 1977-1989
Los Angeles Times Magazine (2) issues with "The Orange" short story 1991
Encycopedia article for Sandra Buckley 1998-1999
Research, correspondence on "Borges & I" (1 of 2) 2009-2010
Typed manuscript of unpublished short story anthology 2010s
Typed manuscript of "I, Kitty" early 2000s
Correspondence, leaflets on Amerasia Journal 1994-2000
Typed manuscript of "Writing and Memory of the Japanese Diaspora in Brazil" article; correspondence 2000-2012
Typed manuscript, photocopy of "Deluxe Bread Machine" 2001
Proofs of "A Gentlemen's Agreement" essay (2) 2006
Typed manuscript of "Other Americans: A Story for Rachel and Young" undated
Writings in publications 1990s-2000s
Digital files Series4_Digital_Files 2001-2007
Accession 2015.017: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional papers 1970s-2010
Accession 2016.005: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional papers Accession 2016.005 circa 1990s-2000s
Accession 2017.023: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional papers circa 1900-2015
Accession 2017.032: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional papers
Accession 2021.030: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional papers circa 2019-2020
Sansei and Sensibility manuscripts, correspondence, research materials
Correspondence circa 2019-2020
Accession 2021.040: Karen Tei Yamashita papers unprocessed additional papers circa 2000-2017
Typescripts, correspondence, clippings
Reading, presentation and lecture files
Accession 2023.026: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additions circa 2018-2021
Writings, research material, correspondence
Posters, National Book Foundation medal