Guide to the Karen Tei Yamashita papers
Annie Tang, Melissa Poulsen, Kate Dundon
University of California, Santa Cruz
2015
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Karen Tei Yamashita papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.465
Physical Description:
69.25 Linear Feet
(108 boxes)
Physical Description:
4.09 GB
(approximately 3,791 digital files)
Date (inclusive): circa 1907-2021
Date (bulk): 1980-2014
Abstract: Karen Tei Yamashita (January 8, 1951)
is a novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and professor, known for her works of Asian
American literature and magic realism, including
I Hotel (2010), which was a
finalist selection for the National Book Award. This collection documents her creative life,
reflecting the biographical, academic, literary, and theatrical aspects of Yamashita's
professional career. The collection primarily contains material relating to correspondence,
story publication, theatrical productions, and research, with some papers relating to
professional activities, speaking events, and living abroad.
Language of Material: English, Japanese,
Portuguese
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Preferred Citation
Karen Tei Yamashita papers. MS 465. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Karen Tei Yamashita in multiple installments.
Biography
Karen Tei Yamashita (January 8, 1951) is a novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and
professor. Although born in Oakland, California, Yamashita spent most of her childhood in
Gardena, Los Angeles County, California. From 1969 to 1973, Yamashita attended Carleton
College in Northfield, Minnesota, and spent her junior year abroad at Waseda University in
Tokyo, Japan. Yamashita graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1973 with Bachelors of Arts degrees in
English and Japanese literature. A year later, contemplating a career in anthropology,
Yamashita received the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and traveled to Sao Paulo in 1975 to
research Japanese immigrant communities in Brazil. Yamashita would remain in Brazil for nine
years, where she met and married artist and architect Ronaldo Lopes de Oliveira, with whom
she has had two children. In 1984, the family moved to Gardena, California, where Yamashita
worked for twelve years as an Executive Assistant at KCET, one of the local PBS stations in
Southern California. In 1997, Yamashita became a Professor at the University of California
Santa Cruz, relocating to Santa Cruz after a six-month stay in Seto, Japan.
Yamashita's literary career began during her first months in Brazil when she wrote and
submitted the short story "The Bath" (1975), which would become her first professional
publication. "The Bath" was followed by other short stories, some award-winning and
published in multiple translations, including "Asaka-no-Miya" (1979) and "The Orange"
(1991). Additional short works by Yamashita include "Madama B" (1993) and "The Dentist and
the Dental Hygienist" (1995). Yamashita's short stories explore a diverse set of topics,
including the Japanese diaspora and technology, and consider the intersections of race,
gender, love, and stereotype. At the same time she wrote short stories, Yamashita composed
performance pieces including
Omen: An American Kabuki (1978),
Hannah
Kusoh: An American Butoh
(1989),
Tokyo Carmen vs. L.A. Carmen: A
Performance Collaboration
(1990), and
Noh Bozos: A Circus Performance in
Ten Amazing Acts
(1993). Many of these were performed around Los Angeles in the
1980s and 1990s. Yamashita's other scripts include the collaborative musical
Rock
Candy
(1987) and the multimedia-inspired
Jan Ken Pon (2012). Much
of Yamashita's performance work is experimental, using music, dance, videoclips, and
imaginative sets and costumes to playfully explore race and gender with attention to the
collaborative nature of performance. Selected plays, written from the 1980s through the
2010s, were published in the collection
Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance
(2014).
Yamashita began work as a critically-acclaimed novelist after returning from Brazil to
Southern California in the 1980s. Her first two novels,
Through the Arc of the Rain
Forest
(1990) and
Brazil-Maru (1992), take place in Brazil and are
influenced by her time in that country.
Arc is a story of environmental
destruction in the rainforest, while
Brazil-Maru tells the story of early
twentieth century Japanese immigrants in Brazil. Both
Arc and
Brazil-Maru have been translated into Japanese, and
Arc was
also published in Portuguese translation under the title
Matacao, uma lenda
tropical
(2003). Yamashita's next novel,
Tropic of Orange (1997),
is set in Los Angeles and Mexico and follows a diverse cast of characters in an unsettled
future where the Tropic of Cancer is moving northwards.
Circle K Cycles
(2001), a collection of short stories that was inspired by Yamashita's six-month stay in
Japan and based on web journals written during that stay, reflects on Japanese-Brazilian
experiences in Japan at the end of the twentieth century. Yamashita's most recent novel,
I Hotel (2010), is an extensively-researched exploration of the Asian
American Movement in the San Francisco Bay Area in from the 1960s to the 1970s, told through
ten distinct yet interrelated novellas.
Throughout her more than three-decade writing career, Yamashita has received numerous
awards, grants, and recognitions. Yamashita received awards including the Rockefeller
Playwright-in-Residence Fellowship in 1977, the Japan Foundation Artist Fellowship in 1997,
and the United States Artists Ford Foundation Fellowship in 2011. In addition to winning
several short story contests early in her career, Yamashita received an American Book Award
in 1991 and a Janet Heidinger Kafka Award in 1992 for Arc, while
Brazil-Maru
was voted one of
The Village Voice's 25 best books of 1993.
Tropic was a finalist for the Paterson Fiction Prize in 1998, and
I
Hotel
was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2010.
I Hotel
received extensive additional recognition including a California Book Award (2010), American
Book Award (2011) and an Asian American Literary Award (2011).
Yamashita began her career as an educator in 1997 at the University of California Santa
Cruz, where she is a Professor of Literature and Creative Writing affiliated with Latin
American and Latino Studies, East Asian Studies, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. She
has been a visiting scholar and guest lecturer at universities around the world. Yamashita's
commitment to education and diversity has been recognized with an Excellence in Teaching
Award (2001), the Chancellor's Award for Diversity (2009), and an appointment as the
co-holder of the UC Presidential Chair for Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
(2012-2015).
She currently resides in Santa Cruz with her husband and continues writing to this
day.
Chronology
| 1951 |
Born 8 January, Oakland, California |
| 1952 |
Moved to Gardena, Los Angeles County, California |
| 1969 |
Enrolled at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota |
| 1971 |
Spent a year abroad at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1973 |
Graduated with a B.A. from Carleton College |
| 1974-1977 |
Received the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship |
| 1975 |
Moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| |
Published first short story "The Bath" |
| 1977 |
Married Ronaldo Lopes de Oliveira |
| 1978 |
Play performed:
Omen: An American Kabuki
|
| 1984 |
Moved with family to Gardena, California |
| |
Play performed:
Hiroshima Tropical
|
| 1986 |
Co-authored the film
Kusei: An Endangered Species
|
| 1989 |
Multimedia performance:
Hannah Kusoh: An American Butoh
|
| 1990 |
Published
Through the Arc of the Rainforest
|
| |
Plays performed:
Hannah Kusoh and
Tokyo Carmen v.s. L.A.
Carmen
|
| 1991 |
Musicals performed:
Godzilla Comes to Little Tokyo
|
| 1992 |
Published
Brazil-Maru
|
| 1993 |
Multimedia performance:
Noh Bozos
|
| 1997 |
Published
Tropic of Orange
|
| |
Received the Japan Foundation Artist Fellowship |
| |
Spent six months in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| |
Published pieces for the web journal
CafeCreole
|
| |
Moved to Santa Cruz, California |
| |
Began work as a professor at the University of California Santa Cruz |
| 2001 |
Published
Circle K Cycles
|
| 2010 |
Published
I Hotel
|
| 2011-2012 |
Received a United States Artists Ford Fellowship |
| 2012 |
Appointed as a co-holder of the UC Presidential Chair for Feminist ritical Race
and Ethnic Studies
|
| 2014 |
Published
Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance
|
| 1951 |
Born 8 January, Oakland, California |
| 1952 |
Moved to Gardena, Los Angeles County, California |
| 1969 |
Enrolled at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota |
| 1971 |
Spent a year abroad at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1973 |
Graduated with a B.A. from Carleton College |
| 1974-1977 |
Received the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship |
| 1975 |
Moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| |
Published first short story "The Bath" |
| 1977 |
Married Ronaldo Lopes de Oliveira |
| 1978 |
Play performed:
Omen: An American Kabuki
|
| 1984 |
Moved with family to Gardena, California |
| |
Play performed:
Hiroshima Tropical
|
| 1986 |
Co-authored the film
Kusei: An Endangered Species
|
| 1989 |
Multimedia performance:
Hannah Kusoh: An American Butoh
|
| 1990 |
Published
Through the Arc of the Rainforest
|
| |
Plays performed:
Hannah Kusoh and
Tokyo Carmen v.s. L.A.
Carmen
|
| 1991 |
Musicals performed:
Godzilla Comes to Little Tokyo
|
| 1992 |
Published
Brazil-Maru
|
| 1993 |
Multimedia performance:
Noh Bozos
|
| 1997 |
Published
Tropic of Orange
|
| |
Received the Japan Foundation Artist Fellowship |
| |
Spent six months in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| |
Published pieces for the web journal
CafeCreole
|
| |
Moved to Santa Cruz, California |
| |
Began work as a professor at the University of California Santa Cruz |
| 2001 |
Published
Circle K Cycles
|
| 2010 |
Published
I Hotel
|
| 2011-2012 |
Received a United States Artists Ford Fellowship |
| 2012 |
Appointed as a co-holder of the UC Presidential Chair for Feminist ritical Race
and Ethnic Studies
|
| 2014 |
Published
Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance
|
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection documents the creative life of Yamashita, reflecting the biographical,
academic, literary, and theatrical aspects of her professional career. The holding contains
large amounts of correspondence as well as publication, production, and research materials
generated from writing Yamashita's major works, with some papers relating to her
professional activities, speaking events, and living abroad. Correspondence primarily
includes handwritten and typed letters, cards, email printouts, and mainly addresses
specific works and personal greetings. Correspondents include organizations, publishers,
colleagues, friends, and family writing mainly in regards to research, draft feedback,
publication, publicity, and recognition. Publication and production materials mostly
comprise manuscripts at different stages, cover or poster art and illustrations, props, set
and costume designs, contracts, and copyright documents, with some original publicity
clippings and photocopies of mass market and independent newspaper reviews and articles. In
addition are articles, essays, and interviews with Yamashita. Accumulated background
research for her works primarily include clippings, handouts and other forms of ephemera
related to the topics of Japan, Brazil, Asian diaspora, the arts, and teaching. Some media
exists across the collection, such as videocassettes, audio cassettes, floppy disks, and
compact discs (CD). Furthermore, some photographic images and materials exist as well. The
collection also includes digital files pertaining to a variety of Yamashita's literary works
and her professional career.
Arrangement
There was some original order to Yamashita's papers, with the collection being organized by
individual works. Final arrangement was influenced by this original organization. The
arrangement of the collection is as follows:
Series 1: Biographical, 1968-2013:
- Subseries 1.1: Correspondence, 1968-2013
- Subseries 1.2: Publication, 1987-2013
- Subseries 1.3: Research, 1987-2013
- Subseries 1.4: Activities, 1991-2012
- Subseries 1.5: Speaking Events, 1990-2010
- Subseries 1.6: Digital Files, 1996-2009
Series 2: Books, 1907-2014:
- Subseries 2.1:
Brazil-Maru, 1953-2006
- Subseries 2.2:
Through the Arc of the Rain Forest, 1980s-2004
- Subseries 2.3:
Tropic of Orange, 1970s-2006
- Subseries 2.4:
Circle K Cycles, 1990s-2003
- Subseries 2.5:
I Hotel, 1907-2011
- Subseries 2.6:
Anime Wong, 2000-2014
Series 3: Dramatic Works, 1978-2013:
- Subseries 3.1:
Omen: An American Kabuki, 1976-1989
- Subseries 3.2:
Asaka-No-Miya, 1980s-1984
- Subseries 3.3:
O Kage, circa 1980s
- Subseries 3.4:
Xina, early 1980s-1985
- Subseries 3.5:
Hiroshima Tropical, early 1980s-1989
- Subseries 3.6:
Hannah Kusoh: An American Butoh, 1984-1993
- Subseries 3.7:
GiLAwrecks, aka
Godzilla Comes to Little
Tokyo
, 1985-1993
- Subseries 3.8:
Kusei: An Endangered Species, 1986-1989
- Subseries 3.9:
Tokyo Carmen vs. L.A. Carmen, 1989-1990s
- Subseries 3.10:
Rock Candy, 1986-1991
- Subseries 3.11:
Noh Bozos, 1990-1994
- Subseries 3.12:
Anime Wong, 1996-2013
- Subseries 3.13:
Siamese Twins and Mongoloids: Three Abstractions on Asian
America
, 2012
- Subseries 3.14:
Jan Ken Pon, 2012
Series 4: Other Writings, 1970s-2012
Processing Information
This collection contains unprocessed materials. The processed portion of the collection is
stored in boxes 1-84.
Manuscript portion of the collection processed by Annie Tang, with assistance from Melissa
Poulsen, graduate fellow in the Center for Archival Research and Training (CART) at UC Santa
Cruz. Machine-readable finding aid by Annie Tang.
Digital portion of the collection partially processed by Kate Dundon in 2018. Digital files
were received from Karen Yamashita on 22 3.5-inch floppy disks, 10 5.25-inch floppy disks,
34 CDs, 2 zip disks, 1 USB flash drive. With the exception of 5.25-inch floppy disks, files
were transferred from original carriers in 2018. Original carriers were retained and are
included in the collection. Duplicate files, student and employment records, and other out
of scope files were not retained. Files were not reformatted, and file names are original to
the creator. Digital materials were integrated into their corresponding series based on
content. The original order of the files has been retained.
Additional Collection Guides
See the following guides for inventories of processed digital files:
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans
Japanese American authors
Faculty papers
University of California, Santa
Cruz
Series 1: Biographical
1968-2013
Physical Description: 25
boxes
Physical Description: 0.617
GB(1,044 digital files)
Scope and Content
This series broadly reflects Yamashita's general career as a writer, playwright, and
lecturer, with some papers regarding her personal life. The bulk of the Biographical
series consists of correspondence, publication, and research materials, but more
distinctly includes papers from her organizational activities and speaking engagements.
Organizational activities, such as mentorship and committee work in PEN America and PEN
International, resulted in the accumulation of publication catalogs, conference fliers,
and copies of short works by others like introductions and articles. Also included are
papers related to teaching in the United States and abroad, research and notes on
pedagogy, and course syllabi. Materials related to speaking engagements, such as
readings, guest lectures, speeches, and panels were originally organized by Yamashita
into subject files composed of correspondence, brochures, fliers, programs, research,
and speaking notes.
Subseries 1.1: Correspondence
1968-2013
Physical Description: 3
boxes
Subseries 1.2: Publication
1987-2013
Physical Description: 5
boxes
box-folder 4:1
Clippings of write-ups about Yamashita
1987
box-folder 4:2
Photographs, contact sheets of portraits of Yamashita
circa 1990
Physical Description: Total: 19
box-folder 4:3
Photocopies of book reviews
1990s
box-folder 4:4
Writings about Yamashita by others
1992-2012
box-folder 4:5
Printouts of interviews with Yamashita
1994-2010
box-folder 4:6
Writings, events, and interviews with Yamashita
1995-2010
box-folder 4:7
Clippings primarily about Yamashita
1997
box-folder 4:8
Critical essays about Yamashita; interviews; class syllabi including
Yamashita works
1998-2001
box-folder 5:1
Printouts of reviews
2006-2012
box-folder 5:2
Coffee House Press catalogs
1993-1999
box-folder 5:3
Writings about Yamashita
2006-2010
box-folder 5:4
Yamashita writings excerpted in publications
2009
box-folder 5:5
Writings, syllabi about Yamashita's writings
2002
box-folder 5:6
Writings about Yamashita; interviews
2005-2010
box-folder 6:1
Programs, ephemera from events
1998-2001
box-folder 6:2
Articles Yamashita consulted on
1999
box-folder 6:3
Writings about Yamashita
1999-2005
box-folder 6:4
Articles, conference presentations on Yamashita; print-outs of
interviews,
2000-2005
box-folder 6:5
Writings about Yamashita
early 2000s
box-folder 6:6
Photocopies of reviews
early 2000s
box-folder 6:7
Clippings on award to Yamashita
2001
box-folder 7:1
Articles, programs, fliers about Yamashita
2001-2006
box-folder 7:2
Programs and Coffee House brochures
2002-2004
box-folder 7:3
Writings about Yamashita; syllabi featuring her works
2002-2005
box-folder 7:4
Graduation program; commencement speech by Yamashita; faculty
materials
2002-2006
box-folder 7:5
Write-ups; UCSC brochure on writing program; fliers about Yamashita
events
2005-2006
box-folder 7:6
Printout of scanned images from Yamashita plays
2013
box-folder 7:7
Literary agency agreement with Jeremy Solomon, First Arts Management;
annotated
1991
box-folder 7:9
Writings about Yamashita
2001-2003
box-folder 7:10
Writings about Yamashita
2007-2010
box-folder 8:1
Crossroads radio magazine interview
8 June 1990
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:3
"University of Missouri" radio station interview, copy 1,
February 1992
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:4
"University of Missouri" radio station interview, copy 2,
February 1992
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:5
Yamashita segment on National Public Radio
29 December 1992
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:6
"LA ATV EC"
20 October 1993
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:7
"Bookshelf: Karen Yamashita"
7 May 2000
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:8
British Broadcasting Company Radio documentary segment: "Asian Diasporas -
Family"
8 June 2002
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:9
"#4 Karen Tei Yamashita, The Replay Co."
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:10
"#6 Karen Tei Yamashita, The Replay Co."
undated
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 8:11
"ABEA Sao Paulo talk, Traveling Saudades" ms0465_med_0002
2007
Physical Description: One CD
General
See Subseries 1.6: Digital Files for information about content and access.
box-folder 8:14
"Abacus" ms0465_med_0001
circa 1991
Physical Description: One 5.25-inch floppy
disk.
Conditions Governing Access
This item contains unprocessed digital files. Contact Special Collections to
request access.
Subseries 1.3: Research
1987-2013
Physical Description: 7
boxes
Box 9
Clippings, articles, and ephemera
1987-2008
Box 10
Clippings, articles, and ephemera
1991-2002
Box 11
Clippings, articles, and ephemera
1994-2006
Box 12
Clippings, articles, and ephemera
1996-2003
Box 13
Clippings, articles, and ephemera
2002-2012
Box 14
Clippings, articles, and ephemera
1988-2002
box-folder 84:5
Autographed Li-Young Lee author event poster
November 2013
box-folder 84:9
"Golden Pool, Asian/Pacific American Perspective" photography exhibition
poster
1990
Scope and Contents
Distributed by the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.
box-folder 84:10
"Reforma Agraria: Por Um Brasil Sem Latifundio!" poster
2000
Subseries 1.4: Activities
1991-2012
Physical Description: 4
boxes
box-folder 15:1
Teaching materials
1999-2000
box-folder 15:2
Teaching materials
2000-2001
box-folder 15:5
Teaching materials
1998-2000
box-folder 15:6
Teaching materials
2005-2007
box-folder 15:7
Teaching materials
2005-2012
box-folder 15:8
Teaching materials
circa 2002
box-folder 16:2
Teaching materials
1998-2000
box-folder 16:3
Organizational involvement
1996-1997
box-folder 16:4-5
Organizational involvement
1991-1992
box-folder 16:6
Organizational involvement
1995-1996
box-folder 16:7
Organizational involvement
2009-2010
box-folder 16:8
Organizational involvement
1992-1994
box-folder 16:9
Organizational involvement
1991-1994
box-folder 17:1
Organizational involvement
1999
box-folder 17:2
Organizational involvement
approximately 1991
box-folder 17:3
The Japanese American Journey project proposal; Civil Liberies Public
Education Fund grant application
1992
box-folder 17:4
Organizational involvement
1994-2001
box-folder 17:5-7
Organizational involvement
1994-1996
box-folder 18:1-3
Organizational involvement
1992-1996
box-folder 18:4
Organizational involvement
1993-1995
box-folder 18:5
UCLA prospective employment opportunity
2012
Subseries 1.5: Speaking Events
1990-2010
Physical Description: 6
boxes
box-folder 23:5-7, 24:1-2
Subseries 1.6: Digital Files Series1.6_Digital_Files
1996-2009
Physical Description: 0.617 GB (1,044 digital
files)
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading
room. Some files require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical
limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files.
Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view
access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access
to digital files.
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes syllabi, notes, presentations, and other files related to
courses Yamashita taught as Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the
University of California, Santa Cruz. Also included are files related to grants,
administrative activity in the Creative Writing and East Asian studies programs, and
speaking engagements beyond UCSC.
Processing Information
These files were originally stored on 11 CDs, most of which also contained files
related to Yamashita's book,
I Hotel or other publications. As such,
many of these disks were labeled "I Hotel etc" but contained a mixture of content
related to Yamashita's writing and teaching career. Digital files unrelated to her
publications were transferred from these disks and arranged together this subseries at
the end of Series 1: Biographical. Files remain in original order within each CD. The
original CDs are stored in box 60.
Additional Collection Guide
Series 2: Books
1907-2014
Physical Description: 45
boxes
Physical Description: 0.074
GB(1,487 digital files)
Scope and Content
This series reflects Yamashita's career as a novelist, primarily consisting of papers
directly related to her six published books, starting with
Brazil-Maru
(1992) and ending with her latest major work
Anime Wong: Fictions of
Performance
(2014), with each subseries representing a novel's title in her
canon. Subseries 2.4:
The Circle K Cycles (2001) distinctly has an extra
category titled "Japan", referring to materials gathered from Yamashita's time abroad in
the country. Overall, there is prolific correspondence between the author and her
primary publisher, Coffee House Press.
Subseries 2.1:
Brazil-Maru
1953-2006
Physical Description: 10
boxes
box-folder 26:1
Statement of purpose; resume; notes
1986-1990s
box-folder 26:2
Typed manuscript, Part I (1 of 3); copyright registration
1988-1990
box-folder 26:3
Typed manuscript, Part II (2 of 3)
1988-1990
box-folder 26:4
Typed manuscript, Part III (3 of 3)
1988-1990
box-folder 26:5
Copyright registration; publishing agreement amendment
1990, 1997
box-folder 26:6
Reader critiques of manuscript
circa 1990
box-folder 26:7
Typed manuscript, Part I (1 of 3), annotated
circa 1991
box-folder 26:8
Typed manuscript, Part II (2 of 3), annotated
circa 1991
box-folder 26:9
Typed manuscript, Part III (3 of 3), annotated
circa 1991
box-folder 26:10
Early electronic manuscript, chapters: 1-14b; 15-26; 27-39 ms0465_med_0004-0006
1980-1990s
Physical Description: Three 5.25-inch floppy
disks
Conditions Governing Access
This item contains unprocessed digital files. Contact Special Collections to
request access.
box-folder 27:1
Proof, annotated (1 of 2); mock-up of dust jacket
1992
box-folder 27:2
Proof, annotated (2 of 2)
1992
box-folder 27:3
Coffee House Press publishing agreement
1992
box-folder 27:4
Photocopies, clippings of reviews
1992-1993
box-folder 27:5
List of bookstore locations for signings, events
circa 1992
box-folder 27:6
Clippings, primarily of reviews
1992
box-folder 27:7
Typed manuscripts of epilogue and afterword for Portuguese translation,
annotated (2)
2006
box-folder 28:1-5
Background music for live readings
1990s
Physical Description: 5
cassette tapes
box-folder 28:6
Interview recording of Yuba Isamu
6 July 1975
Physical Description: Audio cassette
Scope and Contents
A character is based on this interviewee.
box-folder 28:7
Slide
circa 1970s
Physical Description: 35mm slide
box-folder 29:1
Notebooks I-XI
circa 1975-1977
box-folder 29:2
Notecards on interviews
1975-1977
box-folder 29:3
Images of Japanese-Brazilian life
1975-1977
Physical Description: Primarily black-and-white
photographic prints. Total: 41.
box-folder 29:4
Cut-up contact prints of Japanese-Brazilian life
1975-1977
Physical Description: Total cut-ups of contact
prints: 21.
box-folder 30:1
6 Notebooks, unlabeled
circa 1975-1977
box-folder 30:2
Notes on family trees
1975-1977
box-folder 30:3
Photocopied essays; pamphlets
1975-1977
box-folder 30:4
Photographic negatives of Japanese-Brazilian life
1975-1977
Scope and Contents
Includes only 3 images
box-folder 31:1
Photocopies of essays
1953-1977
box-folder 31:2
Clippings and photocopies of essays
1953-1977
box-folder 31:3
Booklets, brochures on Japanese-Brazilian religious life
1966-1981
box-folder 31:4
Notebook, notes, clippings
1970s
box-folder 31:6-7
Photocopied essays and articles
1970s
box-folder 31:8
Notes on Japanese immigration
early 1970s-1980s
box-folder 31:9
Transcriptions, notes on interviews
1970s-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes interviews of Hiramatsu Tomiko, Iwasa Kikuno, Hiramatsu Ai, Iwasa
Ishita.
box-folder 31:10
Transcriptions, notes on interviews
mid-1970s
box-folder 31:11
Bibliographic research; essays
mid-1970s
box-folder 32:1
Typed manuscripts of "Japanese Brazilians" (4) article, coauthored by
Yamashita, annotated
circa 1975-1991
box-folder 32:2
Images of Japanese-Brazilian life
circa 1977
Physical Description: Black-and-white prints.
Total: 39.
box-folder 32:3
Clippings and articles
1978
box-folder 32:4
Clippings, essays
circa 1970s-1980s
box-folder 32:5
Yamashita translations of
Pagina Um articles
1979-1982
box-folder 32:6-7
Essays, notes
late 1980s-1990s
box-folder 32:8
Clippings, essays
late 1980s
box-folder 32:9
Rafu Magazine supplement with "Japanese Brazilians"
article (2); note
1989
Box 33
Photo albums from time abroad in Brazil
approximately 1975-1976
Physical Description: 3 albums
Box 34
Notes, timeline on oversize graphing paper
circa 1970s
Subseries 2.2:
Through the Arc of the Rain Forest
1980s-2004
Physical Description: 5
boxes
box-folder 35:1
1987
Scope and Contents
Kurt Vonnegut letter included.
box-folder 8:2
"Arc interview by Stan Yogi, KFPA, Oakland"
24 September 1990
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:8
"'ARC' Demo, parts I & II, rough mix"
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:9
Background music for
Arc readings, I
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:10
Background music for
Arc readings, II (1 of 2)
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:11
Background music for
Arc readings, II (2 of 2)
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:12
Background music for
Arc readings, III
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:13
Background music for
Arc readings, IV
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:14
Background music for
Arc readings, V
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:15
Background music for
Arc readings, VI
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:16
Background music for
Arc readings, VII
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 28:17
Background music for
Arc readings, VIII
1990s
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 36:1
Early electronic manuscripts and some research ms0465_med_0007-0010
circa 1980s
Physical Description: Five 5.25-inch floppy
disks
Conditions Governing Access
This item contains unprocessed digital files. Contact Special Collections to
request access.
box-folder 36:2
Typed manuscript of some chapters
circa 1980s
box-folder 36:3
Cover design by Oliveira
late 1980s
box-folder 36:4
Typed manuscript, 1986 (1 of 2); proposal and outline
1986, 1987
box-folder 36:5
Typed manuscript, 1986 (2 of 2)
1986
box-folder 36:6
Copyright registrations
1987-1989
box-folder 36:7
Typed manuscript, includes Author's Note (1 of 2)
1989
box-folder 36:8
Typed manuscript, includes Author's Note (2 of 2)
1989
box-folder 36:9
Clippings of reviews, write-ups
1990
box-folder 36:10
Clippings of reviews, write-ups; American Book Award program
recognition
1990-1991
box-folder 37:1
Coffee House Press catalogs; production checklists; notes
1990
box-folder 37:2
Reader copy, September 1990, with annotations
1990
box-folder 37:3
Publishing agreements; author biography; production checklist; list of
reviewers
1990-2002
box-folder 37:4
Typed manuscript of Portuguese translation
28 April 2003
box-folder 37:5
Clippings, publicity on Portuguese translation
2003-2004
box-folder 37:6
Notes, clippings, ephemera
late 1980s
box-folder 37:7
Notes, clippings on publishing
1987-1988
box-folder 37:8
Notes, clippings, ephemera
1987-1992
box-folder 37:9
Book catalog and environmental guide
1989-1990
box-folder 37:10
Clippings, articles
circa 1989-1991
box-folder 37:11
Notes, maps, brochures
1990-1992
Subseries 2.3:
Tropic of Orange
1970s-2006
Physical Description: 4
boxes
box-folder 38:2
1992
Scope and Contents
Includes letter from Maurice Sendak.
box-folder 38:11
Early typed iterations and short stories
1970s
box-folder 38:12
Page proofs, photocopies of "The Orange", annotated
1991
box-folder 38:13
Typed manuscripts of "The Orange", annotated
circa 1991
box-folder 38:14
Book outline, table of contents; press release, reviews
1996-1997
box-folder 38:15-16
Proof, annotated
25 April 1997
box-folder 39:1-2
Typed manuscript
3 February 1997
box-folder 39:3
Coffee House publishing agreements; book catalog
1997-2001
box-folder 39:4
Cover art by Oliveira; images of author; author questionnaire
1997-1998
Physical Description: Photographic prints, stored
in sleeve. Total: 3.
box-folder 39:5
Typed script, stage adaptation of novel
undated
Scope and Contents
Written by students for a course project.
box-folder 39:6
Typed manuscript of chapter 2
undated
box-folder 39:8
Brochures, book catalogs
1976-1996
box-folder 39:9
Programs from performing arts events
1981-1998
box-folder 39:10
Clippings, map, photograph of KCET journalists, TV hosts
1988-1996
box-folder 40:1
Notes, clippings, articles
1990s
box-folder 40:2
Journal from Mexico trip
circa 1990s
box-folder 40:3
Notes, articles, ephemera
circa 1990s
box-folder 40:5
Notes, booklets, ephemera from Mexico trip
1991
box-folder 40:6
Notes, articles
approximately 1991-1994
box-folder 40:7
Notes, clippings, excerpts
1991-1993
box-folder 40:8
Brochures for art shows, book catalogs
1991-1995
box-folder 41:3
Handouts, report on U.S. immigration, notes
circa 1994
box-folder 41:4
Notes; photographs of grapefruit trees
1995-1998
Physical Description: Color photographic prints.
Total: 7
box-folder 41:5
Notes, clippings
circa 1995
box-folder 41:6
Poems, essays, articles, notes
circa 1995
Subseries 2.4:
Circle K Cycles
1990s-2003
Physical Description: 7
boxes
box-folder 42:4
2000
Physical Description: Also includes photographic
prints of author, portrait-style, taken in a photobooth. Total prints:
3
box-folder 43:2-3
The Japan Foundation Fellowship application
1996-1997
box-folder 43:4-5
Brazilians in Japan
1996-1997
box-folder 43:6
35 mm photographic negatives from time in Japan
circa 1996-1997
box-folder 43:7
Correspondence on Japan, trip
1997-2000
box-folder 44:1
Typed manuscripts of CafeCreole travel blog; outline for book
1990s
box-folder 44:2
Writings by Yamashita, influenced by CafeCreole
circa late 1990s
box-folder 44:3
Interview by CafeCreole's Ryutu Imafuku
1996-1998
box-folder 44:4
Printouts of CafeCreole blog pages by Yamashita
1998
box-folder 44:5
Coffee House publishing agreements, annotated
2000
box-folder 44:6
Typed manuscript
early 2000s
box-folder 44:7
Reader copy of Circle K Cycles
early 2000s
box-folder 44:8
Proof, annotated
6 March 2001
box-folder 44:9
Clippings of reviews
2001-2002
box-folder 44:10
Portuguese translations of chapters
approximately 2001
box-folder 45:1
Reader copy; chapter excerpts
approximately 2001
box-folder 45:2
Coffee House Press author questionnaire; contact list
circa 2001
box-folder 45:3
Proof pages of chapter; typed manuscript of preface
circa 2001
box-folder 45:4
Typed manuscript
circa 2001
box-folder 45:5
Typed manuscript; page of notes
circa 2001
box-folder 45:6
Publicity write-ups, fliers for readings
2002
box-folder 45:8
Handouts, newsletters, magazine
1992-1997
Scope and Contents
Magazine contains erotic images.
box-folder 45:9
Excerpts, clippings, pamphlets
1997-2003
Box 48
Travel ephemera
circa 1997
Subseries 2.5:
I Hotel
1907-2011
Physical Description: 17
boxes
Physical Description: 0.074
GB(1,487 digital files)
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged into four subgroups: Correspondence, Publication,
Research, and Digital Files.
box-folder 50:5
Typed manuscript of Introduction (2) by Yamashita for excerpt in
Amerasia
2006
box-folder 50:6
Typed manuscript of Introduction, Acknowledgments; notes, book
structure
approximately 2006-2009
box-folder 50:7
Greeting cards designed by Leland Wong (3)
circa 2007
box-folder 50:8
Typed manuscripts of Introduction, 2009; novellas 1 and 10. 11 October
2008,
2008-2009
box-folder 50:9
Typed manuscript of novellas 2-6.
October 2008
box-folder 50:10
Typed manuscript of novellas 7-10.
October 2008
box-folder 51:1
Printouts of: chapter illustrations by Leland Wong, Sina Grace; cover
designs by Linda Koutsky
2009
box-folder 51:2
Proof of Introduction and novella 1, annotated
22 June 2009
box-folder 51:3
Proof of Introduction and novella 1, annotated, 22 June 2009; typed
manuscript of novella 1, chapter 2.
2009
box-folder 51:4
Proof of novella 6, annotated
22 June 2009
box-folder 51:6
Typed manuscript of Contents, book structure, chapter 5 of novella
4.
27 February 2009
box-folder 52:1
Coffee House Press author questionnaire; interviews
2009
box-folder 52:2
Proof of novella 4, with annotations
circa 2009
box-folder 52:3
Proof of title page to novella 2, chapter 1
circa 2009
box-folder 52:4
Typed manuscript of novellas 1, 2, and 3
circa 2009
box-folder 52:5
Typed manuscript of novellas 4, 5, and 6
circa 2009
box-folder 53:1
Typed manuscript of novellas 8, 9, 10, with annotations
circa 2009
box-folder 53:3
Proof from title page to novella 4, chapter 3, annotated
2010
box-folder 53:4
Proof of novellas 1-3, annotated
7 January 2010
box-folder 53:5
Proof of novellas 4-6.
7 January 2010
box-folder 54:1
Proof of novellas 7-10, annotated
7 January 2010
box-folder 54:2
I Hotel project budget
2010
box-folder 54:3
Reviews, publicity write-ups, programs for Yamashita readings
2010-2011
box-folder 53:2
Coffee House Press publishing agreement, annotated
2009-2010
box-folder 54:4
David Palumbo-Liu essay for I Hotel Project, annotated
2010
box-folder 54:5
Period images of Manilatown, International Hotel
circa 1977-2000s
Physical Description: Total: 5 photographic prints,
1 contact sheet
box-folder 54:6
"Ipaglaban Ang International Hotel" [Fight for the International Hotel]
button
circa 1977
box-folder 54:7
Clippings, essays, ephemera
circa 1993-2008
box-folder 54:8
Essays, ephemera, demolition protest poster
1994-2000s
box-folder 54:9
Clippings, notes, ephemera
1995-2006
box-folder 54:10
Clippings, articles, fliers, notes, and notebook on Asian/American social
movements and Asian/American history in 1960s and 1970s.
early 1996-2000s
Box 55
Brick from the International Hotel building
circa 1907
Box 56
Canvas rice bags (6)
circa 1950
box-folder 57:1
Essays, newsletters, ephemera
1996-2004
box-folder 57:3
Images of Angel Island, San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz
1998
Physical Description: 4x6" color photographic
prints. Total: 8.
box-folder 57:4
Clippings, essays, ephemera
early 1998-2000s
box-folder 57:5
Clippings, notes, ephemera
1998-2006
box-folder 57:6
Essays and ephemera
1999-2005
box-folder 57:7
Images of Delano and San Francisco, California; Ephemera
1999-2006
Physical Description: Two sleeves of photographic
prints. Sleeve 1: 18 prints, Sleeve 2: 5 prints.
box-folder 58:1
Clippings, essays, ephemera
circa 2000
box-folder 58:2
Photocopies of early Asian American Studies course materials
circa 2000
box-folder 58:6
Essays and bibliographies
circa 2000s
box-folder 59:2
International Hotel and Yellow Power Movement images
early 2000s
Physical Description: Photographic reprints. Total:
2.
Scope and Contents
Original photographs possibly taken by Nikki Arai.
box-folder 59:3
Photocopies of 1970s course materials for "Asian Women in America" UCLA
class
early 2000s
box-folder 59:4
Photocopy of 1971 "Asian Women" reader; Interview transcript of Pat
Sumi
early 2000s
box-folder 59:5
Photocopies of: International Hotel newsletter, Pagkakaisa, 1972; "Fight
Demolition!" flier
early 2000s
box-folder 59:6
Portfolio materials by Jerome Reyes and David Palumbo-Liu
early 2000s-2010
box-folder 59:7
Event programs from eviction commemorations
2001-2002
box-folder 60:2
HK Yuen Archive index and notes
circa 2002
box-folder 60:3
Story outlines, maps, room sketches
2004
box-folder 60:4
Articles and contacts
2009
box-folder 60:5
Photocopied clippings
early 2000s
Box 61-62
Recordings copied mainly from 1960s to 1970s HK Yuen Archive
early 2000s
Physical Description: 37
cassette tapes
Box 63
Essays, clippings, notes, and ephemera
circa 2000-2004
Box 64
Essays, clippings, notes, and ephemera
2001-2008
box-folder 84:1
Image of people at lobby desk, with room key cupboard in
background
circa early 2000s
Physical Description: 11x14" black-and-white
photographic reprint of 1970s image.
box-folder 84:2
Laminated brochure for 1996 Tule Lake Pilgrimage
1996
box-folder 84:3
Butcher paper map of Manilatown, International Hotel
circa 2000
box-folder 84:4
"The Ness Aquino Benefit" poster
circa 2000s
box-folder 84:6
"I Witness" Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
event poster
2008
box-folder 84:8
"Kathleen Chang and Frank Chin in 'Wedding at Rush Hour'"
poster
1972
Scope and Contents
Likely a wedding invitation stylized as a movie poster, informing the reader of
Chang and Chin's wedding event information.
I Hotel CDs
Physical Description: 23
items23 CDs
General
See I Hotel Digital Files subseries for information about content and access.
Box 60
I Hotel Digital Files
Subseries2.5_Digital_Files
2000-2009
Physical Description: 0.074 GB (1,487 digital
files)
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading
room. Some files require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical
limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital
files. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to
digital files.
Scope and Contents
This series includes chapter and manuscript drafts, notes, photographs, and other
research-based documentation Yamashita created in writing
I
Hotel
.
Processing Information
Files were originally stored on 23 CDs, which have been retained and are stored in
box 60.
Additional Collection Guide
Subseries 2.6:
Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance
2000-2014
Physical Description: 3
boxes
box-folder 65:2
Production: Typed manuscript, includes introduction
8 July 2008
box-folder 65:3
Production: Typed manuscript, includes introduction
8 August 2008
box-folder 65:4-6
Production: Early manuscript, compiled from photocopied scripts
circa 2008
box-folder 65:7
Production: Typed manuscript of afterword by Hong Sohn,
annotated
circa 2008
box-folder 65:8, 66:1
Production: Typed manuscript, includes acknowledgements
12 August 2012
box-folder 66:2
Production: Typed manuscripts (2) of afterword by Stephen Hong Sohn,
annotations by Yamashita
2012
box-folder 66:3-5
Production: Typed manuscript
8 August 2012
box-folder 66:6
Production: Coffee House Press publishing agreement and drafts
2012-2013
box-folder 66:7
Production: Author questionnaire and printout of interview
2012-2013
box-folder 66:8
Production: Typed manuscript of initial introduction by Stephen Hong Sohn,
annotations by Yamashita
circa 2012
box-folder 66:9-10
Production: Photocopy of galley proof
30 October 2013
box-folder 67:1
Production: Draft of Coffee House interview with Yamashita
2013
box-folder 67:2
Production: Typed manuscript
2014
box-folder 67:3
Research: Lucy Burns proposal on science fiction project; Yamashita notes
on Anime Wong
circa 2008
Series 3: Dramatic Works
1978-2013
Physical Description: 15
boxes
Physical Description: 0.02
GB(3 digital files)
Scope and Content
This series represents Yamashita's career as a playwright and occasional work as a
screenwriter and performance artist. Dramatic Works includes materials from her earliest
performed play
Omen: An American Kabuki (1978) to her most recent
multimedia performance art piece,
Jan Ken Pon (2012), a PowerPoint
presentation--with each subseries representing a specific work's title. Series 3
distinctly includes production materials for each play, which primarily include: typed
drafts of scripts; production schedules; budgets and contracts; cast lists and
biographies; props and design plans; videocassette recordings of performances; audio
cassette recordings of background music; photographic material of performances and
readings; programs and publicity fliers; and original artwork and designs. Some
production materials are on VHS, audio tape cassettes, CDs, and U-matic tapes.
Correspondents mainly include theatre organizations, such as East West Players, and
performers.
Subseries 3.1:
Omen: An American Kabuki
1976-1989
Physical Description: 2
boxes
box-folder 67:5
Production: Photocopy of typed script; playbill from
performance
approximately 1976-1977
box-folder 67:6
Production: Photocopies of typed scripts (2)
1976
box-folder 67:7
Production: Copyright registration
1979
box-folder 68:1
Production: Video recording of performance, Act I
approximately 1978-1989
Physical Description: U-matic
videocassette
box-folder 68:2
Production: Video recording of performance, Act II
approximately 1978-1989
Physical Description: U-matic
videocassette
box-folder 68:3
Production: Video recording of performance, Act III
approximately 1978-1989
Physical Description: U-matic
videocassette
box-folder 68:4
Production: Video recording of rehearsal segment
approximately 1981
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 68:5
Production: Video recording of performance
approximately 1978-1989
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Subseries 3.2:
Asaka-No-Miya
1980s-1984
Physical Description: 1
boxes
box-folder 67:8
Production: Typed script
1984
box-folder 67:9
Research: Notes outlining play structure
early 1980s
Subseries 3.3:
O Kage
circa 1980s
Physical Description: 1
boxes
box-folder 67:10
Production: Performance proposal, annotations included
circa 1980s
box-folder 67:11
Research: Photocopied articles and notes
circa 1980s
Subseries 3.4:
Xina
circa 1980s-1985
Physical Description: 1
boxes
box-folder 67:13
Production: Copyright registration
1981
box-folder 67:14
Production: Typed scripts (2) and proposal to East West Players
1981-1983
box-folder 67:15
Research: Notes and clippings
early 1980s
Subseries 3.5:
Hiroshima Tropical
early 1980s-1989
Physical Description: 1
boxes
box-folder 67:17
Production: Typed scripts, with lists of cast and crew,
annotated
1983
box-folder 67:18
Production: Typed script; copyright registration ms0465_med_0047
1983, 1985
Conditions Governing Access
This item contains unprocessed digital files. Contact Special Collections to
request access.
Scope and Contents
Includes one 5.25-inch floppy disk with electronic version of script.
box-folder 67:19
Research: Notes and clippings
early 1980s
box-folder 67:20
Research: Typed revision script of Hiroshima screenplay by John
McGreevey
14 September 1989
Subseries 3.6:
Hannah Kusoh: An American Butoh
1984-1993
Physical Description: 5
boxes
box-folder 68:6-7
Video recording of performance
1990
Physical Description: VHS videocassettes
box-folder 69:4
Program from performance; grant proposal; leaflets
1988-1989
box-folder 69:5
Typed scripts (4), some annotated
approximately 1988-1989
box-folder 69:6
Copyright registration and typed script
1988-1989
box-folder 69:7
Original art and designs (1 of 2)
1989
Physical Description: Includes sleeve with
character hairstyles: 17 small sheets.
box-folder 69:8
Original art and designs (2 of 2)
1989
box-folder 69:9
Clippings of reviews
1989
box-folder 69:10
Publicity fliers; leaflets; storyboard of video which used in
play
1989
box-folder 69:11
Photographs and images from performance
1989
Physical Description: Includes 4 sleeves of
primarily 4x6" photographs. Sleeve 1: 13 prints. Sleeve 2: 13 prints. Sleeve 3: 14
prints. Sleeve 4: 6 prints.
box-folder 69:12
Theater contract; background proposal
1989-1990
box-folder 69:13
Cast lists; publicity fliers and releases; production schedule; music
scores; notes
1989-1990
box-folder 69:14
Clippings and photocopies of reviews
1989-1990
box-folder 69:15
Photographic negatives of performance, personal life
approximately 1989-1990
box-folder 69:16
Typed script, master copy
10 December 1990
box-folder 70:1
Video recording of performance at Highways theater, Santa
Monica
30 March 1990
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 70:2
Video recording of other works by Yamashita, used for grant
proposal
1989
Physical Description: VHS videocassette; includes
recording of Kusei performance
box-folder 70:3
Video recording of performance, for grant funding agency
1990
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 70:4-6
Audio recording of interview with Yamashita, from
Crossroads
radio show, copies 1-3,
1990
Physical Description: 3
cassette tapes
box-folder 70:7
Audio recording of closing segment to interview with Yamashita, from
Crossroads radio show
1990
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 70:8
Audio recording of interview with actor Keone Young
1989
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 71:1
Slide album
1990s
Scope and Contents
Possibly includes slides from other plays and personal life
Box 72
Kimono: outer costume of titular character, with paper cranes
circa 1988
Physical Description: Textile clothing
Box 73
Kimono: inner robe of titular character
circa 1988
Physical Description: Textile clothing
box-folder 71:2-3
Articles, clippings, notes
1984-1990
Subseries 3.7:
GiLAwrecks, aka
Godzilla Comes to Little
Tokyo
1985-1993
Physical Description: 3
boxes
Physical Description: 0.02
GB(3 digital files)
box-folder 70:9
Video recording of script reading
22 October 1991
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 70:10
Video recording of performance, tape I,
30 May 1992
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 70:11
Video recording of performance, tape II,
30 May 1992
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 70:12
Audio recording of movie tracks
circa 1992
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 70:13
Audio recording of composite tracks
circa 1992
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 70:19
Audio recording: "Alan Furutani Demo"
circa 1992
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 74:3
Typed script
29 November 1989
box-folder 74:5
Copright registration
1990
box-folder 74:6
Typed script
30 October 1991
box-folder 74:7
Typed script
3 September 1992
box-folder 74:8
Cast list and biographies, schedules, play synopsis
1992
box-folder 74:9
Clippings of reviews and mentions
1992
box-folder 74:10
Program, fliers, photocopied images from performance
1992
box-folder 74:11
Sheet music of entire score; program from performance
1992
Scope and Contents
Possibly missing 1-2 pages of sheet music.
box-folder 74:13
Photographs subseries3.7_Digital_Files
2011
Physical Description: .02
GB (3 digital files)
Physical Description: Files originally stored on CD
labeled "Godzilla, Wing Luke."
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading
room. Some files require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical
limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital
files. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to
digital files.
Processing Information
Original carrier was retained and is stored in box 74.
box-folder 84:7
"Godzilla Comes to Little Tokyo" performance posters (2)
1992
box-folder 74:14
Notes and clippings
1985-1992
box-folder 74:15
Postcards, fact sheets, ephemera
circa 1988-1992
Subseries 3.8:
Kusei: An Endangered Species
1985-1993
Physical Description: 2
boxes
box-folder 70:14
Production: Video recording of production, copy 1,
1986
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 70:15
Production: Video recording of production, copy 2,
1986-1989
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 75:2
Production: Photocopies (2) of typed script, with annotations and sketches
of scenes
circa 1986
box-folder 75:3
Production: Typed script, with annotations
circa 1986
box-folder 75:4
Production: Clipping and fliers
1987
Subseries 3.9:
Tokyo Carmen vs. L.A. Carmen
1989-1990s
Physical Description: 2
boxes
box-folder 75:6
Production: Typed script, with annotations and list of settings
circa 1990
box-folder 75:7
Production: Typed script, with project proposal to Taper Forum
circa 1990
box-folder 75:8
Production: Typed script of Taper Forum performance,
June 1990
box-folder 75:9
Production: Performance photographs, images, fliers
1990
Physical Description: Includes sleeve of 4x6"
photographic prints. Total 16.
box-folder 75:10
Production: Calenders, budget, stage map, notes
1990
box-folder 75:11
Production: Clippings of reviews
1990
box-folder 75:12
Production: Articles, clippings, notes
1989-1991
Box 76
Production: Painted drawings on transparencies
early 1990s
Subseries 3.10:
Rock Candy
1986-1991
Physical Description: 2
boxes
box-folder 70:16
Production: Audio recording: "Rock Candy Hits"
circa 1987
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 70:17
Production: Audio recording: "Piano Sketches"
circa 1987
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 75:14
Production: Excerpts from script
circa 1987
box-folder 75:15
Production: Typed script
circa 1987
box-folder 75:16
Production: Typed script; copyright registration
1988
box-folder 75:17
Research: Clippings, articles, and fliers
1986-1991
Subseries 3.11:
Noh Bozos
1990-1994
Physical Description: 5
boxes
box-folder 70:18
Audio recording: "Noh Bozos - Glenn Horinchi, Noh Bozos Chant
[...]"
1991
Physical Description: Audio cassette
box-folder 77:1
Slides
1993
Physical Description: Housed in small slides box.
Total: 18 slides.
box-folder 77:4
Financial reports and actor contracts
1992-1993
box-folder 77:5
Final report, grant contract for Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
1992-1993
box-folder 77:6
Design sketches and paper props
1992-1993
box-folder 77:7
Participant materials from Los Angeles Cultural Affairs grant
program
1992-1993
box-folder 78:1
Clippings of write-ups and reviews
1993
box-folder 78:2
Photographs of performance
1993
Physical Description: Sleeve 1: 21 prints. Sleeve
2: 21 prints. Sleeve 3: 33 prints. Sleeve 4: 31 prints. Sleeve 5: 19
prints.
Scope and Contents
Photographic prints likely taken by Marla [Maria?] Mathews Gonzales.
box-folder 78:5
Set and prop designs; calendar
1993
box-folder 78:6
Sheet music (2) for "California Roll" song
1993
box-folder 78:7
Typed script
10 June 1993
box-folder 78:8
Photographic negatives of performance, backstage
circa 1993
Scope and Contents
Possibly images from the 1996 production as well.
box-folder 78:9
Typed script,
8 June 1994
box-folder 79:1
Video recording of: Dress rehearsal, copy 1,
24 August 1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 79:2
Video recording of: Dress rehearsal, copy 2,
24 August 1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 79:3
Video recording of: Performance, copy 1,
27 August 1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 79:4
Video recording of: Performance, copy 2,
27 August 1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 79:5
Video recording of: Performance, copy 3,
27 August 1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 79:6
Video recording of: Performance
28 August 1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
box-folder 79:7
Video recording of: Opening, Noh Bozos logo
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 79:8
Video recording of: Tape 1, scenes from Gardena, Torrance;
Keone
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Master, raw footage.
box-folder 79:9
Video recording of: Tape 2, scenes from Gardena, Source, Keone cereal
commercial
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 79:10
Video recording of: Tape 3, East LA, Keone: Opening
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:1
Video recording of: "Act I, Master, Gardena, karoake"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Master, raw footage.
box-folder 80:2
Video recording of: "Act I, Gardena, Loop for show"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:3
Video recording of: "Act II, East LA master, The Bad Rap; Act IX
Transformer Sushi, (show), 20 sec past"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:4
Video recording of: "Act II, East LA, Freeways, etc., (show)"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:5
Video recording of: "Act IV: Fly By Chopsticks, (Kung Fu), For
Show"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:6
Video recording of: "Act VI: God's Gift, (shopping flexing), For
Show"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:7
Video recording of: "Act VIII: Master: Space, Kobayashi Maru"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Master, raw footage.
box-folder 80:8
Video recording of: "Act VIII, Scenes from past, Moyashi Maru,
(show)"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:9
Video recording of: "Act VIII, Master: 1) Kung Fu, 2) Hunks, 3) Scenes
from past, Mr. Tsuru (Master), (Show), (9 to 5)"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:10
Video recording of: "Act X, Karoke" [sic]
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Projected during performance.
box-folder 80:11
Video recording of: "Space - Star Wars, 2001, Come See P., 9 1/2 wks.,
Big Easy, [?], The Big Heat, SOURCE, *(master - past)"
1993
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Master, raw footage.
box-folder 80:12
Video recording of: "The Deming of America"
1992
Physical Description: VHS videocassette
Scope and Contents
Master.
box-folder 78:10
Clippings, fliers, ephemera
1991-1993
Subseries 3.12:
Anime Wong: A CyberAsian Odyssey
1996-2013
Physical Description: 1
boxes
box-folder 81:1
Production: Typed script, with annotations
circa 2008
box-folder 81:2-5
Research: Clippings and articles
1996-2013
box-folder 81:6
Research: Articles
2002-2008
Subseries 3.13:
Siamese Twins and Mongoloids: Three Abstractions on
Asian America
2012
Physical Description: 1
boxes
box-folder 81:7
Typed script
7 August 2012
Subseries 3.14:
Jan Ken Pon: A Dance Performance
Idea
2012
Physical Description: 1
boxes
box-folder 81:8
Draft printout of slide presentation and drawings, annotated
circa 2012
Series 4: Other Writings
1970s-2012
Physical Description: 2
boxes
Physical Description: 0.054
GB(103 digital files)
Scope and Content
This series consists of materials primarily related to Yamashita's short stories,
including "The Orange" (1991) and "In a Family Way" (1989). This series mainly contains
typed manuscripts, including an unpublished short story anthology, as well as original
and photocopied magazine runs of various short stories, as well as some critical
writings on her. Also included are correspondence on the short stories, author
agreements, and copyright documents.
box-folder 82:1
Typed short story, "WINTER by Rose
circa 1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Also known as, "Cal Rose in Minnesota".
box-folder 82:3
Typed manuscripts (3) of "Siamese Twins & Mongoloids"; some
annotation
approximately 1994
Scope and Contents
This piece of writing is separate from the performance piece of the same title.
box-folder 82:4
Typed "Yuri Kochiyama" article manuscript (2), annotated;
correspondence
1997-1998
Physical Description: Includes correspondence with
Kochiyama and photographic prints of Kochiyama at home by Yamashita. Total prints:
2.
box-folder 82:5
Research on Kochiyama
1997-1998
box-folder 82:6
Photocopies of articles by Yamashita
1975-2006
box-folder 82:7
Typed short story, "What's Fiction Got to Do With It?"
1993
box-folder 82:8
Typed manuscript of short story, "Asaka-No-Miya"; copyright registration;
related clipping
1979
Scope and Contents
This piece of writing is separate from the performance piece of the same title.
box-folder 82:9
Typed manuscript of "In A Family Way"; copyright registrations
(4)
1987-1989
box-folder 82:10
Typed master manuscript of "In A Family Way"
1989
box-folder 82:11
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
box-folder 82:12
Los Angeles Times Magazine (2) issues with "The Orange" short
story
1991
box-folder 82:13
Encycopedia article for Sandra Buckley
1998-1999
box-folder 82:14, 83:1
Research, correspondence on "Borges & I" (1 of 2)
2009-2010
box-folder 83:2
Typed manuscript of unpublished short story anthology
2010s
box-folder 83:3
Typed manuscript of "I, Kitty"
early 2000s
box-folder 83:4
Correspondence, leaflets on Amerasia Journal
1994-2000
box-folder 83:5
Typed manuscript of "Writing and Memory of the Japanese Diaspora in Brazil"
article; correspondence
2000-2012
box-folder 83:6
Typed manuscript, photocopy of "Deluxe Bread Machine"
2001
box-folder 83:7
Proofs of "A Gentlemen's Agreement" essay (2)
2006
box-folder 83:8
Typed manuscript of "Other Americans: A Story for Rachel and
Young"
undated
box-folder 83:9-11
Writings in publications
1990s-2000s
Digital files Series4_Digital_Files
2001-2007
Physical Description: .054
GB(103 digital files)
Conditions Governing Access
Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading
room. Some files require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical
limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files.
Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital
files.
Scope and Contents
Files on a variety of Yamashita's other writings, including
A Gentlemen's
Agreement
.
Processing Information
These files were originally stored on 7 CDs, which also contained files related to
Yamashita's book,
I Hotel, as well as teaching-related files. As such,
many of these disks were labeled "I Hotel etc" but contained a mixture of content
related to Yamashita's writing and teaching career. Digital files related to
publications excluding I Hotel were transferred from these disks and arranged together
at the end of Series 4: Other Writings. Files remain in original order within each CD.
The original CDs are stored in box 60.
Additional Collection Guide
Box 2015.017 1-2
Accession 2015.017: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional
papers
1970s-2010
Physical Description: 1.25 Linear
Feet(2 boxes)
Physical Description: 0.058
GB(approximately 638 digital
files)
Scope and Contents
Box 1: Under the Mountain and other stories Nine Months Cal Rose Short series Misc. old
stories Magazines- Asian etc. Janganda In Brazil the Earth is Red and others The Frog
and the Bird Childrens Rhinoceros Translations Imposto de Renda Gardena series Aramasa
Taku photo book Interviews Afro-Hispanic Review Streetside Stories Think Tank James
Kodani Pure by Origin Gagaku Laura Uba Zones X-ings Lust Secretary
Box 2: Eight 3.5-inch floppy disks containing files related to Tropic of Orange and
other works, two Zip disks containing Powerpoint presentations and writings, one
cassette tape of music used with presentations.
Conditions Governing Access
This addition has not been processed but is open for research. Digital files may be
made available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may
require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the
Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on
original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact
Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital files.
Box 2016.005 1-2
Accession 2016.005: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional
papers
Accession 2016.005
circa 1990s-2000s
Physical Description: 2 Linear
Feet(2 cartons, 1 framed
item)
Physical Description: 0.998
GB(approximately 168 digital
files)
Conditions Governing Access
This addition has not been processed but is open for research. Digital files may be
made available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may
require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the
Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on
original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact
Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital files.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, fliers, poster, conference programs, awards, ten floppy disks
containing writings, two CDs containing files related to
Godzilla Comes to Life
Today
and other audio.
Box 2017.023.002-013
Accession 2017.023: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional
papers
circa 1900-2015
Physical Description: 8 Linear
Feet8 cartons
Physical Description: 2.33
GB(approximately 170 digital
files)
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED MATERIALS. This addition has not been processed but is open for research.
Box 2017.023.005 is restricted due to the presence of personally identifying
information. Please contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request
access. Digital files may be made available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives
reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical
limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files.
Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view
access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to
digital files.
Scope and Contents
Contains publications in which Yamashita's work was published (journals, compilations,
translations of her books), publications about her and her work, information on her
reading engagements (planning docs, correspondence, read material), review materials,
correspondence; five CDs and one thumb drive containing presentations, lectures, and
files related to Yamashita's book
Letters to Memory.
Box 2017.032
1
Accession 2017.032: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional
papers
Physical Description: .5 Linear
Feet(1 box)
Conditions Governing Access
This addition has not been processed but is open for research. Audiovisual media is
unavailable until reformatted. Contact Special Collections in advance for information
regarding access.
Scope and Contents
Cassette tapes that contain background music to her performances and interviews for
Brazil-Maru and other publications.
Accession 2021.030: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additional
papers
circa
2019-2020
Physical Description: 2.25 Linear
Feet(2 cartons)
Conditions Governing Access
MAY CONTAIN RESTRICTED MATERIALS. This addition has not been processed but is open for
research. Special Collections staff must review this material prior to access. Please
contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Box 2021.030 1
Sansei and Sensibility manuscripts, correspondence, research
materials
Box 2021.030 2
Correspondence
circa
2019-2020
Accession 2021.040: Karen Tei Yamashita papers unprocessed additional
papers
circa
2000-2017
Physical Description: 2 Linear
Feet(2 cartons)
Physical Description: 1.53
GB(178 digital files)
Scope and Contents
Typescripts, in varying editing stages, for Letters to Memory, Tropic of Orange,
Brazil-Maru, and Through the Arc of the Rain Forest. Correspondence with Coffee House
press, newspaper clippings. Also includes files documenting readings, presentations and
lectures, which include related digital materials and publication copies of Through the
Arc of the Rain Forest and Brazil-Maru that Yamashita used for readings.
Conditions Governing Access
MAY CONTAIN RESTRICTED MATERIALS. This addition has not been processed but is open for
research. Special Collections staff must review this material prior to access. Please
contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access. Digital files may
be made available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files
may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder
the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files
on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact
Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital files.
Box 2021.040 1
Typescripts, correspondence, clippings
Box 2021.040 2
Reading, presentation and lecture files
Accession 2023.026: Karen Tei Yamashita unprocessed additions
circa
2018-2021
Physical Description: 3 Linear
Feet1 carton, 1 oversize flat
box
Conditions Governing Access
This addition has not been processed but is open for research.
Scope and Contents
Writings, research material, and correspondence related to Yamashita's personal and
professional activities circa 2018-2021. Included are typescripts, publisher agreements
and related research materials for "Santa Cruz Nori" (Coffee House Press) and "Frutos
Extraños" (Georgia Review, 2020), as well as materials related to several speaking
engagements. Also includes publicity material and correspondence related to Yamashita's
receipt of the National Book Foundation's 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to
American Letters.
Box 2023.026.001
Writings, research material, correspondence
Box 2023.026.002
Posters, National Book Foundation medal
