Finding Aid for the Donald F. McCallum papers LSC.2318
Finding aid prepared by Krystell Jimenez, under supervision of Angel Diaz, in 2018.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2018 August 09.
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Donald F. McCallum papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2318
Physical Description:
4.2 Linear Feet
(10 boxes, 1 half box, and 11 unprocessed CDs)
Date (bulk): 1968-2013
Abstract: Donald F. McCallum was an art historian, professor, and chair at UCLA's Department of Art History. Born in Vancouver, British
Columbia on May 23, 1939, he earned his AB at UC Berkeley (1962), and his PhD at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
(1973). He was a scholar of Japanese art history and spent seven years doing research and fieldwork in Japan. McCallum's research
on Japanese art is focused on Japanese Buddhist art and sculpture, as well as Korean influences on Japanese art. This collection
includes materials related to his academic career and research, course materials, lecture notes, papers, correspondence, and
presentations. Topics covered in this collection include Korean and Japanese art history, Korean Buddhism, Silla-period sculpture,
Sui styles, the Tachibana Shrine, Japanese sculpture and architecture, and the Fujiwara-kyo Palace. He passed away on October
23, 2013 at the age of 74.
Language of Material: Materials are in English and Japanese.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant
permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted
in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on
behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Donald F. McCallum papers (Collection 2318). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Toshiko McCallum; Gift; 2014.
Processing Information
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biographical / Historical
Donald F. McCallum was an art historian and professor at UCLA's Department of Art History. He was born in Vancouver, British
Columbia on May 23, 1939. He earned his AB at UC Berkeley (1962), and his PhD at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
(1973). He started teaching at UCLA in 1969 and over the course of his career served as chair of the Department of Art History,
interim director for the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies, director of the University of California Tokyo Study Center, Toyota
visiting professor at the University of Michigan, Franklin D. Murphy lecturer at the University of Kansas, and Hooker Distinguished
Visiting Professor at McMaster University. He was a scholar of Japanese art history and spent seven years doing research and
fieldwork in Japan. McCallum retired in 2013 and passed away on October 23, 2013 at the age of 74.
McCallum's research on Japanese art is focused on Japanese Buddhist art and Korean influences. He published three books:
Hakuho Sculpture (2012),
The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan (2009), and
Zenkoji and its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art (1994). His interests later included Korean art, modern Japanese art, and tattoos.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials related to the academic career and research interests of Professor Donald F. McCallum,
who taught courses on Japanese art history at UCLA. The papers includes course materials, lecture notes, syllabi, papers,
correspondence for courses on Japanese Buddhist art and Buddhism, Korean art, Japanese sculpture and modern art. Additional
materials include talks and presentations delivered by McCallum at various universities and conferences on topics in Japanese
art and Buddhism, as well as Korean Buddhist sculpture, and correspondence and drafts of McCallum's published works. Topics
covered in this collection include Korean and Japanese art history, Korean Buddhism, Silla-period sculpture, Sui styles, the
Tachibana Shrine, Japanese sculpture and architecture, and the Fujiwara-kyo Palace. The digital materials include 11 CDs that
contain papers, lectures, course materials, and research.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Course materials, 1968-2012
- Series 2: Japanese and Korean art history, 1969-2003
- Series 3: Lectures, talks, and symposia, 1971-2013
- Series 4: Publications and reviews, 1987-2012
Original order has been maintained.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Buddhist art -- Japan
Decorative arts -- Japan -- History
McCallum, Donald F. (Donald Frederick), 1939-2013 -- Archives
University of California, Los Angeles.Department of Art, Design, and Art History -- Faculty -- Archives
Series 1: Course materials
1968-2012
Language of Material: Materials are in English and Japanese.
Scope and Contents
This series includes materials related to courses and seminars that McCallum taught. Materials include syllabi, exams and
answer keys, papers, lecture notes, slides, and correspondence. Course topics include Asuka-dera and Asuka-period sculpture,
the Momoyama period, archaeology of the Japanese Islands, Buddhist art, Japanese Buddhism, Korean art, Hakuho sculpture, Yorozu
Tetsugoro, Korean Buddhism, Korean Buddhist sculpture, Buddhist art in Japan, Kishida Ryusei, Koga Harue, Japanese ceramics,
and Korean influences on Japanese art and Buddhism. Digital materials include 4 CDs that contain courses materials, research,
papers, and lectures. Original order has been maintained.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 1, folder 1
114C syllabi and course materials
2006-2011
box 1, folder 2
114C slides for web
2003-2006
box 1, folder 3
Chinese art survey (115C)
1973-1995
box 1, folder 4
114C printed web materials and emails
2002-2003
box 1, folder 5
114C assignments (Fall)
1998-2000
box 1, folder 6
115C lecture notes and handouts (Winter)
1995
box 1, folder 7
115C handouts and notes (Winter)
1999
box 1, folder 8
Bodiford class materials (Japanese C-260)
1996
box 1, folder 9
Art 115C notes (Spring)
circa 1972
box 1, folder 10
Art 115C lecture notes (Winter)
1990
box 2, folder 1
114G course materials and emails
2010
box 2, folder 2
114G final exam and slides
1999-2009
box 2, folder 3
115C course materials (Spring)
2002-2009
box 2, folder 4
115C materials on Japanese Buddhism (Spring)
2006
box 2, folder 5
114E Korean art
1995-1996
box 2, folder 6
Korean art course materials
1983-1988
box 2, folder 8
115C Korean and Buddhist art history
1982, 1996-2003
box 2, folder 9
115C notes and course materials (Winter)
1987, 1989
box 2, folder 10
115C art history
2002-2006
box 2, folder 12
Courses on Korean and Japanese art
1983, 1999
box 2, folder 13
Early Korean and Japanese art courses
1982-1985
box 3, folder 1
115B: Sui style in Buddhist sculpture
1973, 1976
box 3, folder 2
115C: Sesshu and Muromachi painting
2001
box 3, folder 3
Seminar and bibliography for Japanese gilt-bronze sculptures
1975, 1987
box 3, folder 5
Korean Buddhism course materials
1988
box 3, folder 6
Korean Buddhist sculpture lecture notes
undated
box 3, folder 7
Art 260 and 127 course materials (Japanese sculpture)
2001-2011
box 3, folder 8
Art 127 and 115C course materials
2001
box 3, folder 9
Syllabus and course materials on Hakuho sculpture
2003-2012
box 3, folder 10
Seminar on Soga Clan and early Buddhist art in Japan
undated
box 3, folder 11
Seminar on Matsumoto Shunsuke
1986-1987, 2004-2005
box 3, folder 12
Seminar on Shoso-in
circa 1973
box 3, folder 13
Modern Japanese painting courses (Winter)
1988
box 3, folder 14
Seminar on Modern Japanese art
1999
box 3, folder 15
Meiji modern art seminar
1968-1998
box 3, folder 16
Art History 260C (Fall)
2006, 2010
box 3, folder 17
Art 260C course materials
2003, 2007
box 3, folder 18
Course materials on Koga Harue
2004
box 4, folder 1
Japanese ceramics seminar
1974
box 4, folder 2
Historiography
circa 1974
box 4, folder 3
Ukiyo-e studies and notes
circa 1982
box 4, folder 4
Course bibliography and evaluations
2007-2008
box 4, folder 5
Departmental and committee correspondence
1986-1989
box 4, folder 7
Senate grant applications
1994-2005
box 4, folder 8
CDs containing courses materials, research, papers, and lectures
1998-2012
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Series 2: Japanese and Korean art history
1969-2003
Language of Material: Materials are in English and Japanese.
Scope and Contents
This series covers research materials, papers, notes, and materials for symposia related to McCallum's academic interests.
Topics include Korean art history, Korean Buddhism, Silla-period sculpture, Sui styles, the Tachibana Shrine, Baekje sculpture,
Korean reliquaries, Japanese sculpture and architecture (Kamakura, Sui, Tachibana Shrine, and Asuka), the art history of Nara
Basin, the Zenjoki Amida Triad, Yorozu Tetsugoro, Matsumoto Shunsuke, and the Fujiwara-kyo Palace. Original order has been
maintained.
box 4, folder 9
Kamakura sculpture period
circa 1972
box 4, folder 10
Washington University Asukadera paper
1997
box 4, folder 11
Replication of miraculous icons
undated
box 4, folder 12
Yorozu Tetsugoro
1974-2001
box 4, folder 13
Shunsuke Matsumoto ideas
1978-1981
box 5, folder 1
Shunsuke Matsumoto materials
circa 1979
box 5, folder 2
Aoki Shigeru and Meiji romance
undated
box 5, folder 4
Hall: Comments on Mori and Kuno
1978
box 5, folder 5
Hall and McCallum comments on Hakuho
1978
box 5, folder 6
Fujiwarakyo article and papers
undated
box 5, folder 7
Fujiwarakyo lecture and papers
undated
box 5, folder 8
Fujiwarakyo research, keys to materials
1998-2003
box 5, folder 9
Fujiwarakyo maps
circa 2001
box 5, folder 10
Japanese Buddhist paintings
undated
box 5, folder 12
Japanese Buddhist sculpture (introduction)
1974
box 5, folder 13
Japanese sculpture
undated
box 5, folder 14
Suibokuga and Bunjinga bibliography
1969
box 5, folder 15
Murase-Momoyama paintings (including some Sotatus Korin)
undated
box 5, folder 16
Paper: "Court and Clergy in 7th Century Japan"
undated
box 5, folder 17
Paper: "Silla and the East Sea" on Korean-Japanese relations
undated
box 5, folder 18
Review of gilt bronze sculpture at Tokyo National Museum
1987
box 5, folder 19
Paper: "The Seiryoji Shaka Tradition in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture"
undated
box 5, folder 20
Korean history
circa 1981
box 6, folder 1
"Sokkuram's Significance in Korean and Buddhist Art of the 8th Century," Junghee Lee
1995
box 6, folder 3
Korean influence and early Japan
undated
box 6, folder 4
Sui styles, Silla, and Hakuho
undated
box 6, folder 5
Tachibana Shriner paper
undated
box 6, folder 6
Paekche sculpture
undated
box 6, folder 7
Korean Buddhist sculpture and recent discoveries
undated
box 6, folder 8
Korean reliquaries
1991-1992
box 6, folder 9
Kibiike Temple site correspondence and excavation (Tomoko)
1997-1999
Series 3: Lectures, talks, and symposia
1971-2013
Language of Material: Materials are in English and Japanese.
Scope and Contents
This series includes lectures, talks, and presentations delivered by McCallum. Materials include lectures and notes on Japanese
art and Buddhism, as well as notes for talks delivered at the Detroit Institute of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Yale, Stanford,
University of Pennsylvania, the Seattle Asian Art Museum, University of Washington, the Japan Society, and LACMA. Lecture
topics include Korean Buddhist sculpture, Japanese Buddhism, and modern Japanese painters. Original order has been maintained.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 6, folder 9
Japanese art lectures
1974-2007
box 6, folder 10
Silla lecture (Birmingham and Henderson)
circa 1988
box 6, folder 11
Possible talks
circa 1998
box 6, folder 12
Santa Barbara Burke lecture
1993
box 6, folder 13
LACMA lecture: "The Beginning of Buddhism and Buddhist Art in Japan"
undated
box 6, folder 16
Detroit Institute of Arts talk
1997
box 6, folder 17
Cleveland Museum of Art lecture
1998
box 6, folder 18
Yale conference on Japanese Buddhism
1998
box 7, folder 1
Stanford talk and "The Ritual Life of Zenkoji"
1998
box 7, folder 2
McMaster lecture: "Ritual Dimensions of the New Year's Ceremonies at Zenkoji"
1997
box 7, folder 3
University of Pennsylvania talks
1998-1999
box 7, folder 4
Seattle lectures on Heian Buddhism and Japanese aesthetic
2004
box 7, folder 5
University of Washington Seattle talk
2008
box 7, folder 6
Mokujiki lecture
circa 1983
box 7, folder 7
McMaster conference notes and correspondence
1993-1994
box 7, folder 8
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco talk
2013
box 7, folder 9
Michele Berton Memorial Lecture on Japanese Art
2013
box 7, folder 10
Metropolitan Museum of Art Miroku paper
2007, 2012
box 7, folder 11
Archaeology lecture materials
2009
box 7, folder 12
Japanese archaeology lectures
2005-2010
box 7, folder 13
Taiwan paper: "The Japanese Tradition of the Seiryoji Shaka"
undated
box 7, folder 14
Correspondence for Taiwan paper on Seiryoji Shaka
2009-2010
box 7, folder 15
McMaster paper and lecture
undated
box 7, folder 16
British Museum symposium on Kamakura sculpture
1991
box 7, folder 17
British Museum symposium (Seiryoji)
1991
box 7, folder 18
Association for Asian Studies conference papers
1994-1995
box 7, folder 19
Japan Society talk on Hakuho
2003
box 7, folder 20
Yale and Columbia talks on Shunsuke
2005
box 7, folder 21
Columbia lecture on Shunsuke
2005
box 8, folder 3
Yorozu lecture and notes
undated
box 8, folder 5
Kishida Ryusei lecture
1978
box 8, folder 6
Pomona talk on Uemura Shoen and Umehara Ryuzaburo
undated
box 8, folder 7
Toronto talk: "Japanese Responses to Western Painting in the Pre-War and Post-War Eras"
circa 1990
box 8, folder 8
Japan in Paris lectures
1987-1988, 2002
box 8, folder 9
Paris in Japan symposium (St. Louis)
undated
box 8, folder 11
Japanese painting lecture at LACMA
undated
box 8, folder 12
Japanese decorative arts lecture
1985
box 8, folder 14
County Museum lectures
1986-1987
box 8, folder 15
"Age of the Samurai: Civilization of Medieval Japan" lecture series
1980
box 8, folder 16
Shin'Enkan collection lecture
1985
box 8, folder 17
Southern California Japan seminar symposium
1982-1983
box 8, folder 18
Momoyama painting and lecture notes
undated
box 8, folder 19
Toyota professorship talk on Shunsuke, University of Michigan
2000
box 8, folder 20
Murphy talk on Japanese Hakuho sculpture
undated
box 8, folder 21
Gakuensi lecture
circa 2008
box 9, folder 1
UM Yamadadera lecture
circa 1997
box 9, folder 2
Lecture on small gilt-bronze sculpture of early Japan
1986
box 9, folder 3
Association for Asian Studies meeting presentation
2013
box 9, folder 5
NNM lecture on Sui styles in Korea and Japan
undated
box 9, folder 6
Lectures
1989, 1994, 2013
box 9, folder 7
Lecture materials
1971-1989
box 9, folder 8
Princeton graduate symposium on East Asian art
2011-2012
box 9, folder 9
Symposia correspondence and materials
1999
box 9, folder 10
Japanese-American symposium
1998
box 9, folder 11
Archaeology in Japan seminar
2000
box 9, folder 12
Kishida Ryusei lecture
2000-2001
box 9, folder 13
Society for Asian Art lecture
2009
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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box 9, folder 14
Kyoto University lecture
undated
box 9, folder 15
Chonen and Udayana Shaka lecture materials
undated
box 9, folder 16
Lectures and other materials
1998-2008
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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Series 4: Publications and reviews
1987-2012
Language of Material: Materials are in English and Japanese.
Scope and Contents
This series includes publications and reviews by McCallum. Materials include publishing agreements and contracts, drafts of
published works and feedback from readers, permission forms to reproduce images, and correspondence. The majority of the series
is related to McCallum's book
Hakuho Sculpture (2012). Original order has been maintained.
box 10, folder 2
Stanford contract
2000-2001
box 10, folder 3
LACMA Buddhist art and images
1988
box 10, folder 4
Hakuho book (Naomi edited version)
2009-2011
box 10, folder 5
Permission forms for images
2009
box 10, folder 6
Permissions for images
undated
box 10, folder 7
Hakuho Sculpture book
2010
box 10, folder 8
Image permissions
2009-2010
box 10, folder 10
Image permissions and invoices
2010
box 10, folder 13
Notes and correspondence on
Hakuho Sculpture book
2012
box 10, folder 14
Murphy lecture publication
2001-2008
box 10, folder 15
Asuka sculpture (new book)
undated
box 11, folder 1
Hakuho Sculpture book materials
2003-2006
box 11, folder 2
Paper: "Enku and Edo Sculptures"
circa 1991
box 11, folder 3
Writings and correspondence for "The Saidiji Lineage of the Seiryoji Shaka Tradition"
1987-1996
