Kanehara (Setsu) Papers, ca. 1945-1964

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Summary

Title:
Setsu Kanehara Papers,
Subtitle:
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
Dates:
ca. 1945-1964
Creators:
Nagata, Setsuko, 1916-
Abstract:
Setsu Kanehara was born in 1916 in Oakland, California. She was sent to Japan and graduated from a girls' middle school in Miyazaki Prefecture. She returned to the United States in 1936. A poet and author, she used Setsuko Nagata as her pen name. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and mimeographed bulletins of Haiku societies. Correspondents include friends, family, Issei poets and writers, and poets and writers in Japan. Materials in this collection are in Japanese and English.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Setsu Kanehara Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and mimeographed bulletins of Haiku societies related to the life and career of poet and author Setsu Kanehara. Correspondents include friends, family, Issei poets and writers, the Japanese American Research Project, and poets and writers in Japan. The newspaper clippings are of reviews of Kanehara's books. The bulletins of Haiku societies are from Minidoka, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Denver (ca. 1945-50).

Materials in this collection are in Japanese and English.

Biographical / historical:

Kanehara was born in 1916 in Oakland, California; she was sent to Japan and graduated from a girls' middle school in Miyazaki Prefecture; she returned to the United States in 1936; a poet and author, she used Setsuko Nagata as her pen name.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Personal correspondence, 1949-64.
  2. Miscellany, ca. 1945-50.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Josh Fiala.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to Library Special Collections, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Library Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Setsu Kanehara Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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