Description
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.
Background
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.
Extent
1 box
(0.5 linear ft.)
Restrictions
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.
Availability
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.