Guide to the Chizuko Ikegami / Henry Miller Correspondence
Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
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Guide to the Chizuko Ikegami / Henry Miller Correspondence, 1975-1976
Collection number: Mss 219
Department of Special CollectionsDavidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
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- Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- Oct. 5, 2010
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Title: Chizuko Ikegami / Henry Miller Correspondence
Dates: 1975-1976
Collection number: Mss 219
Collection Size:
0.2 linear feet
(1 half-size document box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The collection contains 52 handwritten letters (ALS), in English, from Japanese author Chizuko Ikegami [b. 1946] to American
author Henry Miller [1891-1980] during a period when he lived in Pacific Palisades [near Los Angeles], California.
Physical location: Del Sur.
Languages:
English
None.
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Chizuko Ikegami / Henry Miller Correspondence. Mss 219. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of
California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase, 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains 52 handwritten letters (ALS), in English, from Japanese author Chizuko Ikegami [b. 1946] to American
author Henry Miller [1891-1980] during a period when he lived in Pacific Palisades [near Los Angeles], California. The first
letter is dated July 8, 1975 and the last Dec. 6, 1976. They are written while Ikegami lived in San Francisco.
Miller appears to have initiated the correspondence after meeting Ikegami once, writing her at least weekly and frequently
presenting her with his watercolors and books. Ikegami writes at some length about the books, Japanese society and sexual
practices, philosophical concepts and social mores, as well as the American sexual revolution (including attitudes toward
pornography and birth control), as depicted by Henry Miller and other authors such as Erica Jong, and as seen in San Francisco
lifestyles of the time.
In the last letter Ikegami mentions that she will be in Los Angeles and will call Miller, if he would like. There is no indication
why the correspondence breaks off at this point.
Ikegami's writings include
Yagate kanashii Amerikajin (1988) and
Danjo K-osaitte nandar-o (1991). In recent years, she has been active in HIV/AIDS prevention and care issues.
There is no container list for this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ikegami, Chizuko, 1946-
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.