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Series 1 Books 1975-1995

Physical Description: Boxes 1-14; Oversize boxes 1-6; Oversize folder 1; Volume 1

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by publication.

Scope and Content Note

Contains materials relating to Kingston's books, The Woman Warrior, China Men, and Tripmaster Monkey.
 

The Woman Warrior

Box 1, Folder 1

Early notes undated

Box 1, Folder 2-3

Typescript draft of "No Name Woman" undated

Box 1, Folder 4-7

Typescript draft of "Gold Mountain Women" Revised carbon, incomplete undated

Box 1, Folder 8-10

Typescript carbon, corrected undated

Box 1, Folder 11-16

Typescript draft of "The Woman Warrior" undated

Box 2, Folder 1

Page proofs, cover proof undated

Box 2, Folder 2

Dust jacket, title page 1976

Oversize Boxes 1-3

Galleys

Box 2, Folder 3-4

Paperback edition undated

Scope and Content Note

Corrections, cover proof
Box 2, Folder 5

Publication announcements, advertising copy 1980

Oversize Box 6, Folder 1-5

Advertisements, announcements, and reviews 1976-81, undated

 

Excerpts

Box 2, Folder 6

"The Death of Precious Only Daughter," in Viva 1975 Jan.

Box 2, Folder 7

"Moon Orchid Comes to the Gold Mountain," in New West 1976 Sept.

Box 2, Folder 8

[Untitled excerpt] in New Dawn 1977 March

Box 2, Folder 9

"The Girl Who Would Not Assert Herself," in Literary Cavalcade 1990 Sept.

Box 2, Folder 10

Miscellaneous excerpts and fragments 1978-82, undated

Box 2, Folder 11

Articles 1977-95

Scope and Content Note

  • "An Open Letter/Review: to Maxine Hong Kingston, a letter from Katheryn M. Fong," in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Oct./Dec. 1977
  • "The Return of the Woman Warrior: a Stockton Homecoming for Maxine Hong Kingston," by Howard Lachtman, in Stockton's Port Soundings, June 1981
  • "Maxine Hong Kingston: Getting the Ghosts on Film," by Ronn Ronck, in The Honolulu Advertiser, Nov. 15, 1982
  • "Tell-All Tales," by Mary Karr, in Bazaar, June 1995
 

Translations

Box 2, Folder 12

Notes, clippings, and correspondence 1977-80, undated

Box 2, Folder 13-17

Reviews 1976-89, undated

Carton 2, Folder 18

Miscellaneous undated

Oversize Box 6, Folder 6

Artwork (inspired by?) undated

 

Stage adaptations

Box 3, Folder 1

Readers' Theatre 1980, undated

Box 3, Folder 2

Hawaii Screenwriters' Conference 1982 Nov.

Box 3, Folder 3

Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles 1986-87

Box 3, Folder 4-5

Berkeley Repertory Theatre 1993-94

Oversize Box 6, Folder 7

Berkeley Repertory Theater- reviews 1994-1996

Box 3, Folder 6

Huntington Theatre Company, Boston College 1994

Oversize Box 6, Folder 8

Huntington Theater Company, Boston College- reviews 1994

Box 3, Folder 7

Center Theatre Group / The Ahmanson at the Doolittle Theater 1994-95

Oversize Box 6, Folder 9

Center Theatre Group / The Ahmanson at the Doolittle Theater- reviews 1995

Box 3, Folder 8

Miscellaneous undated

Box 3, Folder 9

Scripts undated

 

China Men

Box 4, Folder 1

Statement of plans undated

Note

Copy from Guggenheim Fellowship application
Box 4, Folder 2

Notes for early drafts [1976-78]

Box 4, Folder 3-18

Typescripts, "Ur draft" and notes for "Gold Mountain Heroes" undated

 

Typescripts for "Gold Mountain Heroes"

Box 5, Folder 1-3

1st/2nd draft undated

Box 5, Folder 4-11

2nd/3rd draft undated

Box 6, Folder 1-6

5th/6th draft undated

Box 6, Folder 7-13

7th [?] draft undated

Box 7, Folder 1-10

8th drafts (2 versions), corrected undated

Box 8, Folder 1-5

8th draft (another version), corrected undated

Box 8, Folder 6-7

9th [?] draft, incomplete undated

 

Typescripts for "China Men"

Box 8, Folder 8-16

Final draft, corrected undated

Box 9, Folder 1

Annotated leaves from a copy given to MHK's brother, Joe Hong for comments undated

Box 9, Folder 2

Final draft, notes undated

Box 9, Folder 3-11

Revised final draft undated

Box 10, Folder 1-4

Chapters and fragments, drafts 1976, undated

Box 10, Folder 5

Corrections undated

Oversize Boxes 4-5

Galleys undated

Box 10, Folder 6

Printer's proof (bound) 1980

Box 10, Folder 7-8

Cover and title page, layout and designs 1979-80

Box 10, Folder 9

Covers (foreign editions) [ca. 1980]

Box 11, Folder 1

Publication announcements, advertising copy 1980

Oversize Box 6, Folder 10-11

Advertisements, publicity 1980

Box 11, Folder 2

Correspondence and review undated

Oversize Box 6, Folder 13-14

Reviews 1980

 

Excerpts

Box 11, Folder 3

"On Understanding Men," for Hawaii Review 1976 Dec.

Box 11, Folder 4

in Bamboo Ridge 1978

Box 11, Folder 5

"How are You? I am Fine...," in California Monthly 1979 Oct.

Oversize Box 6, Folder 12

"How are You? I am Fine...," in California Monthly 1979 Oct.

Box 11, Folder 6

"The Making of More Americans," in New Yorker 1979-83

Box 11, Folder 7

in American Poetry Review, Mother Jones, Redbook, Book Digest Magazine 1980 May-Nov.

Box 11, Folder 8

in The Women Writers Calendar

Box 11, Folder 9

unidentified undated

Box 11

Articles

Box 11, Folder 10

Sledge, Linda Ching undated

Scope and Content Note

"Maxine Kingston's China Men: The Family Historian as Epic Poet"
Box 11, Folder 10

Lerner, Adrienne 1981 May 24

Scope and Content Note

"Les Chinois à la 'montagne dorée'," in Le Monde
Box 11, Folder 11

Translations 1983, undated

Box 11, Folder 12-17

Reviews 1980-85, undated

Volume 1

Chinese edition of China Men 1980

Scope and Content Note

Paperback edition with manuscript annotations in Chinese by author's father
 

Translations 1983, undated

 

Tripmaster Monkey

Box 12, Folder 1

Plans undated

Note

Copy from Guggenheim Fellowship application
Box 12, Folder 2

Notebook ca. 1980

 

Typescripts

Box 12, Folder 3-11

Draft 1983 Dec. 12

Carton 13, Folder 1-5

Corrected draft 1984 Nov. 27

Carton 13, Folder 6-10

4th/5th drafts, corrected undated

Carton 14, Folder 1-7

4th/5th drafts, corrected undated

Box 14, Folder 8

Annotated photocopy (p. 153-154) undated

Box 14, Folder 9

Cover design undated

Box 14, Folder 10

Advertisements 1989

Box 14, Folder 11

Reviews 1989

Oversize Box 6, Folder 15-17

Advertisements, reviews 1989

Oversize Drawer B, Folder 1

Advertisement poster undated

Oversize Box 6, Folder 18

Artwork (inspired by?) undated

Box 14, Folder 12

Filmscript by Calvin Jung undated

 

Series 2 Other Writings 1973-1997

Physical Description: Boxes 44 and 45; Oversize Box 7

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes short stories, articles, essays, reviews, and poetry authored by Kingston, as well as, unidentified writings and contributed works.
 

Short Stories

Oversize Box 7, Folder 1

"Duck Boy" in The New York Times Magazine 1977 June 12

 

Articles

Box 44, Folder 1

"Literature for a Scientific Age: Lorenz' King Solomon's Ring," in National Council of Teachers of English Journal, Jan. 1983 1973

Box 44, Folder 2-4

"Arnold Genthe and Chinatown" 1977

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, drafts, and research materials
Box 44, Folder 5

"A Review of the Inscrutable Reviews of The Woman Warrior" 1978 Feb. 1

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and drafts
 

"Hers" [columns]

Box 44, Folder 6-7

Typescript drafts

Oversize Box 7, Folder 2

In The New York Times 1978 June-July

Box 44, Folder 8

"Reservations about China" in Ms. Magazine, 1978 Oct.

Scope and Content Note

With correspondence and drafts
Box 44, Folder 9

"A Writer's Notebook from the Far East" in Ms. Magazine, 1983 Jan.

Scope and Content Note

With manuscript notes and typescript drafts
Oversize Box 7, Folder 3

"Useful Education" in California Teacher 1987 Nov.

Box 44, Folder 10

"Rupert Garcia: Dancing Between Realms" in Mother Jones 1988 Oct.

Box 44, Folder 11

"The Novel's Next Step" in Mother Jones 1989 Dec.

Box 44, Folder 12

"History of Chinese-Americans" undated

Scope and Content Note

Typescript drafts
 

Essays

Box 44, Folder 13

Untitled undated

 

Poems

Box 45, Folder 1

"Suitcase Theatre" 1975

Scope and Content Note

Draft
Box 45, Folder 2

"Absorption of Rock" and "Restaurant" in The Iowa Review, Spring/Summer 1981

 

Reviews

 

Didion, Joan, A Book of Common Prayer

Box 45, Folder 3

in the California Monthly 1977 April-May

Box 45, Folder 4

Yep, Laurence, Child of the Owl 1977 May 1

Box 45, Folder 4

Typescript draft

Oversize Box 7, Folder 4

In The Washington Post 1977 May 1

Box 45, Folder 5

Santos, Bienvenido N., Scent of Apples in The New York Times Review of Books 1980 May 4

Box 45, Folder 6

Charlot, John, Aloha 'Aina: The Hawaiian Perception of Life in Poetry, Art and Religion undated

Scope and Content Note

Typescript draft
Box 45, Folder 7

Miscellaneous review comments for book jackets and advertisements undated

 

Miscellaneous

Box 45, Folder 8

Unidentified writings [on writing] undated

Box 45, Folder 9

Fragments undated

 

Contributions

Box 45, Folder 10

Your Reading by National Conference of Teachers of English 1974-75

Box 45, Folder 11

Hawaii One Summer with Leigh McLellan 1978

Box 45, Folder 12

"Why are Body-Surfers Mesmerized by the Sea?" [from American Dragons, edited by Laurence Yep] [1978]; 1979, 1995

Scope and Content Note

Article in The New York Times, reproduced in Mystery and Wonder Magazine
Box 45, Folder 13

West Coast Fiction, edited by James D. Houston 1979 Dec. 9

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy of review from the Los Angeles Times
Box 45, Folder 14

Machines Who Think by McCorduck, Pamela 1979

Scope and Content Note

Includes epigraph from Woman Warrior
 

"Who is an Ethnic Writer"

Box 45, Folder 15

Typescript drafts of statement

Oversize Box 7, Folder 5

In Cultural Climate 1982 Jan.

Box 45, Folder 16

FOB and Other Plays by David Henry Hwang [1990]

Scope and Content Note

Typescript drafts of introduction
Box 45, Folder 17

"Why Rainbow City Shall Overcome" by Bob Callahan 1992 Jan.

Scope and Content Note

Comments in article in Diablo, The Magazine of the East Bay
Box 45, Folder 18

War after War: a special issue of City Lights Review [with "Thoughts on the Gulf War" by MHK] 1992

Scope and Content Note

Publicity
Oversize Box 7, Folder 6

Autobiographies of American Women: an Anthology by Jill Ker Conway 1992

Scope and Content Note

Publicity
Box 45, Folder 19

Learning True Love: How I Learned and Practiced Social Change in Vietnam, by Sister Chan Khong, forewords by Thich Nhat Hanh and Maxine Hong Kingston 1994-95

Scope and Content Note

Publicity
Box 45, Folder 20

For a Future to be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts, by Thich Nhat Hanh, with Robert Aiken, Richard Baker, ... Maxine Hong Kingston, and others 1994-95

Scope and Content Note

Publicity
Box 45, Folder 21

"With New Eyes: Towards and Asian American Art History in the Western United States", Catalog introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston 1995 Sept. 23- Oct. 26

Scope and Content Note

Project description and checklist
 

Highway 99: A Literary Journey, by David Mas Masumoto, Lawson Fusao Inada...Maxine Hong Kingston, and others 1996-97

Box 45, Folder 22

Publicity

Oversize Box 7, Folder 7

Reviews

Box 45, Folder 23

Berkeley! A Literary Tribute by Danielle La France 1997

Scope and Content Note

Publicity
Box 45, Folder 24

"Introduction to an anthology of 'local' writing" undated

Scope and Content Note

Typescript with corrections
 

Series 3 Correspondence 1956-1997

Physical Description: Boxes 15-43, Box 61

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically and then alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes general correspondence, arranged by correspondent (unidentified correspondence has been filed at the end) and fan mail.
 

General Correspondence

Box 15

A miscellaneous 1969-96

Box 15

Academy of American Poets 1979-93

Box 15

Adelaide Festival 1981-82

Box 15

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1970s-90s, undated

Box 16

Allen, Priscilla 1981-91

Box 16

A. M. Heath & Company 1977-86

Box 16

American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1992-95

Box 16

American Book Awards 1981-86

Box 16

American Translators Association 1981-82

Box 16

American Heritage 1976-82

Box 16

Antaeus/the ecco press 1979-82

Box 16

Asia Society 1980-94

Box 16

Asian/Pacific Women's Network 1980-85

Box 16

Asiaweek Literary Review 1984-85

Box 17

B miscellaneous 1968-95

Box 18

Ballantine Books, Inc. 1978-93

Box 18

The Bancroft Library 1980-93

Box 18

Beacon Press 1991-96

Box 18

Beagle, Peter S. and Padma [Perrera] 1976-78

Box 18

Bedford Books 1984-85

Box 18

Berkeley Repertory Theatre 1993-94

Box 18

Biographical Research Center 1983

Box 18

Biography, an interdisciplinary quarterly 1983-85

Box 18

British Broadcasting Corporation 1981-96

Box 18

Brownmiller, Susan 1977-84

Box 19

C miscellaneous 1977-95

Box 20

California Council for the Humanities 1985-96

Box 20

California Monthly 1977-81

Box 20

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 1981-82

Box 20

California State University 1977-93

Box 20

Camera News, Inc. 1981-82

Box 20

Chang, Diana (Diana C.) 1978, undated

Box 20

Charles Scribner's Sons 1981

Box 20

Chicon, Richard 1967-92

Box 20

Chin, Bessie 1976-96

Box 20

Chin, Frank, 1940- 1976

Box 20

Chopra, Joyce and Tom 1981-92

Box 20

College of the Pacific 1980-81

Box 20

Conti, Kris and Charlie 1976-94, undated

Box 20

Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines (U.S.) 1982

Box 20

Cronin, John 1967-86, undated

Box 20

Curl, John 1987

Box 21

D miscellaneous 1976-96

Box 21

De Leo, Hank and Fulzon, Alice 1992-95

Box 21

Didion, Joan 1977-82

Box 21

Dillingham, Leslie 1977

Box 21

Djerassi, Norma 1978-80, undated

Box 21

Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1977-95

Box 21

Dukore, Bernard Frank [Bernie] 1983-94

Box 21

Dukore, Margaret Mitchell 1985-92, undated

Box 22

E miscellaneous 1978-96

Box 22

Eastern Michigan University 1979-95

Box 22

East-West Center 1977

Box 22

Edlin-Marlowe, Sara 1981-95, undated

Box 22

Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company 1983-84

Box 22

Epoch 1979

Box 22

Esquire 1980, undated

Box 22

Evans, Mei Mei 1984-94, undated

Box 22

F miscellaneous 1972-96

Box 22

Franklin, Ricki 1978-81

Box 22

Fuller, Beverly 1979-86

Box 23

G miscellaneous 1973-95

Box 23

Gach, Gary 1984-96, undated

Box 23

Gillespie, Patricia Elser 1981-96

Box 23

Glass, Nancy 1983-92

Box 23

Granta 1982-95

Box 23

Griffith, Tracy 1977-83

Box 23

Gruber, Mark 1994-95, undated

Box 23

Gutierrez, Noel undated

Box 24

H miscellaneous 1976-96

Box 24

Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata, 1949- 1981-92

Box 24

Harcourt Brace Javanovich 1976-93

Box 24

Harper San Francisco 1994

Box 24

Harper's 1974-79

Box 24

Harper's and Queen 1966

Box 24

Harper's Bazaar 1993-95

Box 24

Hartzell, Julian 1992-93

Box 24

Hawaii Literary Arts Council 1980-86

Box 24

Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts 1996

Box 24

Hayes, Nancy 1980-83, undated

Box 24

HeyDay Books 1989-96

Box 25

Hong, Maria 1993

Box 25

Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, 1951- 1983-92

Box 25

Houghton-Mifflon Company 1974-95

Box 25

Houston, James D., Jeanne and Cori 1977-95

Box 25

Hoy, Nancy Jo [Jody] 1982-96

Box 25

Huang, Helen 1993-95

Box 25

Hwang, David Henry, 1957- 1980-84

Box 26

I miscellaneous 1972-96

Box 26

Inada, Lawson Fusao 1978

Box 26

The Iowa Review 1980-82

Box 26

J miscellaneous 1975-96

Box 26

Jodi F. Solomon Speakers Bureau 1993-96

Box 26

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1983-95

Box 26

K miscellaneous 1967-96

Box 26

Kai, Edward 1957

Box 27

Kalpakian, Laura 1980-83

Box 27

Kan, Lilah 1976-96

Box 27

Katz, Jane B. 1978-94

Box 27

KCET (Television Station. Los Angeles, Calif.) 1981

Box 27

KCTS (Radio Station. Seattle, Washington) 1995

Box 27

Kenyon College 1992-93

Box 27

King, Jean 1979

Note

Lt. Governor, State of Hawaii
Box 27

Knudsen, Jenn D. 1997

Box 28

L miscellaneous 1969-96

Box 28

Landreth, Edward S. [Ted] 1980

Box 28

Lau, Joseph S. M., 1934- 1981

Box 28

Lazard, Naomi 1979

Box 28

Lee, Linda 1956

Box 28

Lee, Robert 1985

Box 28

Leong, Dale 1956-58

Box 28

Letters for Literacy 1996

Box 28

Lim, Lili 1994

Box 28

Ling, Amy 1982-95

Box 28

The Loft 1981-95

Box 28

The Los Angeles Times 1977-93

Box 28

Low, Victor 1981-82

Box 28

Luke, Elmer 1977-97

Box 28

Lum, Greg 1980-82

Box 29

M miscellaneous 1973-96

Box 29

McCallum, Ken 1991-94

Box 29

MacPike, Loralee 1979-82, undated

Box 29

Mayerson, Charlotte Leon 1980-96

Box 29

Meadow Press 1981-95

Box 30

Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium 1981

Box 30

Mironchik, M. L. [Lenore] 1967-96

Box 30

Mitford, Jessica (The Family of) 1996

Box 30

Modern Language Association of America 1977-91

Box 30

Mother Jones 1979-92

Box 30

Ms. 1977-94

Box 30

Mulligan, Geoffrey 1981-84

Box 31

N miscellaneous 1974-96

Box 31

The Nation 1978-82

Box 31

National Council of Teachers of English 1974-93

Box 31

Nepenthe 1980-95

Box 31

New Jersey Project 1995-96

Box 31

New York Asian Women's Center 1991-95

Box 31

The New York Times 1975-85

Box 31

New York University 1980-81

Box 31

The New Yorker 1996

Box 31

Nicosia, Gerald [Gerry] 1993-95

Box 32

O miscellaneous 1977-96

Box 32

Oakland Free Library 1980-95

Box 32

Oakland Museum 1984-93

Box 32

Oberlin College 1977-84

Box 32

Olsen, Tillie 1978, undated

Box 32

P miscellaneous 1974-96

Box 32

Pacific Asia Museum 1995

Box 32

Paley, Grace 1976-78

Box 32

PAN Books 1980-92

Box 32

Paul Kohner-Michael Levy Agency 1979-81

Box 32

Peace Corps 1979-81

Box 32

P.E.N. 1977-93

Box 32

Penguin Books 1977-92

Box 32

Perry, James 1992

Box 33

Pitzer College 1981-82

Box 33

Poets & Writers Inc. 1978-95

Box 33

Q miscellaneous 1979-85

Box 33

Quagliano, Tony 1983-85

Box 33

Quinn, Susan 1967-95

Box 33

R miscellaneous 1977-96

Box 33

Random House Books, Inc. 1975-96

Box 33

Reader's Digest 1979-86

Box 33

Rechnitz, Bea 1963-95

Box 33

Rolling Stone 1979-82

Box 33

Rosequo, Katherine 1979-83

Box 34

S miscellaneous 1968-96

Box 34

San Francisco International Poetry Festival 1980

Box 34

San Francisco State University Poetry Center 1978-91

Box 34

San Jose Poetry Center 1983-86

Box 34

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency 1994-96

Box 34

Santos, Bienvenido N. [Ben] 1978-82

Box 34

Santucci, Eleanor 1953-58

Box 35

Schaffner Literary Agents 1973-94

Box 36

Scholastic Book Services 1984-86

Box 36

See, Carolyn 1980, undated

Box 36

Shan, Te-Hsing 1994-96

Box 36

Shanghai Institute of Education 1993

Box 36

Shuval, Mike 1967-95

Box 36

Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1977-95

Box 36

Sledge, Linda Ching, 1944- 1981-83

Box 36

Smith College 1992-95

Box 36

Smith, Huston 1992-94

Box 36

Smith, Lawrence R., 1945- [Larry] 1980-96

Box 36

Smitha, Frank E. 1991-95

Box 36

Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States 1978-80

Box 36

Stanford University 1978-94

Box 36

STE Representation 1984-87

Box 36

Sternburg, Janet 1977-79

Box 36

Sterling, Richard 1985-90

Box 36

Surh, Jerry 1977

Box 36

Susi, Lolly 1979-95

Box 36

Swenson, Vijaya 1992-93

Box 37

T miscellaneous 1967-96

Box 37

Takeuchi, Floyd K. 1972-78

Box 37

Thompson, Phyllis H. 1979-95, undated

Box 37

Tufts University 1980-96

Box 37

U miscellaneous 1973-96

Box 37

United States Information Agency 1977-95

Box 37

United States International Communication Agency 1979-82, undated

Box 37

University of Arizona University of Arizona

Box 38

University of California

Box 38

Office of the President 1992-95

Box 38

Press 1984-95

Box 38

(System.) University Extension 1996

Box 38

Berkeley

Box 38

Miscellaneous 1980-94

Box 38

Alumni Association 1991-96

Box 38

Dept. of East Asian Languages 1995

Box 38

Dept. of English 1982-95

Box 38

Dept. of Ethnic Studies 1979-84

Box 38

Housing and Dining Services 1994-96

Box 38

Office of the Chancellor 1991-92

Box 38

Office of Public Information 1992-93

Box 38

Student Learning Center 1992

Box 38

University Extension 1978-79

Box 38

Women's Studies undated

Box 38

Davis 1981-96

Box 38

Irvine 1981-93

Box 38

Los Angeles

Box 38

Miscellaneous 1981-84

Box 38

Asian American Studies Center 1977-95

Box 38

Center for the Study of Women 1979-85

Box 38

Dept. of English 1985-94

Box 38

Dept. of History 1980

Box 38

School of Medicine 1986

Box 38

University Extension 1981-85

Box 38

Riverside 1984-85

Box 38

San Diego [1986?]

Box 38

San Francisco 1980-94

Box 38

Santa Barbara 1979-83

Box 38

Santa Cruz 1979-94

Box 39

University of Chicago 1980

Box 39

University of Hawaii at Manoa 1977-96

Box 39

University of Hong Kong 1996

Box 39

University of Michigan 1980-86

Box 39

University of North Dakota 1981-84

Box 39

University of Oklahoma 1981-95

Box 39

University of Southern California 1980-95

Box 39

University of Texas 1978-83

Box 39

University of Washington 1978-85

Box 39

University of Wisconsin 1981-84

Box 39

Unterecker, John Eugene, 1922- undated

Box 39

V miscellaneous 1974-96

Box 39

Vaughan, Roger, Lynn and Nara 1977-96

Box 39

Veglia, John 1984, undated

 

Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues 1981-82

Box 40

W miscellaneous 1976-96

Box 40

Walker Art Center 1981-85

Box 40

Wang, Jennie 1996

Box 40

Wang, Wayne 1982

Box 40

Warner Communications, Inc. 1984-85

Box 40

WB Agency 1977-78

Box 40

Weber Studies 1996

Box 40

Weston, Susan 1980-85

Box 41

Wilder, Cherrie 1977-83

Box 41

Wilson, Rob, 1927- 1995

Box 41

Winkley, Bob and Marilyn 1967-94

Box 41

Wong, Irene 1978-95

Box 41

Wong, Shawn 1976-77

Box 41

W. W. Norton & Company 1974-84

Box 41

X, Y, Z miscellaneous 1976-96

Box 41

Yang, Belle 1994-95

Box 41

Yu, March Fong Treasurer, State of California 1991

Box 41

Zhang, Ziqing 1991-95

Box 61

Unidentified 1967-1995

 

Fan Mail

Box 42, Folder 1-12

A-L 1976-95

Box 43, Folder 13-26

M-Z 1976-96

 

Series 4 Professional Papers 1956-1998

Physical Description: Boxes 46-56, Oversize boxes 8-14, Oversize folders 2 and 3

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes biographical information, including bibliographies and lists or awards and honors; interviews with and writings about Kingston; information on appearances; and Kingston's business files, including contracts and copyright statements.
 

Bio-Bibliograpical

 

Curriculum Vitae

Box 46, Folder 1

Drafts 1976, 1978-79

Box 46, Folder 2-3

Career description and summary undated, 1977

Box 46, Folder 4

List of Publications 1956-81

 

Biographical Citations

Box 46, Folder 5

American Women Writers 1980

Box 46, Folder 6

Contemporary Authors 1978, 1994, undated

Box 46, Folder 7

Contemporary Literary Criticism 1981

Box 46, Folder 8

Current Biography Yearbook 1990

Box 46, Folder 9

Cyclopedia of World Authors 1989

Box 46, Folder 10

Modern American Women Writers 1991

Box 46, Folder 11

Outstanding Young Women of America 1977

Box 46, Folder 12

Who's Who in America 1980, undated

Box 46, Folder 13

World Authors 1975-80

 

Bibliographies

Oversize Box 8, Folder 1

The New York Times Book Review, "Editors' Choice" 1977 Jan. 2, 1980 Nov. 30

Oversize Box 8, Folder 2

The Asia Mail, "10 Best of '77" 1978 Feb.

Box 46, Folder 14

Time Magazine, "The Best of the Seventies" 1980 Jan. 7

Box 46, Folder 15

Multicultural Readings from Random House, Inc. 1993-94

Box 46, Folder 16-19

Miscellaneous 1976-79, 1991-92, 1997-98, undated

 

Awards

Box 46, Folder 20

National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction 1977 Feb. 11

Box 46, Folder 21

Cross-Culture Encounter in Literature Professional Associate Award 1977 Oct. 17

Box 46, Folder 22

Anisfeld-Wolf Award in Race Relations 1978 July

Box 46, Folder 23

National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship 1979

Box 46, Folder 24

National Book Critics Circle nomination 1980

Oversize Box 8, Folder 2

Distinguished Alumnus, Stockton, California Board of Education 1981 Jan. 13

Box 46, Folder 25

Stockton Arts Commission Award 1981 Jan. 28

Box 46, Folder 26

Pulitzer Prize nomination for Non-Fiction 1981 Apr. 14

Box 46, Folder 27

American Book Award 1981 Apr. 30

Oversize Box 8, Folder 2

Woman of the Year, Asian Pacific Women's Network 1981 Sept. 27

Box 46, Folder 28

Hawaii International Film Festival Award 1982

Box 46, Folder 29

Hawaii Award for Literature 1983 June 16

Oversize Box 8, Folder 3

Hawaii Award for Literature 1983 June 16

Box 46, Folder 30

California Council for the Humanities Award 1985 Oct. 17

Box 46, Folder 31

Edison High School Hall of Fame 1988 May 20

Oversize Box 8, Folder 3

Edison High School Hall of Fame 1988 May 20

Box 46, Folder 32

Governor's Award for the Arts 1989 Nov. 2

Box 46, Folder 33

Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Award 1993 Jan. 23

Box 46, Folder 34

Asian American Literature Award 1993 Mar. 12

Box 46, Folder 35

Oakland Chamber of Commerce Special Achievement Award 1994 Mar. 31

Box 46, Folder 36

Wesleyan University Honorary Degree 1994 May 29

Oversize Box 8, Folder 4

AT & T Award 1994

Oversize Box 8, Folder 4

Distinguished Writer for 1995, Chapman University 1995 Feb. 14

Box 46, Folder 37

Asian Pacific American Heritage Community Achievement Award 1995 Apr. 27

Box 46, Folder 38

Asian American Arts Foundation First Annual 1995 Oct. 7

Oversize Drawer B, Folder 2

Golden Ring Awards

Box 46, Folder 39

Cyril Magnin Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts 1996 Apr. 26

Oversize Box 8, Folder 4

Cyril Magnin Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts 1996 Apr. 26

Box 46, Folder 40

California Alumni Association Excellence in Achievement 1996 Oct. 11

Box 46, Folder 41

National Humanities Medal 1997 Sept. 29

Box 46, Folder 42

Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Fred Cody Award for Lifetime Achievement 1998 Mar. 30

Oversize Box 8, Folder 5

Clippings 1981-98

 

Honors

Box 47, Folder 1

Hawaii State House of Representatives Resolution #308 1977 Feb. 10

Box 47, Folder 2

Hawaii State Senate Resolution Resolution #168 1977 Feb. 10

Box 47, Folder 3

Teacher's Education Association of Mid-Pacific Institute 1977 Feb. 11

Oversize Box 8, Folder 6

California State Senate Resolution #115 1981 Jan. 19

Box 47, Folder 4

California State Senate, 5th District"In Honor of San Francisco Visit" 1981 May

Box 47, Folder 5

Stockton Chinese Benevolent Association and the Bow On Association 1981 Aug. 8

Oversize Box 8, Folder 6

Certificate

Box 47, Folder 6-7

Pacific Asian American Women Woman Warrior Awards 1985 Feb. 22, 1996 May 8

Box 47, Folder 8

ZYZZYVA @ The New Main undated

 

Tributes

Box 47, Folder 9

"Gifted Women" Photographs by Howard Schatz undated

 

Grants and Fellowships

Box 47, Folder 10-12

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1978-83

Box 47, Folder 13

National Endowment for the Arts 1979

 

Appointments

Box 47, Folder 14

State of Hawaii Commission on the Year 2000 1980 Sept.

Box 47, Folder 15

Peace Corps Advisory Council 1980 Oct. 10

Oversize Box 8, Folder 7

Peace Corps Advisory Council 1980 Oct. 10

Box 47, Folder 16

Honolulu Commission on Culture and the Arts 1981

Box 47, Folder 17

Hawaii Committee of the Humanities 1982

 

Affiliations

Box 47, Folder 18

Pen American Center 1981

Box 47, Folder 19

Chinese Pavilion Dedication Committee, Riverside, California 1987 Oct. 10

Box 47, Folder 20-21

American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1992

Box 47, Folder 22

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 1995

Box 47, Folder 23

Wallace Stegner Environmental Center 1995

Box 47, Folder 24

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund 1996

Box 47, Folder 25

Pen Center USA West 1996

Box 47, Folder 26

Berkeley Arts Festival 1997

Box 47, Folder 27

International Platform Association undated

 

Biographical Research Materials

 

Interviews

Box 48, Folder 1

Miscellaneous 1976-79

Oversize Box 9, Folder 1-2

Miscellaneous 1979-80

Box 48, Folder 2-3

Miscellaneous 1981-82

Oversize Box 9, Folder 3

Miscellaneous 1982

Box 48, Folder 4

Miscellaneous 1989

Oversize Box 9, Folder 4

Miscellaneous 1989

Box 48, Folder 5

Miscellaneous 1992-96

Box 48, Folder 5

Miscellaneous 1993

Box 48, Folder 6-7

Miscellaneous 1995

Box 48, Folder 8

Miscellaneous undated

Box 48, Folder 9

Interview Questions undated

 

Writings About

 

Articles

Box 48, Folder 10-11

Miscellaneous 1975-78

Oversize Box 10, Folder 1

Miscellaneous 1976-79

Oversize Box 10, Folder 2

Miscellaneous 1977

Box 48, Folder 12

Miscellaneous 1980

Oversize Box 10, Folder 3

Miscellaneous 1980

Box 48, Folder 13

Miscellaneous 1981

Oversize Box 10, Folder 4

Miscellaneous 1981

Oversize Box 10, Folder 5

Miscellaneous 1981-85

Box 48, Folder 14

Miscellaneous 1982

Box 48, Folder 15

Miscellaneous 1985

Box 48, Folder 16-19

Miscellaneous 1986-89

Oversize Box 10, Folder 6

Miscellaneous 1986-89

Box 48, Folder 20-27

Miscellaneous 1990-95

Oversize Box 10, Folder 7

Miscellaneous 1990-95

Oversize Box 10, Folder 8

Miscellaneous 1995

Oversize Box 10, Folder 9

Miscellaneous 1996-98

Box 48, Folder 28-29

Miscellaneous 1997-98

Oversize Box 10, Folder 10

Foreign Language undated

 

Dissertations and Other Scholarly Works

Box 49, Folder 1

Cheung, King-Kok, "Talk Story: Counter-Memory in Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men" 1993 Autumn

Box 49, Folder 2

Ching, C.Y. Kaleonahe and Elise Dirlam-Ching, " Maskformation: A Journal in Progress" 1993

Box 49, Folder 3

Chock, Eric, Writers of Hawaii: A Focus on Our Literary Heritage 1980

Box 49, Folder 4

Conn, Peter J., "Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography" 1996

Box 49, Folder 5

Conquergood, Lorne Dwight, 1949-, "Between Experience and Expression: The Performed Myth" 1986

Box 49, Folder 6

Dukore, Bernard, "The Woman Behind The Woman Warrior 1977

Box 49, Folder 7

Ho, Wen-Ching, "In Search of a Female Self: Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior 1987

Box 49, Folder 8

Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, 1951- Untitled Essay 1992 April

Box 49, Folder 9

Houston, James D., "The Circle Almost Circled: Some Notes on California's Fiction" 1994

Box 49, Folder 10

Ludwig, Sami, Concrete Language: Intercultural Communication in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior and Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo 1996

Box 49, Folder 11

Machida, Margo, "Seeing 'Yellow': Asians and the American Mirror" 1990

Box 49, Folder 12

Ru, Yi-Ling, 1944-, "The Rebellious Impulse in the Works of Ding Ling and Maxine Hong Kingston" undated

Box 49, Folder 13

Sledge, Linda Ching, "Oral Tradition in Kingston's China Men: A New Model for Multi-Ethnic Literary History" 1981-82

Box 49, Folder 14

Su, Jung, Between Fact and Fiction: Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior 1991

Box 49, Folder 15

Williams, Dominic, "Fictography, Ethnicity and Self-Invention: Routes and Roots in the Works of Philip Roth and Maxine Hong Kingston" undated

 

Curriculum Citations

Box 49, Folder 16

Hawaii Pacific College, "The Asian Americans-- The Gold Mountain People" 1977

Box 49, Folder 17

Columbia University, "Twentieth Century Women Writers" 1977

Box 49, Folder 18

UC Berkeley, "Approaches to Teaching Kingston's The Woman Warrior" 1992

Box 49, Folder 19

UC Berkeley, "A Book Panel Discussion on Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior" 1995

Box 49, Folder 20

UC Berkeley, "Teaching Woman Warrior and The Joy Luck Club" undated

 

Mentions

Box 50, Folder 1-2

Miscellaneous 1976-79

Oversize Box 11, Folder 1

Miscellaneous 1976-79

Box 50, Folder 3-4

Miscellaneous 1980-81

Oversize Box 11, Folder 2

Miscellaneous 1981-85

Box 50, Folder 5-7

Miscellaneous 1982-83

Box 50, Folder 8

Miscellaneous 1985-86

Box 50, Folder 9

Miscellaneous 1988-89

Oversize Box 11, Folder 3

Miscellaneous 1989

Box 50, Folder 10

Miscellaneous 1990-91

Oversize Box 11, Folder 4

Miscellaneous 1991-94

Box 50, Folder 11-13

Miscellaneous 1992-95

Oversize Box 11, Folder 5

Miscellaneous 1995-97

Box 50, Folder 14-15

Miscellaneous 1996-98

Oversize Box 11, Folder 6

Miscellaneous 1998

Box 50, Folder 16-17

Miscellaneous undated

Oversize Box 11, Folder 7

Miscellaneous undated

 

Public Appearances

 

Lectures

Box 51, Folder 1

California Asian Pacific Women's Conference, USC, Los Angeles, Calif. 1980 Feb.29-Mar.2

Oversize Box 12, Folder 1

California Asian Pacific Women's Conference, USC, Los Angeles, Calif. 1980 Feb. 29-Mar.2

Box 51, Folder 2

The Contribution of Asian-Americans to American Literature, Adelaide, Australia 1982 Mar. 3

Box 51, Folder 3

Multicultural Literary Perspectives, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1982 Mar. 17

Box 51, Folder 4-5

"Imagined Life", Hopwood Award Presentation Lecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1983 Apr. 13

Oversize Box 12, Folder 1

"Imagined Life", Hopwood Award Presentation Lecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1983 Apr. 13

Box 12, Folder 1

Hawaii Literary Arts Council, Honolulu, Hawaii 1983 June 21

Box 51, Folder 6

Race and Sex, Amherst College, Massachusetts 1986 Fall

Box 51, Folder 7

National Conference of Teachers of English, Seattle, Wash. 1991 Apr. 22

Box 51, Folder 8

University of Oregon Lecture, Eugene, Ore. 1992 Jan. 16

Box 51, Folder 9

New Narratives About Nature, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1992 Mar. 14

Box 51, Folder 10

Talk -Story and Mythic Reality, California State University, Fresno 1992 Mar. 23

Box 51, Folder 11

Kansas State University Lecture, Manhattan, Kansas 1992 Apr. 17

Box 51, Folder 12

The Art of Storytelling, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 1992 Apr. 22

Box 51, Folder 13

Visions and Voices of America, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1992 Sept. 10

Box 51, Folder 14

University of Colorado, Boulder Lecture, Boulder, Colo. 1992 Sept. 14

Box 51, Folder 15

Another Book of Peace, UC Irvine, Calif. 1993 Jan. 15

Box 51, Folder 16

PEN at Penn Program, Philadelphia, Penn. 1993 Jan. 20

Box 15, Folder 17

Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Lecture, Cerritos, Calif. 1993 Apr. 5

Box 51, Folder 18

Talk Story, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, Wash. 1993 Apr. 25

Box 51, Folder 19

Cal Alumni Day Speaker's Lecture, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Mar. 5

Box 51, Folder 20

Prose to Performance: A Discussion, Cowell Theater, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Mar. 22

Box 51, Folder 21

Hamilton College Lecture, Syracuse, N.Y. 1994 Apr. 4

Box 51, Folder 22

Spokane Falls Community College Lecture, Washington 1994 May 2

Box 51, Folder 23

Production Casebook: The Woman Warrior , Princeton University, N.J. 1994 June 23

Oversize Box 12, Folder 2

Reflective Writing, Mindfulness and the War, A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, Calif. 1994 May 16

Box 51, Folder 24

Common Reading Presentations on The Woman Warrior, Carelton College, Calif. 1994 Sept. 6

Box 51, Folder 25

Starr King School for the Ministry Lecture, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Nov. 15

Box 51, Folder 26

On Wallace Stegner, His Life and Work, California Academy of Science, San Francisco, Calif. 1995 Feb. 9

Box 51, Folder 27

Another Book of Peace, California Institute of Technology 1995 Feb. 15

Box 51, Folder 28

Asian-American Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1996 Oct. 8

Box 51, Folder 29

A Harvest of Words: Writers of the Great Central Valley, San Francisco Book Festival 1996 Nov. 3

Box 51, Folder 30

Peace in Every Step, King Middle School, Berkeley, Calif. 1998 Feb. 1

Box 51, Folder 31

An Evening with Maxine Hong Kingston, University of New Hampshire 1998 Apr. 17

Box 51, Folder 32

Author's Night at the Main Library, San Francisco, Calif. 1998 Apr. 24

Box 51, Folder 33

Talk Story, California State University, Fresno 1998 May 13

Box 51, Folder 34

Princeton Department of English Lecture, Princeton, N.J. undated

 

Speeches

Box 52, Folder 1

Hawaii Library Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977 Apr. 2

Box 51, Folder 2

Hawaii Council of Teachers of English Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977 Apr. 5

Box 51, Folder 3

Commencement Speech Leeward Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977 May 15

Box 51, Folder 4

California Association of Teachers of English Convention, San Francisco, Calif. 1978 Feb. 10-12

Box 52, Folder 5

Behind the Woman Warrior, Honolulu, Hawaii 1978 Mar. 25

Box 52, Folder 6

Hawaii's Ethnic American Writers Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii 1978 June 19-24

Oversize Box 12, Folder 3

Asian Women Unite, Oakland, Calif. 1979 Nov. 15

Box 52, Folder 7

Central Valley Memories, California State University, Fresno 1980 Mar. 4

Box 52, Folder 8

In Conversation with Elizabeth Croll, London, England 1981 Mar. 17

Oversize Box 12, Folder 3

Asian Pacific Heritage, San Francisco, Calif. 1981 May 6

Box 52, Folder 9

Pitzer College, Spring Convocation, Claremont, Calif. 1982 Feb. 22

Box 52, Folder 10

The Contributions of Asian-Americans on American Literature, Sapporo, Japan 1982 Mar. 4

Box 52, Folder 11

University of Hawaii Literary Association Hilo, Hawaii 1982 May 2

Box 52, Folder 12

Some International Feminist Questions, Honolulu, Hawaii 1982 Nov. 15

Box 52, Folder 13

Where Are We Going; And When Will We Get There?, San Francisco, Calif. 1983 Aug. 4

Box 52, Folder 14

Asian American Writers, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1987 June 14

Oversize Box 12, Folder 3

Experiences as a Writer, Carleton College, Calif. 1989 Feb. 3

Box 52, Folder 15

Writing in a Time of War, San Francisco, Calif. 1991 Oct. 4

Box 52, Folder 16

AsiaFest '92 1992 Mar. 26

Box 52, Folder 17

Pearl S. Buck Centennial Symposium, Lynchburg, Virginia 1992 Apr. 6

Box 52, Folder 18

California Alumni Day Speech, Berkeley, Calif. 1992 Apr. 11

Box 52, Folder 19

UC Berkeley English Undergraduate Association, Berkeley, Calif. 1992 May 16

Oversize Box 12, Folder 3

In Honor of Friends of the Redwood Library 1993 May 27

Box 52, Folder 20

Woman Warrior: Novelist Viewpoint of Production, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Feb. 3

 

Readings

Box 53, Folder 1

Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts 1976 Oct. 26

Oversize Box 12, Folder 4

Honolulu, Hawaii

Box 53, Folder 2

Whole Earth Book Store, Honolulu Hawaii 1976 Nov. 4

Box 53, Folder 3

American Booksellers Association Convention, San Francisco, Calif. 1977 May 29-31

Box 53, Folder 4

Conversations and Convergences: Three Asian Women Writers, UC Los Angeles 1978 Jan. 13

Box 53, Folder 5

Association of Writers Forum and Boulder Public Library, Colo. 1978 Feb. 8-9

Oversize Box 12, Folder 4

Association of Writers Forum and Boulder Public Library, Colo. 1978 Feb. 8-9

Box 53, Folder 6

Academy of American Poets, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y. 1979 Nov. 6

Box 53, Folder 7

Hawaii Performing Arts Company, Honolulu, Hawaii 1980 June 2-3

Box 53, Folder 8

San Francisco International Poetry Festival, Palace of Fine Arts 1980 June 6-8

Oversize Box 12, Folder 5

San Francisco International Poetry Festival, Palace of Fine Arts 1980 June 6-8

Box 53, Folder 9

Hong Kong Arts Centre and United States Consulate General 1982 Apr. 2

Box 53, Folder 10

Asian Pacific American Heritage Programs, Washington State University, Pullman 1983 Apr. 25

Box 53, Folder 11

Maxine Hong Kingston and Clayton Eshlemna, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 1986 Dec. 3

Box 53, Folder 12

The Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y, New York, N.Y. 1989 Apr. 3

Box 53, Folder 13

Depot Bookstore and Café, Mill Valley, Calif. 1989 May 31

Box 53, Folder 14

East Wind Books, San Francisco, Calif. 1989 June 10

Box 53, Folder 15

San Francisco Public Library 1989 Oct. 21

Box 53, Folder 16

Chinese American Librarians Association, Oakland, Calif. 1989 Nov. 13

Box 53, Folder 17

Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 1991 Oct. 28

Box 53, Folder 18

The Inclusive University: Multicultural Perspectives In Higher Education, Oakland, Calif. 1991 Nov. 9

Box 53, Folder 19

The Branson School Book Fair, Ross, Calif. 1991 Nov. 12

Box 53, Folder 20

Major Authors Series, Institute of Letters, San Jose State University, Calif. 1991 Nov. 14

Oversize Box 12, Folder 6

Major Authors Series, Institute of Letters, San Jose State University, Calif. 1991 Nov. 14

Box 53, Folder 21

Modern Language Association Convention, San Francisco, Calif. 1991 Dec. 28

Oversize Box 12, Folder 7

University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif. 1992 Feb. 3

Box 53, Folder 22

The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, Calif. 1993 Mar. 10

Oversize Box 12, Folder 6

The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, Calif. 1993 Mar. 10

Oversize Box 12, Folder 7

The Cowell Theater, Berkeley, Calif. 1993 Mar. 12

Box 53, Folder 23

Berkeley Public Library, [CD Collections] 1993, 1996

Box 53, Folder 24

Charlie Chan is Dead, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Jan. 23

Oversize Box 12, Folder 6

The Fifth Book of Peace, College of Wooster, Ohio 1994 Apr. 4

Box 53, Folder 25

Writer-Veterans, A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, Calif. 1994 May 10

Oversize Box 12, Folder 6

An Evening for Viet Nam Veterans, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 May 23

Box 53, Folder 26

Women of Color Resource Center Theatre Party and Reception, Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley 1994 June 5

Oversize Box 12, Folder 6

Reading from The Woman Warrior , Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. 1994 Nov. 21

Oversize Box 12, Folder 7

Herbst Theater, San Francisco, Calif. 1995 Feb. 9

Box 53, Folder 27

Writing Out of War: Veterans Writing from Experience Small Press Distribution, Berkeley, Calif. 1995 Nov. 11

Box 53, Folder 28

Remembering Our Mothers, San Francisco Marriott, Calif. 1996 Oct. 12

Box 53, Folder 29

Highway 99: A Literary Journey, California Historical Society, San Francisco 1997 Apr. 5

Box 53, Folder 30

Racing Toward the Millennium: Voices from the Los Angeles Public Library, Calif. 1998 Feb. 15

Box 53, Folder 31

American Booksellers Association, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 1998 May 1

Box 53, Folder 32

Hawaii Literary Arts Council, University of Hawaii, Honolulu undated

 

Radio and Television

Oversize 12, Folder 8

CKVU Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1977 Feb. 16

Box 54, Folder 1

Dick Cavett Show 1980 Aug. 11

Box 54, Folder 2

Writers and Places: Gold Mountain Heroes 1982 May 29

Box 54, Folder 3

Writers and Places: Maxine Hong Kingston in California 1982 May 30

Box 54, Folder 4

Dialog 1983 Mar. 25

Box 54, Folder 5

World of Ideas with Bill Moyers 1990 Feb. 25

Box 54, Folder 6

Maxine Hong Kingston: Talking Story 1990 June 27

Box 54, Folder 7-8

Journey to the West 1992 Oct. 12

Box 54, Folder 9

BBC Interview 1994 May

Box 54, Folder 10

The New Year Celebration 1995 Feb. 1

Box 54, Folder 11

Interview with Ronn Owens undated

 

Book Tours

Box 54, Folder 12

Knopf National Tour for Woman Warrior 1976 Oct.

Box 54, Folder 13

Knopf National Tour for China Men 1980 June

Box 54, Folder 14

Knopf National Tour for China Men paperback edition 1981 May

Box 54, Folder 15

Chinese Writers World Wide 1992 Oct.

Oversize Box 12, Folder 9

Clippings 1992 Oct.

Box 54, Folder 16

Hong Kong Tour 1993 Oct.

Box 54, Folder 17

Corridors of Culture 1994 Apr.

Box 54, Folder 18

Miscellaneous undated

Oversize Box 12, Folder 10

Miscellaneous undated

 

Business Files

 

Contracts

Box 55, Folder 1

Woman Warrior 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983

Box 55, Folder 2

China Men 1977, 1980

Box 55, Folder 3

Film Rights 1978, 1982-83

Box 55, Folder 4

Miscellaneous 1987

 

Contributions and Endorsements

Oversize Box 13

"Won for All: A Cooperative Game About Minorities And Women in American History" Educational Board Game 1970's

Box 55, Folder 5

A Salute to Women in the Creative and Performing Arts 1977 Aug. 1

Oversize Box 14, Folder 1

Poetry Hawaii: A Contemporary Anthology by Frank Stewart and John Unterecker, editors 1979

Oversize Box 14, Folder 2

Poets for Peace 1982

Box 14, Folder 3

Contemporary Asian Americans Educational Poster Sets 1982

Oversize Drawer B, Folder 3

Check Out a Great Author poster 1982

Oversize Box 14, Folder 1

Women's History Week 1983

Box 55, Folder 6

The National Reading: Writers Harvest for the Homeless 1992 Sept. 3

Box 55, Folder 7

Benefit for The Paris Review 1993 Oct. 28

Oversize Box 14, Folder 4

Contemporary Asian Americans Educational Poster Sets 1993

Oversize Box 14, Folder 1

Asian Pacific Americans in Focus Calendar 1995

Oversize Box 14, Folder 1

National Women's History Project 1995

Box 55, Folder 8

Oakland Convention and Visitors Authority 1995

Oversize Box 14, Folder 5

Voices of Diversity, Educational Poster Sets 1995

Box 55, Folder 9

Letters for Literacy Auction 1996 Dec. 6

Box 55, Folder 10

Library Media Center: Great Authors Posters 1996

Oversize Drawer B, Folder 3

Women's History Week 1996

Box 55, Folder 11

Bread and Roses Cultural Project 1998

 

Permissions, Royalties, and Copyrights

Box 55, Folder 12

Permissions 1979-88

Box 55, Folder 13-18

Royalty Checks 1977-90, 1992

Box 55, Folder 19-22

Foreign Royalty Checks 1978-88

Box 55, Folder 23

Royalty Summaries 1975-85

Box 55, Folder 24

Copyrights 1980-87

Box 55, Folder 25

Miscellaneous Financial Statements 1978-81, undated

Box 56, Folder 1-3

Alfred A. Knopf Royalty Statements 1976-90

 

Series 5 Teaching Career 1970-1996

Physical Description: Box 57, Oversize Box 15, Oversize folder 4

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes information on courses and seminars taught by Kingston.
 

Colleges and Universities. 1970-1992

Box 57, Folder 1

Mid-Pacific Institute, Manoa, Hawaii 1970

Box 57, Folder 2

University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 1972

Box 57, Folder 3-4

UC Berkeley Department of English 1992, undated

 

Seminars

Box 57, Folder 5

International Colloquium on the Cross-Culture Encounter in Literature, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977 Oct. 17-28

Oversize Box 15, Folder 1-2

Talk Story, Hawaii's Ethnic American Writers' Conference, Honolulu 1978 June 19-24

Box 57, Folder 6

Berkeley Writers Conference, UC Extension 1979 June 23-30

Box 57, Folder 7

Inter Arts Hawaii Writing Workshops, Honolulu 1979 July 16

Oversize Box 15, Folder 1

Inter Arts Hawaii Writing Workshops, Honolulu 1979 July 16

Box 57, Folder 8

Michigan Writers Conference for High School Students East Michigan University, Detroit 1979 Nov. 10

Oversize Box 15, Folder 1

Michigan Writers Conference for High School Students East Michigan University, Detroit 1979 Nov. 10

Box 57, Folder 9

Asian Pacific American Women's Conference Honolulu, Hawaii 1980 Apr. 25-26

Box 57, Folder 10

Cross-Culture Writers' Workshop Anchorage, Alaska 1981 Aug. 21-23

Oversize Box 15, Folder 3

Cross-Culture Writers' Workshop Anchorage, Alaska 1981 Aug. 21-23

Box 57, Folder 11

Writers' Week at the Adelaide Festival 1982 Mar. 7-13

Box 57, Folder 12

U.S.- Chinese Writers Conference 1982 Oct.

Box 57, Folder 13

From Script to Screen: A Conference on Screenwriting Honolulu, Hawaii 1982 Nov. 11-14

Box 57, Folder 14

Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program University of Oklahoma, Norman 1983 Feb. 17-23

Box 57, Folder 15

San Jose Poetry Center Writers' Residency San Jose, Calif. 1983 Mar. 4-7

Oversize Box 15, Folder 3

San Jose Poetry Center Writers' Residency San Jose, Calif. 1983 Mar. 4-7

Box 57, Folder 16

U.S.-Chinese Writers Conference UC Los Angeles, Calif. 1983 Oct.

Box 57, Folder 17

The Second American Literature Forum from the Chinese Community, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 1984

Box 57, Folder 18

Asian American Arts Conference San Francisco, Calif. 1991 May 2

Box 57, Folder 19

Novel of the Americas Symposium University of Colorado, Boulder 1992 Sept. 8-25

Box 57, Folder 20

Writers Crossing Cultural Borders University of Oregon, Eugene 1994 Nov. 20-21

Oversize Box 15, Folder 4

Women's Studies Seminar, College of Wooster College of Wooster, Ohio 1994 Dec.

Oversize B, Folder 4

Scholarship-Leadership Enrichment Program, University of Oklahoma, Norman 1994

Box 57, Folder 21

Chinese American Writers Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 1995 Apr. 2-8

Box 57, Folder 22

American Literature Forum of the Chinese 1995 Apr.

Box 57, Folder 23

San Francisco Bay Area Writers Workshop 1995 Fall

Box 57, Folder 24

Multicultural Peace Plenary San Francisco, Calif. 1996 June 10

Box 57, Folder 25

Wise Women Working Berkeley, Calif. 1996 Nov. 15

Oversize Box 15, Folder 5

Clippings 1978-93

 

Series 6 Personal and Family Papers 1952-1994

Physical Description: Boxes 58-60, Oversize box 16

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes information on Kingston's education, family correspondence, and miscellaneous ephemera and materials pertaining to family members.
 

Education

Box 58, Folder 1

Lafayette Elementary School, Stockton, California 1952 Jan. 11

Box 59, Folder 2-3

Edison High School, Stockton, California 1958-59

Box 59, Folder 4-16

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California 1960-64

 

Awards and Scholarships

Box 58, Folder 17

Non-Fiction Award, American Girl Magazine 1956 Apr. 10

Box 58, Folder 18

"Most Valuable Student", Elks National Foundation Scholarship application 1958

Box 58, Folder 19

University of California Regents? Scholarship 1958-59

Box 58, Folder 20

California State Scholarship Commission 1960-61

Box 58, Folder 21

Clippings 1958

 

Family Correspondence

Box 59, Folder 1

Baireuther, Tami-Diane 1967-69

Box 59, Folder 2

Hong, Ann Marie 1993-94

Box 59, Folder 3

Hong, George and Putsy 1967-80

Box 59, Folder 4

Hong, Joseph 1968-83

Box 59, Folder 5

Hong, Norman 1967-69

Box 59, Folder 6

Hong, Tanya Renae 1992

Box 59, Folder 7

Hong, Tom and Ling Lan 1967-76

Box 59, Folder 8

Hong, Windi 1978-82

Box 59, Folder 9

Kingston, Earll 1968-96

Box 59, Folder 10

Kingston, Joseph 1980-84

Box 59, Folder 11

Lam, Lucy 1981-94

Box 59, Folder 12

Newkirk, Karen 1993, undated

Box 59, Folder 13

Newkirk, Paul and Carmen Hong 1968-92

Box 59, Folder 14

Nicolas, Cher 1980, 1991, undated

Box 59, Folder 15

Nicolas, Tom and Corrinne Hong 1967-85

Box 59, Folder 16

Invitations 1994, undated

Box 59, Folder 17

"Hawaii Goodbye to Max and Earll" undated

 

Miscellaneous

Box 60, Folder 1

King, Earll M. and Mary 1936

Oversize Box 16, Folder 1

Hong, Corrine 1967

Box 60, Folder 2

Ephemera undated

Box 60, Folder 3

Miscellaneous undated

Box 60, Folder 4

Photographs 1958, undated