Finding Aid for the Matsusaburo Hibi Papers, 1893-1972
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Matsusaburo Hibi Papers, 1893-1972
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
Collection number: 2010
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone:310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2008
© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Matsusaburo Hibi Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1893-1972
Collection number: 2010
Creator:
Hibi, Matsusaburo
Extent: 1 box(0.5 linear ft.) and 29 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: This collection consists of correspondence, exhibition catalogs, a scrapbook, sketches, watercolors, drawings, oil paintings,
and monotype prints by Issei artist Matsusaburo Hibi. Many of these materials relate to the time Hibi spent in the Tanforan
Assembly Center (California) and the Central Utah Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah, during World War II. The collection also
contains a portfolio of 50 scenes of the Central Utah Relocation Center drawn by Henry Fukuhara. There are English and Japanese
materials in this collection.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Restrictions on Access
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Matsusaburo Hibi Papers, Japanese American Research Project (Collection 2010). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Matsusaburo Hibi was born in 1886; a native of Shiga Prefecture, he attended Hsei University in Kyoto, Japan; came to the
United States in 1906; studied at California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, 1919-30; taught art and Japanese
in Hayward, California, until the beginning of World War II; his family was interned in the Central Utah Relocation Center,
Topaz, Utah; while in the camp, Hibi served as resident director of its art school, 1942-45; most of his artwork was exhibited
in San Francisco, California; he was also known as George M. Hibi; died in 1947.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, exhibition catalogs, a scrapbook, sketches, watercolors, drawings, oil paintings, and
monotype prints by Issei artist Matsusaburo Hibi. Many of the materials in the collection relate to the time Hibi spent in
the Tanforan Assembly Center (California) and the Central Utah Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah, during World War II. Of note
are 42 oil paintings on canvas by Hibi painted at the Tanforan Assembly Center and the Central Utah Relocation Center, 1942-45.
The collection also contains a portfolio containing 50 scenes of the Central Utah Relocation Center drawn by Henry Fukuhara.
Materials in this collection are in English and Japanese.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Biographical data and materials, 1892-1908.
- Correspondence between Hibi and his elder brother, Takesuke, November 1906-February 1931.
- Materials relating to Hibi's career as an artist.
- Materials relating to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Central Utah Relocation Center, Topaz, Utah.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hibi, Matsusaburo--Archives.
Central Utah Relocation Center.
Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.).
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles.
Artists--California--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Archival resources.
Oil paintings.
Drawings.
Fukuhara, Henry.
Related Material
Hibi Papers
1893-1972
Physical Description: 29.5 linear ft.
Scope and Content Note
Hibi Matsusaburoo [characters] (1886-1947). Artist. A native of Shiga Prefecture. Attended Hsei University, Kyoto, 1905. Arrived
in America in 1906. Attended California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1919-1930. Taught art and Japanese in Hayward,
California before World War II. Interned at the Topaz Relocation Camp, Utah, and served as Resident Director, Topaz Relocation
Center Art School, 1942-1945. His works were mainly exhibited in San Francisco. Married, two children. Popularly known as
George M. Hibi.
Box 62, Folder 1
Biographical materials.
Physical Description: (16 items)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Scope and Content Note
Includes personal resumés written in 1905, 1946 & 1962; a passport application dated 1905; and elementary and middle school
records, 1893-ca. 1905.
Box 62, Folder 2
Conscription records. In Japanese.
Physical Description: (5 items)
Box 62 , Folder 2
A petition to become a cadet officer.
1905
Box 62 , Folder 2
Draft deferment petitions.
1907, 1908, 1909 & 1919
Box 62, Folder 3
Personal correspondence from Matsusaburoo to his brother, Takesuke [characters], in Japan.
November 1906-February 1931
Physical Description: (62 letters)
Language of Material: In Japanese.
Box 62, Folder 4
Remittance receipts. Takesuke to Matsusaburoo.
1908 & 1910
Physical Description: (2 pieces)
Box 62, Folder 5
Exhibition catalogues and invitations.
1925-1972
Physical Description: (13 items)
Box 62 , Folder 5
48th Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association.
1925
Box 62 , Folder 5
49th Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association.
Box 62 , Folder 5
50th Annual Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association.
1928
Box 62 , Folder 5
11th Annual Exhibition, Watercolors, Pastels, Drawings and Prints, Oakland Art Gallery.
1943
Box 62 , Folder 5
Oakland Art Gallery's Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture.
1944
Box 62 , Folder 5
9th Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association.
1945
Box 62 , Folder 5
10th Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association.
1946
Box 62 , Folder 5
32nd Annual Exhibition, The Society of American Etchers, Gravers, Lithographers, and Woodcutters.
1947
Box 62 , Folder 5
Memorial Exhibition of Oils and Graphics by George Hibi, Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery.
1962
Box 62 , Folder 5
Months of Waiting,1942-1945:The California Historical Society Exhibition at Grand Hall Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Music Center.
1972
Box 62, Folder 6
Correspondence
re his career as artist.
1931-1962
Physical Description: (32 letters)
Language of Material: In English.
Box 62, Folder 7-9
Correspondence, documents and other materials
re the Topaz Relocation Center Art School, Utah.
1943-1945
Physical Description: (Approximately 120 items)
Language of Material: In English.
Box 62, Folder 10
Monotype prints by Hibi. Scenes of the Topaz Relocation Center, Utah.
ca. 1943-1945
Physical Description: (19 prints)
Box 62, Folder 11
A portfolio of 50 scenes of the relocation centers by Henry Fukuhara.
n.d.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 62, Folder 12
Miscellaneous items: Calligraphic writings of Hibi and a group photograph of Japanese artists (unidentified).
n.d.
Physical Description: (2 items)
Box 716
A name and address book of visitors, Topaz Art School, Topaz Relocation Center, Utah.
n.d. (1943-1945)
Physical Description: (1 book)
Box 716
A scrapbook containing mementos of life in the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz Relocation Center, Utah.
1942-1945
Physical Description: (1 oversize scrapbook)
Box 717
One large portfolio.
Physical Description: (31 x 23”)
Box 717
Scenes of the Topaz Relocation Camp, Utah.
n.d.
Physical Description: (4 monotype prints)
Box 717
Scenes of the Tanforan Assembly Center and the Topaz Relocation Center.
1942-1945
Physical Description: 29 pencil drawings and sketches.
Box 717
13 sketches in watercolor on paper. At Tanforan and Topaz. Oil paintings on canvas, painted at Tanforan, California and Topaz,
Utah,1942-1945.
1942-1945
Box 792
Mighty eucalyptus tree, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (16 x 20”)
Box 792
Going for inoculation, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 790
From the grandstand, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 790
Children playing, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 786
To mess hall, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 871
Tanforan stables, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 786
Stable home, shower and latrine, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 770
Tanforan Assembly Center, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (24 x 20”)
Box 773
Stables and watchtower, Tanforan.
1942
Physical Description: (26 x 20”)
Box 795
Tanforan Assembly Center.
Box 795
After shower, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (16 x 20”)
Box 795
Art school picnic, Topaz.
August 1943
Physical Description: (16 x 20”)
Box 787
WRA Camp under construction, Topaz.
October 1942
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 787
Gate House, Topaz.
July 1945
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 791
Sunset, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 791
Camp at night, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 870
“Untitled” [Woman crossing camp], Topaz.
April 1945
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 785
Untitled, Topaz.
August 1945
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 870
A sudden dust storm, Topaz.
July 1945
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 785
Untitled, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 789
Watchtower, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (18 x 22”)
Box 789
Snow and fog in Topaz, Topaz.
March 1945
Physical Description: (22 x 18”)
Box 773
Looking at south, Topaz.
1945
Physical Description: (22 x 18”)
Box 771
Auditorium, Topaz.
March 1945
Physical Description: (24 x 20”)
Box 772
Untitled, Topaz.
July 1945
Physical Description: (24 x 20”)
Box 776
“Sunset” [Men painting sunset at sunset], Topaz.
[1945]
Physical Description: (24 x 20”)
Box 775
A day in Topaz, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (24 x 20”)
Box 774
Agricultural products of Topaz, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (20 x 24”)
Box 777
A Woman, Topaz.
1944
Physical Description: (26 x 22”)
Box 778
Looking eastside from Block 16, Topaz.
August 1945
Physical Description: (26 x 22”)
Box 779
A cold day, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (26 x 22”)
Box 780
Summer, Topaz.
June 1944
Physical Description: (26 x 22”)
Box 782
An Issei, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (22 x 26”)
Box 768
Sunflower, Topaz.
n.d.
Physical Description: (22 x 26”)
Box 768
“Near Topaz.”
Physical Description: (2 items)
Box 783
Residents of appointive staff, looking from Rec., Topaz.
July 1945
Physical Description: (20 x 16”)
Box 788
Artists sketching, Tanforan, CA.
c.1942
Physical Description: (22 x 18”)
