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Yoshi Saburo Kuno papers, 1907-1937.
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Yoshi Saburo Kuno papers, 1907-1937Creator/Contributor:
Kuno, Yoshi S. (Yoshi Saburo), 1865-1941, creator, creator.Abstract:
Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, course notes, and subject file on Kuno's interest and activity as a professor in Japanese
Culture at the University of California in Berkeley.
Date:
1907 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caKuno, Yoshi S. (Yoshi Saburo) -- 1865-1941 -- Archives
University of California (1868-1952). -- Department of Oriental Languages -- Faculty
Japanese Americans -- California
Asian American college teachers -- California -- Berkeley
Japanese Americans
California
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National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Yoshi Saburo Kuno papers, BANC MSS C-B 1015, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English, with some Japanese.
Yoshi Saburo Kuno was born in Nagoya, Japan, on January 2, 1865. After graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Civil Engineering from the University of California in 1897, he was appointed assistant in astronomy, serving from 1898 to
1900. During this time he also pursued advanced studies in astronomy and mathematics, receiving a Master of Science degree
in 1900. Meanwhile, Kuno had come to the attention of the Department of Oriental Languages, and at its request was transferred
to an assistantship in Japanese. In 1911 he became instructor and in 1920 assistant professor, serving as chairman of the
department during 1924-1925. He retired in 1935, after thirty-eight years of continuous service to the University, and died
in in Berkeley on February 27, 1941.
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Manuscripts for publication.Faculty papers.
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print
10.1 (8 1
Language:
English
Japanese
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.