Masashi Matsumoto papers
A 15-page speech, l976, in which Matsumoto discusses 7 alternatives to the "traditional museum setting" for exhibiting in the San Francisco area; and transcripts of interviews with the directors of the 7 alternative galleries, including Ansel Wettersten of the Capricorn Asunder Gallery, Madame Labaudt of the Lucien Labaudt Gallery, Terry Dickey of …
Kamikawa and Omata Family Papers
The collection documents family history in Japan and in America and consists of photographs, documents and genealogical charts. There are also original audio recordings of Japanese poetry recitations and a transcript of an oral history interview relating to the internment of Japanese Americans.
Japanese American Documentary Collection
Tsukamoto, Mary
McGovern, Melvin
Nitta, Eugene T.
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The collection is an assortment of souvenirs and memorabilia, which have survived the years since World War II. Many of them, Christmas cards, high school graduation programs, notes to friends, snapshots, and photographic prints in the form of dance programs reflect the interests and concerns of all teenagers. There are …
Juanita Tamayo Lott Filipino American Photographs
bulk 1950-1970
Collection consists mostly of photographs of a Filipino American family in San Francisco, primarily in the 1950s and 1960s documenting family gatherings, vacations, and church and school events. Also includes photographs of residents of the International Hotel in San Francisco where many older low income Filipino immigrants lived.
A.W. Bahr Papers
Abel William Bahr was a coal merchant and general importer born in China who became an important collector of Chinese art. Several books and catalogues have been published about his collection. His papers include numerous drafts and notes about his memoirs as a collector, correspondence with other collectors and photographs of Chinese art objects, from jade to pottery to paintings.
Austin Hobart Clark Papers
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Professional Activity Files
This accession consists of records documenting Thomas Lawton's editorship of Artibus Asiae. Lawton was Director of the Freer Gallery of Art, 1977-1987, and Senior Research Scholar, 1987-2001. Materials include correspondence, manuscripts, black-and-white photographs of artwork, and related materials.
Saburo Shimono Papers
Collection documents the career of Saburo "Sab" Shimono, an American actor of Japanese descent.
John B. Reeside, Jr., Papers
The 1879 act establishing the United States Geological Survey (USGS) declares "And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, and fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when …
Curatorial Records
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, and Elliot N. Sivowitch, Museum Specialist, which document their curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Information Technology and Society, and during the years when the division was known as the Division of Electricity …
