Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Obata, Chiura
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- Chiura Obata papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
- Extent
- 0.3 Linear feet (Boxes 1, 6)
- Date
- 1924-circa 1964
- circa 1986
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.obatchiu, Series 3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Chiura Obata papers, circa 1891-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- The diaries are at the beginning of the series, followed by writings in alphabetical order by title. The remainder of the series is loosely arranged by type of writing such as captions for paintings, lectures, notes, reports, and writings by others.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- The bulk of this series has been digitized. Materials which have not been digitized include blank pages, and duplicates.
- Scope and Contents
- This series contains writings by Chiura Obata, including 3 diaries, mostly from his time at Topaz incarceration camp; handwritten and typescript drafts of lectures; notes; and essays. Most of the writings, especially the lectures, are about art, but there are some writings about his experience inside the incarceration camps. Some writings were probably delivered to classes, but it is not clear if they were lectures or essays. There is a batch of Japanese and English translations of captions for a series of paintings by Obata. Also included in this series are writings by others on issues related to second generation Japanese Americans, as well as translations of the Japanese text accompanying Obata's paintings. Many of the writings are in Japanese.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1602077428998-1602077429061-1
