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
- 1.3 Linear feet (Boxes 2, 6, OV 5)
- Date
- 1901-circa 1906
- 1925-2000
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.obatchiu, Series 6
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Chiura Obata papers, circa 1891-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- For the most part, the contents of this series are arranged by publication type such as books, exhibition catalogs, magazines, newspapers clippings, etc. However, there are a few folders which are arranged by subject, which reflect the order in which they were arranged when donated to the archives.
- 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. In some cases, exhibition catalogs and other publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages digitized.
- Scope and Contents
- Printed material includes exhibition announcements, catalogs, magazines, newspapers, and clippings, and calendars. Noteworthy items include brochures for tours of Japan led by Chiura and Haruko Obata; copies of TREK and Topaz Times which were published by Japanese Americans incarcerated at Topaz; copies of California Monthly with covers by Obata; material from the War Relocation Authority; a copy of the 1948 Sierra Club Base Camp; printed material related to Miné Okubo; and copies of books by and about Obata.
- 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-1602077428998-1602077429101-0
