Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Nagata, Setsuko, 1916-
- Abstract:
- Setsu Kanehara was born in 1916 in Oakland, California. She was sent to Japan and graduated from a girls' middle school in Miyazaki Prefecture. She returned to the United States in 1936. A poet and author, she used Setsuko Nagata as her pen name. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and mimeographed bulletins of Haiku societies. Correspondents include friends, family, Issei poets and writers, and poets and writers in Japan. Materials in this collection are in Japanese and English.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and mimeographed bulletins of Haiku societies related to the life and career of poet and author Setsu Kanehara. Correspondents include friends, family, Issei poets and writers, the Japanese American Research Project, and poets and writers in Japan. The newspaper clippings are of reviews of Kanehara's books. The bulletins of Haiku societies are from Minidoka, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Denver (ca. 1945-50).
Materials in this collection are in Japanese and English.
- Biographical / historical:
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Kanehara was born in 1916 in Oakland, California; she was sent to Japan and graduated from a girls' middle school in Miyazaki Prefecture; she returned to the United States in 1936; a poet and author, she used Setsuko Nagata as her pen name.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Personal correspondence, 1949-64.
- Miscellany, ca. 1945-50.
- 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.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988