Matsusaburo Hibi Papers, 1893-1972

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Summary

Creators:
Hibi, Matsusaburo
Abstract:
This collection consists of correspondence, exhibition catalogs, a scrapbook, sketches, watercolors, drawings, oil paintings, and monotype prints by Issei artist Matsusaburo Hibi. Many of these materials relate to the time Hibi spent in the Tanforan Assembly Center (California) and the Central Utah Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah, during World War II. The collection also contains a portfolio of 50 scenes of the Central Utah Relocation Center drawn by Henry Fukuhara. There are English and Japanese materials in this collection.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.) 29 oversize boxes
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, exhibition catalogs, a scrapbook, sketches, watercolors, drawings, oil paintings, and monotype prints by Issei artist Matsusaburo Hibi. Many of the materials in the collection relate to the time Hibi spent in the Tanforan Assembly Center (California) and the Central Utah Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah, during World War II. Of note are 42 oil paintings on canvas by Hibi painted at the Tanforan Assembly Center and the Central Utah Relocation Center, 1942-45. The collection also contains a portfolio containing 50 scenes of the Central Utah Relocation Center drawn by Henry Fukuhara.

Materials in this collection are in English and Japanese.

Biographical / historical:

Matsusaburo Hibi was born in 1886; a native of Shiga Prefecture, he attended Hsei University in Kyoto, Japan; came to the United States in 1906; studied at California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, 1919-30; taught art and Japanese in Hayward, California, until the beginning of World War II; his family was interned in the Central Utah Relocation Center, Topaz, Utah; while in the camp, Hibi served as resident director of its art school, 1942-45; most of his artwork was exhibited in San Francisco, California; he was also known as George M. Hibi; died in 1947.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Biographical data and materials, 1892-1908.
  2. Correspondence between Hibi and his elder brother, Takesuke, November 1906-February 1931.
  3. Materials relating to Hibi's career as an artist.
  4. Materials relating to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Central Utah Relocation Center, Topaz, Utah.

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.
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Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
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