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Yoshio Kishi Papers

Call Number

MSS.351

Dates

1892-2011, inclusive
; 1950-2005, bulk

Creator

Kishi, Yoshio, 1932-2012

Extent

5.69 Linear Feet
in 13 manuscript boxes

Language of Materials

The collection contains material written in English, Japanese, and French.

Abstract

Yoshio Kishi was an award-winning New York City based film and sound editor working on notable films such Martin Scorcese's Raging Bull (1980) and Wayne Wang's Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985). When not working on films, Kishi avidly collected materials that trace depictions of Asian Americans in U.S. intellectual and popular culture, as well as materials produced by Asian American activists to counter stereotypical imagery of Asian peoples. Kishi eventually amassed over 10,000 items, allowing him to trace Asian and Asian American depictions throughout two centuries of American history. In addition to his collection of Asian Americana, Kishi dedicated time to tracing his own family lineage, documenting his family through correspondence, photographs, and his own personal research notes. The Yoshio Kishi Papers roughly span from 1892 to 2011, with the bulk of the materials dating between the 1950s to the mid-2000s. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, personal notes, photocopied articles, filmography lists, pamphlets and interview videos with Kishi that discuss his career as an artist, his family, and his collections of Asian American materials.

Biographical Note

Yoshio Kishi (1932- 2012) was an award-winning professional New York City based film and sound editor. Kishi was born in 1932 to Eikichi and Haru Kishi, both of whom immigrated from Japan to the United States. Kishi had four siblings: Hajime, Fumi, Mitsuo, and Isomi. He was educated at the Bronx High School of Sciences, the City College of New York, Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and the New School for Social Research. Kishi briefly taught at New York's Film Institute and served as a juror for directing and editing at the Emmy Awards.

Kishi worked as an editor on Martin Scorcese's Raging Bull (1980), Alan Parker's Fame (1980), as well as Wayne Wang's Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985). Kishi also worked as a sound editor on Jerry Schatzberg's Panic in Needle Park (1971) and, in addition to serving as the editor, Kishi also directed Lombardi (1968).

For four decades, Kishi avidly collected materials that traced depictions of Asian Americans in U.S. intellectual and popular culture, as well as materials produced by Asian American activists to counter stereotypical imagery of Asian peoples. His compulsion for collecting Asian Americana began in the mid-1960s when, reflecting upon his own identity as a second-generation Japanese American, Kishi began to regret not knowing more about his ethnic heritage. Kishi grew up in a largely Irish and Italian tenement neighborhood and during World War II, to avoid being labeled enemy aliens, his parents stopped speaking Japanese and joined a local Lutheran Church. In an effort to reclaim his ethnic heritage, Kishi, with the help of Los Angeles-based veteran actress and friend, Irene Yah Ling Sun, began to scour flea markets to purchase any materials relating to Asian Americana. Kishi eventually amassed over 10,000 items showcasing the demonization, as well as activism efforts of Asian Americans. Kishi's vast collection allowed him to trace Asian and Asian American depictions throughout two centuries of American history.

In his later life, Yoshio Kishi developed a relationship with New York University's Asian/Pacific/American (A/P/A) Institute and in 2003, he sold his collection of Asian Americana to New York University, on behalf of the A/P/A Institute. Kishi's collection, later titled the "Yoshio Kishi and Irene Yah-Ling Sun Collection" (MSS.292), was purchased with the intention of making its contents publicly available for research by students, scholars, and any other interested parties. Although Kishi parted with most of his Asian Americana collection, he did retain some materials for personal use, which laid the groundwork for the Yoshio Kishi Papers (MSS.351).

Yoshio Kishi died in 2012.

Arrangement

This collection has been arranged into series by topic:

I. Works II. Collection of Asian American Materials III. Personal Materials

Within each series, the materials have been arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

The Yoshio Kishi Papers roughly span from 1892 to 2011, with the bulk of the materials dating between the 1950s to the mid-2000s. The collection documents various aspects of Kishi's professional and private life, as well as his contributions as a collector of Asian American materials.

The collection contains correspondence between Kishi and his family members, friends, colleagues, as well as other collectors of Asian American ephemera. There are several volumes of Kishi's journals that contain insights into his daily life, as well as drafts of project ideas, poems, and other creative writings.

As a second generation Japanese American, Kishi was especially concerned with stereotypical Asian American imagery in the United States, and to this effect, the collection contains vast quantities of research materials such as photocopies of articles and book chapters that examine racist portrayals of Asian peoples in film, photocopies of old Hollywood movie posters such as the Humphrey Bogart film Tokyo Joe (1949), as well as newspaper clippings related to famous Asian celebrities such as Anna May Wong and Michelle Wei. It should be noted the collection, particularly in Series II, does contain material that may be deemed offensive and/or racist.

The Yoshio Kishi Papers also includes documents relating to the Yoshio Kishi and Irene Yah-Ling Sun Collection (MSS.292), which was purchased from Yoshio Kishi in 2003 by New York University's Asian/Pacific/American (A/P/A) Institute. These documents include drafts of the legal agreements between Kishi and New York University, inventories of the Kishi/Sun Collection, brochures promoting the Kishi/Sun collection, and photographs from the "Archivist of the Yellow Peril" exhibition host by the A/P/A Institute in 2005. The "Archivist of the Yellow Peril" exhibition provided glimpses of the Kishi/Sun Collection's 8000+ rare artifacts.

The Yoshio Kishi Papers contains photographs and photo negatives whose subject matters range from general everyday life, Kishi's family, and Asian American stereotypes. The collection also contains one audioreel entitled "Mama" and two video interviews with Yoshio Kishi that have been recorded on VHS tapes.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Yoshio Kishi Papers; MSS.351; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Dylan Yeats acquired the collection from Yoshio Kishi's nursing home after Kishi's death. Yeats later donated the collection to Fales Library at New York University

Related Materials

For more information about Yoshio Kishi's collection of Asian American materials, see the the Yoshio Kishi and Irene Yah-Ling Sun Collection (MSS.292).

Collection processed by

Eri Matsuda and Aki Snyder

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Processing Information

A graduate student in the Fall 2019 session of Advanced Archival Description (HIST-GA.2031) surveyed and wrote a processing plan for this collection. This collection was arranged and described by an archivist in the summer of 2021. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Original folder titles were retained when available.

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections

Series I: Works, 1955-2010, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Series I largely focuses upon Yoshio Kishi's work as a film professional. The series contains correspondence between Kishi and various productions companies such as Pathe Films and NFL Films, discssuing past and future collaborations, as well as copies of Kishi's resumes and video editing certificate, highlighting his career achievements. Materials related to Kishi's major film projects, Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart and Lombardi can be found within this series. Additionally, drafts, outlines, and proposals for Kishi's other film projects such as Vietnam Song, Empress of China, and Soulmate (The Black Hole) can also be found within this series.

Series I also contains samples of Kishi's poetry and short stories, which are housed within his diaries and notes. This series also contains materials related to Kishi's growing advocacy of Asian American culture, a driving force behind Kishi's passion for collection Asian Americana. Kishi's participation in pro-Asian and pro-Asian American organizations are reflected in folders such as "Asian Americans for Action" (Box 1, Folder 3), the "Ethnic Heritage Studies Program Act" (Box 1, Folder 18) and "Yellow Peril" (Box 3, Folder 15).

Amerasia Resources, Inc., 1971

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asian-American Collections, 1971-2005, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asian Americans for Action, 1970-1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Asian American Repository, Vol 1 Issue 1, 1978

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

China Unearthed - Budget, 1975

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chinatown History Museum, 1992

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Andrew Watt, 1990-1992, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Isomi Handrych, 2002-2010, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Meri von Sternberg, 1978

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Pathe Pictures, 1961

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Steve Sabol (NFL Films), 2002

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

CUNY Department of Asian Studies, 1972-1973, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dim Sum, 1983

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Eikichi and Haru Kishi Collection of Asian Americana, 1987

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Employee Termination Letter (MPO Productions), 1955

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Empress of China, 1977-1978, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 16-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ethnic Heritage Studies Program Act, 1972-1974, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Final Mix: Revised, 2001

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Goddess Maker", 1978

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Google Books Screenshots, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Great Collaboration, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ideas, 1984

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

In Quest of Chinatown, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Joan of Arc Junior High School Reunions, 1995-2001, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Josef von Sternberg, 1978

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

KHAN! Draft Script, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lombardi, 1968-2010, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MD-USN, 1957

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media Works (FIVF-CETA), 1977-1978, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Murrow", 1990

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Endowment for the Arts General Programs, 1977-1978, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clipping - New York Times, 1982

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes, undated

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poetry, 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Proposals, 1961-1978, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Resumes, 1974-1986, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Scrutable Contexts: Asian Threads in the American Fabric", 2003

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sensual Delights: An Asian American Erotic Feast, 1994

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soulmate (The Black Hole), 1981

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trust, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Video Editing Certificate, 1985

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vietnam - Story Ideas, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vietnam Song, 1976

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Window, undated

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Winter Blossom, 1974

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Yellow Peril", 2005-2008, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II: Collection of Asian American Materials, 1892-2011, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Series II focuses upon Yoshio Kishi's passion for collecting Asian Americana and his acquisition of research materials relating to stereotypical portrayals of Asian peoples and culture throughout history, as well as within American popular culture. The correspondence found within this series either contains discussion between Kishi and other collectors of Asian materials focusing upon the sale and purchase of Asian materials or Kishi's requests for research materials.

The photocopies found within Series II are research materials comprising of excerpts from scholarly monographs and journal articles, copies of Hollywood movie posters, copies of pulp magazine covers, and newspaper clipping about Asian celebrities like Anna May Wong and Michelle Wei. Other printed materials such as inventories, eBay printouts, catalogs, and price lists relate to the acquisition of Asian Americana materials. The photographs in this series focus upon either historic depictions or stereotypical depcitions of Asian peoples and culture.

This series also includes a VHS tape containing an interview with Yoshio Koshio conducted by Jack Tchen of NYU's A/P/A Institute.

It should be noted that this series contains some materials that may be deemed offensive and/or racist.

Acrobats, 2003

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertisement for Movie Posters, undated

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertisements from NYU Asian/Pacific/American Institute, 2005-2006, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Anna May Wong, 1931, 1976-2004, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Fales 042, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asian Americana (Kishi Sun Collection), 2001

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asian/American Center at Queens College Activities, 1990-1991, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asian American Studies Program at Cornell University Newsletter, Vol. 3, 2003

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asian American Studies Resources, 2003

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asian Americans Through the Lens, 1998

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

美學概論 (Bigaku Gairon or Aesthetic Theory), undated

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Books - Prices, 1994, 1999

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Books for Sale, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chiang-Chiang Dance Company, 1975

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The 'Chinese Question' and American Labor Historians", 2000

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chou Tun-i (1017-1073) of the Sung Dynasty, undated

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circuses, 2004

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Copies of Advertisements Related to Asian Portrayals, 1974

Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Copies of Books/Articles about Asian Stereotypes, 1943-1973, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Aaron, undated

Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Arnold's Used Books, 1989

Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Asian/Pacific/American Institute NYU, Re: Kishi-Sun Collection, 2001-2002, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc., 1986-1989, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- David Chow, 2002

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- DJ Ernst, 1989

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Elaine Mae Woo, 1998

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Hollywood Studio Magazine, 1982

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Mrs. Jo Van Dorp, 1983

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Rebekah Montgomery, 1987

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Tome Moroccan, 1989

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- University of Arizona, 1994

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- University of Hawaii, 1974

Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Doubleness: American Images of Japanese Men in Silent Spy Films", 1998

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Draft of Agreement of Sale for Yoshio Kishi Collection to NYU, 2002

Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Early Film Magazines - An Overview", undated

Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

eBay Printouts - Asian Collector Materials, 1998

Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

eBay Printouts - Japan Postcards, 2004

Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Elbae-Spring Binders Advertisement, 1982

Box: 5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film List, 1929-1939, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Film Poster Dealers and Guidelines for Collecting Movie Posters, undated

Box: 5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gluck, E.W., "An Ecological Study of the Japanese in New York City", undated

Box: 5, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Hojo-ki (A Description of My Hut)", 1925

Box: 5, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Japan Weekly Mail, 1892

Box: 5, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Japanese Americans" Notes, undated

Box: 5, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Japanese in New York, 1991

Box: 5, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Last Will & Testament" (Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund Pamphlet), 1981

Box: 5, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazines Checked, undated

Box: 5, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Clippings - Variety, 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Momo Taro (Romaji), 1998, 2000

Box: 5, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Museum of Modern Art Department of Film American Film Posters inventory, undated

Box: 5, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City Chinatown brochure, undated

Box: 5, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"New York's Issei and Coney Island", 1964

Box: 5, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Times article about the Kishi Collection, 2005

Box: 5, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clipping -- "A Book on Jews Stirs Japanese", undated

Box: 5, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clippings -- Michelle Wei, 2005

Box: Shared Fales 043, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clippings -- Political Cartoons, 1990-1997, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clipping -- Variety, 1961

Box: 5, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes & Bibliographic Citations, 1992

Box: 5, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notebook, 1982, 1987-1988

Box: 5, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NYU Asian/Pacific/American Institute Calendar of Events, 2009

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Orientalism, 2009-2011, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Peachboy Nights, undated

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photocopies -- Film Books, undated

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photocopies -- "Notable Films of the Week", 1909

Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photocopies -- Political Cartoons, 1975-1991, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- "Archivist of the Yellow Peril" exhibit, 2005

Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph -- Chinese Actor, undated

Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Everyday Life of Chinese Peoples, undated

Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Japanese Concentration Camps Exhibit, 1971

Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Yoshio Kishi's Book Collection, undated

Box: 6, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs and Negatives Depicting Asian Peoples and Movie Stills, 1978

Box: 6, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo Negatives -- "Plain Language from Truthful James", undated

Box: 6, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Play Pictorial, undated

Box: 6, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Politics of Portraiture", 1990

Box: 6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Requests for Research Materials, 1982-1992, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 16-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Research Materials, 1909-2004, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 22-23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Research Materials about Asian Peoples, 1945

Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Research Notes, 1982

Box: 7, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sakura Matsuri, 1983

Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sawada, Mitzi - The Japanese Immigrant in New York City, 1985

Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Scrutable Images: Asians and Asian Americans in Mass Culture", 1979

Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Selected List of Films, 1908-1924, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sheet Music, 1986-2000, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Shiel, M.P., 1898, 1979

Box: 7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Smith, Henry D. II, 1972

Box: 7, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

A Social Study of the Japanese Population in the Greater New York Area, 1942

Box: 7, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Son of Native register, 1908

Box: 7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tom Matsuda, 1999-2007, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Trade Cards, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tsiang, H.T., 1899-1972, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

VHS Tape -- Yoshio Kishi Interview with Jack Tchen, 2004

Box: 7, Folder: 18 (Material Type: video)

The Vocational Opportunities of the Second Generation Japanese in Greater New York and their Bearings on Religious Education, 1935-1936, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Watanna, Ono, 1900-1929, inclusive

Box: Shared Fales 042, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Weglyn, Michi (Years of Infamy), 1976-1985, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Yellow Face", 2005

Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Yellow Peril, 1983-1999, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series III: Personal Materials, 1922-2009, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Series III focuses upon Yoshio Kishi's private life, his family, and personal interests. A large focus of Series III is Kishi's desire to learn more about his own family history. This can be seen through his vast collection of family photographs, detailed family trees, individual files about family members, and discussions with his family regarding their Japanese origins. Kishi's mother, Haru, features heavily within this series through letters, photographs, legals documents (social security card, passports), and medical documents.

In addition to his family, this series contains insights into Yoshio Kishi's private life through several journals, financial statements, school transcripts, travel documents, newspaper articles, photographs, and legal paperwork.

The correspondence housed within this series is mainly between Kishi and his family, although there are some letters from friends and Kishi's personal physician. The photographs and photograph negatives found within this series depict Kishi's family, apartment, personal acquaintances, as well as moments from everyday life.

Series III also contains an audioreel entitled "Mama" and a VHS tape interview with Yoshio Kishi.

Asahi Video Library - Interview: "Experiences of the Japanese American Issei in NY", 1998

Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Audio Reel -- "Mama", undated

Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Audio)

Autobiographical Notes, undated

Box: 8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Beneficiary Document - Motion Picture Editor's Union, 1980

Box: 8, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Birthday Card, 1984

Box: 8, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Board of Education of the City of New York Certificate, 1946

Box: 8, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bronx High School of Science, 1999-2000, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Care & Feeding of E, S, K", 1986

Box: 8, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Certificate of Acceptability, 1953

Box: 8, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Certificate of Appreciation for Haru Kishi, 1986

Box: 8, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Christmas Card from Haru Kishi, 1963

Box: 8, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

City College of New York Transcript, 1949

Box: 8, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1922, 1998

Box: 8, Folder: 16-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Dr. Condon, 1950

Box: 8, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Encampment for Citizenship, 1955

Box: 8, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Eva Haberman to Isomi Handrych, 2001

Box: 8, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Family, 1963-2003, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 25-26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Film Quarterly, 1959

Box: 8, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Fumi Yasutake, 1998

Box: 8, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Isomi Handrych, 1970, 1990-2002

Box: 8, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Major G.J. Mitchell, Jr., 1959

Box: 8, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Manfred, undated

Box: 8, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Michael Blackwood, 1959

Box: 8, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Mits Kishi, 1987, 1997

Box: 8, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Mr. Kawano Michikazu, 1999

Box: 8, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Mrs. A. Kondo, 1970

Box: 8, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Naojiro Kobashima, undated

Box: 8, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- New York Buddhist Church, undated

Box: 8, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Stechert-Hafner, Inc., 1959

Box: 8, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Yomiuri Shinbun, 1999

Box: 8, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence -- Yoshio Kishi, 1998

Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence - Yoshio Kishi to Family, 1963, 1985, 1993

Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence and Documents related to Haru Kishi, 1986-1990, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cypress Hill Cemetery Payment Record Book, 1998

Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dawn Barnard, 1985-1997, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dawn Lawson, 1999, 2007, 2009

Box: 9, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Diary Entry, 1948

Box: 9, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Duplicate Photographs and Documents, undated

Box: 9, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Family Accident Protector Application, 1984

Box: 9, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Family E-mails about Yoshio Kishi, 1999

Box: 9, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Family Financial Log, 1982-1993, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Family Tree, undated

Box: 9, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Financial Materials, 1961-1993, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 14-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 10, 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fumiko no kawaii tegami (letter), undated

Box: 9, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Inventories, Lists, Receipts, 1959-1960, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Japan Air Lines Passenger Tickets and Baggage Check Books, 1959-1960, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journal, 1968-2007, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journal Entries, 1949-1992, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 5-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journal Entries and Personal Correspondence, 1966-1967, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journal Entries, Correspondence, Notes, and Photographs, 1986

Box: 10, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kelly Robinson/Desiree Lea Brimberry, 1990-1993, inclusive

Box: 10, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kishi, Eikichi - Biographical Sketch, 1998

Box: 10, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kishi, Haru, 1922-2002, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 1, 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 8, Folder: 29-31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 9, Folder: 18-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kishi, Isomi, 1988, 1992-1993

Box: 11, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kishi, Mitsuo, 1995, 2001

Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kudaka, Geraldine N., 1981-1988, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kuo, Nina - Postcard, 1983, 1985, 1999

Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The Last Tycoon" - CBS Radio Broadcast Script, 1948

Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Last Will and Testament to Yoshio Kishi, 1975

Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letter and Receipt, undated

Box: 11, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lincoln Terrace Maps, undated

Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

List of Medical Expenses, 1995

Box: 11, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Livre de France, 1959

Box: 11, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Medical Letter from Mitsugu Shimmyo, MD, 1993

Box: 11, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clipping -- "Best Cameras for $300 or Less", 2010

Box: 11, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Nichibei Newspaper Photocopies, 1975

Box: 11, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Travel Service Receipts, 1959

Box: 11, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personal Correspondence and Journal Entries, 1963-1966, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 17-20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personal Notebook, 1959

Box: 11, Folder: 21-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personal Reflection - Yoshio Kishi, 1995

Box: 11, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph, 1989

Box: 11, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Daily Life, undated

Box: 11, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Family (originals), 1910-1980, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Kishi's Apartment, 1986

Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs -- Personal, 1986, 2009

Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo Negatives -- Ma + Iyls, 1978

Box: 12, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo Negatives of Everyday Life, undated

Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Receipts, 1960

Box: 12, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rita Takahashi, 2000

Box: 12, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sumi-e Painting Exhibit, undated

Box: 12, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

VHS Tape -- Yoshio Kishi Interview, 2004

Box: 12, Folder: 13 (Material Type: video)

Villiers De L'Isle, 1919, 2000, 2005

Box: 12, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wilson, Colin, 1956

Box: 12, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Yoshio Kishi - Personal and Family Information, 1991-1994, inclusive

Box: 12, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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