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

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.