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)
