Tokio Ueyama Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ueyama, Tokio, 1889-1954
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content: Tokio Ueyama papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-2, OVs 3-4)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908-circa 1954
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ueyatoki, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is mostly arranged in alphabetical order by folder title, with some materials such as correspondence, photographs and printed materials, are grouped together by document type.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The bulk of the materials in this series have been digitized except for blank pages of the sketchbook and notebook, as well as blank versos of photographs.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of California-based painter Tokio Ueyama (1889-1954) measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1908-circa 1954, bulk 1914-1945.. This small but rich collection includes biographical material in the form of a family tree, travel documents, identification cards, records related to the World War II Japanese American incarceration camp, Amache Relocation Center, and other materials; correspondence with friends and family, most of which is written in Japanese; writings such as a diary and a notebook from his time as a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art; printed materials including news clippings and exhibition announcements; a sketchbook; and photographs of friends and family during a trip to Japan. Also included are printouts of an item-level inventory created by Grace Nozaki, Ueyama's niece, and translations of select entries from the diaries produced by Noriko Okada.