Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Noda, Hideo, 1908-1939
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content: Hideo Noda papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1956, 1977-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.nodahide, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence primarily consists of letters between Hideo Noda and his wife Ruth, between 1937 and 1938, when Ruth was in New York City and Noda was in California, Chicago, and then in Europe and Japan. Letters from Noda are often illustrated with pen sketches, sometimes painted with watercolor or colored pencil, and topics range from their relationship and missing one another to Noda's artwork, projects, and exhibitions. Ruth traveled to Japan to be with Noda in 1938, returning by ship just prior to Noda's death in January 1939. Files also include letters from Ruth to sister Louise Kates in 1938 and 1979, largely during Ruth's travels to Europe and Japan. Additional letters are to Ruth from Seiichiro Kuboshima, in 1981 and 1982, who wrote numerous books about Hideo Noda and was interested in an exhibition on his work; artist Jack Yamasaki regarding Noda in 1977; family of Hideo Noda; and telegrams received by Ruth immediately following Hideo Noda's death in Japan. Postcards include some images of Hideo Noda's paintings, and some are in Japanese.