Hideo Noda papers
name: label: Creator
content: Noda, Hideo, 1908-1939
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Japanese American painters
label: Topic
content: Japanese American artists
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2023 by Kathleen and Laurel Hulley, children of Hideo Noda's wife Ruth Noda.
creator: label: Creator
content: Noda, Hideo, 1908-1939
setName: label: See more items in
content: Hideo Noda papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Hideo Noda papers, circa 1910s-1998, measure 1.3 linear feet and document the life and work of muralist and painter Hideo Noda (1908-1939). The collection includes correspondence and illustrated letters between Noda, his wife Ruth, and others, scattered receipts and financial material, biographical and exhibition-related printed materials in Japanese and English, six photograph albums of family, travel, and artwork photographs, copies of original sketches and drawings by Noda and considered to be only remaining versions, Hideo Noda estate papers, and video and film recordings.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hideo Noda (1908-1939), also known as Hideo Benjamin Noda and Benjamin Hideo Noda, was a Japanese American painter and muralist active in New York, New York; Tokyo, Japan; and San Francisco, California. Noda, born in Santa Clara, California, attended the California School of Fine Arts, and graduated in 1931. He then traveled to New York, where he was a member of the Mural Painters Guild and Woodstock Artists Association, studied with Arnold Blanch and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and worked as an assistant to Diego Rivera. Around 1932 he married Ruth Kates, and between 1935 and 1939 he traveled with Ruth, and then alone, through Europe and Japan, where he became a member of the Shinseisakuha Art Society. In January 1939, Hideo Noda died of brain cancer and was buried in Kumamoto, Japan, where his parents lived prior to emigrating to America.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1910s-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.nodahide
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Illustrated letters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1934-1956, 1977-1987 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Personal Business Records, 1937-1938 (3 folders; Box 1)

Series 3: Photographic Material, circa 1910s-circa 1950s (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1938-1940, 1968-1995 (0.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 5: Drawings and Sketches, circa 1930s, circa 1960s (0.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 6: Hideo Noda Estate Papers, 1939, 1978-1998 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 7: Film and Video Recordings, circa 1990s-1995 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Anna Rimel in 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Illustrated letters
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Hideo Noda papers, circa 1910s-1998, measure 1.3 linear feet and document the life and work of muralist and painter Hideo Noda (1908-1939). The collection includes correspondence and illustrated letters between Ruth and Noda and others, scattered receipts and financial material, biographical and exhibition-related printed materials in Japanese and English, six photograph albums of family, travel, and artwork photographs, copies of original sketches and drawings by Noda and considered to be only remaining versions, Hideo Noda estate papers, and video and film recordings.