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Matsushita family photograph collection, 1919-1978
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Matsushita family
- Title
- Matsushita family photograph collection
- Dates
- 1919-1978 (inclusive)19191978
- Quantity
-
5378 photographic prints, including 22 albums (15 boxes)
329 slides (1 box)
Glass negatives (3 boxes) - Collection Number
- PH0162
- Summary
- Photographs of Japanese-Americans, including photographs of Matsushita family and friends, and of Camp Minidoka during World War II
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
These materials form part of the Iwao Matsushita Papers, which are described and indexed in the guide to the Iwao Matsushito Papers , available in the repository.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Iwao Matsushita immigrated to the United States from Japan in 1919. From his arrival until World War II he was employed as an office manager for Mitsui & Company, an export firm. In 1927 he introduced the first Japanese language course at the University of Washington. During World War II he was interned in Japanese relocation camps in Montana and Idaho, first at Fort Missoula, Montana and later at Camp Minidoka, Idaho. He resumed teaching at the University following the war (1946-1951) and also taught at the Japanese Language School and Edison Vocational School. In 1952 became a Japanese language specialist at the University of Washington Far Eastern Library. Matsushita is also the author of Japanese language essays and books on religion and other subjects.
Matsushita married twice. His first wife, Hanaye, was interned separately during the first part of the war. Matsushita was able to get transferred to Minidoka in order to be with her. After Hanaye died in 1965, Iwao married his second wife, Gin, in about 1966 or 1967. Gin was formerly married to Asakichi Frank Kunishige, a noted Seattle photographer. Iwao died in 1997.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of Japanese-Americans, including photographs of Matsushita family and friends, and of Camp Minidoka during World War II.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
The photographs were relocated from the Iwao Matsushito Papers, Accession No. 2718 in the repository in 1979 and 1985.
Separated Materials
15 8mm film reels received with the collection were separated from the photographs and form the Iwao Matsushita Home Movie Collection, PH Coll 1043, in the repository.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Album 1Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Mountaineering and skiing activities by Matsushita family and friends at Chinook Pass, White River, Snoqualmie Pass, Eagle Peak (some photos by Koike), Mount Washington, Dewey Lake, Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier National Park, Mount Adams, Katchess Lake, Lake Chelan, Yakima, Dry Falls, vicinity Vantage. Also some scenes from Montana and Idaho 532 photographs
|
1938-1940 |
Album 2Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Scenic views, mountaineering and skiing scenes in the North and South Cascades, Yakima Park. Mt. Adams. Some photos by Koike 502 photographs
|
1934-1935 |
Album 3Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Scenic views, mountaineering and skiing scenes in the North and South Cascades. Also includes Redmond, Washington., Grand Canyon, Colorado, Yellowstone? Photos by Matsuki, Icihara, Koike, Nakaya. 744 photographs
|
1930-1931 |
Album 4Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Mountaineering and skiing activities in the Cascades including Canyon Creek Lodge. Some photos by Koike 382 photographs
|
1936-1938 |
Album 5Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 3 | Mountaineering and skiing activities in the Cascades 39 photographs
|
1941 |
Album 6Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 4 | ALBUM 6 (69 photographs). Mountaineering and skiing activities in the Cascades including activities by Japanese- Americans group in Mt. Rainier National Park. |
1920s |
Album 7Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 4 | Views of Missoula, Montana and the Japanese relocation camp 72 photographs
|
1943 |
Album 8Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 5 | Family photos. Seward Park, the Arboretum, Volunteer Park, Rainier National Park, Chinook Pass 155 photographs
|
1963 |
Album 9Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 6 | Family photos? Older generation? San Francisco Fire? 72 photographs
|
circa 1920s-1930s |
Album 10Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 7 | Snapshots of family and friends, Also pictures of Camp Minidoka, Idaho (includes identification card of M. Asakichi Kunishige issued at Twin Falls, Id, 1944) 119 photographs
|
1930s- 1950s |
Album 11Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 7 | Family pictures including I. Matsushita, I. Yoshikawa, mountaineering with Japanese American group, art photos by Matsushita 63 photographs
|
1919-1950s |
Albums 12Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 8 | Postcards of tourist sites in Japan 78 photographs
|
1960 |
Albums 13Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 8 | Family pictures? 24 photographs
|
1940s-1950s |
Albums 14Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 8 | Family pictures? including residence on 29th Ave. S 127 photographs
|
1924-1925 |
Albums 15Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 8 | Some of photographs by Koike. Scenic shots of the Cascades including skiing and hiking 258 photographs
|
1933- 1934 |
Albums 16Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 9 | Family? . Scenic shots of Seattle parks 116 photographs
|
1920s-1930s |
Albums 17Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 9 | Mountaineering scenes and scenic shots of Cascades. ) 220 photographs
|
1930 |
Albums 18Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 9 | Family and friends. Mountaineering in Cascades. Also Woodland Park 109 photographs
|
1929 |
Albums 19Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 9 | Matsushita family cats. |
1920 |
Albums 20Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 9 | Matsushita family cats. 81 photographs
|
1920 |
Album 21Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 10 | Family pictures. Point Defiance Park, Woodland Park, Volunteer Park, Greenlake. 1927. Also Iwao Matsushita photo awards - 1925-1926 98 photographs
|
1925-1927 |
Album 22Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 14 | Scrapbook of Kunishige prints from the Town Crier, 1924. Also newspaper clippings on Kunishiga's work. (Includes collection of reproductions of unidentified "art photographs". Some possibly by I. Matsushita?) |
1924 |
Loose PhotographsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 10 | Loose photographs from album 9, 10, 11 and 12 |
1919-1950s |
| 11 | 7 Oversize photographs: - Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Yoshiro Hayaska. 1952. - Funeral. n.d. - Unidentified wedding - 2 unidentified man. - 3 photographs of Mt. Rainier (1 dup). -Narcissus.
|
1952; undated |
| 12/1 | 13 photographs. Includes portraits of Sekio and Ai Matsushita, Koike graduation 1944 (?), and others |
1921-1949 |
| 12/2 | 19 photographs. Includes photos by H. C. Ichibashi, portrait of Naomi Kimura |
1955-1959 |
| 12/3 | 19 photographs. Includes photos of Sekio Matsushita, Akira Kimura, Mr. and Mrs. Matsushita, |
1955-1959 |
| 12/4 | 14 photographs. Includes photographs by Tadashi Inoue and Akira Kimura |
1960-1963 |
| 12/5 | 13 photographs. Photographs by Tonomi Isono |
1965-1969 |
| 12/6 | 14 photographs. Photographs by Tonomi Isono, A. Kimura, Includes pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Matsushita |
1970-1973 |
| 12/7 | 24 photographs. Photographs by A. Kimura and Tonomi Isono. |
1974-1978 |
| 12/8 | Various unidentified people |
undated |
| 12/9 | 24 photographs. Ishibashi weddings (?), portraits of Iwao Matsushita |
undated |
| 12/10 | 10 photographs. Unidentified portraits, trip by Mr. Matsushita |
undated |
| 12/11 | 22 photographs. Portrait of Houme Ikeda. Various images of Mr. Matsushita and friends/family |
undated |
| 12/12 | 14 photographs. Mr. and Matsushita and wife, Mr. Matsushita standing next to card catalog, UW (?) |
undated |
| 12/13 | 12 photographs. Mrs. (Gin) Matsushita and family/friends. |
1945-1950; undated |
| 12/14 | 6 photographs. Mrs. (Gin) Matsushita |
1965-1971; undated |
| 12/15 | 12 photographs and photographic postcards. Camp Minidoka, Idaho. Tula Lake Poetry Club |
circa 1943 |
| 12/16 | 2 photographs. Mr. Matsushita taken at Fort Missoula, Montana. Matsushita's ID card from Ft. Missoula. Interior of office, Fort Missoula |
1943 |
| 12/17 | 3 photographs (duplicates). Seattle Japanese Language School, group portrait |
undated |
| 12/18 | 9 photographs. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Matsushita. |
undated |
| 12/19 | 124 photographs. Mr. and Mrs. Matsushita, family and friends. Various dates |
|
| 12/20 | 64 photographs. Mr. and Mrs. Matsushita, family and friends. Various dates |
|
| 13/1 | 22 photographs. Portrait of Koike, Joseph M. Kitagawa. Others are unidentified |
undated |
| 13/2 | 13 photographs. Portraits and groups portraits. All unidentified |
undated |
| 13/3 | 13 photographs. Studio portraits. Thomas Kubota, Samuel Ishibashi, Joe and Shigiko Yoshiwara. Some others unidentified |
undated |
| 13/4 | 8 photographs. Weddings |
undated |
| 13/5 | 13 photographs. Various Seattle groups |
undated |
| 13/6 | 66 photographs. Images depicting travel to various countries and localities within the United States |
undated |
| 13/7 | 8 photographs. Images depicting travel |
1966 |
| 13/8 | 131 photographs. Outings and scenic pictures. Includes University of Washington campus |
undated |
| 14/1 | 160 photographs. Images of the Cascades, scenic and some mountaineering |
undated |
| 14/2 | 3 photographs. Pertaining to the University of Washington East Asia Library |
undated |
| 14/3 | 231 photographs. Flowers, vegation, pets, etc. |
undated |
| 14/4 | 69 photographs. Miscellaneous |
|
| 14/5 | Miscellaneous 4 photographs
|
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| 14/6 | Internment camps at Ft. Missoula and Minidoka, Idaho 11 photographs
|
1943 |
| Box | ||
| 15 | Art prints by Matsushita and Kunishige 114 photographs (15 folders)
|
SlidesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Box | |
| 16 | Pictures of the Matsushita family's travels in Asia, Europe, the South Pacific , Alaska, British Columbia, Yellowstone, Hawaii, Northwest; The University of Washington; Seattle Parks; Lake Washington; Seattle street scenes; family portraits; trees and flowers; and Expo '70 |
NegativesReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 17-19
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints
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