Kiichi Setsuda photograph collection

Kiichi Setsuda photograph collection, 1905-1912

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Setsuda, Kiichi
Title: Kiichi Setsuda photograph collection
Dates: 1905-1912 (inclusive)
19051912
Quantity: 10 photographic prints ( 1 folder) ; sizes vary
Collection Number: PH0642
Summary: Photographs of Japanese American Kiichi Setsuda's businesses in Seattle and Lummi Island, Washington, as well as other scenes of Japanese Americans in Seattle
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: Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Additional Reference Guides: The photographs form part of the Kiichi Setsuda Papers, Accession No. 1532-1.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Kiichi Setsuda was a Japanese American businessman in Seattle in the early decades of the 20th century. He graduated from Kanzai Law College in Japan in 1892 at the age of 21 and moved to Seattle in 1902. He ran the import business K. Setsuda Company, as well as the Japanese American Fertilizing and Fisheries Company on Lummi Island. During the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, Mr. Setsuda served as international juror and awarded a number of the exposition awards. During his life, Setsuda was the president of the Japanese Merchants' Association of Seattle, president of the Tokyo Club of Seattle, trustee of the Japanese Association of Washington, member of the New Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Seattle Commercial Club, and life member of the Seattle Art Association.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains images of Japanese American Fertilizing and Fisheries Company buildings and boats on Lummi Island in northern Puget Sound. The collection also has images of Japanese Americans in Seattle, including scenes inside the K. Setsuda Co. import store and various group photographs.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

View selections from the collection in digital format.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor: Richard Setsuda, February 4, 1971.

Processing Note

Processed by Sarah Nelson, 2004.

Photographs were transferred to the Special Collections Division, February 1971. The five images of the Lummi Island were retained and then transferred from the Kiichi Setsuda Papers (Accession No.1532-1) on April 17, 1981. The five images of the Seattle series are copies that were made of originals that were returned to the donor.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Japanese American Fertilizing and Fisheries Company, Lummi Island, WashingtonReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	item
1	1	K. Setsuda and employees of the Japanese American Fertilizing and Fisheries Company	circa 1910
1	2	Buildings and boats at dock	circa 1910
1	3	Buildings on pier and men standing on dock	circa 1910
1	4	Wooden structure fallen into machinery Handwritten on verson: "Damage done to press."	circa 1910
1	5	Tugboat Lavina and three operators on deck	circa 1910

Japanese Americans in SeattleReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	item
1	6	Two men standing in K. Setsuda Co. store, 516 Main St., Seattle	circa 1910
1	7	Five men seated at small table with beverages in K. Setsuda Co. store	circa 1910
1	8	Women and children on steps of Japanese Women's Home, Seattle	circa 1910
1	9	Teacher and students seated on steps of Japanese Methodist Church Kindergarten, Seattle	circa 1910
1	10	Japanese American group portrait S.Siga (photographer)	1905

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Asian American businesspeople--Washington (State)--Lummi Island (Island)--Photographs
Asian American businesspeople--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Japanese American business enterprises--Washington (State)--Lummi Island (Island)--Photographs
Japanese American business enterprises--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Japanese American children--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Japanese American women--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Lummi Island (Island)--Photographs
Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

Setsuda, Kiichi--Photographs

Corporate Names

Japanese American Fertilizing and Fisheries Company--Photographs
K. Setsuda Company--Photographs

Geographical Names

Lummi Island (Wash. : Island)--Photographs
Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints

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