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Joy Kogawa fonds

Joy Kogawa fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1311
  • Fonds
  • 1931 - 2017

Fonds consists of material related to Kogawa's writing projects, her participation in literary, cultural, and human rights conferences and events, her involvement in community organizations, and her personal life. Fonds also includes some material accumulated by Kogawa's parents, the Rev. Gordon Goichi and Lois Kogawa. The fonds is arranged generally into series regarding Kogawa's written works; correspondence; documents related to conferences, speeches, organizations, and interviews; teaching materials; personal and legal records; family documents, other people's works; sound recordings; videocassette recordings; publications; subject files; and photographs.

Kogawa, Joy

Gently to Nagasaki

Series contains records supporting the production of Joy Kogawa's nonfiction book "Gently to Nagasaki." Records include draft manuscripts, annotated drafts, notes, correspondence with editors, and extensive source materials. Source materials include magazines, newspaper clippings, and printouts of articles and books. Source materials relate to nuclear energy, nuclear bombs, the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese war atrocities, Japanese and Allied personal military accounts of World War two, issues of race, and genocide. Series is arranged by files according to original order.

Nakayama historic house

This series contains records pertaining to the movement to purchase and preserve Joy Kogawa's childhood home (also known as Obasan's house), and the eventual establishment of a writer-in-residence program.

Personal and legal records

Series consists of personal and legal records of Kogawa. Personal records include
documents, day planners, contact lists and cards, notes and a photograph pertaining to her
work at the Prime Minister’s Office and National Archives in Ottawa, correspondence
and other material related to honours and awards, and memorabilia. Legal records include
correspondence pertaining to legal advice and documents and correspondence pertaining
to property investments and agreements with publishers.

Other Joy Kogawa writings

Series consists of drafts and correspondence relating to short stories, articles, introductions, forewords, comments, and other material written by Kogawa.

Poetry

Series consists of drafts, submissions, correspondence with publishers, reviews, and publicity relating to poems written by Joy Kogawa.

Works by other people

Series consists of writings by other writers. These are often works that Kogawa has been asked to comment on. More works by writers other than Kogawa may be found in the Correspondence series.

Published material

Series consists of articles, newsletters, periodicals, catalogues, and newspaper clippings accumulated by Kogawa. Some of the material relates to Kogawa’s work.

Conferences, speeches, and readings records

Series consists of correspondence, notes, audio and video recordings, meeting minutes, promotional materials, photographs, and published materials. These relate to speeches, readings, and talks given by Kogawa, and to her participation in literary, cultural, and human rights conferences and events.

Correspondence

Series documents Kogawa’s social and business activities as a writer, consisting of personal and business correspondence with publishers, associations, readers, and greeting cards from friends and family. Associations represented in the records include the Holy Cross Japanese Canadian Anglican Church, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Writer’s Union of Canada, and American Biographical Institutes, Inc., among others. Correspondence is from Japan and across Canada, mainly from Toronto and B.C. Correspondence is occasionally interleaved with pamphlets of her work, publications related to her participation in literary, cultural and public events. Miscellaneous records include newspaper clippings, donation slips and some notes. The arrangement reflects the creator’s original order.

General photographs

Series consists of photographs not included in files. Includes photographs of Kogawa, her family and friends, trips to Japan and Hawaii, as well as photographs relating to her participation in various literary, cultural, and spiritual events, and awards and honours she has received. Letters and other documents found with photographs have been retained in a separate folder.

Subject files

Series consists of subject files pertaining to Japanese Canadian history, the Japanese Canadian Redress campaign, multiculturalism and human rights, as well as organizations, task groups, and campaigns in which Kogawa was involved.

Records related to Itsuka

Series consists of draft material, correspondence, and other documents related to Kogawa’s novel Itsuka, which was written as a sequel to Obasan. Material is arranged generally in chronological order and is reflective of the creator’s original order.

Others' Connections

File contains documents related to the following organizations: The Earth Spirit Festival, Anglicans with Animal Concerns, Inner Stage Theatre, and a Century's Toronto.

Japan

Contains booklets on community building, volunteerism, and banking in Japan.

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