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Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
19.5 Linear feet; 0.125 Gigabytes
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 11 series. Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1920-2003 (1.5 linear feet; Box 1-2) Series 2: Correspondence, 1943-2014 (7.6 linear feet; Box 2-10) Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1960s-2008 (0.2 linear feet; Box 10) Series 4: Professional Files, 1950s-2011 (1.1 linear feet; Box 10-11, 22) Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1951-2015 (2.9 linear feet; Box 11-14, ER01; 0.125 GB) Series 6: Project Files, circa 1900-2004 (0.3 linear feet; Box 14) Series 7: Personal Business Records, 1970s-2010 (0.7 linear feet; Box 14-15) Series 8: Printed Material, 1943-2011 (2.3 linear feet; Box 15-17, 22) Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1937-1946 (0.9 linear feet; Box 17, 21) Series 10: Photographic Material, circa 1950-2001 (0.9 linear feet; Box 18) Series 11: Artwork, 1942-circa 1970 (1.1 linear feet; Box 18-20, 22-23)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of original audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
Summary:
The papers of woodturner Bob Stocksdale and fiber artist Kay Sekimachi measure 19.5 linear feet and 0.125 GB and date from circa 1900 to 2015. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, professional files, exhibition files, project files, personal business records, printed and digital material, scrapbooks, photographic material, and artwork. Of note are records from Sekimachi's forced internment during World War II at Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz War Relocation Center from 1942 to 1944.
Citation:
Bob Stocksdale and Kay Sekimachi papers, circa 1900-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool
Use Note:
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Related Materials:
Also found in the Archives of American Art are an oral history interview of Bob Stocksdale conducted February 16-March 21, 2001, by Signe Mayfield and an oral history interview of Kay Sekimachi [Stocksdale] conducted July 26-August 6, 2001, by Suzanne Baizerman. Both interviews were conducted in Berkeley, California, during the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
Biography Note:
Bob Stocksdale (1913-2003) was a woodturner active in California. He was known for bowls he formed from rare types of wood. Kay Sekimachi (1926- ) is a Japanese-American fiber artist and educator also active in California. She began her career in weaving on and off the loom and was part of the New Basketry movement.
Language Note:
The collection is in English.
Provenance:
The Bob Stocksdale and Kay Sekimachi papers were donated in 2003, 2004, and 2015 by Kay Sekimachi Stocksdale as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001