Kaye, William (Poundridge, NY), 1982, 1991, 1994
Scope and Contents
The Kaneji Domoto Collection spans the years 1928-2002 and includes personal, professional, and project records. This collection is organized into five series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Frank Lloyd Wright (Taliesin) Papers, Project Records (Architecture), and Project Records (Landscape Architecture).
Series I: Personal Papers contain biographical information, family papers, correspondence, and photographs. Biographical information includes Domoto’s resume and oral histories conducted by the Japanese American Citizens League New York Chapter and the Taliesin West Archives. Family Papers includes manuscript documents belonging to other members of the Domoto family, such as his brother Wakako and first wife Sally. Domoto’s personal correspondence spans the years 1930-1952. The majority of correspondence are between Kaneji Domoto and his brother, and Domoto and his wife Sally. Letters between Sally and Kaneji Domoto occur primarily during the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII in the United States. Photographs include images of Domoto, and his travel photos from Japan and Peru.
Series II: Professional Papers span the years of 1959-1997 and contains drawings, correspondence, writings, teaching records, lectures and tours, photographs and slides, awards, and clippings relating to Domoto’s landscape and architecture career. Teaching Records contain student work from a course at New York Institute of Technology that Domoto taught. Lectures and tours include ephemera relating to his talks on landscape architecture and Asian/Pacific American Heritage. Awards include local and A.I.L.A. accomplishments.
Series III. Frank Lloyd Wright (Taliesin) Papers span the years 1939-1985 and includes correspondence, photographs, and clippings as they relate to Domoto’s work with Frank Lloyd Wright, Domoto’s time at Taliesin, and his involvement with the Usonia Homes project in the late 1940s.
Series IV. Project Records (Architecture) contains manuscript materials, drawings, photographs, and slides from Domoto’s architectural projects and spans the dates 1948-1983—the bulk of the projects are from 1948 to circa 1970. Major projects include Arthur Bier’s Usonia Home Site #53 (Mount Pleasant, NY); W. Harris Usonia Homes Site #26 (Mount Pleasant, NY); Ekanath Malavade Residence (Millwood, NY); and John Silson Usonia Homes Site #36 (Mount Pleasant, NY). The majority of architectural projects are based in New York.
Series V. Project Records (Landscape Architecture) contains manuscript materials, drawings, photographs, negatives, and slides from Domoto’s landscape architecture projects and spans the dates 1955 to 1992—the bulk of the projects range from 1964 to circa 1985. Major projects include the Beskind Residence (Scarsdale, New York); Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center for the Arts (Hanover, New Hampshire); Jackson Park Japanese Garden (Chicago, IL); Durst Residence (Scarsdale, New York); City of New Rochelle Cherry Tree Basin (New Rochelle, NY); New York Aquarium Penguin Pen (New York City, NY); Swansea Mall (Swansea, MA); AMF/Schulman Investment Corporation (White Plains, NY); and the University of California, Berkeley, Botanical Garden’s Japanese Pool (Berkeley, CA). The majority of the projects are based in New York and Connecticut.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1982, 1991, 1994
Creator
- From the Collection: Domoto, Kaneji (Person)
Access Statement
Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use.
Extent
From the Collection: 20 Linear Feet:
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Residential
Repository Details
Part of the University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives Repository