Uyemaruko Stump papers

Collection

Identifier: YNHSC.MS.655

Staff Only

Scope and Content of Collection

Papers include correspondence reflecting Uyemaruko Stump's relations with friends, literary colleagues, and government associates; notebooks (1919-1940s) containing drafts of poetry and prose; manuscript drafts of plays; and notes and manuscripts for classroom lectures on modern poetry while attending Carpe Diem University.

Dates

Creation: 1965-1998

Creator

Stump family (Family)

Language of Materials

English

Access

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Access Restrictions

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs.

Biography

Uyemaruko Shokushi was a modernist poet and dramatist, who was active in the New England Poetry Guild during the 1940's-1950's. She was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1912 and moved to Boston, MA in 1931 as an exchange student at Carpe Diem University, prior to completing her degree in Comparative Literature at Hitotsubashi University. She married Montgomery Stump the following year. Several of their children and grandchildren are also alumni of Carpe Diem University.