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Kanaye Nagasawa photographs of Yosemite Valley

 Collection
Identifier: SPC.00083

Scope and Contents

Album with approximately 100 photographs taken by Kanaye Nagasawa.

Dates

  • Creation: 1904

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access:

This collection is partially processed. Please contact the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library for access; for contact info and current hours, see link

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is partially processed. Please contact the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library for access; for contact info and current hours, see link

Conditions Governing Use

Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized work and can claim only physical ownership of the work (s) described in these records. However, these materials are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at link

Biographical / Historical

Kanaye (Kanae) Nagasawa (born Isonaga Hikosuke; February 2nd 1852- February 14th 1934) was a prominent California winemaker, the first Japanese national to live permanently in the United States, a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, and a disciple of Thomas Lake Harris, the self-proclaimed "Father and Pivot and Primate and King of the Brotherhood of the New Life." Nagasawa followed Harris from New York out to Santa Rosa, California where he eventually took over Harris' Fountaingrove estate, producing wines that earned him international renown. Nagasawa died in 1934, but the round barn he constructed at Fountaingrove was a landmark in Sonoma County. (Source: link, accessed June 4, 2019.)

Extent

0.75 linear feet (1 box)

Abstract

This collection contains an album with approximately 100 photographs taken by Kanaye Nagasawa in July 1904 during a visit to Yosemite Valley.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift: Terri Pozzi, Mar. 1, 2018

Title
Kanaye Nagasawa photographs of Yosemite Valley, 1904
Author
Processed by Sonoma County Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Geoffrey Skinner.
Date
Published Dec. 20, 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in:English

Repository Details

Part of the Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library Repository

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