Finding Aid for Shozo Sato Papers, 1964-2010 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By Allison M. Sutton, Jonas Yela, Carol Berthold, Nolan Vallier, and Somya Behave

× Locations for this record series:

• 146 Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive
• Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street

Service Location	Boxes
146 Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive	8 (OS)
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Boxes 01-05 & 12
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Boxes 06-11 & 12-19
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Boxes 13-14, 29, 32-33, & 39
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Boxes 15-16, 20-21, 30-31, 34-36, 38, 40, & 43-44
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Boxes 22-27
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Boxes 28
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Boxes 37 & 41-42

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject/Index Terms

Box and Folder Listing

Series 3: Personal Papers and Photographs

Box 5

Folder 16: Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings – Robert Downing, 1969-1975

Folder 17: University of Illinois Documents, 1970-1990

Box 15

Folder 3: Dolls of Friendship Exhibition, 1983

Box 29

Folder 11: Ink Painting of Unidentified Woman, Undated

Folder 12: Pictures with Family, Undated

Folder 13: Correspondence and Naomi Izuka's Script, Undated

Folder 14: Correspondence from Bob Feldman, Undated

Folder 15: Keitaro Aoki (Mounting Artist "Keiundo"), Undated

Folder 16: Visit to Kugo Family Grave with All Relatives, Undated

Folder 17: Shozo Sato Fund, Undated

Folder 18: Asian Art Appraisers, Undated

Folder 19: Shozo's Family Pictures, 1930-1940

Folder 20: Shozo's Family Pictures, 1930-1950

See Box 30 for related material.

Folder 21: Shozo with his Kabuki Teacher Kanzaburo XVII, 1955

Folder 22: Degrees, 1955-1997

Folder 23: Shozo Bunka Gaikun Diploma, 1955

See Box 38, Folder 3, for material from 1959; see Box 31 for materials from 1960.

Folder 24: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1964-1965

Folder 25: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1965-1966

Folder 26: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1966-1967

Folder 27: Shozo Visiting U of I Classes, 1967

Folder 28: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1967-1968

Folder 29: Earliest Appointments, University of Illinois, 1967-1970

Folder 30: Correspondence from Morgan Gibson, 1968

Folder 31: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1968-1969

Folder 32: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1969-1970

See Box 5 for more materials from around this date.

Folder 33: Shozo's Dance Performance KCPA Dance Concert, 1970

Folder 34: Shozo Sato Portrait Photograph, ca. 1970

Folder 35: Correspondence RE: Trips and Performances to Middle East, ca. 1970s-1980s

Folder 36: Article by Carol Constantine for JOURN 323, 1971

Folder 37: Correspondence - Towson State University, 1971

Folder 38: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1971-1972

Folder 39: Photos, Song Parody, Post Cards, News Article, 1971-2020

Folder 40: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1972-1973

Folder 41: India: The National Academy, 1972-1979

Folder 42: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1973-1974

See Box 34, Folder 1 for more Series 3 materials from 1974.

Folder 43: Obituary of Prof. Margaret Erlanger, 1975

Folder 44: Kama Kura: University of Illinois Student Experience, 1975

Folder 45: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1975-1976

Folder 46: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1976-1977

Folder 47: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1977-1978

Folder 48: Correspondence from Shinpei Sakakura, 1978

Folder 49: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1978-1979

Folder 50: Illini Japanese Association, 1978-1991

Folder 51: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1979-1980

Folder 52: Shozo's Academic Planner, 1980-1981

Box 30

Folder 1: Personal Photo Album, 1950-1960

Folder 2: Personal Photo Album, 1955-1959

Box 31

Folder 1: Eiffuku Chito Kamakura, 1960

Folder 2: Kamakura Hase, 1960

Box 32

Folder 1: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1981-1982

Folder 2: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1982-1983

Folder 3: Correspondence from Howard B. Hamilton, 1983

See Box 15 for more Series 3 material from 1983.

Folder 4: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1983-1984

Folder 5: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1984-1985

Folder 6: Museums – Toledo Museum, 1984-1986

Folder 7: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1985-1986

Folder 8: Correspondence re: Lecture at Mid-America Theatre Conference, 1986-1987

Folder 9: Lecture Demonstration: Alexandria Museum, Louisiana, 1987

Folder 10: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1986-1987

Folder 11: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1987-1988

Folder 12: Honorary Doctorate for Nakamura Kanaburo XVI, 1987-1989

See Box 34, Folder 2 for related material.

Folder 13: Lecture Demonstration: John Carroll University, Ohio, 1988

Folder 14: Lecture Demonstration: Illinois Arts Council, 1988

Folder 15: Correspondence re: Performances and Lectures at Memphis State University, 1988-1989

Folder 16: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1988-1989

Folder 17: Student’s Papers on Kabuki from Kabuki Classes, 1989

Folder 18: Lecture Demonstration: Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, 1989

Folder 19: Museums – Missouri Botanical Gardens, 1989

Folder 20: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1989-1990

Folder 21: Ikebana International, 1989-1997

Folder 22: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1990-1991

Folder 23: Hungary-Cyprus Tour Aug-Sept (1 of 3), 1991

Folder 24: Hungary-Cyprus Tour Aug-Sept (2 of 3), 1991

Folder 25: Hungary-Cyprus Tour Aug-Sept (3 of 3), 1991

Folder 26: Letters from Children (Illinois Kabuki), 1991

Folder 27: Live America Series – Newsletter, 1991

Folder 28: Shozo’s Academic Planner, 1991-1992

Folder 29: Correspondence – The Art Institute of Chicago, 1991-1994

Folder 30: Retirement Party Photographs, 1992

Folder 31: Correspondence – Central Arizona College Visit, 1992-1993

Folder 32: Alan R. Thomas Retirement and Funeral Notes, 1992-1995

Folder 33: Ikebana: Stone Lantern, 1993-1994

Folder 34: Artwork at Nellis Airforce Hospital, 1993-1994

Folder 35: Cairo International Festival – Conference Program, 1994

Folder 36: Cairo International Festival: Correspondence, 1994-1995

Folder 37: Ritsurin Garden Travel Guide, 1994

See Box 34, Folder 3, and Box 35, Folders 1-2 for more Series 3 material from 1994.

Folder 38: Cairo International Festival: Correspondence re: Travel, 1994-1995

Folder 39: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Asia Society (NYC), 1994-1995

Folder 40: Correspondence from Theodore Zernich, 1995

See Box 35, Folders 3-4 for more Series 3 materials from 1995.

Folder 41: Correspondence – Visit to Deutches National Theatre, 1995-1998

Folder 42: Doctor of Humane Letters, Towson State University, 1997

See Box 44, folders 1-4 for more Series 3 material from 1997-1998.

Folder 43: Honorary Doctorate, University of Illinois, 1998

Folder 44: International Institute for Theatre Research, 1998-1999

Box 33

Folder 1: Tea Ceremony Program, 1999

Folder 2: Commencement 1999 Booklet, 1999

See Box 37, Folder 1, and Box 44, Folder 5 for more Series 3 material from 1999-2000.

Folder 3: Lecture Demonstration: International Folk Art Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001

Folder 4: Correspondence – Art Institute of Chicago, Matsukaze and 50th Anniversary of San Francisco Peace Treaty, 2001

Folder 5: Correspondence with Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2002

Folder 6: Japan Trip, 2002

Folder 7: Tea Ceremony Notebook, 2003

Folder 8: Cultural Arts Award, Japan Society of America, 2003

Folder 9: Correspondence with Keiko Romerstein, 2003

Folder 10: Correspondence with Nikolai Jelneronov, 2004

Folder 11: Sumi-e Society of America Correspondence, 2004

Folder 12: Sumi-e Society of America, 2004

Folder 13: Calendars, 2004-2017

Folder 14: Shozo’s Daily Planner, 2005

Folder 15: Photographs of Shozo Sato, 2007

Folder 16: Gifts of Commitments Certificate, 2008

Folder 17: Resume and Biography, 2008

See Box 37, Folder 2 for more Series 3 materials from 2008-2009.

Folder 18: Sumi-e Florida Correspondence, 2010

Folder 19: Denver Art Museum, 2012

Folder 20: Linda Duke, KSU, Beach Museum of Art, 2012

Folder 21: Portrait of Master Akiba Gengo – Sensho’s Painting Diary, 2013

See Box 37, Folder 3 for more Series 3 material from 2013.

Folder 22: Correspondence with Roger Lee Laramee, 2014

Folder 23: Texas Solo Exhibition Works List, 2014

Folder 24: Fort Bragg Property Listing Report, 2015

Folder 25: Farewell Messages and Letters to Shozo and Alice, 2015

Folder 26: Correspondence with Yuka Nomura, 2015

Folder 27: Framework Raising Ceremony for Sodo of Tenpyozan Zendo Project, 2015

See Box 37, Folder 4 for more Series 3 material from 2015.

Folder 28: Shozo’s Vite, 2016

Folder 29: Correspondence with Juanita Rockwell, 2018

Box 34

Folder 1: Copies of Newspaper Articles, 1974-1990

Folder 2: Nakamura Kanzaburo XVII, 1988

Folder 3: Personal Photo Album (1 of 3): Trip to San Francisco, Turkiye and Egypt, 1994

Box 35

Folder 1: Personal Photo Album (2 of 3): Japan Trip – Shozo’s Mother’s Birthday Celebration Local Sight-Seeing, 1994

Folder 2: Personal Photo Album (3 of 3): Photographs with Friends in Japan, Jeff Awards Felicitation Reception, Nellis Federal Hospital Exhibition, 1994

Folder 3: Japan Trip (1 of 2), 1995

Japan Trip and Bunka Gakuen Alumni Association Reunion

Folder 4: Japan Trip (2 of 2), 1995

Visiting Family and Friends

Box 37

Folder 1: Art Institute of Chicago, 1999-2000

Folder 2: Japan Travel Itinerary, 2008-2009

Folder 3: September-October Midwest Travel, 2013

Folder 4: Sumi-e Association Correspondences, 2015

Box 38

Folder 3: U.S. Navy Newspaper from Personal Scrapbook, 1959

Box 44

Folder 1: Photo Album: New Japan House Construction and Kabuki in Miniature (Japan), 1997

Folder 2: Photo Album (1 of 3), 1998

Tea ceremony workshop and travel pictures.

Folder 3: Photo Album (2 of 3), 1998

Alice and Shozo Sato with friends; travel pictures and reception with dignitaries.

Folder 4: Photo Album (3 of 3), 1998

New Japan House inauguration.

Folder 5: Photo Album: Fort Bragg and New Japan House, Mendocino Art Show, 2000