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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-45)

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-863)

Letter from New York City. Mostly anecdotes about spending time with his co-workers in their time off in the city, going to bookstores and the library and seeing shows. Anecdotes about his boss at the New York World's Fair job, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Taking and printing pictures from the worksite. In pencil on back of …

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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-30)

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-882)

Letter from Taliesin. Kan is making progress and gaining skills at Taniesin, especially in carpentry, as he is learning skills from a carpenter's son (Marcus Weston, also mentioned in letter ddr-densho-329-881). He is also enjoying listening to records with the other fellows and dusting off his piano skills. Mr. Wright encourages him to join the chorus. …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-868)

Letter from New York. Kan has received word that Frank Lloyd Wright has an apprenticeship opening and would like to interview him, so he is planning to travel to Wisconsin for the interview. He has some guilt about leaving Myaida's Garden Clinic so soon when they are clearly benefiting from his business savvy. Also shares anecdotes …

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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-103)

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-871)

Letter from Chicago. Kan is on his way to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. He talks about driving his Ford, and the places he is passing through: visiting the zoo with Mary Fujii in Chicago, Niagara Falls, impressions of the landscapes as he drives through Ohio and Indiana on his way to Wisconsin. On …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-857)

Letter from New York. Mostly discusses relations with Kan's employer (landscape architect Shogo Myaida) on the gardening job he's doing for the World's Fair. Feels extorted by his boss (landscape architect Nagao Sakurai). Frustrated that Sakurai also wants him to act as a Japanese interpreter; struggles because his Japanese isn't very good. Gives a detailed account …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-864)

Letter from New York. Kan talks about his impressions of the skill of the two landscape architects he's working for" Shogo Myaida, his immediate boss on the World's Fair job, and Nagao Sakurai, the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project. He is weighing whether to go to school for architecture and is leaning towards …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-869)

Letter from New York. Kan reports conversations with a client about arranging a rock garden, in which he wants it to be "200% perfect." He is planning for his trip to Taliesin to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright. Activities in New York" visit to "the Bronx park" (possibly New York Botanical Garden) and seeing shows on …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-866)

Letter from New York. Since finishing the New York World's Fair job Kan has moved out to Albertson, N. Y. He is working for his recent boss at the fair, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Season changing to spring. He has visited Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Rebhuhn House in Long Island and includes detailed impressions.

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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-32)

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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-34)

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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-41)

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-867)

Letter from New York. Kan is now working for landscape architect Shogo Myaida's business, "the Garden Clinic." Working on a project for Japan Day, and sold a bonsai project idea to the designer, Kudzumi. Discusses the confidence required to go out seeking jobs and selling project ideas, which he observes that he seems better at than …

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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-114)

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-873)

Letter from Taliesin. Kan's sister, Tok, and brother-in-law, Norman, have just had a daughter. He is doing a lot of farming at Taliesin and designing a house "just for fun." He feels less artistically inclined than many of the other fellows. Growing to like Taliesin better but doesn't want to stay there forever. Still curious about …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-860)

Letter from New York. Kan writes about his evening routine, what he's eating, and his relationship with his supervisor on the World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, whom he hopes will hire him on a potential new garden project on the fair grounds, and the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-870)

Letter from New York. Kan shares an anecdote about a couple getting stuck suspended in the parachute jump concession at the World's Fair. On arguing to get paid fairly for his work after completion of a rock garden project. Taking care of last things in New York before leaving on his trip to interview with Frank …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-862)

Letter from New York City. On his interactions with the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. On working with Japanese gardeners on the project and what everyone eats for lunch. On the weather. Kan reflects on what he's learning from his work and declares, "One thing that I have found out and …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-881)

Letter from Taliesin. Wak has said he should have finished his architectural studies at the university first before going to Taliesin and he agree. He thinks he would like to work for a contractor instead of going back to school or staying for a long time at Taliesin. "Somehow I want to live my own life. …

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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-40)

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-880)

Letter from Taliesin. On sewing a Halloween costume for a party with the fellows, along with sketches of how he made a Japanese Haori out of a blanket; goings on at Taliesin both social and professional. Buckminster Fuller comes to speak to the fellows.

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-859)

Letter from New York. Kan thanks Wak for a package, talks about visiting some of the New York City tourist sites and seeing movies. Wanted to get a meal in Chinatown but sensed anti-Japanese sentiment. Continues to discuss relationship between his immediate boss on the New York World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, and the …

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doc Letter from Wakako Domoto to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-31)

envelope contains 2 letters (1-8; 9-10)

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