Lake Tahoe Area, circa 1960-1970
Scope and Contents
The Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa photograph collection consists of 12 boxes (in 11 containers) of photograph albums, black-and-white prints, and color transparencies, negatives, and prints documenting Kenji Shiozawa's life and career beginning in his childhood in Idaho and extending through his professional work as a Landscape Architecte and Environmental Planner in Utah, California, and Idaho. It documents Helen Shiratori Shiozawa's career as a teacher in California and Utah.
Throughout his life, Kenji Shiozawa photographed various aspects of nature, landscape, and architecture. The purpose of this was presumably to build a library of reference to support his career as a landscape architect and environmental planner. Frequent subjects that he photographed for this purpose include: trees; flowers and shrubs; pools and patios; power lines and fences; home and public building exteriors; and public parks and landscaping.
In addition to documenting the professional lives and interests of Kenji and Helen Shiratori Shiozawa, this collection contains photographs documenting their family and friends, with particular emphasis on their early married life and family life in the 1950s and 1960s.
This collection was largely organized by format by the donor. This order has been retained as three format series with subseries arranged by subject and date:
Dates
- Creation: circa 1960-1970
Creator
- From the Collection: Shiozawa, Kenji, 1916-1999 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shiozawa, Helen Teruko Shiratori, 1920-2020 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Extent
From the Collection: 7 Linear Feet (11 archives boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu