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Finding Aid to the Maxine Hong Kingston Papers, 1952-1999 Finding Aid written by Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ © 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Finding Aid to the Maxine Hong Kingston Papers, 1952-1999

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Finding Aid to the Maxine Hong Kingston Papers, 1952-1999 Collection Number: BANC MSS 85/20 c The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Finding Aid Written By: Bancroft Library staff Date Completed: April 2007 © 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary Collection Title: Maxine Hong Kingston papers Date (inclusive): 1952-1999 Collection Number: BANC MSS 85/20 c Creators : Kingston, Maxine Hong Extent: Number of containers: 61 boxes, 16 oversize boxes, 4 oversize folders, 1 volumeLinear feet: approximately 30 Repository: The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: The Maxine Hong Kingston Papers contain typescripts, proofs and galleys, announcements, reviews, and related material for Kingston's books, The Woman Warrior and China Men, as well as other material related to her writing. The collection dates from 1952 to 1999 and has been divided into six series: Books; Other Writings; Correspondence; Professional Papers; Biographical Research Materials; Teaching Career; and Personal and Family Papers. In addition to her writings, the collection includes documentation of Kingston's teaching career, speaking engagements, and honors. The correspondence is particularly rich and includes correspondence with other well-known authors, including Joan Didion and Jessica Hagedorn, publishers, and fans. Family correspondence can be found in the Personal and Family Papers series. Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English. Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html . Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Maxine Hong Kingston Papers, BANC MSS 85/20 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.


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Alternate Forms Available Volume 1 (Chinese edition of China Men) is available on microfilm. Separated Material Videotapes/sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Collection of The Bancroft Library Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Kingston, Maxine Hong--Archives Chinese American authors Women authors, American--20th century Manuscripts for publication. Acquisition Information The Maxine Hong Kingston Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Maxine Hong Kingston beginning in the year 1981. Accruals No additions are expected. System of Arrangement Arranged to the folder level. Processing Information Processed by Jane Phillips in 1987; revised by Manuscripts Processing Staff in 1992, 1997 and 2005. Biographical Information Maxine Hong Kingston was born October 27, 1940 in Stockton, California. She received her B.A. degree in Education from the University of California, Berkeley in 1962. Kingston taught high school English and mathematics in Hayward, Calif., and various subjects in a number of schools in Hawaii, and was a visiting associate professor of English at the University of Hawaii. Her book, Woman Warrior: Memoirs Of A Girlhood Among Ghosts, which was published in 1976, received a general nonfiction award from the National Book Critics Circle in the same year. China Men, published in 1980, received an American Book Award in 1981. Kingston has also contributed stories and articles to a number of magazines, including American Girl, English Journal, Viva, New West, American Heritage, and Washington Post. Adapted from Contemporary Authors, vol. 69. Scope and Content of Collection The Maxine Hong Kingston Papers contain typescripts, proofs and galleys, announcements, reviews, and related material for Kingston's books, The Woman Warrior and China Men, as well as other material related to her writing. The collection dates from 1952 to 1999 and has been divided into six series: Books; Other Writings; Correspondence; Professional Papers; Biographical Research Materials; Teaching Career; and Personal and Family Papers. In addition to her writings, the collection includes documentation of Kingston's teaching career, speaking engagements, and honors. The correspondence is particularly rich and includes correspondence with other well-known authors, including Joan Didion and Jessica Hagedorn, publishers, and fans. Family correspondence can be found in the Personal and Family Papers series.

Series 1 Books 1975-1995 Physical Description: Boxes 1-14; Oversize boxes 1-6; Oversize folder 1; Volume 1 Arrangement Arranged chronologically by publication. Scope and Content Note Contains materials relating to Kingston's books, The Woman Warrior, China Men, and Tripmaster Monkey.

Box 1, Folder 1 Box 1, Folder 2-3

The Woman Warrior Early notes undated Typescript draft of "No Name Woman" undated

Box 1, Folder 4-7


Typescript draft of "Gold Mountain Women" Revised carbon, incomplete undated

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Series 1Books 1975-1995

Box 1, Folder 8-10 Box 1, Folder 11-16

Typescript carbon, corrected undated Typescript draft of "The Woman Warrior" undated

Box 2, Folder 1 Box 2, Folder 2 Oversize Boxes 1-3

Page proofs, cover proof undated Dust jacket, title page 1976 Galleys

Box 2, Folder 3-4

Paperback edition undated Scope and Content Note Corrections, cover proof

Box 2, Folder 5 Oversize Box 6, Folder 1-5 Box Box Box Box Box Box

2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,

Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder

Publication announcements, advertising copy 1980 Advertisements, announcements, and reviews 1976-81, undated Excerpts "The Death of Precious Only Daughter," in Viva 1975 Jan. "Moon Orchid Comes to the Gold Mountain," in New West 1976 Sept. [Untitled excerpt] in New Dawn 1977 March "The Girl Who Would Not Assert Herself," in Literary Cavalcade 1990 Sept. Miscellaneous excerpts and fragments 1978-82, undated Articles 1977-95

6 7 8 9 10 11

Scope and Content Note "An Open Letter/Review: to Maxine Hong Kingston, a letter from Katheryn M. Fong," in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Oct./Dec. 1977 "The Return of the Woman Warrior: a Stockton Homecoming for Maxine Hong Kingston," by Howard Lachtman, in Stockton's Port Soundings, June 1981 "Maxine Hong Kingston: Getting the Ghosts on Film," by Ronn Ronck, in The Honolulu Advertiser, Nov. 15, 1982 "Tell-All Tales," by Mary Karr, in Bazaar, June 1995 Box 2, Folder 12 Box 2, Folder 13-17 Carton 2, Folder 18 Oversize Box 6, Folder 6

Translations Notes, clippings, and correspondence 1977-80, undated Reviews 1976-89, undated Miscellaneous undated Artwork (inspired by?) undated

Box 3, Folder 1

Stage adaptations Readers' Theatre 1980, undated

Box 3, Folder 2 Box 3, Folder 3 Box 3, Folder 4-5 Oversize Box 6, Folder 7

Hawaii Screenwriters' Conference 1982 Nov. Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles 1986-87 Berkeley Repertory Theatre 1993-94 Berkeley Repertory Theater- reviews 1994-1996

Box 3, Folder 6 Oversize Box 6, Folder 8

Huntington Theatre Company, Boston College 1994 Huntington Theater Company, Boston College- reviews 1994


Center Theatre Group / The Ahmanson at the Doolittle Theater 1994-95 Center Theatre Group / The Ahmanson at the Doolittle Theater- reviews 1995

Box 3, Folder 8 Box 3, Folder 9 Box 4, Folder 1

Miscellaneous undated Scripts undated China Men Statement of plans undated Note Copy from Guggenheim Fellowship application


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Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

4, Folder 2 4, Folder 3-18 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8,

Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder

Notes for early drafts [1976-78] Typescripts, "Ur draft" and notes for "Gold Mountain Heroes" undated Typescripts for "Gold Mountain Heroes" 1st/2nd draft undated 2nd/3rd draft undated 5th/6th draft undated 7th [?] draft undated 8th drafts (2 versions), corrected undated 8th draft (another version), corrected undated 9th [?] draft, incomplete undated Typescripts for "China Men" Final draft, corrected undated Annotated leaves from a copy given to MHK's brother, Joe Hong for comments undated

1-3 4-11 1-6 7-13 1-10 1-5 6-7

8, Folder 8-16 9, Folder 1

Box 9, Folder 2 Box 9, Folder 3-11 Box 10, Folder 1-4 Box 10, Folder 5 Oversize Boxes 4-5

Final draft, notes undated Revised final draft undated Chapters and fragments, drafts 1976, undated Corrections undated Galleys undated

Box 10, Folder 6 Box 10, Folder 7-8 Box 10, Folder 9 Box 11, Folder 1 Oversize Box 6, Folder 10-11

Printer's proof (bound) 1980 Cover and title page, layout and designs 1979-80 Covers (foreign editions) [ca. 1980] Publication announcements, advertising copy 1980 Advertisements, publicity 1980

Box 11, Folder 2 Oversize Box 6, Folder 13-14

Correspondence and review undated Reviews 1980

Box 11, Folder 3 Box 11, Folder 4 Box 11, Folder 5 Oversize Box 6, Folder 12

Excerpts "On Understanding Men," for Hawaii Review 1976 Dec. in Bamboo Ridge 1978 "How are You? I am Fine...," in California Monthly 1979 Oct. "How are You? I am Fine...," in California Monthly 1979 Oct.

Box 11, Folder 6 Box 11, Folder 7

"The Making of More Americans," in New Yorker 1979-83 in American Poetry Review, Mother Jones, Redbook, Book Digest Magazine 1980 May-Nov.


in The Women Writers Calendar unidentified undated

Box 11 Box 11, Folder 10

Articles Sledge, Linda Ching undated Scope and Content Note "Maxine Kingston's China Men: The Family Historian as Epic Poet"

Box 11, Folder 10

Lerner, Adrienne 1981 May 24 Scope and Content Note "Les Chinois à la 'montagne dorée'," in Le Monde


Translations 1983, undated Reviews 1980-85, undated

Volume 1

Chinese edition of China Men 1980 Scope and Content Note Paperback edition with manuscript annotations in Chinese by author's father


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Box 12, Folder 1

Translations 1983, undated Tripmaster Monkey Plans undated Note Copy from Guggenheim Fellowship application

Box 12, Folder 2 Box 12, Folder 3-11 Carton 13, Folder 1-5 Carton 13, Folder 6-10 Carton 14, Folder 1-7

Notebook ca. 1980 Typescripts Draft 1983 Dec. 12 Corrected draft 1984 Nov. 27 4th/5th drafts, corrected undated 4th/5th drafts, corrected undated


Annotated photocopy (p. 153-154) undated Cover design undated

Box 14, Folder 10 Box 14, Folder 11 Oversize Box 6, Folder 15-17 Oversize Drawer B, Folder 1 Oversize Box 6, Folder 18

Advertisements 1989 Reviews 1989 Advertisements, reviews 1989 Advertisement poster undated Artwork (inspired by?) undated

Box 14, Folder 12

Filmscript by Calvin Jung undated Series 2 Other Writings 1973-1997 Physical Description: Boxes 44 and 45; Oversize Box 7 Arrangement Arranged hierarchically. Scope and Content Note Includes short stories, articles, essays, reviews, and poetry authored by Kingston, as well as, unidentified writings and contributed works.

Oversize Box 7, Folder 1

Short Stories "Duck Boy" in The New York Times Magazine 1977 June 12

Box 44, Folder 1

Articles "Literature for a Scientific Age: Lorenz' King Solomon's Ring," in National Council of Teachers of English Journal, Jan. 1983 1973

Box 44, Folder 2-4

"Arnold Genthe and Chinatown" 1977 Scope and Content Note Correspondence, drafts, and research materials

Box 44, Folder 5

"A Review of the Inscrutable Reviews of The Woman Warrior" 1978 Feb. 1 Scope and Content Note Correspondence and drafts

Box 44, Folder 6-7 Oversize Box 7, Folder 2


"Hers" [columns] Typescript drafts In The New York Times 1978 June-July

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Series 2Other Writings 1973-1997

Box 44, Folder 8

"Reservations about China" in Ms. Magazine, 1978 Oct. Scope and Content Note With correspondence and drafts

Box 44, Folder 9

"A Writer's Notebook from the Far East" in Ms. Magazine, 1983 Jan. Scope and Content Note With manuscript notes and typescript drafts


"Useful Education" in California Teacher 1987 Nov.


"Rupert Garcia: Dancing Between Realms" in Mother Jones 1988 Oct. "The Novel's Next Step" in Mother Jones 1989 Dec. "History of Chinese-Americans" undated Scope and Content Note Typescript drafts


Essays Untitled undated Poems "Suitcase Theatre" 1975 Scope and Content Note Draft

Box 45, Folder 2 Box 45, Folder 3 Box 45, Folder 4 Box 45, Folder 4 Oversize Box 7, Folder 4

"Absorption of Rock" and "Restaurant" in The Iowa Review, Spring/Summer 1981 Reviews Didion, Joan, A Book of Common Prayer in the California Monthly 1977 April-May Yep, Laurence, Child of the Owl 1977 May 1 Typescript draft In The Washington Post 1977 May 1 Santos, Bienvenido N., Scent of Apples in The New York Times Review of Books 1980 May 4 Charlot, John, Aloha 'Aina: The Hawaiian Perception of Life in Poetry, Art and Religion undated


Scope and Content Note Typescript draft Box Box Box Box Box Box

45, Folder 7

Miscellaneous review comments for book jackets and advertisements undated Miscellaneous Unidentified writings [on writing] undated Fragments undated Contributions Your Reading by National Conference of Teachers of English 1974-75 Hawaii One Summer with Leigh McLellan 1978 "Why are Body-Surfers Mesmerized by the Sea?" [from American Dragons, edited by Laurence Yep] [1978]; 1979, 1995

45, Folder 8 45, Folder 9 45, Folder 10 45, Folder 11 45, Folder 12

Scope and Content Note Article in The New York Times, reproduced in Mystery and Wonder Magazine Box 45, Folder 13

West Coast Fiction, edited by James D. Houston 1979 Dec. 9 Scope and Content Note Photocopy of review from the Los Angeles Times


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Box 45, Folder 14

Machines Who Think by McCorduck, Pamela 1979 Scope and Content Note Includes epigraph from Woman Warrior


"Who is an Ethnic Writer" Typescript drafts of statement In Cultural Climate 1982 Jan.

Box 45, Folder 16

FOB and Other Plays by David Henry Hwang [1990] Scope and Content Note Typescript drafts of introduction

Box 45, Folder 17

"Why Rainbow City Shall Overcome" by Bob Callahan 1992 Jan. Scope and Content Note Comments in article in Diablo, The Magazine of the East Bay

Box 45, Folder 18

War after War: a special issue of City Lights Review [with "Thoughts on the Gulf War" by MHK] 1992 Scope and Content Note Publicity


Autobiographies of American Women: an Anthology by Jill Ker Conway 1992 Scope and Content Note Publicity

Box 45, Folder 19

Learning True Love: How I Learned and Practiced Social Change in Vietnam, by Sister Chan Khong, forewords by Thich Nhat Hanh and Maxine Hong Kingston 1994-95 Scope and Content Note Publicity

Box 45, Folder 20

For a Future to be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts, by Thich Nhat Hanh, with Robert Aiken, Richard Baker, ... Maxine Hong Kingston, and others 1994-95 Scope and Content Note Publicity

Box 45, Folder 21

"With New Eyes: Towards and Asian American Art History in the Western United States", Catalog introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston 1995 Sept. 23- Oct. 26 Scope and Content Note Project description and checklist

Box 45, Folder 22 Oversize Box 7, Folder 7 Box 45, Folder 23

Highway 99: A Literary Journey, by David Mas Masumoto, Lawson Fusao Inada...Maxine Hong Kingston, and others 1996-97 Publicity Reviews Berkeley! A Literary Tribute by Danielle La France 1997 Scope and Content Note Publicity

Box 45, Folder 24

"Introduction to an anthology of 'local' writing" undated Scope and Content Note Typescript with corrections


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Series 3 Correspondence 1956-1997 Physical Description: Boxes 15-43, Box 61 Arrangement Arranged hierarchically and then alphabetically. Scope and Content Note Includes general correspondence, arranged by correspondent (unidentified correspondence has been filed at the end) and fan mail.

Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 20 20 20 20

Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

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Camera News, Inc. 1981-82 Chang, Diana (Diana C.) 1978, undated Charles Scribner's Sons 1981 Chicon, Richard 1967-92 Chin, Bessie 1976-96 Chin, Frank, 1940- 1976 Chopra, Joyce and Tom 1981-92 College of the Pacific 1980-81


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Conti, Kris and Charlie 1976-94, undated Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines (U.S.) 1982 Cronin, John 1967-86, undated Curl, John 1987 D miscellaneous 1976-96 De Leo, Hank and Fulzon, Alice 1992-95 Didion, Joan 1977-82 Dillingham, Leslie 1977

General Correspondence A miscellaneous 1969-96 Academy of American Poets 1979-93 Adelaide Festival 1981-82 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1970s-90s, undated Allen, Priscilla 1981-91 A. M. Heath & Company 1977-86 American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1992-95 American Book Awards 1981-86 American Translators Association 1981-82 American Heritage 1976-82 Antaeus/the ecco press 1979-82 Asia Society 1980-94 Asian/Pacific Women's Network 1980-85 Asiaweek Literary Review 1984-85 B miscellaneous 1968-95 Ballantine Books, Inc. 1978-93 The Bancroft Library 1980-93 Beacon Press 1991-96 Beagle, Peter S. and Padma [Perrera] 1976-78 Bedford Books 1984-85 Berkeley Repertory Theatre 1993-94 Biographical Research Center 1983 Biography, an interdisciplinary quarterly 1983-85 British Broadcasting Corporation 1981-96 Brownmiller, Susan 1977-84 C miscellaneous 1977-95 California Council for the Humanities 1985-96 California Monthly 1977-81 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 1981-82 California State University 1977-93

Box 21


Djerassi, Norma 1978-80, undated

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Series 3Correspondence 1956-1997

Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25

Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1977-95 Dukore, Bernard Frank [Bernie] 1983-94 Dukore, Margaret Mitchell 1985-92, undated E miscellaneous 1978-96 Eastern Michigan University 1979-95 East-West Center 1977 Edlin-Marlowe, Sara 1981-95, undated Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company 1983-84 Epoch 1979 Esquire 1980, undated Evans, Mei Mei 1984-94, undated F miscellaneous 1972-96 Franklin, Ricki 1978-81 Fuller, Beverly 1979-86 G miscellaneous 1973-95 Gach, Gary 1984-96, undated Gillespie, Patricia Elser 1981-96 Glass, Nancy 1983-92 Granta 1982-95 Griffith, Tracy 1977-83 Gruber, Mark 1994-95, undated Gutierrez, Noel undated H miscellaneous 1976-96 Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata, 1949- 1981-92 Harcourt Brace Javanovich 1976-93 Harper San Francisco 1994 Harper's 1974-79 Harper's and Queen 1966 Harper's Bazaar 1993-95 Hartzell, Julian 1992-93 Hawaii Literary Arts Council 1980-86 Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts 1996 Hayes, Nancy 1980-83, undated HeyDay Books 1989-96 Hong, Maria 1993 Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, 1951- 1983-92 Houghton-Mifflon Company 1974-95 Houston, James D., Jeanne and Cori 1977-95 Hoy, Nancy Jo [Jody] 1982-96 Huang, Helen 1993-95 Hwang, David Henry, 1957- 1980-84


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I miscellaneous 1972-96 Inada, Lawson Fusao 1978 The Iowa Review 1980-82 J miscellaneous 1975-96 Jodi F. Solomon Speakers Bureau 1993-96 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1983-95 K miscellaneous 1967-96 Kai, Edward 1957

Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

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Kalpakian, Laura 1980-83 Kan, Lilah 1976-96 Katz, Jane B. 1978-94 KCET (Television Station. Los Angeles, Calif.) 1981 KCTS (Radio Station. Seattle, Washington) 1995 Kenyon College 1992-93 King, Jean 1979 Note Lt. Governor, State of Hawaii


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Knudsen, Jenn D. 1997 L miscellaneous 1969-96 Landreth, Edward S. [Ted] 1980 Lau, Joseph S. M., 1934- 1981 Lazard, Naomi 1979 Lee, Linda 1956 Lee, Robert 1985 Leong, Dale 1956-58 Letters for Literacy 1996 Lim, Lili 1994 Ling, Amy 1982-95 The Loft 1981-95 The Los Angeles Times 1977-93 Low, Victor 1981-82 Luke, Elmer 1977-97 Lum, Greg 1980-82 M miscellaneous 1973-96 McCallum, Ken 1991-94 MacPike, Loralee 1979-82, undated Mayerson, Charlotte Leon 1980-96 Meadow Press 1981-95 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium 1981 Mironchik, M. L. [Lenore] 1967-96 Mitford, Jessica (The Family of) 1996 Modern Language Association of America 1977-91 Mother Jones 1979-92 Ms. 1977-94 Mulligan, Geoffrey 1981-84 N miscellaneous 1974-96 The Nation 1978-82 National Council of Teachers of English 1974-93 Nepenthe 1980-95 New Jersey Project 1995-96 New York Asian Women's Center 1991-95 The New York Times 1975-85 New York University 1980-81 The New Yorker 1996 Nicosia, Gerald [Gerry] 1993-95 O miscellaneous 1977-96 Oakland Free Library 1980-95


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Oakland Museum 1984-93 Oberlin College 1977-84 Olsen, Tillie 1978, undated P miscellaneous 1974-96 Pacific Asia Museum 1995 Paley, Grace 1976-78 PAN Books 1980-92 Paul Kohner-Michael Levy Agency 1979-81


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Peace Corps 1979-81 P.E.N. 1977-93 Penguin Books 1977-92 Perry, James 1992 Pitzer College 1981-82 Poets & Writers Inc. 1978-95 Q miscellaneous 1979-85 Quagliano, Tony 1983-85

Box 33


Quinn, Susan 1967-95

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R miscellaneous 1977-96 Random House Books, Inc. 1975-96 Reader's Digest 1979-86 Rechnitz, Bea 1963-95 Rolling Stone 1979-82 Rosequo, Katherine 1979-83 S miscellaneous 1968-96 San Francisco International Poetry Festival 1980 San Francisco State University Poetry Center 1978-91 San Jose Poetry Center 1983-86 Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency 1994-96 Santos, Bienvenido N. [Ben] 1978-82 Santucci, Eleanor 1953-58 Schaffner Literary Agents 1973-94 Scholastic Book Services 1984-86 See, Carolyn 1980, undated Shan, Te-Hsing 1994-96 Shanghai Institute of Education 1993 Shuval, Mike 1967-95 Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1977-95 Sledge, Linda Ching, 1944- 1981-83 Smith College 1992-95 Smith, Huston 1992-94 Smith, Lawrence R., 1945- [Larry] 1980-96 Smitha, Frank E. 1991-95 Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States 1978-80 Stanford University 1978-94 STE Representation 1984-87 Sternburg, Janet 1977-79 Sterling, Richard 1985-90 Surh, Jerry 1977 Susi, Lolly 1979-95 Swenson, Vijaya 1992-93 T miscellaneous 1967-96 Takeuchi, Floyd K. 1972-78 Thompson, Phyllis H. 1979-95, undated Tufts University 1980-96 U miscellaneous 1973-96 United States Information Agency 1977-95 United States International Communication Agency 1979-82, undated University of Arizona University of Arizona


38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38

University of California Office of the President 1992-95 Press 1984-95 (System.) University Extension 1996 Berkeley Miscellaneous 1980-94 Alumni Association 1991-96 Dept. of East Asian Languages 1995


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Box 38


Dept. of English 1982-95 Dept. of Ethnic Studies 1979-84 Housing and Dining Services 1994-96 Office of the Chancellor 1991-92 Office of Public Information 1992-93 Student Learning Center 1992 University Extension 1978-79 Women's Studies undated Davis 1981-96

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38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39

Irvine 1981-93 Los Angeles Miscellaneous 1981-84 Asian American Studies Center 1977-95 Center for the Study of Women 1979-85 Dept. of English 1985-94 Dept. of History 1980 School of Medicine 1986 University Extension 1981-85 Riverside 1984-85 San Diego [1986?] San Francisco 1980-94 Santa Barbara 1979-83 Santa Cruz 1979-94 University of Chicago 1980 University of Hawaii at Manoa 1977-96 University of Hong Kong 1996 University of Michigan 1980-86 University of North Dakota 1981-84 University of Oklahoma 1981-95 University of Southern California 1980-95 University of Texas 1978-83 University of Washington 1978-85 University of Wisconsin 1981-84 Unterecker, John Eugene, 1922- undated V miscellaneous 1974-96 Vaughan, Roger, Lynn and Nara 1977-96 Veglia, John 1984, undated Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues 1981-82 W miscellaneous 1976-96 Walker Art Center 1981-85 Wang, Jennie 1996 Wang, Wayne 1982 Warner Communications, Inc. 1984-85 WB Agency 1977-78 Weber Studies 1996 Weston, Susan 1980-85 Wilder, Cherrie 1977-83 Wilson, Rob, 1927- 1995 Winkley, Bob and Marilyn 1967-94 Wong, Irene 1978-95 Wong, Shawn 1976-77 W. W. Norton & Company 1974-84 X, Y, Z miscellaneous 1976-96

40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 41 41 41 41 41 41 41

Box 41 Box 41 Box 41 Box 61 Box 42, Folder 1-12

Yang, Belle 1994-95 Yu, March Fong Treasurer, State of California 1991 Zhang, Ziqing 1991-95 Unidentified 1967-1995 Fan Mail A-L 1976-95

Box 43, Folder 13-26


M-Z 1976-96

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Series 4Professional Papers 1956-1998

Series 4 Professional Papers 1956-1998 Physical Description: Boxes 46-56, Oversize boxes 8-14, Oversize folders 2 and 3 Arrangement Arranged hierarchically. Scope and Content Note Includes biographical information, including bibliographies and lists or awards and honors; interviews with and writings about Kingston; information on appearances; and Kingston's business files, including contracts and copyright statements.

Box 46, Folder 1 Box 46, Folder 2-3 Box 46, Folder 4 Box 46, Folder 5 Box 46, Folder 6 Box 46, Folder 7 Box 46, Folder 8 Box 46, Folder 9 Box 46, Folder 10 Box 46, Folder 11 Box 46, Folder 12 Box 46, Folder 13 Oversize Box 8, Folder 1 Oversize Box 8, Folder 2

Bio-Bibliograpical Curriculum Vitae Drafts 1976, 1978-79 Career description and summary undated, 1977 List of Publications 1956-81 Biographical Citations American Women Writers 1980 Contemporary Authors 1978, 1994, undated Contemporary Literary Criticism 1981 Current Biography Yearbook 1990 Cyclopedia of World Authors 1989 Modern American Women Writers 1991 Outstanding Young Women of America 1977 Who's Who in America 1980, undated World Authors 1975-80 Bibliographies The New York Times Book Review, "Editors' Choice" 1977 Jan. 2, 1980 Nov. 30

Box 46, Folder 14 Box 46, Folder 15 Box 46, Folder 16-19 Box 46, Folder 20 Box 46, Folder 21

The Asia Mail, "10 Best of '77" 1978 Feb. Time Magazine, "The Best of the Seventies" 1980 Jan. 7 Multicultural Readings from Random House, Inc. 1993-94 Miscellaneous 1976-79, 1991-92, 1997-98, undated Awards National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction 1977 Feb. 11 Cross-Culture Encounter in Literature Professional Associate Award 1977 Oct. 17


Anisfeld-Wolf Award in Race Relations 1978 July National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship 1979 National Book Critics Circle nomination 1980


Stockton Arts Commission Award 1981 Jan. 28 Pulitzer Prize nomination for Non-Fiction 1981 Apr. 14 American Book Award 1981 Apr. 30 Woman of the Year, Asian Pacific Women's Network 1981 Sept. 27

Box 46, Folder 28

Hawaii International Film Festival Award 1982

Box 46, Folder 29 Oversize Box 8, Folder 3 Box 46, Folder 30 Box 46, Folder 31 Oversize Box 8, Folder 3

Hawaii Award for Literature 1983 June 16 Hawaii Award for Literature 1983 June 16

Box 46, Folder 32

Governor's Award for the Arts 1989 Nov. 2

Box 46, Folder 33

Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Award 1993 Jan. 23


Distinguished Alumnus, Stockton, California Board of Education 1981 Jan. 13

California Council for the Humanities Award 1985 Oct. 17 Edison High School Hall of Fame 1988 May 20 Edison High School Hall of Fame 1988 May 20

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Box 46, Folder 34 Box 46, Folder 35 Box 46, Folder 36 Oversize Box 8, Folder 4 Oversize Box 8, Folder 4

Asian American Literature Award 1993 Mar. 12 Oakland Chamber of Commerce Special Achievement Award 1994 Mar. 31 Wesleyan University Honorary Degree 1994 May 29 AT & T Award 1994

Box 46, Folder 37 Box 46, Folder 38 Oversize Drawer B, Folder 2

Asian Pacific American Heritage Community Achievement Award 1995 Apr. 27 Asian American Arts Foundation First Annual 1995 Oct. 7 Golden Ring Awards


Cyril Magnin Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts 1996 Apr. 26 Cyril Magnin Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts 1996 Apr. 26


California Alumni Association Excellence in Achievement 1996 Oct. 11 National Humanities Medal 1997 Sept. 29 Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Fred Cody Award for Lifetime Achievement 1998 Mar. 30


Clippings 1981-98

Box 47, Folder 1 Box 47, Folder 2 Box 47, Folder 3 Oversize Box 8, Folder 6 Box 47, Folder 4 Box 47, Folder 5 Oversize Box 8, Folder 6 Box 47, Folder 6-7

Distinguished Writer for 1995, Chapman University 1995 Feb. 14

Honors Hawaii State House of Representatives Resolution #308 1977 Feb. 10 Hawaii State Senate Resolution Resolution #168 1977 Feb. 10 Teacher's Education Association of Mid-Pacific Institute 1977 Feb. 11 California State Senate Resolution #115 1981 Jan. 19 California State Senate, 5th District"In Honor of San Francisco Visit" 1981 May Stockton Chinese Benevolent Association and the Bow On Association 1981 Aug. 8 Certificate Pacific Asian American Women Woman Warrior Awards 1985 Feb. 22, 1996 May 8

Box 47, Folder 8 Box 47, Folder 9 Box 47, Folder 10-12

ZYZZYVA @ The New Main undated Tributes "Gifted Women" Photographs by Howard Schatz undated Grants and Fellowships John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1978-83

Box 47, Folder 13

National Endowment for the Arts 1979 Appointments

Box 47, Folder 14 Box 47, Folder 15 Oversize Box 8, Folder 7 Box 47, Folder 16 Box 47, Folder 17 Box 47, Folder 18

State of Hawaii Commission on the Year 2000 1980 Sept. Peace Corps Advisory Council 1980 Oct. 10 Peace Corps Advisory Council 1980 Oct. 10 Honolulu Commission on Culture and the Arts 1981 Hawaii Committee of the Humanities 1982 Affiliations Pen American Center 1981


Chinese Pavilion Dedication Committee, Riverside, California 1987 Oct. 10 American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1992

Box Box Box Box Box

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 1995 Wallace Stegner Environmental Center 1995 Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund 1996 Pen Center USA West 1996 Berkeley Arts Festival 1997

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22 23 24 25 26

Box 47, Folder 27


International Platform Association undated

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Biographical Research Materials Interviews Miscellaneous 1976-79 Miscellaneous 1979-80


Miscellaneous 1981-82 Miscellaneous 1982


Miscellaneous 1989 Miscellaneous 1989

Box 48, Folder 5 Box 48, Folder 5 Box 48, Folder 6-7 Box 48, Folder 8 Box 48, Folder 9 Box 48, Folder 10-11 Oversize Box 10, Folder 1 Oversize Box 10, Folder 2

Miscellaneous 1992-96 Miscellaneous 1993 Miscellaneous 1995 Miscellaneous undated Interview Questions undated Writings About Articles Miscellaneous 1975-78



Box 48, Folder 13 Oversize Box 10, Folder 4 Oversize Box 10, Folder 5


Box 48, Folder 14 Box 48, Folder 15 Box 48, Folder 16-19 Oversize Box 10, Folder 6 Box 48, Folder 20-27 Oversize Box 10, Folder 7 Oversize Box 10, Folder 8 Oversize Box 10, Folder 9 Box 48, Folder 28-29

Miscellaneous 1982 Miscellaneous 1985 Miscellaneous 1986-89


Foreign Language undated


Miscellaneous 1976-79 Miscellaneous 1977

Miscellaneous 1981-85

Miscellaneous 1986-89 Miscellaneous 1990-95 Miscellaneous 1990-95 Miscellaneous 1995 Miscellaneous 1996-98 Miscellaneous 1997-98

Dissertations and Other Scholarly Works Cheung, King-Kok, "Talk Story: Counter-Memory in Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men" 1993 Autumn Ching, C.Y. Kaleonahe and Elise Dirlam-Ching, " Maskformation: A Journal in Progress" 1993

Box 49, Folder 3

Chock, Eric, Writers of Hawaii: A Focus on Our Literary Heritage 1980

Box 49, Folder 4

Conn, Peter J., "Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography" 1996


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Conquergood, Lorne Dwight, 1949-, "Between Experience and Expression: The Performed Myth" 1986


Dukore, Bernard, "The Woman Behind The Woman Warrior 1977 Ho, Wen-Ching, "In Search of a Female Self: Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior 1987


Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, 1951- Untitled Essay 1992 April Houston, James D., "The Circle Almost Circled: Some Notes on California's Fiction" 1994 Ludwig, Sami, Concrete Language: Intercultural Communication in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior and Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo 1996


Machida, Margo, "Seeing 'Yellow': Asians and the American Mirror" 1990 Ru, Yi-Ling, 1944-, "The Rebellious Impulse in the Works of Ding Ling and Maxine Hong Kingston" undated Sledge, Linda Ching, "Oral Tradition in Kingston's China Men: A New Model for Multi-Ethnic Literary History" 1981-82 Su, Jung, Between Fact and Fiction: Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior 1991 Williams, Dominic, "Fictography, Ethnicity and Self-Invention: Routes and Roots in the Works of Philip Roth and Maxine Hong Kingston" undated

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Curriculum Citations Hawaii Pacific College, "The Asian Americans-- The Gold Mountain People" 1977


Columbia University, "Twentieth Century Women Writers" 1977 UC Berkeley, "Approaches to Teaching Kingston's The Woman Warrior" 1992 UC Berkeley, "A Book Panel Discussion on Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior" 1995

Box 49, Folder 20 Box 50, Folder 1-2 Oversize Box 11, Folder 1

UC Berkeley, "Teaching Woman Warrior and The Joy Luck Club" undated Mentions Miscellaneous 1976-79 Miscellaneous 1976-79


Miscellaneous 1980-81 Miscellaneous 1981-85

Box 50, Folder 5-7 Box 50, Folder 8 Box 50, Folder 9 Oversize Box 11, Folder 3

Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous

Box 50, Folder 10 Oversize Box 11, Folder 4 Box 50, Folder 11-13 Oversize Box 11, Folder 5 Box 50, Folder 14-15

Miscellaneous 1990-91 Miscellaneous 1991-94

Oversize Box 11, Folder 6 Box 50, Folder 16-17 Oversize Box 11, Folder 7

Miscellaneous 1998

Box 51, Folder 1

1982-83 1985-86 1988-89 1989

Miscellaneous 1992-95 Miscellaneous 1995-97 Miscellaneous 1996-98

Miscellaneous undated Miscellaneous undated Public Appearances Lectures California Asian Pacific Women's Conference, USC, Los Angeles, Calif. 1980 Feb.29-Mar.2


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Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder

1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

California Asian Pacific Women's Conference, USC, Los Angeles, Calif. 1980 Feb. 29-Mar.2 The Contribution of Asian-Americans to American Literature, Adelaide, Australia 1982 Mar. 3 Multicultural Literary Perspectives, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1982 Mar. 17 "Imagined Life", Hopwood Award Presentation Lecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1983 Apr. 13 "Imagined Life", Hopwood Award Presentation Lecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1983 Apr. 13 Hawaii Literary Arts Council, Honolulu, Hawaii 1983 June 21 Race and Sex, Amherst College, Massachusetts 1986 Fall National Conference of Teachers of English, Seattle, Wash. 1991 Apr. 22 University of Oregon Lecture, Eugene, Ore. 1992 Jan. 16 New Narratives About Nature, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1992 Mar. 14 Talk -Story and Mythic Reality, California State University, Fresno 1992 Mar. 23 Kansas State University Lecture, Manhattan, Kansas 1992 Apr. 17 The Art of Storytelling, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 1992 Apr. 22 Visions and Voices of America, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1992 Sept. 10 University of Colorado, Boulder Lecture, Boulder, Colo. 1992 Sept. 14 Another Book of Peace, UC Irvine, Calif. 1993 Jan. 15 PEN at Penn Program, Philadelphia, Penn. 1993 Jan. 20 Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Lecture, Cerritos, Calif. 1993 Apr. 5 Talk Story, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, Wash. 1993 Apr. 25


Cal Alumni Day Speaker's Lecture, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Mar. 5 Prose to Performance: A Discussion, Cowell Theater, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Mar. 22


Hamilton College Lecture, Syracuse, N.Y. 1994 Apr. 4 Spokane Falls Community College Lecture, Washington 1994 May 2 Production Casebook: The Woman Warrior , Princeton University, N.J. 1994 June 23 Reflective Writing, Mindfulness and the War, A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, Calif. 1994 May 16 Common Reading Presentations on The Woman Warrior, Carelton College, Calif. 1994 Sept. 6

Oversize Box 12, Folder 2 Box 51, Folder 24 Box 51, Folder 25 Box 51, Folder 26

Starr King School for the Ministry Lecture, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Nov. 15 On Wallace Stegner, His Life and Work, California Academy of Science, San Francisco, Calif. 1995 Feb. 9


Another Book of Peace, California Institute of Technology 1995 Feb. 15 Asian-American Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1996 Oct. 8 A Harvest of Words: Writers of the Great Central Valley, San Francisco Book Festival 1996 Nov. 3


Peace in Every Step, King Middle School, Berkeley, Calif. 1998 Feb. 1 An Evening with Maxine Hong Kingston, University of New Hampshire 1998 Apr. 17


Author's Night at the Main Library, San Francisco, Calif. 1998 Apr. 24 Talk Story, California State University, Fresno 1998 May 13 Princeton Department of English Lecture, Princeton, N.J. undated

Box 52, Folder 1 Box 51, Folder 2 Box 51, Folder 3 Box 51, Folder 4

Speeches Hawaii Library Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977 Apr. 2 Hawaii Council of Teachers of English Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977 Apr. 5 Commencement Speech Leeward Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977 May 15 California Association of Teachers of English Convention, San Francisco, Calif. 1978 Feb. 10-12

Box 52, Folder 5

Behind the Woman Warrior, Honolulu, Hawaii 1978 Mar. 25

Box 52, Folder 6

Hawaii's Ethnic American Writers Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii 1978 June 19-24


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Asian Women Unite, Oakland, Calif. 1979 Nov. 15

Box 52, Folder 7 Box 52, Folder 8 Oversize Box 12, Folder 3

Central Valley Memories, California State University, Fresno 1980 Mar. 4 In Conversation with Elizabeth Croll, London, England 1981 Mar. 17 Asian Pacific Heritage, San Francisco, Calif. 1981 May 6


Pitzer College, Spring Convocation, Claremont, Calif. 1982 Feb. 22 The Contributions of Asian-Americans on American Literature, Sapporo, Japan 1982 Mar. 4


University of Hawaii Literary Association Hilo, Hawaii 1982 May 2 Some International Feminist Questions, Honolulu, Hawaii 1982 Nov. 15 Where Are We Going; And When Will We Get There?, San Francisco, Calif. 1983 Aug. 4


Asian American Writers, UC Berkeley, Calif. 1987 June 14 Experiences as a Writer, Carleton College, Calif. 1989 Feb. 3

Box 52, Folder 15 Box 52, Folder 16 Box 52, Folder 17 Box 52, Folder 18 Box 52, Folder 19 Oversize Box 12, Folder 3

Writing in a Time of War, San Francisco, Calif. 1991 Oct. 4 AsiaFest '92 1992 Mar. 26 Pearl S. Buck Centennial Symposium, Lynchburg, Virginia 1992 Apr. 6 California Alumni Day Speech, Berkeley, Calif. 1992 Apr. 11 UC Berkeley English Undergraduate Association, Berkeley, Calif. 1992 May 16 In Honor of Friends of the Redwood Library 1993 May 27

Box 52, Folder 20 Box 53, Folder 1 Oversize Box 12, Folder 4 Box 53, Folder 2 Box 53, Folder 3 Box 53, Folder 4

Woman Warrior: Novelist Viewpoint of Production, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Feb. 3 Readings Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts 1976 Oct. 26 Honolulu, Hawaii Whole Earth Book Store, Honolulu Hawaii 1976 Nov. 4 American Booksellers Association Convention, San Francisco, Calif. 1977 May 29-31 Conversations and Convergences: Three Asian Women Writers, UC Los Angeles 1978 Jan. 13


Association of Writers Forum and Boulder Public Library, Colo. 1978 Feb. 8-9 Association of Writers Forum and Boulder Public Library, Colo. 1978 Feb. 8-9

Box 53, Folder 6

Academy of American Poets, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y. 1979 Nov. 6


Hawaii Performing Arts Company, Honolulu, Hawaii 1980 June 2-3 San Francisco International Poetry Festival, Palace of Fine Arts 1980 June 6-8 San Francisco International Poetry Festival, Palace of Fine Arts 1980 June 6-8


Hong Kong Arts Centre and United States Consulate General 1982 Apr. 2 Asian Pacific American Heritage Programs, Washington State University, Pullman 1983 Apr. 25 Maxine Hong Kingston and Clayton Eshlemna, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 1986 Dec. 3


The Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y, New York, N.Y. 1989 Apr. 3 Depot Bookstore and Café, Mill Valley, Calif. 1989 May 31

Box Box Box Box Box

East Wind Books, San Francisco, Calif. 1989 June 10 San Francisco Public Library 1989 Oct. 21 Chinese American Librarians Association, Oakland, Calif. 1989 Nov. 13 Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 1991 Oct. 28 The Inclusive University: Multicultural Perspectives In Higher Education, Oakland, Calif. 1991 Nov. 9

53, 53, 53, 53, 53,

Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder

14 15 16 17 18



The Branson School Book Fair, Ross, Calif. 1991 Nov. 12 Major Authors Series, Institute of Letters, San Jose State University, Calif. 1991 Nov. 14

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Major Authors Series, Institute of Letters, San Jose State University, Calif. 1991 Nov. 14


Modern Language Association Convention, San Francisco, Calif. 1991 Dec. 28 University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif. 1992 Feb. 3

Box 53, Folder 22

The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, Calif. 1993 Mar. 10 The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, Calif. 1993 Mar. 10

Oversize Box 12, Folder 6 Oversize Box 12, Folder 7

The Cowell Theater, Berkeley, Calif. 1993 Mar. 12


Berkeley Public Library, [CD Collections] 1993, 1996 Charlie Chan is Dead, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 Jan. 23 The Fifth Book of Peace, College of Wooster, Ohio 1994 Apr. 4

Box 53, Folder 25

Writer-Veterans, A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, Calif. 1994 May 10 An Evening for Viet Nam Veterans, Black Oak Books, Berkeley, Calif. 1994 May 23 Women of Color Resource Center Theatre Party and Reception, Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley 1994 June 5 Reading from The Woman Warrior , Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. 1994 Nov. 21

Oversize Box 12, Folder 6 Box 53, Folder 26 Oversize Box 12, Folder 6 Oversize Box 12, Folder 7

Herbst Theater, San Francisco, Calif. 1995 Feb. 9

Box 53, Folder 27

Writing Out of War: Veterans Writing from Experience Small Press Distribution, Berkeley, Calif. 1995 Nov. 11


Remembering Our Mothers, San Francisco Marriott, Calif. 1996 Oct. 12 Highway 99: A Literary Journey, California Historical Society, San Francisco 1997 Apr. 5 Racing Toward the Millennium: Voices from the Los Angeles Public Library, Calif. 1998 Feb. 15

Box 53, Folder 30 Box 53, Folder 31 Box 53, Folder 32 Oversize 12, Folder 8

American Booksellers Association, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 1998 May 1 Hawaii Literary Arts Council, University of Hawaii, Honolulu undated Radio and Television CKVU Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1977 Feb. 16

Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

Dick Cavett Show 1980 Aug. 11 Writers and Places: Gold Mountain Heroes 1982 May 29 Writers and Places: Maxine Hong Kingston in California 1982 May 30 Dialog 1983 Mar. 25 World of Ideas with Bill Moyers 1990 Feb. 25 Maxine Hong Kingston: Talking Story 1990 June 27 Journey to the West 1992 Oct. 12 BBC Interview 1994 May The New Year Celebration 1995 Feb. 1 Interview with Ronn Owens undated Book Tours

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Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder

1 2 3 4 5 6 7-8 9 10 11

Box 54, Folder 12 Box 54, Folder 13 Box 54, Folder 14 Box 54, Folder 15 Oversize Box 12, Folder 9

Knopf National Tour for Woman Warrior 1976 Oct. Knopf National Tour for China Men 1980 June Knopf National Tour for China Men paperback edition 1981 May Chinese Writers World Wide 1992 Oct. Clippings 1992 Oct.


Hong Kong Tour 1993 Oct. Corridors of Culture 1994 Apr.

Box 54, Folder 18

Miscellaneous undated


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Miscellaneous undated

Box 55, Folder 1 Box 55, Folder 2 Box 55, Folder 3 Box 55, Folder 4 Oversize Box 13

Business Files Contracts Woman Warrior 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983 China Men 1977, 1980 Film Rights 1978, 1982-83 Miscellaneous 1987 Contributions and Endorsements "Won for All: A Cooperative Game About Minorities And Women in American History" Educational Board Game 1970's

Box 55, Folder 5 Oversize Box 14, Folder 1 Oversize Box 14, Folder 2

A Salute to Women in the Creative and Performing Arts 1977 Aug. 1 Poetry Hawaii: A Contemporary Anthology by Frank Stewart and John Unterecker, editors 1979

Box 14, Folder 3 Oversize Drawer B, Folder 3 Oversize Box 14, Folder 1

Contemporary Asian Americans Educational Poster Sets 1982 Check Out a Great Author poster 1982

Box 55, Folder 6 Box 55, Folder 7 Oversize Box 14, Folder 4 Oversize Box 14, Folder 1 Oversize Box 14, Folder 1

The National Reading: Writers Harvest for the Homeless 1992 Sept. 3 Benefit for The Paris Review 1993 Oct. 28 Contemporary Asian Americans Educational Poster Sets 1993


Oakland Convention and Visitors Authority 1995 Voices of Diversity, Educational Poster Sets 1995

Box 55, Folder 9 Box 55, Folder 10 Oversize Drawer B, Folder 3

Letters for Literacy Auction 1996 Dec. 6 Library Media Center: Great Authors Posters 1996 Women's History Week 1996

Poets for Peace 1982

Women's History Week 1983

Asian Pacific Americans in Focus Calendar 1995 National Women's History Project 1995

Box 55, Folder 11 Box 55, Box 55, 13-18 Box 55, 19-22 Box 55, Box 55, Box 55,

Bread and Roses Cultural Project 1998 Permissions, Royalties, and Copyrights

Folder 12 Folder

Permissions 1979-88 Royalty Checks 1977-90, 1992

Folder

Foreign Royalty Checks 1978-88

Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25

Royalty Summaries 1975-85 Copyrights 1980-87 Miscellaneous Financial Statements 1978-81, undated

Box 56, Folder 1-3

Alfred A. Knopf Royalty Statements 1976-90

Series 5 Teaching Career 1970-1996 Physical Description: Box 57, Oversize Box 15, Oversize folder 4 Arrangement Arranged hierarchically. Scope and Content Note Includes information on courses and seminars taught by Kingston.

Box 57, Folder 1

Colleges and Universities. 1970-1992 Mid-Pacific Institute, Manoa, Hawaii 1970

Box 57, Folder 2


University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 1972

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Series 5Teaching Career 1970-1996

Box 57, Folder 3-4 Box 57, Folder 5 Oversize Box 15, Folder 1-2

UC Berkeley Department of English 1992, undated Seminars International Colloquium on the Cross-Culture Encounter in Literature, Honolulu, Hawaii 1977 Oct. 17-28 Talk Story, Hawaii's Ethnic American Writers' Conference, Honolulu 1978 June 19-24


Berkeley Writers Conference, UC Extension 1979 June 23-30 Inter Arts Hawaii Writing Workshops, Honolulu 1979 July 16 Inter Arts Hawaii Writing Workshops, Honolulu 1979 July 16

Box 57, Folder 8

Michigan Writers Conference for High School Students East Michigan University, Detroit 1979 Nov. 10 Michigan Writers Conference for High School Students East Michigan University, Detroit 1979 Nov. 10

Oversize Box 15, Folder 1 Box 57, Folder 9 Box 57, Folder 10 Oversize Box 15, Folder 3

Asian Pacific American Women's Conference Honolulu, Hawaii 1980 Apr. 25-26 Cross-Culture Writers' Workshop Anchorage, Alaska 1981 Aug. 21-23 Cross-Culture Writers' Workshop Anchorage, Alaska 1981 Aug. 21-23


Writers' Week at the Adelaide Festival 1982 Mar. 7-13 U.S.- Chinese Writers Conference 1982 Oct. From Script to Screen: A Conference on Screenwriting Honolulu, Hawaii 1982 Nov. 11-14 Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program University of Oklahoma, Norman 1983 Feb. 17-23


San Jose Poetry Center Writers' Residency San Jose, Calif. 1983 Mar. 4-7 San Jose Poetry Center Writers' Residency San Jose, Calif. 1983 Mar. 4-7


U.S.-Chinese Writers Conference UC Los Angeles, Calif. 1983 Oct. The Second American Literature Forum from the Chinese Community, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 1984


Asian American Arts Conference San Francisco, Calif. 1991 May 2 Novel of the Americas Symposium University of Colorado, Boulder 1992 Sept. 8-25 Writers Crossing Cultural Borders University of Oregon, Eugene 1994 Nov. 20-21 Women's Studies Seminar, College of Wooster College of Wooster, Ohio 1994 Dec.

Oversize B, Folder 4

Scholarship-Leadership Enrichment Program, University of Oklahoma, Norman 1994

Box 57, Folder 21 Box 57, Folder 22 Box 57, Folder 23 Box 57, Folder 24 Box 57, Folder 25 Oversize Box 15, Folder 5

Chinese American Writers Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 1995 Apr. 2-8 American Literature Forum of the Chinese 1995 Apr. San Francisco Bay Area Writers Workshop 1995 Fall Multicultural Peace Plenary San Francisco, Calif. 1996 June 10 Wise Women Working Berkeley, Calif. 1996 Nov. 15 Clippings 1978-93

Series 6 Personal and Family Papers 1952-1994 Physical Description: Boxes 58-60, Oversize box 16 Arrangement Arranged hierarchically. Scope and Content Note Includes information on Kingston's education, family correspondence, and miscellaneous ephemera and materials pertaining to family members.

Box 58, Folder 1 Box 59, Folder 2-3 Box 59, Folder 4-16

Education Lafayette Elementary School, Stockton, California 1952 Jan. 11 Edison High School, Stockton, California 1958-59 UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California 1960-64


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Series 6Personal and Family Papers 1952-1994

Box 58, Folder 17 Box 58, Folder 18 Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

58, Folder 19 58, Folder 20 58, Folder 21 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59, 59,

Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder Folder

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15


Awards and Scholarships Non-Fiction Award, American Girl Magazine 1956 Apr. 10 "Most Valuable Student", Elks National Foundation Scholarship application 1958 University of California Regents? Scholarship 1958-59 California State Scholarship Commission 1960-61 Clippings 1958 Family Correspondence Baireuther, Tami-Diane 1967-69 Hong, Ann Marie 1993-94 Hong, George and Putsy 1967-80 Hong, Joseph 1968-83 Hong, Norman 1967-69 Hong, Tanya Renae 1992 Hong, Tom and Ling Lan 1967-76 Hong, Windi 1978-82 Kingston, Earll 1968-96 Kingston, Joseph 1980-84 Lam, Lucy 1981-94 Newkirk, Karen 1993, undated Newkirk, Paul and Carmen Hong 1968-92 Nicolas, Cher 1980, 1991, undated Nicolas, Tom and Corrinne Hong 1967-85 Invitations 1994, undated "Hawaii Goodbye to Max and Earll" undated Miscellaneous King, Earll M. and Mary 1936 Hong, Corrine 1967


Ephemera undated Miscellaneous undated

Box 60, Folder 4

Photographs 1958, undated


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