Mitsuko Kellam Papers

Collection

Identifier: MC 2308

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of materials regarding the educational and volunteer work of Mitsuko (Mitsy) Kellam, including a series of newsletters she produced regarding Japanese language and culture, Konnichiwa Kodomotachi (KOKO); personal materials of her first husband, Owen Barnes; and Air Force service and personal materials of her second husband, Ray Kellam; as well as memorabilia, campaign materials, press coverage, and other materials reflecting the Kellams' and Barnes' support of Arkansas Governor and United States President Bill Clinton.

Dates

ca 1939-2017

Creator

Kellam, Mitsuko (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are primarily in English. Some materials also include Japanese-language content.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Mitsuko (Mitsy) Inano Kellam was born in Japan, but moved to to the United States and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. She earned bachelor's degrees from Kinjo College and San Francisco State College, a master's from Loma Linda University, and a Ph.D. in nutrition from the University of Wisconsin. After graduating, Kellam taught on the faculty at Texas Tech University as well as in the Department of Home Economics at the University of Arkansas. In 1983, she married Owen Barnes (1921-1986), and stepped down from teaching, but began volunteering with the Ozark Literacy Council. After Barnes' death, she later remarried, to Ray Albert Kellam (1917-1997). From 1989-1992, Kellam created and published Konnichiwa Kodomotachi (KOKO), a monthly newsletter about the Japanese language and culture, intended for primary students in the United States.

Extent

1.01 Linear Feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by the individual who was the materials' primary creator or subject, and further arranged by format or topic.

Some of the original slips used by Kellam to group together copies of KOKO newsletters for a given month also had unrelated documents printed on the reverse. When these documents provided information about Kellam’s organizational involvement, or local events, they were separated out to relevant folders in the collection and replaced with acid-free slips. In cases where such materials are printed on the reverse of newsletter drafts, they have been left in their original locations, but referenced in the scope and content notes of those folders.

Acquisition Information

The Mitsuko Kellam Papers were donated to the Special Collections Department by Mitsuko Kellam of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on July 26, 2018. An additional binder of materials was donated by Kellam via Grace Donoho on January 29, 2019.

Processing Information

Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in September 2018. Updated in February 2019 to include additional materials, which were incorporated into existing folders 26, 30, 32, 33, 35, and 38, as well as added to new folders 61-69.