July 19^th—Over the last two days I had the opportunity to visit Washington D.C. with Anne and do archival research in the Archives of American Art. While there I went through ten microfilm reels, the first time I had ever interacted with microfilm, and scanned almost 300 pages of useful information on Chuzo Tamotzu, his life, and the exchange. While in D.C. I did also get to see the National Portrait Gallery, where Anne used to work, and I saw some really interesting portraits I didn’t knew existed! Particularly the portraits on the first floor were very intriguing to me, and I loved this one of Frederick Douglass. I had no idea he was so dashing!

For the rest of the week I see myself organizing and compiling the information I gathered from the microfilms in D.C. into what will and won’t be useful for the rest of the project. The summer is nearing its end, but it seems like we’re just getting started on getting to know Tamotzu and his life!