Richard J. DeMartino papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Extent:
14 Cubic Feet 34 archival boxes, plus some oversized items.
Creator:
DeMartino, Richard J., 1922-2013
Language:
English Japanese

Background

Scope and content:

This collection was organized by Richard J. DeMartino during his tenure as one of the "historian advisors" to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East between 1946-1948.

The files contain excerpts of official documents, documents, and DeMartino's handwritten notes. Excerpts from the diary of Marquis Kōichi Kido are present in each file, as if DeMartino was using Kido's notes as a guide to the research he was working on. There are also many excerpts from Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States Japan: 1931-1941, Washinton: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1943, 2 v.

The collection is divided in 5 series and two files of unrelated materials to the IMTFE:

Series 1: Ephemeris Files – consist of a detail account of day to day information beginning 1 – 10 January 1936- 10 March; 10 March 1941 to 1948.

Series 2: Onomastic Files – consist of files of persons related to the IMTFE.

Series 3: Miscellaneous Files: translations and other related files.

Series 4: Printed materials

Series 5: Photographs

Other materials not related to the IMTFE

DeMartino inscribed the documents with two annotations: a last name and a number. Special Collections kept these annotations between brackets [ ].

Biographical / historical:

Mr. DeMartino personal records show the offer that the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces, Office of Civilian Personnel offer Lt. Richard J. DeMartino as Historical Advisor, P-5 in the "War Department with duty station in the occupation area (Japan and Korea). The date was April 10, 1946.

In the personal statement that DeMartino filled, he certified that he was born on August 28, 1922 in New York, NY. He attended Galvani Junior High School and Benjamin Franklin High School (1932-1938) and The City College of New York (1938-1942) B.S in Social Sciences. He was member of the Phi Beta Kappa and the History Society. He worked for New York State Civil Service (September – December 1942). In 1942 he entered the US Navy. He was honorably discharged from in July 2, 1943. He also states that he has "fair" knowledge of the Italian and Japanese languages and that both his parents were immigrants, born in Italy.

Mr. DeMartino contract as historical advisor terminated on April 17, 1947, but he continued working in the same capacity until May 19, 1948. In his memorandum of resignation DeMartino asks: "permission to retain court record and other materials used in connection with the trial is believed forthcoming. This will require a baggage allowance for shipping in excess of the usual allotment." [See DeMartino Civilian Personnel Record folder, box 1]

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to the Law Library in the Summer of 2017. Prof. Jamie Sedwick of Acadia University in Nova Scotia contacted the Special Collections Department to alert us of the existence of the papers and asked if we were interested in them. The library immediately contacted Ms. Kathleen O'Shea, Mr. DeMartino's wife and after some negotiations the papers arrived in Charlottesville in September of 2017.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Prisoners of war -- Japan
Midway, Battle of, 1942
Bismarck Sea, Battle of, 1943
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Thai-Indochinese Conflict, 1940-1941
Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948
War crime trials -- Japan
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Indonesia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, British
diaries
photographs
Names:
Asahi Shimbun
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)
Mainichi Shimbun
Osaka Mainichi
The Japan Times
The Nippon Times
The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun
DeMartino, Richard J., 1922-2013
Araki, Sadao, 1877-1966
Bagge, Widar, 1886-1970
Ballantine, Joseph W., 1888-1973
Ching-wei, Wang, 1883-1944
Churchill, Winston S., 1874-1965
Cumming, William P., 1900-1989
Davis, Norman H., 1878-1944
Dooman, Eugene H., 1890-1969
Goering, Hermann Wilhelm, 1893-1946
Gorgé, Camille, 1893-1978
Grew, Joseph C., 1880-1965
Hashimoto, Kingoro, 1890-1957
Hata, Shunroku, 1879-1962
Hatoyama, Ichiro, 1883-1959
Higashikuni, Naruhiko, 1887-1990
Hiranuma, Kiichiro, 1867-1952
Hirohito, Michinomiya, 1901-1989
Hirota, Koki, 1878-1948
Hoshino, Naoki, 1883-1978
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955
Ishihara, Kanji, 1889-1949
Ishii, Shiro, 1882-1959
Ishiwata, Sotaro, 1891-1950
Itagaki, Seishiro, 1885-1948
Iwabuchi, Tatsuo, 1892-1975
Kato, Sotomatsu, 1890-1942
Kaya, Okinori, 1889-1977
Keenan, Joseph B., 1888-1954
Kido, Koichi, 1889-1977
Kimura, Heitaro, 1888-1948
Koiso, Kuniaki, 1880-1950
Konoe, Fumimaro, 1891-1945
Kurusu, Saburo, 1886-1954
Matsui, Iwane, 1878-1948
Matsumoto, Shunichi, 1897-1987
Matsuoka, Yosuke, 1880-1946
Minami, Jiro, 1874-1955
Muto, Akira, 1892-1948
Nagano, Osami, 1880-1947
Nomura, Kichisaburo, 1877-1964
Nomura, Naokuni, 1885-1973
Oka, Takazumi, 1890-1973
Okada, Keisuke, 1868-1952
Oshima, Hiroshi, 1886-1975
Ribbentrop, Joachim, 1893-1946
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1882-1945
Sato, Kenryo, 1895-1975
Sawada, Shigeru, 1887-1980
Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 1887-1957
Shimada, Shigetaro, 1883-1976
Shiratori, Toshio, 1887-1949
Sorge, Richard, 1895-1944
Suzuki, Teiichi, 1888-1989
Tanaka, Ryukichi, 1893-1972
Tanaka, Shinichi, 1893-1976
Tani, Masayuki, 1889-1962
Terasaki, Hidenari (Taro), 1890-1951
Togo, Shigenori, 1882-1950
Tojo, Hideki, 1884-1948
Tomita, Kenji, 1897-1977
Toyoda, Teijiro, 1885-1971
Umezu, Yoshijiro, 1882-1949
Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 1884-1943
Yamamoto, Kumaichi
Yoshida, Shigeru, 1878-1967
Yoshizawa, Kenkichi, 1874-1965
Places:
France -- Foreign relations -- Japan -- 1940-1945
Japan -- History -- February Incident, 1936 (February 26)
Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1912-1945
Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- 1898-1948
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1917-1945
Thailand -- Foreign relations -- Japan