Collections

Start Over Places Japan Level Collection
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Charles Page Bryan Papers

11 Volumes some colored illustrations

This collection contains principally scrapbooks relating to Bryan's service as U.S. ambassador to Brazil (1898-1902), Portugal (1903-1909), Belgium (1909-1911) and Japan (1911-1912) and containing newspaper clippings, press releases, photographs, postcards, greeting cards and other memorabilia. It also includes a scrapbook of family photographs, political memorabilia, and genealogy as well as political correspondence from 1879-1909.

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Charles Page Bryan Papers 11 Volumes some colored illustrations

Bryan, Charles Page

This collection contains principally scrapbooks relating to Bryan's service as U.S. ambassador to Brazil (1898-1902), Portugal (1903-1909), Belgium (1909-1911) and Japan (1911-1912) and containing newspaper clippings, press releases, photographs, postcards, greeting cards and other memorabilia. It also includes a scrapbook of family photographs, political memorabilia, and genealogy as well as political correspondence from 1879-1909.

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Daniel Crump Buchanan Papers

1 Linear Feet

This collection consists of the papers of Dr. Daniel Crump Buchanan on Japanese culture with some information on China, Korea, and other Asian countries generally organized by subject. The files on Japanese culture and history are arranged alphabetically by subject. They contain some significant memos and position papers on propaganda and psychological warfare against Japan during World War II. Other files on similar themes include "Espionage," "Target Operations", and "Reorientation." Also included are manuscripts of Dr. Buchanan's published works, printed matter from Dr. Buchanan's time in Japan, uncataloged published books and pamphlets in Japanese, and Japanese language and calligraphy cards, playing cards and tokens.

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Daniel Crump Buchanan Papers 1 Linear Feet

Buchanan family

This collection consists of the papers of Dr. Daniel Crump Buchanan on Japanese culture with some information on China, Korea, and other Asian countries generally organized by subject. The files on Japanese culture and history are arranged alphabetically by subject. They contain some significant memos and position papers on propaganda and psychological warfare against Japan during World War II. Other files on similar themes include "Espionage," "Target Operations", and "Reorientation." Also included are manuscripts of Dr. Buchanan's published works, printed matter from Dr. Buchanan's time in Japan, uncataloged published books and pamphlets in Japanese, and Japanese language and calligraphy cards, playing cards and tokens.

George Mason University

Harold T. Rib aerial photograph collection

12.5 Linear Feet (31 boxes)
31 boxes of aerial black and white photographs of areas around the world including: the United States, Canada, Algeria, and Japan. The photographs were taken between the 1930s and 1980s.
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Harold T. Rib aerial photograph collection 12.5 Linear Feet (31 boxes)

Rib, Harold T.
31 boxes of aerial black and white photographs of areas around the world including: the United States, Canada, Algeria, and Japan. The photographs were taken between the 1930s and 1980s.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Newspaper clippings, mainly from Doddridge and Harrison county, concerning marriages, deaths, family histories, letters from World War I service men, nurses, and from former residents who had moved, or gone to other states to teach, including a series of letters from L.P. Willis from the Phillippine Islands and Japan. Mr.Willis was employed as a teacher and Head Of the Bureau of Education in Japan, and the Phillipines for twenty years. Also, included in the collection are tax and school tuition receipts, orders,unsigned copy of Thomas Hickman's will, deed and other papers of several members of the Hickman family of Harrison county. A photostat copy of a form letter from the State Medical Society Committee on Examination of the Medical Botany of the State addressed to Dr.P. Davis from Wheeling, 1868.

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Harrison and Doddridge Counties, Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Newspaper clippings, mainly from Doddridge and Harrison county, concerning marriages, deaths, family histories, letters from World War I service men, nurses, and from former residents who had moved, or gone to other states to teach, including a series of letters from L.P. Willis from the Phillippine Islands and Japan. Mr.Willis was employed as a teacher and Head Of the Bureau of Education in Japan, and the Phillipines for twenty years. Also, included in the collection are tax and school tuition receipts, orders,unsigned copy of Thomas Hickman's will, deed and other papers of several members of the Hickman family of Harrison county. A photostat copy of a form letter from the State Medical Society Committee on Examination of the Medical Botany of the State addressed to Dr.P. Davis from Wheeling, 1868.

George Mason University

Illustrated scroll of samples of Noh masks and a record of props, in Japanese "Noh-men hinagata emono hikae" のうめん ひながた えもの ひかえ

.5 Linear Feet 1 scroll
An illustrated scroll - or emakimono - of samples of masks and a record of props used in Noh theater, created circa late 19th century or early 20th century. The scroll measures nearly 30 feet in length when unrolled and is constructed of individual illustrated leaves that have been adhered together to create the scroll. When rolled, the scroll is housed in a wooden box.
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Illustrated scroll of samples of Noh masks and a record of props, in Japanese "Noh-men hinagata emono hikae" のうめん ひながた えもの ひかえ .5 Linear Feet 1 scroll

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
An illustrated scroll - or emakimono - of samples of masks and a record of props used in Noh theater, created circa late 19th century or early 20th century. The scroll measures nearly 30 feet in length when unrolled and is constructed of individual illustrated leaves that have been adhered together to create the scroll. When rolled, the scroll is housed in a wooden box.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

James Bassel Papers

0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)
Mainly letters written to Bassel from U.S. Army officers from various forts and camps in several western states and territories. There are no copies of Bassel's correspondence in the collection, but his career in the army to about 1870, his subsequent military service in Egypt, and his employment in China and Japan, ca.1874-1875, as the representative of an American ship builder, are covered in the letters. There are a few letters from Thomas Handbury, a cadet at West Point in 1862; also materials on political affairs in West Virginia, including Bassel's candidacy on the People's Party ticket for governor of West Virginia in 1892, and certificates of election returns from several counties in 1892.
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James Bassel Papers 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Bassel, James
Mainly letters written to Bassel from U.S. Army officers from various forts and camps in several western states and territories. There are no copies of Bassel's correspondence in the collection, but his career in the army to about 1870, his subsequent military service in Egypt, and his employment in China and Japan, ca.1874-1875, as the representative of an American ship builder, are covered in the letters. There are a few letters from Thomas Handbury, a cadet at West Point in 1862; also materials on political affairs in West Virginia, including Bassel's candidacy on the People's Party ticket for governor of West Virginia in 1892, and certificates of election returns from several counties in 1892.
George Mason University

Japanese phonograph record collection

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
The Japanese Phonograph Record collection contains 15, 78 rpm phonograph records mostly in sleeves with Japanese wirting. The records were either printed in the United States or Japan for the Japanese music market, and released by Columbia, Ploydor, Victor, Orient Records and Regal.
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Japanese phonograph record collection 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
The Japanese Phonograph Record collection contains 15, 78 rpm phonograph records mostly in sleeves with Japanese wirting. The records were either printed in the United States or Japan for the Japanese music market, and released by Columbia, Ploydor, Victor, Orient Records and Regal.
George Mason University

Japanese tourism publications for Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

.4 Linear Feet 1 box
Travel brochures, pamphlets, maps, and postcards by Japanese travel agencies, hotels, and goods manufacturers, created between 1929 through the 1930s. The majority of the materials are in English, with some Japanese, Korean, and Chinese used throughout.
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Japanese tourism publications for Japan, Korea, and Taiwan .4 Linear Feet 1 box

Japan Tsūrisuto Byūrō
Travel brochures, pamphlets, maps, and postcards by Japanese travel agencies, hotels, and goods manufacturers, created between 1929 through the 1930s. The majority of the materials are in English, with some Japanese, Korean, and Chinese used throughout.
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

John Barton Payne Collection

11 Item

This collection consists of memorabilia and photographs of John Barton Payne, including items and photographs from Japan, of a house and garden, and an autographed portrait of Secretary of Labor, 1921, W. B. Wilson.

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John Barton Payne Collection 11 Item

Payne, John Barton

This collection consists of memorabilia and photographs of John Barton Payne, including items and photographs from Japan, of a house and garden, and an autographed portrait of Secretary of Labor, 1921, W. B. Wilson.

Virginia Military Institute Archives

John K. Davis papers

0.50 cubic feet 1 document box

This collection consists of:

  • Original propaganda leaflets directed at the Japanese troops and civilians (1945)
  • Personal correspondence written to John K. Davis' parents that largely concerns family matters (1945-1946)
  • Formal photographs of Davis from his cadetship, United States Army career, and civilian career
  • Amateur snapshots of Manila, Philippines and surrounding area (circa 1945)
  • Maps of Japanese cities issued to officers (1945)
  • A "Guide to Japan" (September 1945)
  • Other printed material

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John K. Davis papers 0.50 cubic feet 1 document box

Davis, John K. (John Kennerly), 1906-1975

This collection consists of:

  • Original propaganda leaflets directed at the Japanese troops and civilians (1945)
  • Personal correspondence written to John K. Davis' parents that largely concerns family matters (1945-1946)
  • Formal photographs of Davis from his cadetship, United States Army career, and civilian career
  • Amateur snapshots of Manila, Philippines and surrounding area (circa 1945)
  • Maps of Japanese cities issued to officers (1945)
  • A "Guide to Japan" (September 1945)
  • Other printed material

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