Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Daniel Crump Buchanan Papers
Buchanan family
WLU.Coll.0145
/repositories/5/resources/498
1 Linear Feet
7.5 linear ft.
1935-1957
The materials in the collection are in Engish and Japanese.
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Scope and Contents
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.
Biographical / Historical
Daniel Crump Buchanan was born on June 13, 1892 in Nagoya, Japan to American parents. He received his M.A. From Washington and Lee University in 1914, his B.D. from McCormick Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. from Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1920 he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. Soon thereafter he went back to Japan as a missionary and teacher. During World War Two he worked at the Japanese desk of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.). He was a postwar Foreign Affairs Officer for the U.S. Department of State before returning to the Presbyterian ministry.. He authored at least two books, Iran: Its Origin, Development, and Nature and One Hundred Years of Haiku. Dr. Buchanan died on February 14, 1982. He gifted his papers to Washington and Lee in 1972.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Japan
China
Korea
Propaganda
Printed ephemera
Psychological warfare
World War (1939-1945)
Manuscripts
Buchanan, Daniel Crump
Control Folder/repositories/5/archival_objects/3137English.11Papers on China/repositories/5/archival_objects/3138English.12Scope and ContentsThis file includes Dr. Buchanan's 'Animism and Magic in China' of 1926
Intelligence reports on Japan during World War II and information concerning Japan and China on Manchuria or Mandchukuo/repositories/5/archival_objects/3139English.13Far East Maps/repositories/5/archival_objects/3140English.14Scope and ContentsThis file includes maps of the Pacific ocean, South East Asia, and the western Pacific.
Press release and book form of Report by the Secretary General on the Activities of the Far-Eastern Commission/repositories/5/archival_objects/31411946-02-26-1947-07-10English.15Pamphlets on the Global Alphabet/repositories/5/archival_objects/3142English.16Government Pamphlets/repositories/5/archival_objects/3143English.17Scope and ContentsThis file contains numerous government pamphlets including A Handbook for the Employees of the Department of State.
Articles dealing with anti-war movements in Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/3144English.18Newspaper clippings on Japanese archeology and anthropology/repositories/5/archival_objects/3145English.19Report on baseball in Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/31471961English.110New York Times Clippings about Japan /repositories/5/archival_objects/233531 Files1941-1942English.111United States Strategic Bombing Survey Correspondence /repositories/5/archival_objects/3148United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Morale Division1 Files1945English.112United States Strategic Survey Interviews/repositories/5/archival_objects/23354United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Morale Division1 Files1945English.113United States Strategic Bombing Survey Publications/repositories/5/archival_objects/23355United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Morale Division1 Files1945-1946English.114News coverage of Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki /repositories/5/archival_objects/23356United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Morale Division1 Files1946-1947English.115Bibliography of books and articles published on Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/31491940-01-1943-03English.213Articles on Japanese Buddhism/repositories/5/archival_objects/3155English.214Newspaper Articles/repositories/5/archival_objects/3156English.215Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper articles on Japanese bureaucracy and a State Department restricted 'Situation Report on japan and Korea' from April 23, 1948.
Japanese calendar reports prepared by D.C. Buchanan for Lt. Col. Herbert Little/repositories/5/archival_objects/31571944-1945English.216Articles, speeches, and newspaper clippings dealing with Japanese culture/repositories/5/archival_objects/3159English.217Scope and ContentsThis file also contains Japanese Character and Personality as Revealed in their Culture by Dr. Buchanan.
Articles, papers, and government documents/repositories/5/archival_objects/3158English.218Scope and ContentsThis file contians articles, papers, and government documents that deal with the powt-war educational system in Japan.
Educational material/repositories/5/archival_objects/3163English.219Newspaper clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/31641948-1950English.320Newspaper clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3171English.321Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings and papers relating to the democratization of Japan.
Newspaper clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3172English.322Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings relating to Japanese customs and notes by Dr. Buchanan on Ancient and Modern Customs and Family Customs of the Japanese.
Articles on Japanese culture/repositories/5/archival_objects/3173English.323Scope and ContentsThis file contains articles on Japanese culture, including Dr. Buchanan's article Japanese Culture written for Encyclopedia Americana and pertinant correspondence.
Newspaper Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/31741945-1948English.324Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings dealing with the Consitution of Japan.
Newspaper clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3175English.325Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings relating to Communism in Japen after WWII.
Copy of letter from U.S. Political Advisor in Japan to the Secretary of State/repositories/5/archival_objects/31761948-08-16English.326Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and letters dealing with Christianity in Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/3183English.327Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and letters dealing with Christianity in Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/3184English.328Articles and Newspaper clippings dealing with the Emperor/repositories/5/archival_objects/3190English.329Confidential and secret State Department memos dealing with Japanese espionage/repositories/5/archival_objects/3192English.330Dr. Buchanan's notes on Family Life and Customs of the Japanese/repositories/5/archival_objects/3196English.331Fortune- on Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/32031944-04English.332Christian Science Monitor clippings on government in Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/32091950-01-04English.333News Clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/3368English.434Scope and ContentsThis file contains news clippings relating to Japan's greater Asian co-prosperity.
Papers and Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3369English.434AScope and ContentsThis file contains papers and clippings relating to Japanese history.
Memos dealing with Japanese in Latin America/repositories/5/archival_objects/3370English.435Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/3371English.436Scope and ContentsThis file contains correspondence between the Attorney General and Secretary of State concerning interchange of Japanese for jobs in the United States.
Newspaper clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3372English.437Scope and ContentsThis file contains early newspaper clippings dealing with Japanese Foreign Relations.
Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3373English.438Scope and ContentsThis file contains various clippings relating to Japanese and American problems prior to WWII.
Report by the F.B.I./repositories/5/archival_objects/33741943-10English.439Scope and ContentsThis file contains the F.B.I. report 'Japanism and Japanese in the United States'.
Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3380English.440Scope and ContentsThis file contains clippings dealing with Japan-China relations.
Japanese jokes/repositories/5/archival_objects/3381English.441Scope and ContentsThis file contains Japanese joked prepared by Dr. Buchanan for Dr. Spitzer at the State Department.
Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/3382English.442Scope and ContentsThis file contains reports on Japanese labor including a 'Who's Who'.
Paper on Japanese Landscape/repositories/5/archival_objects/3383English.443Japanese Words/repositories/5/archival_objects/3384English.444Scope and ContentsThis file contains Japanese word lists, vocabulary lessons, and lists of common words for Japanese intercepts.
Lists/repositories/5/archival_objects/3385English.544Scope and ContentsThis file contains information on Japanese liberals including a Who's Who in Japanese Cultural Institutions and a list of possible collaborators in Japan with American occupation government.
Maps/repositories/5/archival_objects/3386English.545Scope and ContentsThis file contains various Japanese maps including the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara.
Newspaper Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3387English.547Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings on Japanese militarism, OSS secret biographical sketches on military leaders, a Who's Who in Japanese military training, a research paper by Dr. Buchanan for the Office of War entitled 'Statement of the Methods Employed by the Japanese Army in Teaching its Men that Surrender is Disgraceful'.
Restricted Japanese words of military value/repositories/5/archival_objects/3388English.548Newspaper Clippings on the Japanese New Year/repositories/5/archival_objects/3389English.549Japanese newspapers/repositories/5/archival_objects/3390English.550Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/3391English.551Scope and ContentsThis file contains correspondence pertaining to Dr. Buchanan's involvement in training a group of Nisei soldiers for Japanese infiltration; newspaper clippings, photographs, and letters.
Material on the occupation of Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/3392English.552Scope and ContentsThis file contains materials on the occupation of Japan including a summary and numerous articles by Dr. Buchanan.
Material on the occupation of Japan/repositories/5/archival_objects/3393English.653"Japanese Patriotic Societies": Report for the Office of War/repositories/5/archival_objects/3394English.654Collection of 100 Haiku/repositories/5/archival_objects/3395English.655Scope and ContentsThis file contains a Collection of 100 Haiku translated by Dr. Buchanan as a gift to his children.
Newspaper Clippings on Japanese police/repositories/5/archival_objects/3396English.656Report by Ambassador Grew on political assassinations in Japan /repositories/5/archival_objects/3397English.657Newspaper Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3398English.658Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings and reports dealing with the postwar political situation in Japan.
Articles on Japanese population/repositories/5/archival_objects/3399English.659American Propaganda/repositories/5/archival_objects/3400English.660Scope and ContentsThis file contains American propaganda against the Japanese including suggestions and actual radio broadcasts written by Dr. Buchanan.
Japanese symbols/repositories/5/archival_objects/3401English.661Scope and ContentsThis file contains a vocabulary of Japanese symbols to be used in propaganda broadcasts.
Papers on Japanese Proverbs/repositories/5/archival_objects/3404English.662WWII Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/3405English.663Scope and ContentsThis file contains confidential WWII reports dealing with pyschological warfare against the Japanese.
Two catalogs/repositories/5/archival_objects/3406English.764Scope and ContentsThis file contains two catalogs of Quotations on Sundry Subjects by Japanese Sources.
Newspaper clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3408English.765Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings and reports on Japanese religion (most deal with post-war Japan).
Christian Science Monitor clipping/repositories/5/archival_objects/34091942English.766Reports and Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3435English.767Scope and ContentsThis file contains reports and clippings dealing wih Japanese reorientation following WWII.
Newspaper clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3436English.768Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings relating to Japanese war reparations made by the United States.
Newspaper clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3437English.769Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings relating to Japanese war reparations made by the United States.
Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3438English.770Scope and ContentsThis file contains clippings relating to the Japanese return to a Romaji form of education. war reparations made by the United States.
Letters/repositories/5/archival_objects/3439English.771Scope and ContentsThis file contains letters recieved by Dr. Buchanan in reaction to his book on Japanese religion, numerous articles, and papers on the Shinto faith.
Article/repositories/5/archival_objects/3440English.772Scope and ContentsThis file contains an article condemning legal prostitution in Japan.
Index/repositories/5/archival_objects/3441English.773Scope and ContentsThis file containsan inde prepared by the Office of the Provost Marshall General on specialists who could assist in the re-building of Japan.
Articles/repositories/5/archival_objects/3442English.774Scope and ContentsThis file contains articles relating to Japanese superstitions.
Index/repositories/5/archival_objects/3443English.875Scope and ContentsThis file contains Dr. Buhanan's indexed file on Japanese superstitions.
Surrender documents/repositories/5/archival_objects/3444English.876Dr. Buchanan's paper- "Target Operations- Japan"/repositories/5/archival_objects/34451942-10-05English.877Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3446English.878Scope and ContentsThis file contains clippings dealing wih post-war ultra nationalistic movement in Japan.
Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3447English.879Scope and ContentsThis file contains clippings on underground Japanese activities.
Newspaper Clippings/repositories/5/archival_objects/3448English.880Scope and ContentsThis file contains newspaper clippings dealing with the war against Japan.
Confidential Reports/repositories/5/archival_objects/3449English.881Scope and ContentsThis file contains confidential Department of State situation report on Japanese reactions to class A war crimes trial.
Information on Japanese Women/repositories/5/archival_objects/3450English.882Clippings and Papers on Korea/repositories/5/archival_objects/3451English.884Information on Okinawa/repositories/5/archival_objects/3452English.885Dr. Buchanan's Books/repositories/5/archival_objects/3453English.9Printed Material/repositories/5/archival_objects/3454English.10Scope and ContentsThis box contains printed material, the majority dealing with the arts in Communist China and Japanese art prints.
Printed Publications/repositories/5/archival_objects/3455English.11Printed Publications/repositories/5/archival_objects/3456English.12Japanese readers from grade 1 through grade 5/repositories/5/archival_objects/3457English.13Japanese Books/repositories/5/archival_objects/3458English.14Scope and ContentsThis box contains 5 volumes of sequence training in Japanese, The New Testament in Japanese, and various books in native Japanese.
Soft-bound Japanese Readers/repositories/5/archival_objects/3459English.15Books/repositories/5/archival_objects/3460English.15Japanese Cards/repositories/5/archival_objects/3461English.17