Finding Aid to the Delmer Myers Brown Papers

Lara Michels

The Bancroft Library

2024

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

bancref@library.berkeley.edu

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Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library

Title: Delmer Myers Brown papers

Creator: Brown, Delmer Myers, 1909-2011

Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2012/157

Physical Description: 7.5 linear feet (6 cartons)

Date (inclusive): 1947-2007

Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gifed to The Bancroft Library by Ren Brown in 2012.

Biographical / Historical

Delmer Myers Brown (1909-2011) was an historian, writer, translator and Japanologist.

He earned his PhD in Japanese history from Stanford University and was a professor of Japanese history at the University of California, Berkeley from 1946 until 1977.

In the 1930s, Brown took a position teaching English at a Japanese Imperial Higher School in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. It was there that he met and married Mary Nelson Logan. During World War II, Brown served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy.

At UC Berkeley, Brown served as chairman of the history department from 1957 to 1961 and 1971 to 1975. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in Japan from 1959 to 1960. In 1998, Brown started the process of establishing the Japanese Historical Text Initiative (JHTI), a searchable online database of Japanese historical documents and English translations.

Preferred Citation

Delmer Myers Brown papers, BANC MSS 2012/157, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence (1930s-2011); reprints of articles, drafts of unpublished and published manuscripts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks and lectures; research notes; some translation work; materials relating to the UC Berkeley Education Abroad Program in Japan, some materials relating to the Japanese Historical Text Initiative; and Brown's travel journals, including one from his 1932 trip to Japan.

Conditions Governing Use

Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

University of California, Berkeley. Department of History -- Faculty

Japan -- History

Historians

carton 6, box 1

Correspondence 1932-1933

Scope and Contents

Bound volume

carton 1, folder 1-21

Correspondence 1930-1996

carton 1, folder 22-23

Shinto Center Correspondence 1997-1999

carton 1, folder 24-34

Correspondence 1997-2000

carton 2, folder 1-7

Correspondence 2001-2011

carton 2, folder 8

Articles: The Rise of the Frankish Horsemen 1939

carton 2, folder 9

Articles: The Importation of Gold Into Japan 1947

carton 2, folder 10

Articles: The Impact of Firearms on Japanese Warfare 1948

carton 2, folder 11

Articles: The Impact of Firearms on Japanese Warfare 1948

carton 2, folder 12

Articles: The Japanese Tokusei of 1927 1949

carton 2, folder 13

Articles: Recent Japanese Political and Historical Materials 1949

carton 2, folder 14

Articles: The Social Sciences in Japan 1949

carton 2, folder 15

Articles: Vitalism in Ancient Japanese Religion 1960

carton 2, folder 16

Articles: Kami and Death and Ancestor Worship 1964

carton 2, folder 17

Articles: Particularism 1965

carton 2, folder 18

Articles: Japanese Christianity and Shinto Nationalism 1965

carton 2, folder 19

Articles: Eastern Route to the Western Way 1965

carton 2, folder 20

Articles: The Yardstick of Appointment: Only the Best Qualified 1966

carton 2, folder 21

Articles: Japan's Century of Change: The Religious Factor 1969

carton 2, folder 22

Articles: Buddhism and Historical Thought in Japan before 1221 1974

carton 2, folder 23

Articles: tokusei - encyclopedia 1975

carton 2, folder 24

Articles: Gukansho - encyclopedia 1975

carton 2, folder 25

Articles: Inter-University Center and Predoctoral Research in Japan 1979

carton 2, folder 26

Articles: Transactions of the International Conference of Orientalists in Japan 1981

carton 2, folder 27

Translation of Watsuj, Tetsuro's Nihon Rinri Shiso Shi

carton 2, folder 28

Translation of Watsuj, Tetsuro's Nihon Rinri Shiso Shi

carton 2, folder 29

Translations

carton 2, folder 30

MSS - Buddhism and Japanese Life

carton 2, folder 31

Unpublished MSS - Maeda Toshiie Documents (Originals) (Translation)

carton 2, folder 32

Unpublished MSS - Maeda Toshiee Documents (Rough Translations)

carton 2, folder 33

Unpublished MSS - Toshiie Onyawa (Translation)

carton 2, folder 34

Unpublished MSS - Ancestor Worship and the State in Early Japanese History

carton 2, folder 35

Unpublished MSS - Imperial and Buddhist Authority in Medieval Japan

carton 2, folder 36

Unpublished MSS - The Emperor Myth & Japan's Early Contact with the West

carton 2, folder 37

Unpublished MSS - Restoration and Progressivism in Meiji Japan

carton 2, folder 38

Unpublished MSS - The Emperor Myth and Meiji Restoration

carton 2, folder 39

Unpublished MSS - The Emperor System and Nationalism in Japan

carton 2, folder 40

Unpublished MSS - Research Plans After Nationalism

carton 2, folder 41

Unpublished MSS - Primitive Belief and the Birth of the State

carton 2, folder 42

Unpublished MSS - The Emperor Myth and Meiji Restoration

carton 2, folder 43

Unpublished MSS - The Power of Asian Nationalism

carton 2, folder 44

Unpublished MSS - Freshman Seminar Taught by Brown and Keightly

carton 2, folder 45

Unpublished MSS - Separation of State and Religion

carton 2, folder 46

Unpublished MSS - Religious Beliefs in Japanese History

carton 2, folder 47

Unpublished MSS - Buddhism Part One

carton 2, folder 48

Unpublished MSS - Buddhism Part Two

carton 2, folder 49

Unidentified MSS or Translations

carton 2, folder 50

Unidentified MSS or Translations

carton 2, folder 51

Talks - Lecture in Wheeler Hall 1948

carton 2, folder 52

Talks - American Policy in Japan & Korea 1949

carton 2, folder 53

Talks - Japan: Enemy or Ally? 1951

carton 2, folder 54

Talks - Japan in the World Today 1951

carton 2, folder 55

Talks - Asian Neutralism & American Aid 1955

carton 2, folder 56

Talks - Feudal Japan 1956

carton 2, folder 57

Talks - Commencement Address 1956

carton 2, folder 58

Talks - The Emperor System 1957

carton 2, folder 59

Talks - A Human Approach to Asia 1957

carton 2, folder 60

Talks - Buddhism and the State in Early Japan 1961

carton 2, folder 61

Talks - The Power of Asian Nationalism 1962

carton 2, folder 62

Talks - The Hard Core of Japanese Culture 1963

carton 2, folder 63

Talks - Authoritarianism 1963

carton 2, folder 64

Talks - ICU 1969

carton 2, folder 65

Talks - Graduation Address 1969

carton 2, folder 66

Talks - Kami, Death, and Ancestral Kami 1969

carton 2, folder 67

Talks - The Values and Dangers of Historical Study 1972

carton 2, folder 68

Talks - University of CA: Academic Senate 1972

carton 2, folder 69

Talks - Shintoism & Japanese Society 1972

carton 2, folder 70

Talks - University of CA: Charter Day Ceremonies 1972

carton 2, folder 71

Talks - Graduating Historians and Friends 1973

carton 2, folder 72

Talks - Richard Miller 1976

carton 2, folder 73

Talks - Shinto Influence on Japanese Historical Writing 1983

carton 2, folder 74

Talks - Internationalization of Education 1987

carton 2, folder 75

Talks - An Unfinished Revolution 1988

carton 2, folder 76

Talks - Japanese Studies in the United States 1988

carton 2, folder 77

Talks - What Makes the Japanese Tick 1988

carton 2, folder 78

Talks - Love: Instinctual, Conscious, & Transcendent 1990

carton 3, folder 1

Talks - Love: Outlook Club of Berkeley 1990

carton 3, folder 2

Talks - Love: Outlook Club of Berkeley - Brown Barr's Reaction 1990

carton 3, folder 3

Talks - Miracles 1990

carton 3, folder 4

Talks - The Arab Nest 1990

carton 3, folder 5

Talks - The Sun Goddess and Religious Nationalism in Japan 1993

carton 3, folder 6

Talks - Sun Goddess Worship & The Japanese Emperor 1993

carton 3, folder 7

Talks - Fundamentalism 1995

carton 3, folder 8

Talks - Our Cultural Spin 1996

carton 3, folder 9

Talks - A Shinto Liberal 1998

carton 3, folder 10

Talks - Sovereignty & The Great Goddess of Japan 1998

carton 3, folder 11

Talks - The Making of a Shinto Soldier 1998

carton 3, folder 12

Talks - Basic Shinto Polarities 1998

carton 3, folder 13

Talks - Basic Shinto Polarities 1998

carton 3, folder 14

Talks - Education in the 21st Century 2002

carton 3, folder 15

Talks - Democrats of Rosmoor, Panel Discussion 2003

carton 3, folder 16

Talks - The Tap Roots of Japanese Culture… 1998

carton 3, folder 17

Talks - Emperor or Buddha 1974

carton 3, folder 18

Book Review #1-12

carton 3, folder 19

Book Review #13-40

carton 3, folder 20

Assorted Book Reviews

carton 3, folder 21

Notes: Miyamoto

carton 3, folder 22

Notes: Miyamoto

carton 3, folder 23

Notes: Kita

carton 3, folder 24

Notes: Kita

carton 3, folder 25

Notes: Takamori: Tenno to Tami no Daijoosai

carton 3, folder 26

Notes: Takamori: Tenno to Tami no Daijoosai

carton 3, folder 27

Notes: Okada

carton 3, folder 28

Notes: Okada

carton 3, folder 29

Assorted Notes

carton 3, folder 30

Notebook 1960

carton 3, folder 31

Notebook: Religion in Ozawa 1967

carton 3, folder 32

Notebook

carton 3, folder 33

Misc. Documents: Maeda Toshiee

carton 3, folder 34

Misc. Documents: Peace is Patriotic

carton 3, folder 35

Misc. Documents: Bibliographies

carton 3, folder 36

Hanayama Lecture

carton 3, folder 37

Misc. Documents: Konko 2001

carton 3, folder 38

Misc. Documents: Abe Toshiya Notes 1998

carton 3, folder 39

Misc. Documents: Fireside Chats

carton 3, folder 40

Misc. Documents: ATLA Religion Database 1994

carton 3, folder 41

Misc. Documents: Archaeology Clippings 1998

carton 3, folder 42

Misc. Documents: Ancient Archaeology Documents 1999

carton 3, folder 43

Misc. Documents: Allan A. Andrews (Honen) 1987-1994

carton 3, folder 44

Misc. Documents: Kokugakuin University Academic Cooperation

carton 3, folder 45

Misc. Documents: Dr. Berthong - Confucian Piety 1996

carton 3, folder 46

Misc. Documents: Money Economy in Medieval Japan

carton 3, folder 47

Misc. Documents: Reviews of "Nationalism in Japan" 1955

carton 3, folder 48

Misc. Documents: Shinto Roots Draft 1994

carton 3, folder 49

Assorted documents in Japanese

carton 3, folder 50

Assorted documents in Japanese

carton 3, folder 51

Assorted documents in Japanese

carton 3, folder 52

Assorted materials in Japanese

carton 3, folder 53

Assorted materials in Japanese

carton 3, folder 54

Misc. Documents: Sovereignty and the Great Goddess of Japan

carton 3

Photostatic copies of documents signed or stamped by Maeda Toshiie undated

carton 6

Volume: Gukansho Part 2 (starting Chapter 6)--no Part 1 1930-1990

carton 3, folder 1

David Keightley typescript: Divination and Kingship in Late Shang China 1991

carton 4, folder 1A

Misc. Papers: Ren's Revisions - Off to China 1998

carton 4, folder 2

Misc. Documents: David Teighill Revisions - Off to China 1998

carton 4, folder 3-4

Randy Huntsberry - Myth and Values in Japanese Society

carton 4, folder 5

Miscellaneous

carton 4, folder 6

Inter-University Center for Japanese Lnguage Studies 1988

carton 4, folder 7

Misc. Papers: Browne Barr Letter 2009

carton 4, folder 8-12

Education Abroad Program Binder 1 1992

carton 4, folder 13-15

Education Abroad Program Binder 2 1993

carton 4, folder 16-17

Education Abroad Program Binder 3 1993

carton 4, folder 18-19

Japanese Historical Text Initiative 2005-2006

carton 4, folder 20

Transactions of the International Conference of Orientalists in Japan 1968

carton 6

Fukuoska Unesco: Proceedings of the Second Kyushu International Cultural Conference 1967

carton 4, folder 21

Journal of Surprises #1 1978

carton 4, folder 22

Journal of Surprises #2 1978

carton 4, folder 23

Journal of Surprises #3 1978

carton 4, folder 24

Journal of Surprises #4 1978

carton 4, folder 25

Journal of Surprises #5 1978

carton 4, folder 26

Journal of Surprises #6 1979

carton 4, folder 27

Journal of Surprises #7 1979

carton 4, folder 28

Journal of Surprises #8 1979

carton 5, folder 1

Journal of Surprises #9 1980

carton 5, folder 2

Journal of Surprises #10 1980

carton 6, box 1

Trip Journals: Japan 1932

carton 5, folder 3

Trip Journals - Beginning With Visit to Japan 1988

carton 5, folder 4

Trip Journals - Down the Danube 1990

carton 5, folder 5

Trip Journals - Down Under Australia 1995

carton 5, folder 6

Trip Journals - Off to China 1998

carton 5, folder 7

Trip Journals - Off to China 1998

carton 5, folder 8

Trip Journals - Bear Treks - China & the Yangtse River 1998

carton 5, folder 9

Trip Journals - Off to Scotland with Louise 2006

carton 5, folder 10

American Society during WWII Oral History Series 1983

carton 5, folder 10A

Misc. Documents: Scotland Journal & Photos + Letter to President 2006

carton 5, folder 11-25

Personal Items 1923-1956

carton 5, folder 26

Personal - Biographical

carton 5, folder 27

Photos + Personal

carton 5, folder 28-30

Ide journal 1959 1970-1971

carton 6

Bound typescript of Edward M. Neeley's Outlines of Philosophy for use of students of Santa Ana Junior College 1929

carton 6, box 1

Santa Ana Junior College Yearbook 1929

carton 6, box 2

Three volumes of handwritten autobiographies of Japanese men 1932-1935

Scope and Contents

Dozens of autobiographies of Japanese men in 3 volumes. Delmer Myers Brown was likely translator and transcriber. Handwritten with drawings.