Preliminary Inventory of the Japanese Modern History Manuscript Collection
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Preliminary Inventory of the Japanese Modern History Manuscript Collection
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Stanford University
- Stanford, California 94305-6010
- Phone: (650) 723-3563
- Fax: (650) 725-3445
- Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
- Date Completed:
- 2004
- Encoded by:
- Lisa Miller
© 2004 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Japanese modern history manuscript collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1868-1989
Collection number: 2004C32
Collector:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. East Asia Library.
Extent:
82 manuscript boxes
(34.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Manuscripts, ephemeral printed matter, and maps, relating to various aspects of Japanese history, including Nagano prefecture
local government during the Meiji period; the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895; pre-World War II domestic affairs; the post-World
War II American occupation; the International Military Tribunal for the Far East; adoption of a constitution; political conditions;
elections; agriculture; communism; labor; public safety issues; Ryukyu issues; and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. Collected
by the Hoover Institution East Asia Library.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
Japanese.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Japanese modern history manuscript collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Accruals
Increments may have been received since this finding aid was prepared. Please check Stanford University's online catalog Socrates
at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat to find the full extent of the collection.
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts, ephemeral printed matter, and maps, relating to various aspects of Japanese history, including Nagano prefecture
local government during the Meiji period; the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895;
pre-World War II domestic affairs; the post-World War II American occupation; the International Military Tribunal for the
Far East; adoption of a constitution; political conditions; elections; agriculture; communism; labor; public safety issues;
Ryukyu issues; and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. Collected by the Hoover Institution East Asia Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Chinese-Japanese War, 1894-1895.
War crime trials--Japan.
Agriculture--Japan.
Labor movement--Japan.
Communism--Japan.
Elections--Japan.
Japan--History--20th century.
Japan--Politics and government--20th century.
Japan--Foreign relations.
Japan--Economic conditions.
Japan--Social conditions.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. East Asian Collection.
Container List
Box 1-9
Araki Sadao (1877-1966) collection
Box 10
Irie Toshio (1901-1972) collection
Box 11-21
Shinoda Jisaku (1879-1946) collection
Box 22-26
Hamada Tokkai (1899-1958) collection
Box 27-28
Hiranuma Kiichiro (1867-1952) collection
Box 49-54
Miscellaneous items on pre-World War II domestic affairs
Box 55-57
Miscellaneous items on pre-World War II and immediately after the war
Box 58
Issues of post-World War II farmers
Box 59
Materials about Nihon Yusen
Box 60
Journals of local assembly meetings in Nagano Prefecture, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Box 62
Newspaper items on Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
Box 63
Issues of post-World War II constitution
Box 64-67
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Box 69-71
Post-World War II communist movement
Box 72
Post-World War II labor movement
Box 73
Post-World War II public safety issues
Box 74
Leaflets regarding U.S.-Japan Security Treaty
Box 75
Post-World War II elections in Japan
Box 76-77
Miscellaneous items on post-World War II Japan
