Guide to the Stanford University, Stanford Center for Japanese Studies, Records
compiled by Stanford University Archives staff
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
February 2011
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Overview
Call Number: SC0265
Creator:
Stanford University. Stanford Center for Japanese Studies.
Title: Stanford University, Stanford Center for Japanese Studies, records
Dates: 1936-1964
Bulk Dates: 1960-1964
Physical Description:
2.25 Linear feet (5 boxes)
Summary: The collection largely contains correspondence with some memoranda, proposals, financial documents, class materials, and photographs.
Much of the correspondence is that of Robert H. Brower, John D. Goheen, Thomas C. Smith, and Kurt Steiner; other correspondents
include T. E. Gore, Paul Hanna, Shinzo Kaji, George Kerr, Hideo Kishimoto, William H. McCullough, and John L. Mothershead,
Jr. Records pre-dating the Center occur in Goheen's correspondence and include George Kerr's prospectus for an Institute for
American Studies in Japan, 1947, and his syllabus for a Japanese literature class, 1936. The photographs primarily document
the first year of the program.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Information about Access
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Cite As
[Identification of item], Stanford University, Stanford Center for Japanese Studies, Records (SC0265). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Stanford Center for Japanese Studies in Tokyo was established in April 1961. The purpose was to provide undergraduate
and graduate students from Stanford and other universities with the opportunity to pursue intensive study in Japanese and
Asian affairs for a full calendar year. John D. Goheen was its founding director.
Description of the Collection
The collection largely contains correspondence with some memoranda, proposals, financial documents, class materials, and photographs.
Much of the correspondence is that of Robert H. Brower, John D. Goheen, Thomas C. Smith, and Kurt Steiner; other correspondents
include T. E. Gore, Paul Hanna, Shinzo Kaji, George Kerr, Hideo Kishimoto, William H. McCullough, and John L. Mothershead,
Jr. Records pre-dating the Center occur in Goheen's correspondence and include George Kerr's prospectus for an Institute for
American Studies in Japan, 1947, and his syllabus for a Japanese literature class, 1936. The photographs primarily document
the first year of the program.
Access Terms
Brower, Robert H., 1923-1988.
Goheen, John D.
Hanna, Paul Robert, 1902-1988.
Kaji, Shinzo.
Kerr, George H., 1911-
Kishimoto, Hideo, 1903-1964.
McCullough, William H.
Mothershead, John L.
Smith, Thomas C. (Thomas Carlyle), 1916-2004
Stanford University. Stanford Center for Japanese Studies.
Steiner, Kurt, 1912-
Foreign study.
Intercultural education.
Japan--Study and teaching.
Photoprints.
Box 1, Folder 1
Aoki, Haruo, correspondence
1962
Box 1, Folder 2
Brower, R. to J. Goheen, memos
1963-1964
Box 1, Folder 3
Brower, R. from J. Goheen
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 4
Budget for Tokyo Center
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 5
Carnegie Corporation, correspondence
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 6
Carnegie Corporation, proposal for Stanford-in-Tokyo
1962
Box 1, Folder 7
Consultive Committee
1963-1964
Box 1, Folder 8
Consultive Committee
1961-1962
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence, general
1960
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence, general
1961
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence, general
1962
Box 1, Folder 12
Correspondence, general
1963
Box 1, Folder 14
Courses, departmental permission
Box 1, Folder 15
East-West Center (U. of Hawaii), correspondence
Box 1, Folder 16
Faculty Applicants, correspondence
Box 1, Folder 17
Fahs, Burton, correspondence
1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 18
Finance (documents and correspondence)
Box 1, Folder 19
Ford Foundation, correspondence
1961-1963
Box 2, Folder 1
Furukawa, Harukaze, correspondence
1963
Box 2, Folder 2
Future of Tokyo Center
1963-1964
Box 2, Folder 3
General information on Center
Box 2, Folder 4
Goheen, John, correspondence
1960-63
Box 2, Folder 5
Goheen, John, correspondence
1957, 1961
Box 2, Folder 6
Goheen, John, correspondence
1961
Box 2, Folder 7
Goheen, John, correspondence, mostly with John L. Mothershead, Jr. at Stanford University Dept. of Philosophy
1961
Box 2, Folder 8
Goheen, John, correspondence
1960-1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes carbon copy of Annual Report to the Ford Foundation from the Committee on East Asian Studies, 1961
Box 2, Folder 9
Goheen, John, correspondence re Fullbright-Hays award for lecturing in Japan
1963
Box 2, Folder 10
Gore, T. E., correspondence
1961-1964
Box 2, Folder 11
Graduate division, correspondence and memos
1961-1963
Box 2, Folder 12
Hanna, Paul, correspondence (mostly with Goheen and John Singleton)
1962-1963
Box 2, Folder 13
International Christian University (Tokyo), correspondence
1962-1963
Box 2, Folder 14
Inter-University Organization [Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies in Japan], correspondence and memos
1963
Box 2, Folder 15
Inter-University Organization, proposal for support
1963
Box 2, Folder 16
Japan-America Cultural Conference
1963-1964
Box 2, Folder 17
Japanese students coming to U. S., correspondence
1962
Box 2, Folder 18
Jodai, Tano (President of Tokyo Women's University), visit to Stanford
1962
Box 2, Folder 19
Kaji, Shinzo, correspondence
1960-1964
Box 2, Folder 20
Kaya, Seiji, correspondence
1962
Box 2, Folder 21
Keio University and Summer Program
1962-1963
Box 3, Folder 1
Kerr, George, correspondence
1956-1963
Scope and Content Note
Includes his prospectus for an institute for American Studies in Japan, 1947, and a syllabus for a Japanese literature class,
1936.
Box 3, Folder 2
Kishimoto, Hideo, correspondence
1962-1963
Box 3, Folder 3
Kurata, Bunsaku, correspondence in support of his teaching
1963
Box 3, Folder 4
Kyoto University (Goheen to Chancellor Setsuji Otsuka)
1962
Box 3, Folder 5
Language program in Tokyo
1962
Box 3, Folder 6
Language Requirements Study, correspondence
1963
Box 3, Folder 8
Liu, James, correspondence
1962
Box 3, Folder 9
McCray, Porter (John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund), correspondence
1963
Box 3, Folder 10
McCullough, William, correspondence
1962-1963
Box 3, Folder 11
Mayekawa, Kisaku, correspondence
1962
Box 3, Folder 13
Miyaji, Hiroshi (Goheen's letter re)
1960
Box 3, Folder 14
Mizota, George S., correspondence
1960-1963
Box 3, Folder 15
Moving of Tokyo Center, memo
1963
Box 3, Folder 16
Murai, Sukenaga, correspondence
1960
Box 3, Folder 17
NDEA Title VI Fellowships
Box 3, Folder 18
NDFL Recommendations, Asian Languages
Box 3, Folder 19
Nishimura, Iwao (Fulbright committee)
Box 3, Folder 20
Non Inter-University Comm. Centers for Japanese Studies
Box 3, Folder 21
Notes, etc., on exploratory trip for center
1960
Box 3, Folder 22
Ohama, Nobumoto, correspondence
1962-1963
Box 3, Folder 24
Publicity; includes typescript report by Kenneth B. Pyle for the Daily
1962
Box 3, Folder 25
Recommendation requests for students at Stanford Center
Box 3, Folder 26
Registrar's Office (re classes)
1962-1963
Box 3, Folder 27
Report to the President
1961-1962
Box 3, Folder 28
Shively, Donald H., correspondence
1962-1963
Box 4, Folder 1
Smith, Thomas, correspondence
1962-1963
Box 4, Folder 2
Smith, Thomas, memos from Goheen #1-92
1962-1963
Box 4, Folder 3
Smith, Thomas, memos out #1-218 with accompanying documents
1962-1963
Box 4, Folder 4
Smith, Thomas, miscellaneous numbered memos out with accompanying documents
1963
Box 4, Folder 5
Staff: applicants for work
Box 4, Folder 6
Stanford Alumni Association, Japan (report on Tokyo Center Fund Account)
1961 Aug 1
Box 4, Folder 7
Steiner, Kurt, correspondence
1962
Box 4, Folder 8
Sterling, J. E. Wallace - Tokyo trip, correspondence
1960
Box 4, Folder 14
Takamura, Shohei, correspondence
1962
Box 4, Folder 17
Uyeda, Seizi, correspondence
1962
Box 4, Folder 18
Viglielmo, V. H., correspondence
1963
Box 4, Folder 19
Visitors to and from Tokyo
Box 4, Folder 20
Wakeijuku contract [for use of space]
1962
Box 5, Folder 1
Photographs, arriving in Tokyo
Box 5, Folder 2
Photographs, public event
1961 Apr 21
Box 5, Folder 3
Photographs, Sterling at ceremonies
Box 5, Folder 4
Photographs, Sterling and others at a meal
Box 5, Folder 5
Photographs, public gathering
Box 5, Folder 6
Photographs, classroom scenes
Box 5, Folder 7
Photographs, American students - various scenes
Box 5, Folder 8
Photographs, Stanford Center
Box 5, Folder 9
Photographs, social scenes
Box 5, Folder 10
Photographs, dining scenes
Box 5, Folder 11
Photographs, group in front of Buddha statue
Box 5, Folder 12
Photographs, dinner event and group strolling
Box 5, Folder 13
Photographs, Goheen with Japanese faculty
1961 Mar 22
Box 5, Folder 14
Photographs, at Waseda (?)
Box 5, Folder 15
Photographs, various groups
Box 5, Folder 16
Photographs, Japanese potter (?) at work
Box 5, Folder 17
Photographs, miscellaneous
Box 5, Folder 18
Photographs, cultural performance
