Preliminary Inventory to the Kay I. Kitagawa collection

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Title: Kay I. Kitagawa collection
Date (inclusive): 1938-1944
Collection Number: XX005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, memorabilia (1.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Military manuals, syllabi, exercises, and maps, used by the United States Military Intelligence Service Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota, relating to the organization of the Japanese army and to the study of the Japanese language. Includes Japanese swords, rifle and bayonet.
source: Kitagawa, Kay I.
Creator: United States. Military Intelligence Service Language School (Camp Savage, Minn.)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Kay I. Kitagawa collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Kitagawa, Kay I.

box 1, folder 1

Japanese geography

box 1, folder 2

Military intelligence (order of battle, misc.)

box 1, folder 3

Orientation lectures (history of Japan, testing material, etc.)

box 1, folder 4

Japanese language lessons

box 1, folder 5

Japanese army structure

box 1, folder 6

Kanji (book 2, 3) and Chiri (put out by the Military Intelligence Service Language School)

box 2, folder 1

Japanese naval organization and installation syllabus, Camp Savage, Minnesota 1943 September

box 2, folder 2

Heigo (4 books) put out by the Military Intelligence Service Language School

box 2, folder 3

Heigo Tokuhon (2 books) put out by the Military Intelligence Service Language School

 

memorabilia: 2 swords, 1 rifle, 1 bayonet