Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- York Panniell photograph album
- Dates:
- 1946-1947
- Creators:
- Panneill, York
- Abstract:
- A photo album created by Private York Panniell (ca. 1925-1987) while serving in Japan during the U.S. Occupation between 1946 and 1947.
- Extent:
- 0.8 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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York Panniell photograph album. MS.M.062. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A photo album created by Private York Panniell (ca. 1925-1987) while serving in Japan during the U.S. Occupation between 1946 and 1947. Includes photographs of himself, his fellow service members in the all-African American 933rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, Japanese soldiers and civilians and local scenery. Also includes Japanese postcards and currency, as well as portraits of Japanese celebrities. The album also contains two uniform patches, a list entitled "My favorite songs while I was in Japan," a love poem entitled "The Vision" and a cloth painting of an unidentified woman (possibly a souvenir from Yokohama).
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Between the Covers, Inc.
- Physical description:
- Album condition is good, with worn edges, some tears and rubbing. Pages, photographs and other contents are fine, with brittle paper, light soiling and cellotape.
- Physical facet:
- 40 pages with 65 sepia and black and white photographs.
- Dimensions:
- Oblong quarto, measuring 9"x12".
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-08-18 15:31:44 UTC .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the University of California. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright. For information on use, copyright, and attribution, please visit: http://special.lib.uci.edu/using/publishing.html
- Preferred citation:
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York Panniell photograph album. MS.M.062. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and ArchivesThe UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
- Contact:
- (949) 824-3947