Register of the Ralph D. Keown album

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Title: Ralph D. Keown album

Date (inclusive): 1951-1952

Collection Number: 2022C3

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English

Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Ralph D. Keown was a private in the United States Army Signal Corps. The Ralph D. Keown album includes 155 photographs of related to his time in the Southeastern Signal School camp in Camp Gordon, Georgia, as well as photographs depicting scenes around Tokyo, Japan and other unidentiﬁed locations.

Creator: Keown, Ralph D.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ralph D. Keown album, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Keown was a private in the United States Army Signal Corps. He was stationed in occupied Japan and worked at the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Tokyo.

Scope and Content of Collection

Includes 155 photographs of Camp Gordon, Georgia; Tokyo, Japan; and unidentiﬁed locations. The photographs depict scenes around Tokyo and soldiers in uniform and off-duty on base. There are hand-written annotations throughout the album identifying soldiers and buildings. Also included in the album: Keown's certiﬁcate from "The Southeastern Signal School Camp Gordon, Ga.", dated August 4, 1951; a color-illustrated certiﬁcate, "Domain of the Golden Dragon Ruler of the 180th Meridian"; and a newspaper article dated May 2, 1952, that shows rioters at the Imperial Palace Plaza.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Camp Gordon (DeKalb County, Ga.)

Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Japan

Photographs

Photograph albums

United States. Army. Signal Corps

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. General Headquarters

box 1, folder 1-19

Scrapbook 1951-1952

Scope and Contents

19 folders of disbound album featuring photographs, correspondence and certificate from Keown's time in the United States Army Southeastern Signal School.