Inventory of the Japan newspaper collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff, Simon Ertz, Sarah Cassone
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2019
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Title: Japan newspaper collection
Date (inclusive): 1893-1998
Collection Number: 2019C125
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
72 oversize boxes
(94.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The newspapers in this collection were originally collected by the Hoover Institution Library and transferred to the Archives
in 2019. The Japan newspaper collection (1893-1998) comprises thirteen different titles of publication, all in English. The
titles within this collection have been further analyzed in Stanford University Libraries catalog.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
Due to the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across its scope. Copyright is assumed to be held
by the original newspaper publications, which should be contacted wherein public domain has not yet passed. The Hoover Institution
can neither grant nor deny permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2019 from the Hoover Institution Library.
Preferred Citation
The following information is suggested along with your citation: [Title/Date of Publication], Japan newspaper collection [Box
no.], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
The Hoover Institution's collecting history regarding newspapers spans over 80 years. Newspapers became an integral core component
of the "Hoover War Collection" soon after it was established in 1919 as a repository of materials on World War I and the states
and societies involved in it. The subsequent widening of focus to cover the themes of "War, Revolution, and Peace" caused
the collection to grow further in scope and volume into a variety of directions.
As a result, over the course of 80 years, thousands of newspaper titles from close to a hundred different countries were collected.
They document major political and historical events, such as military conflicts and wars, the collapse of political systems,
states, and empires, the establishment of radical and revolutionary regimes, and the corollaries of all these developments,
including economic crises, famines, and migration for political reasons.
In 2000-2001, the Hoover Library's newspaper collection activities came to an almost complete halt. Around that time, the
"realignment" of library activities and collections at Stanford saw the transfer of more than 2,000 newspaper titles from
specific (mostly non-European) countries from the Hoover Library to other libraries at Stanford. Moreover, prior to the realignment,
a significant but unknown volume of paper copies of newspapers (including many Russian/Soviet titles) were discarded after
being microfilmed.
In totality, the remaining paper copies of newspapers at Hoover - excluding microfilm holdings - comprise more than 5,000
unique titles, of which at least many hundreds can be considered rare or very rare. These remaining newspaper collections
at Hoover contain materials dating from all periods of the 20th century, with some titles reaching back into the 19th century.
While the variety and diversity of papers is considerable, most titles fall into one of three groups: 1) general daily and
weekly newspapers; 2) party and propaganda newspapers; 3) newspapers addressing national or ethnic minorities, émigré newspapers,
veterans' papers, professional and union papers.
The largest number of newspaper runs include copies from the first half of the 20th century. Newspapers from this period illuminate
in particular the two world wars and their consequences as well as political, social, and economic developments in Europe
and beyond, including the rise of Socialist, right-wing, and Fascist ideologies and movements. Among the late 20th century
holdings, a significant number of papers reflect political change in various regions, most prominently the end of Socialist
and Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, but also revolutionary or radical political movements in non-European states, e.g.
in Latin America.
Very few holdings of individual newspaper titles possess complete or near-complete runs. However, in cases of gaps, supplementation
can sometimes be found in the form of microfilm copies available at the Hoover Library or holdings at Stanford University
Libraries.
Scope and Contents
The Japan newspaper collection (1893-1998) comprises thirteen (13) different English-language titles of publication. Some
titles also exist on microfilm. More information on microfilm avaiilibity, as well as anaylzed title information can be found
in Stanford University Libraries catalog
here
Arrangement Statement
The Japan newspaper collection has been organized into thirteen (13) series, for each title that exists within the collection.
. Title, publication, and Hoover-held date range information can be found at the beginning of each series.
You will also notice a string of numbers within the series information. These numbers represent the library catalog ID for
that particular newspaper title. If input into Stanford's library catalog you will be directed to the full catalog record.
We have preserved this information within our finding aid for both the benefit and ease of the researcher, as well as our
intention to utilize it via automated linking in the future.
The materials in this collection are part of an Offsite Move Project spanning 2018-2019. The items were acquired from the
Hoover Institution Library as "news collections" and were originally housed, unboxed, on shelves via their call number (normally
a country) and ordered alphabetically by title. In some cases, newspapers were not assigned a particular country, but instead
a language designation.
Upon transfer to the Archives, the collection's materials were housed in archival boxes according to size, and afforded item
level descriptive information. Intellectual arrangement was then imposed to each collection both alphabetically by title and
chronologically by date. When searching for a title alphabetically it is important to remember that all initial articles,
particularly ones used in varying languages, are excluded in alphabetical arrangement, and the title is organized based on
the first word (despite the initial article still remaining at the beginning of the title). The formatting of the dates preserves
the packet title holdings information, which was the format used by Hoover Library Staff for decades. As a result, some dates
may appear out of order by month. In the 1980s, Hoover grew less detailed in their capturing of holdings information, resulting
in generalized statements of "many issues missing" or sometimes not recording a missing issue at all.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese newspapers
Asahi evening news. (Tokyo: Asahi Evening News, 1960-1961) 13282282
box 67
Asahi evening news (Tokyo)
1960:May 23-1961:Feb 18
Scope and Contents
Many Issues Missing
BCON. (Osaka, Japan: British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, 1948) 13282286
box 1
BCON (Osaka)
1948:Mar 12-Apr 28
The Japan advertiser. (Tokyo: B.W. Fleisher, 1917-1934) 13282293
box 71
The Japan advertiser (Tokyo)
1917:Mar-Jul, Sep-Dec
box 70
The Japan advertiser (Tokyo)
1918:Apr-Jun
box 70
The Japan advertiser (Tokyo)
1918:Jan-Mar
box 71
The Japan advertiser (Tokyo)
1918:Jul-Sep
box 69
The Japan advertiser (Tokyo)
1919-1934
Scope and Contents
Many issues missing
The Japan daily mail. (Tokyo: Jappan Meeru Shinbunsha, 1893-1896, 1888-1906, 1914-1917) 13282325
box 5
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1888:Jul-Dec
box 6
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1893:Jan-Jun
box 7
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1893:Jul-Dec
box 2
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1894:Jan-Jun
box 3
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1895:Jan-Jun
box 4
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1896:Jan-Jun
box 8
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1899:Jan-Jun
box 8
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1900:Jan-Jun
box 9
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1900:Jul-Dec
box 12
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1901:Jan-Jun
box 12
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1901:Jul-Dec
box 10
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1902:Jan-Jun
box 10
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1902:Jul-Dec
box 11
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1903:Jan-Jun
box 11
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1903:Jul-Dec
box 5
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1904:Jan-Jun
box 15
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1904:Jul-Dec
box 13
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1905:Jan-Jun
box 13
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1905:Jul-Dec
box 9
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1906:Jan-Jun
box 1
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1906:Jul-Dec
box 14
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1914:Dec-1916 Apr
box 14
The Japan daily mail (Tokyo)
1916:May-1917:Jan
Japan news. (Tokyo: Asian Pub. Co., Pty., Ltd., 1950, 1961) 13282331
box 18
Japan news (Tokyo)
1950:Aug-Dec
box 17
Japan news (Tokyo)
1950:Jan-Jul
box 19
Japan news (Tokyo)
1961:Jan-May
Japan news-week. (Tokyo: W.R. Wills, 1940-1941) 13282343
box 69
Japan news-week (Tokyo)
1940:Jun 1-Nov 9, 1941:Apr 19, Jul 19-Aug 9
The Japan times and advertiser. (Tokyo: Japan Times, 1942) 13282349
box 72
The Japan times and advertiser (Tokyo)
1942:Jan 14-Jun 10
The mainichi. (Osaka: K. Suko, 1934, 1941-1951, 1960-1961) 3051065
box 38
The mainichi (Osaka)
1947
Scope and Contents
Missing: June 30, Aug 14
box 40
The mainichi (Osaka)
1948
Scope and Contents
Missing:March 28, Aug 15, Sep 10, Oct 1, 14
box 51
The mainichi (Osaka)
1934:Mar 28
box 32
The mainichi (Osaka)
1941:Jun 1, Sept-Dec
Scope and Contents
Many Issues Missing
box 34
The mainichi (Osaka)
1942:Jan-Jun
box 33
The mainichi (Osaka)
1942:Jul-Dec
box 39
The mainichi (Osaka)
1943:Jan-Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing: Jan 22
box 36
The mainichi (Osaka)
1943:Jul-Dec
box 35
The mainichi (Osaka)
1944:Jan-Jun
box 37
The mainichi (Osaka)
1944:Jul-Dec
box 37
The mainichi (Osaka)
1945:Jan-Aug
box 37
The mainichi (Osaka)
1945:Sept 28, Oct 7
box 38
The mainichi (Osaka)
1946:Apr 8-Dec 31
box 41
The mainichi (Osaka)
1949:Jan-Jun
box 42
The mainichi (Osaka)
1949:Jul-Dec
box 41
The mainichi (Osaka)
1950:Jan-May
box 45
The mainichi (Osaka)
1950:Jun-Dec
box 43
The mainichi (Osaka)
1951:Jan-May
box 47
The mainichi (Osaka)
1960:Jul
box 47
The mainichi (Osaka)
1960:Jun 4-Jun 30
box 47
The mainichi (Osaka)
1960:May 2-Jun 3
box 48
The mainichi (Osaka)
1961:April-Jun
Scope and Contents
Misisng:Jun 21
box 46
The mainichi (Osaka)
1961:Dec
box 44
The mainichi (Osaka)
1961:Jul-Jun
box 46
The mainichi (Osaka)
1961:Nov
box 46
The mainichi (Osaka)
1961:Oct
The mainichi daily news. (Tokyo: Mainichi Newspapers, 1954-1969) 378709
box 16
The mainichi daily news (Tokyo)
1954-1959
box 15
The mainichi daily news (Tokyo)
1960-1969
Nippon times. (Tokyo: Japan Times, 1945) 13282904
box 69
Nippon times (Tokyo)
1945:Jun 23
The Osaka mainichi. (Osaka, Japan: R. Araki, 1922-1931) 13282925
box 31
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1922:Jul-Sept
box 27
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1922:Oct-Dec
box 31
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1923:Apr-Jun
box 30
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1923:Jan-Mar
box 29
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1923:Jul-Sept
box 30
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1923:Oct-Dec
box 53
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1924:Apr-Jun
box 28
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1924:Jan-Mar
box 29
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1924:Jul-Sept
box 27
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1924:Oct-Dec
box 69
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1925:Apr 25
box 59
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1925:Apr-Jun
box 57
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1925:Jan-Mar
box 56
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1925:Jul-Sep
box 28
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1925:Oct-Dec
box 54
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1926:Apr-Jun
box 56
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1926:Jan-Mar
box 52
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1926:Jul-Sep
box 59
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1926:Oct-Dec
box 64
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1927:Apr-Jun
box 66
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1927:Jan-Mar
box 65
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1927:Jul-Sept
box 63
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1927:Oct-Dec
box 51
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1928:Apr-Jun
box 60
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1928:Jan-Mar
box 51
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1928:Jul-Sep
box 62
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1928:Oct-Dec
box 58
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1929:Apr-Jun
box 57
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1929:Jan-Mar
box 53
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1929:Oct-Dec
box 54
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1929:Sep-Dec
box 55
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1930:Apr-Jun
box 61
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1930:Jan-Mar
box 52
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1930:Oct-Dec
box 68
The Osaka mainichi (Osaka)
1931:Jan-Mar
The People's Korea. (Tokyo, Japan: Chosun Shinbosa, 1962-1998) 13282936
box 49
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1973
box 49
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1974
box 49
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1977
box 50
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1978
box 50
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1979
Scope and Contents
Some issues missing
box 49
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1980
Scope and Contents
Some issues missing
box 24
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1981
box 25
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1983
box 20
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1984
box 20
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1985
box 20
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1988
box 24
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1989
Scope and Contents
Many Issues Missing
box 26
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1990
box 24
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1991
box 24
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1992
box 60
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1993
box 60
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1994
box 25
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1997
box 25
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1998
box 23
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1961:Jan 1-Dec 20
box 21
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1962:Jan 1-Dec 19
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 11, Jun 20
box 21
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1963:Jan 1-Dec 18
box 21
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1964:Jan 1-Dec 23
box 21
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1965:Jan 1-Dec 22
box 20
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1966:Jan 1-Dec 21
box 22
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1967:Jan 1-Dec 20
box 22
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1968:Jan 1-Dec 25
box 22
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1969:Jan 1-Dec 17
box 23
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1970:Jan 1-Dec 9
Scope and Contents
Some issues missing
box 23
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1971:Jan 1-Dec 15
box 49
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1972:Jan 1-Dec 20
box 50
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1975:Jan-1976 Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:1975:Oct 29
box 24
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1982:Jan 9-Dec 27
box 20
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1986:Jan-Jun, Dec
box 26
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1987:Feb-Dec
Scope and Contents
Scattered Issues
box 26
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1995:Jan 13-Dec 23
box 26
The People's Korea (Tokyo)
1996:Jan 13-Dec 28
Scope and Contents
Missing
Silk digest. (Tokyo, Japan: Board of Raw Silk Industry, 1946-1951) 13282937
box 32
Silk digest (Tokyo)
1946-1951
