Preliminary Inventory of the B. G. Oberlin collection

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.

Hoover Institution Archives

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Title: B. G. Oberlin collection

Date (inclusive): 1946-1976

Collection Number: 79043

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives

Language of Material: In English and Japanese.

Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 2 envelopes (0.8 linear feet)

Abstract: Newspaper issues and clippings, depositions, and photographs, relating to the Japanese war crime trials after World War II. Includes mimeographed prison newspapers issued by Japanese prisoners awaiting trial.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

creator: Oberlin, B. G., collector.

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], B. G. Oberlin collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1979.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Scope and Content of Collection

Newspaper issues and clippings, depositions, and photographs, relating to the Japanese war crime trials after World War II. Includes mimeographed prison newspapers issued by Japanese prisoners awaiting trial.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948.

War crime trials--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945--Japan.

Box 1

Newspaper issues and clippings, depositions, and mimeographed prison newspapers issued by Japanese prisoners awaiting trial.

Envelope A

1 print depicting Iva Toguri d'Aquino ("Tokyo Rose") leaving Sugamo prison in Japan, October 25, 1946

Envelope B

16 prints depicting B. G. Oberlin and his wife Doris in Japan following World War II; Sugamo Prison in Tokyo; and views of Japan, 1946-1948

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