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Title: Robert L. Capp papers
Date (inclusive): 1923-1998
Collection Number: 99013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Sound recording of interview, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the American occupation of Japan and aftermath of the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Also includes photographs of victims of the Kanto (Tokyo) earthquake of 1923. Digital copies
of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Capp, Robert L.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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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.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1999
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert L. Capp papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Alternate Forms Available
Biographical Note
Technician 4, United States Army and member, occupation forces, Japan, 1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Materials relate to Capp's experiences during World War II in Japan, including a sound recording of an interview with Capp,
photographs relating to the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan taken by Capp, and photographs found by Capp
of victims of the 1923 Kanto earthquake near Tokyo by an unidentified photographer.
Related Material
The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, a Brown University Digital Collection of Materials from the Dana and Vera Reynolds Collection,
available at
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/kanto/
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
Audiotapes
Atomic bomb
United States -- Armed Forces -- Japan
Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923