Rabbitt (James A.) papers

Biographical File 1908-1961

box 61, folder 3-8

Diplomas, awards, and certificates 1917-1955

box 1, folder 1

General career material 1908-1952

box 1, folder 2

Engineering career 1952

box 1, folder 3-4

Invention clippings 1910-1961

box 2, folder 1

Amateur theater and clubs 1914-1932

box 2, folder 2

Children's immigration documents 1919

box 2, folder 3

Career clippings 1935-1952

Physical Description: Bound volume

Correspondence 1901-1951

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically, original titles retained

Scope and Contents

Letters sent and received over the course of business activities. Most correspondence consists of bound volumes

box 3, folder 1

Miscellaneous Letters Received 1901-1939

box 3, folder 2

Morris, Roland S. 1918-1919

box 3, folder 3-5

Peppermint leaves and menthol data 1919-1921

os_folder 2

Peppermint and menthol charts and blueprints 1920-1921

Scope and Contents

Contains charts and blueprints, 13 items

box 55, folder 2

General business 1921-1923

box 4, folder 1-2

A-H 1930-1931

box 5, folder 1-2

I-M 1930-1931

box 6, folder 1-2

N-Z 1930-1931

box 7, folder 1

Chronological Outward File 1932 May-December

box 7, folder 2

Letters 1932

Scope and Contents

Concerns business related to nickel

box 8, folder 2

Asano Agency Termination 1932

box 7, folder 3

Letters on Rotary Steel-making process 1932-1933

box 8, folder 1

Mitsui Correspondence and Legal 1932-1933

box 9, folder 1

Chronological Outward File 1933

box 10, folder 1

China and Miscellaneous Letters 1933

box 10, folder 2

American European Trip 1934

box 11, folder 1-4

Commercial File 1934-1936

box 12, folder 1

American European Trip, A-L 1936

box 13, folder 1

American European Trip, M-Z 1937

box 12, folder 2

Commercial File 1937

box 14, folder 1-3

Commercial File 1937-1939

box 13, folder 2

Commercial File 1939

box 55, folder 3-5

International Nickel Company 1941-1961

box 57, folder 1-2

International Nickel Company 1947-1951

Writings 1903-1967

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically

Scope and Contents

Includes published and unpublished works by Rabbitt, including a memoir, articles, lectures, and poetry.

Yankee Engineer in Asia 1903-1965

Scope and Contents

Volumes 1, 12, 14, 15, 19, and 20 missing. The remaining volumes contain patent documents, legal and business correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

box 15, folder 1-4

Manuscript drafts undated

box 15, folder 5-6

Volume 2 1903-1919

box 16, folder 1-6

Volume 2 1903-1919

box 17, folder 1

Volume 2 1903-1919

box 17, folder 2-6

Volume 3 1918-1920

box 18, folder 1

Volume 3 1918-1920

box 18, folder 2-6

Volume 4 1919-1924

box 19, folder 1

Volume 4 1919-1924

Conditions Governing Access

Box 19 may not be used without the permission of the Archivist

box 19, folder 2-5

Volume 5 1919-1922

Conditions Governing Access

Box 19 may not be used without the permission of the Archivist

box 18, folder 7

Volume 6 1925-1929

box 18, folder 8

Volume 7 1929-1940

box 20, folder 1

Volume 7 1929-1940

box 20, folder 2-4

Volume 8 1933-1940

box 21, folder 1-4

Volume 8 1933-1940

box 21, folder 5

Volume 9 1942-1943

box 21, folder 6

Volumes 10 and 11 1943-1949

box 21, folder 7

Volume 13 1952-1965

box 21, folder 8

Volumes 16 and 17 1924-1944

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings from China and Japan

box 22, folder 1-3

Volume 18 1921-1932

Scope and Contents

Canton newspaper clippings regarding Sun Yat-sen

box 25, folder 1

Volume 18 1921-1922

Scope and Contents

Bound volume titled "Canton newspaper clippings"

box 26, folder 1

Volume 18 1921-1922

box 24, folder 1-4

Volume 21 1921-1923

Conditions Governing Access

Box 24 may not be used without permission of the Archivist

os_folder 2

Kwang Tung Province Highway Department Diagram for Determining Width of Roads 1921 October

os_folder 3

Kwang Tung Province Highway Department Diagram for Determining Width of Roads 1921 October

box 24, folder 5

Volume 22 1921-1924

Conditions Governing Access

Box 24 may not be used without permission of the Archivist

box 62, folder 1-2

Volume 22 1921-1924

Conditions Governing Access

Box 62 may not be used without permission of the Archivist

box 62, folder 3

Volume 23 1921-1922

Conditions Governing Access

Box 62 may not be used without permission of the Archivist

box 26, folder 4

Lectures and articles on Japanese silk industry 1916-1939

box 25, folder 3

"Rice in the Cultural Life of the Japanese People" manuscript 1919

os_folder 2

A Conspectus of Japanese History and Notes undated

box 25, folder 2

"Rice and Social Policy" manuscript 1919-1938

box 23, folder 4-5

Article Drafts 1922

box 29, folder 1-2

"Nickel: Mining, Smelting, Refining and Applications" 1930-1931

Physical Description: Two bound volumes

box 27, folder 2-5

"History of Rice in Japan" 1931-1940

box 23, folder 2

"Mining and Metallurgy of Nickel" 1934

box 23, folder 6

Poetry Clippings and Drafts 1938-1939

box 26, folder 3

Lectures on tea 1939

box 27, folder 1

Writings on history of silk 1939

box 22, folder 5

"Historical Background of Government in Japan" 1941 April

box 23, folder 3

Articles on economies of China and Japan 1947 October-November

box 23, folder 7-8

"Trailing the Moon" poetry manuscript 1960s

box 23, folder 1

"Prolonged Youth" manuscript 1967

box 26, folder 2

"History of the Japanese Tea Industry" undated

box 22, folder 6

"Tea Leaves" manuscript undated

box 22, folder 4

"History of Japan Under the Shoguns" undated

Reports and Surveys 1918-1950

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Economic Reports 1918-1950

box 31, folder 1

Economic Reports for Trade Board, Washington 1918

box 31, folder 2-3

Monthly Trade Reports: Japan Trade and Economic Letters 1934-1936

Physical Description: Two bound volumes

box 32, folder 1-2

Monthly Commercial Reports: Japan 1935-1936

Physical Description: Two bound volumes

box 33, folder 1-2

Monthly Activity Reports: Japan Nickel Information Bureau 1936-1937

os_folder 3

Japan Nickel Information Bureau Organization Flow Chart undated

os_folder 3

Flowchart of Nickel Industries of Japan undated

box 51, folder 4

The Economic Position of Japan Report 1947-1950

box 57, folder 6-7

Report on Industrial Reparations Survey of Japan to the United States of America 1948 February

box 47, folder 1

Economic Orientation of the Far Eastern Crisis 1941 July-August

Mining, Metal, and Scientific Reports 1920-1950

box 54, folder 1

Reports on Steel 1920-1932

box 51, folder 1

4 Days at the Huntington Mills circa 1930

box 54, folder 3

Rotary Steel Process and Casting Machine 1932

box 51, folder 2

Nickel Deposits in Japan and Korea 1932-1933

box 53, folder 1

Nickel News and Reports 1936-1937

box 53, folder 2

Commercial Distribution of Nickel, Japan 1937

box 51, folder 3

Commercial Distribution of Nickel, Japan 1938

box 57, folder 4-5

China's Iron and Steel Industries, ore sites, coal fields, and coal mines 1944

box 48, folder 2

Scientific and Technological Societies of Japan Report 1947 October

box 48, folder 3

Iron and Steel Industries in Japan 1948-1949

box 48, folder 4

Postwar Reorganization and Research Activities in Metal and Alloys by Japanese Government and Industries 1950 March

box 54, folder 4-7

Ductile Cast Iron in Japan 1950 May-June

box 54, folder 8

Nickel and Economic Civilization undated

Engineering Projects 1921-1924

box 34, folder 1-3

Canton Delta and West River Railways Project: Preliminary Report 1921 October

os_folder 3

Proposed West River Railroad System undated

box 34, folder 4

Canton City Waterfront and Inner Harbor Improvements 1921 May

box 34, folder 5

Canton Outer Harbor and Dockyard Development 1921

os_folder 2

Canton Outer Harbor and Dockyard Development blueprint 1921 October

box 55, folder 1

Canton Project Business Documents 1921-1923

box 54, folder 2

Canton Project Business Documents 1921-1923

box 35, folder 1

Report on Hakata-Wan Harbor and Daibu Railway Project 1924

box 35, folder 2

Appendix to Report on Hakata-Wan Harbor and Daibu Railway Project 1924

Surveys of the Industries of Japan circa 1929

box 40, folder 3

Volume 1: Textiles circa 1929

box 48, folder 1

Volume 2: Industrial Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Artificial Fertilizers circa 1929

box 50

Appendix to Volume 2: Industrial Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Artificial Fertilizers circa 1929

box 49, folder 1

Volume 3: Dyes, Paints, Oils and Fats, Petroleum, Toilet Articles circa 1929

box 50, folder 1

Volume 4: Cement, Porcelain, Glass, Bricks circa 1929

box 50, folder 2

Volume 4 supplement: Porcelain circa 1929

box 41

Volume 5: Rubber, Leather, Paper, Celluloid, Explosives, Matches circa 1929

box 41

Volume 6: Beverages, Sake, Beer, Soy, Miso, Vinegar, Wines, and Liquors, Soft Drinks circa 1929

box 42

Volume 7: Canning, Salt, Fisheries, Ice and Refrigeration circa 1929

box 43

Volume 8: Dairies, Stock Farms, Agricultural Products, Sugar, Confectionery, Tea and Tobacco circa 1929

box 44

Appendix to Volumes 6, 7, and 8 circa 1929

box 45

Volume 9: Mining - Cold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Lead, Zinc etc., Iron, Coal, Oil, Sulphur circa 1929

box 45

Maps of Japan circa 1929

box 46

Volume 10: Metals - Iron, Steel, Copper, Zinc, Brass, Lead, Alloys, Castings, Bolts, Nuts, Chains, Plating, etc. circa 1929

box 47

Appendix to Volumes 9 and 10 circa 1929

box 52

Supplement A: Trade and Industrial Leaders circa 1929

Rice 1933-1940

box 28, folder 1-2

Translation of Naoji Suzuki's Bibliography on Rice 1938

box 28, folder 3-6

Newspaper clippings on rice 1933-1940

box 30, folder 1-2

Newspaper clippings on rice 1933-1940

box 29, folder 3-4

Data on rice 1938-1939

box 30, folder 3-6

Data on rice 1938-1939

box 28, folder 7

Rice Writings 1939

os_folder 1

Untitled Invention Sketch undated

Industrial Potential of Asia Surveys 1936-1946

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by name of country or region

box 36, folder 1-6

Asia's Industrial Potential 1930s

box 37, folder 1

Asia's Industrial Potential 1930s

box 37, folder 2

Australia's Industrial Potential circa 1939

box 37, folder 3-4

China's Industrial Potential 1940s

os_folder 1

Important Mines, Oil, and Metallurgical Plants of Manchuria map 1945 October

os_folder 1

Map of China undated

os_folder 3

Dr. Sun's railway map undated

box 37, folder 5-7

China's Industrial Potential Appendices 1940s

box 38, folder 1

Formosa and Korea's Industrial Potential 1944-1946

os_folder 1

Important Mines, Oil, and Metallurgical Plants of Korea 1945 July

box 38, folder 2-3

India's Industrial Potential 1938

box 38, folder 4-6

Japan's Industrial Potential 1936-1947

box 39, folder 1

Japan's Industrial Potential 1936-1947

box 57, folder 3

Japan's Industrial Potential 1936-1947

os_folder 1

Charts of Japanese industries and oversize maps of Japan 1936

Physical Description: 23 items

os_folder 3

Flowchart of Survey of Industrial Potential of Japan 1941

os_folder 3

National Geographic Map of Asia and Adjacent Areas 1942

box 39, folder 2-3

Southeast Asia's Industrial Potential 1936-1940

box 39, folder 4

Southwest Asia's Industrial Potential 1936-1940

box 39, folder 5

Philippine's Industrial Potential 1944 October

box 40, folder 1-2

Soviet Union's Industrial Potential 1940s

os_folder 2

Soviet Union Basic Industries chart and map 1940

Miscellaneous 1906-1949

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically

box 54, folder 9

Business Documents and Contracts 1906-1949

box 1, folder 7

Journal 1913

box 1, folder 7

Daybook 1918

box 51, folder 5

Preparatory Work for Japan 1928

box 49, folder 2

Articles on Agricultural Problems, Farm Machinery, Food Review 1938

box 49, folder 3

Newspaper clippings on silk and tea 1938

box 52, folder 2-3

Rehabilitation of the Mining Industry in the Philippines manuscript by H. Foster Bain 1938

box 49, folder 4

Food Review circa 1930s

box 54, folder 10

Japan Food Review circa 1930s

box 65

War Department, Military Intelligence Division, New York Office, History and Operation Manual 1944

box 56, folder 6-7

Pen and Ink Sketches undated

box 63, folder 1

Pen and Ink Sketches undated

box 63, folder 2-18

Assorted Artwork undated

box 61, folder 1-2

Assorted Artwork undated

box 56

Guest books 1933-1940

Scope and Contents

Three guest books for Rabbitt residence in Japan

Photographic Materials 1895-1960

Photographic prints 1927-1930s

box 60, folder 3

1927

Scope and Contents

Photographs of tea flowers

box 60, folder 4-5

circa 1930s

Scope and Contents

Photographs of rice cultivation

box 58, envelope 1-56

circa 1930s

Scope and Contents

Photographs of rice cultivation

Photographic albums 1895-1924

box 60, folder 1-2

1921-1924

Physical Description: 2 unbound photographic albums

box 59

1895-1920

Physical Description: 2 bound photographic albums

box 64

undated

Physical Description: 1 unbound photographic album

box 60, folder 6

Miscellaneous photographs 1940-1960