Abstract
Correspondence, research, articles, course material and lectures pertaining to Dr. Smith's study of Japan.
Dates
- 1950-2016
Creator
- Smith, Robert J. (Robert John), 1927-2016. (Person)
- Meyerson, David Nathan. (Person)
- Wiswell, Ella Lury. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, Cornell University.
Extent
42.5 cubic feet. (42.5 cubic feet.)
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
Arranged by subject.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Correspondence Boxes 1-8Box 43 Folders 11, 13-19
Series II. Historical Demography (includes Data Card Sets) Boxes 9-11
Series III. Course Material Box 12Box 22 Folders 3-6
Series IV. Committee Files, Awards Box 13
Series V. Japanese Emperors Box 14
Series VI. Morgan Lectures Box 15
Series VII. Japanese in Brazil Boxes 16-17Box 43 Folder 9
Series VIII. Ancestor Worship Boxes 18-19Box 25 Folders 1-12
Series IX. Cornell 1969 Box 20
Series X. Reprints Box 21
Series XI. Clippings -- Japan Boxes 23-24Box 26 Folders 1-16Box 43 Folder 8
Series XII. Subject Files Box 22 Folders 1-2, 7-16 Box 36 Folders 1-4
Series XIII. Calendars Box 25
Series XIV. Book - Kurusu Boxes 27-29Box 36 Folders 18-19
Series XV. Scrapbooks Boxes 30-32
Series XVI. Newspapers Boxes 33-35
Series XVII. Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP) Box 37Box 45
This material covers the years from Robert Smith's enlistment in the US Army Reserve in July 1944 to his service in the occupation of Japan in 1946. In the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP) and Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) at Carnegie Tech, University of Minnesota and Yale University
Series XVIII. David Meyerson Material Box 36
Series XIX. The W.W. Curtis Ainu Collection Box 43 Folders 1-7
Series XX. Other Material Boxes 37-38Box 44
Series XXI. Suye-Mura Material Boxes 46-47
Physical Description
Correspondence, research, articles, course materials.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Eileen Keating
- Date completed:
- December 2001
- EAD encoding:
- Sarah Gordon, January 2003Ariel Joy Conant, November 2006
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, September 2018
- Ancestor worship -- Japan.
- Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
- Demography -- Japan.
- Emperors -- Japan.
- Japan -- Politics and government.
- Japan -- Social life and customs.
- Japan -- Study and teaching.
- Japanese -- Brazil.
- Programs (documents).
- Scrapbooks.
- Slides (Photography).
- Student movements -- United States -- History.
- Students -- Political activity.
- Suye-mura (Japan)
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Eileen Keating
- Date
- January 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu