Robert J. Smith papers, 1950-2016
Collection Number: 14-25-3175

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Robert J. Smith papers, 1950-2016
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-25-3175
Abstract:
Correspondence, research, articles, course material and lectures pertaining to Dr. Smith's study of Japan.
Creator:
Smith, Robert J. (Robert John), 1927-2016.
Meyerson, David Nathan.
Wiswell, Ella Lury.
Quanitities:
42.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, Cornell University.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Robert J. Smith Papers, #14-25-3175. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Scope and content

Correspondence, research, articles, course material and lectures pertaining to Dr. Smith's study of Japan. Including articles and information about Japanese emperors, ancestor worship, the Japanese in Brazil, historical demography and material concerning the student protests at Cornell in 1969, correspondence with David Nathan Meyerson, and scrapbooks with newspaper clippings from World War I and World War II, material concerning Smith's participation in the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program and programs from various plays from the 1940s.
Scope and content

Includes correspondence with Ella L. Wiswell concerning the study of the Japanese village of Suye-mura.
Processing Information

Boxes 34 and 35 have been removed from the collection.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
Places:
Japan -- Politics and government.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Subjects:
Suye-mura (Japan)
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945.
Japan -- Study and teaching.
Demography -- Japan.
Ancestor worship -- Japan.
Emperors -- Japan.
Japanese -- Brazil.
Students -- Political activity.
Student movements -- United States -- History.
Form and Genre Terms:
Programs (documents).
Slides (Photography).
Scrapbooks.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 1-38
Correspondence,
 1968-1999
Scope and Contents
A-B
Box 2 Folder 1-49
Correspondence,
 1968-1999
Scope and Contents
C-Hanks
Box 3 Folder 1-51
Correspondence,
 1968-1999
Scope and Contents
H-K
Box 4 Folder 1-37
Correspondence,
 1968-1999
Scope and Contents
L - M
Box 5 Folder 1-42
Correspondence,
 1968-1999
Scope and Contents
N - Robertson, Jennifer
Box 6 Folder 1-40
Correspondence,
 1968-1999
Scope and Contents
Robertson, Jennifer - W
Box 7 Folder 1-21
Correspondence,
 1968-1999
Scope and Contents
W-Z; Personal Libraries
Box 8 Folder 1-36
Correspondence,
 1960-2001
Scope and Contents
A-Z
Box 43 Folder 13
Correspondence,
 2003
Scope and Contents
A-E
Box 43 Folder 14
Correspondence,
 2003
Scope and Contents
F-H
Box 8 Folder 15
Correspondence,
 2003
Scope and Contents
K-L
Box 43 Folder 16
Correspondence,
 2003
Scope and Contents
M-O
Box 43 Folder 17
Correspondence,
 2003
Scope and Contents
P
Box 43 Folder 18
Correspondence,
 2003
Scope and Contents
R-T
Box 43 Folder 19
Correspondence,
 2003
Scope and Contents
W-Z
Box 43 Folder 20
Correspondence,
 1953-1997
Scope and Contents
Department of Anthropology
Box 43 Folder 21
Correspondence,
 2002-2003
Scope and Contents
Royalties Statements
Box 43 Folder 22
Correspondence,
 1947-1952
Scope and Contents
Earl R. Miner
Box 43 Folder 11
Correspondence,
 1988-1997
Scope and Contents
East Asia Program Endowment
Box 48 Folder 5
Correspondence with David Plath
 1961-1997
Box 48 Folder 14
Correspondence
 1989
Series II. Historical Demography
Data Card Sets
Box 9
Horikoshi-Machl Lemochl
Box 9
Hama-Issai-Cho,
 1792-1861
Box 9
Hama-Issai-Cho,
 1713-1788
Box 9
Hama-Kubo-Cho,
 1819-1868
Box 9
Kubo-Machi Shakuya
Box 9
Kubo-Machi Lemochi
Box 10
Horikoshi-Machi-Shakuya
Box 10
Hama-Kubo-Cho,
 1771-1818
Box 11
Conference on Historical Demography,
 1970s
Box 11
Photographs-selected household registers
Box 11
Notes and References
Box 11
Conference paper and publications
Series III. Course Material
Box 12 Folder 1
Yale Univ. Anthropology Visiting Committee,
 1994-1995
Box 12 Folder 2
Gardener Museum Symposium,
 1993
Box 12 Folder 3
9th World Congress of Sociology; Uppsala,
 1978
Box 12 Folder 4
Hume Lecture Yale University,
 1980
Box 12 Folder 5
Univ. of Washington Distinguished Lecturer,
 1977
Box 12 Folder 6
Holmberg/Sharp Dedication,
 1993
Box 12 Folder 7
Oklahoma Symposium,
 1993
Box 12 Folder 8
Japanese Village Restudy,
 1972-1974
Box 12 Folder 9
Rutgers Lecture,
 1985
Box 12 Folder 10
Zagreb Conference,
 1988
Box 12 Folder 11
St. Michael's College Lecture,
 1987
Box 12 Folder 12
Virginia Consortium Asian Studies,
 1991
Box 12 Folder 13
Williams College Lectures,
 1990
Box 12 Folder 14
University of Rochester Visiting Committee,
 1973
Box 12 Folder 15
Seminar: Japanese Society and Culture,
 1981-1996
Box 12 Folder 16
Course Materials-Japanese Society,
 1969-1996
Box 12 Folder 17
Children's Art (Japan)
Box 12 Folder 18
Asian Americans #1,
 1986-1991
Box 12 Folder 19
Asian Americans #2,
 1966-1987
Box 12 Folder 20
Urban Anthropology #1,
 1970-1991
Box 12 Folder 21
Urban Anthropology #2,
 1957-1991
Box 12 Folder 22
Urban Anthropology #3,
 1964-1975
Box 12 Folder 23
Art and Culture #1,
 1965-1971
Box 12 Folder 24
Art and Culture #2,
 1963-1970
Box 12 Folder 25
Art and Culture #3,
 1965-1970
Box 12 Folder 26
Art and Culture #4,
 1952-1972
Box 12 Folder 27
Miscellaneous,
 1960-1990
Box 12 Folder 28
Concept of Culture,
 1986-1990
Box 12 Folder 29
Hi No E Uma (Fire/Yang/Horse),
 1966-1994
Box 12 Folder 30
Windows (Japan),
 1972-1985
Box 12 Folder 31
Round, Cycle & Trajectory (Japan),
 1965-1984
Box 12 Folder 32
Reflections on Japanese Society,
 1988
Box 12 Folder 33
Retrospective View of Rural Community Studies
Box 12 Folder 34
Popular Religion In a Rural Community,
 1978
Box 12 Folder 35
Study of Japan In the Social Sciences
Box 12 Folder 36
Finding a Voice for Japanese Village Women,
 1988-1989
Box 22 Folder 3
Asian American Experience,
 1970-1977
Scope and Contents
# 1
Box 22 Folder 4
Asian American Experience,
 1940-1977
Scope and Contents
# 2
Box 22 Folder 5
Asian American Experience,
 1964-1975
Scope and Contents
# 3
Box 22 Folder 6
Course: Japanese Society Student's Notebook,
 1994
Series IV. Committee Files, Lectures and Awards
Box 13 Folder 1
University of Hawaii Visiting Prof.,
 1978
Box 13 Folder 2
Job Offers,
 1961-1965
Scope and Contents
# 1
Box 13 Folder 3
Job Offers,
 1959-1987
Scope and Contents
# 2
Box 13 Folder 4
Miscellaneous Personal,
 1968-1989
Scope and Contents
Lectures, Reviews, Awards - 1
Box 13 Folder 5
Miscellaneous Personal,
 1965-1997
Scope and Contents
3
Box 13 Folder 6
Annual Reports,
 1963-64/1995-96
Box 13 Folder 7
Miscellaneous Personal,
 1974-1993
Scope and Contents
Lectures, Reviews, Awards - 2
Box 13 Folder 8
Memos,
 1988-1996
Scope and Contents
Miller Money (East Asia Program)
Box 13 Folder 9
Association for Asian Studies-Distinguished Lecturer,
 1980
Box 13 Folder 10
CAU,
 1995
Box 13 Folder 11
CSU-Long Beach Anthropology Evaluation,
 1987
Box 13 Folder 12
Univ. of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies,
 1997
Box 13 Folder 13
Conference on the Role of Confucian Institutions,
 1991
Box 13 Folder 14
Daedalus-Many Chinas,
 1992
Box 13 Folder 15
Association for Asian Studies Regional,
 1987-1988
Box 13 Folder 16
Aspen/MIT Wye Woods,
 1991
Box 13 Folder 17
Japan Political Economy Research Committee,
 1987-1991
Box 13 Folder 18
Japanese Spirituality (East-West Center),
 1991-1992
Box 13 Folder 19
Development Process In Asia (East-West Center),
 1988-1990
Box 13 Folder 20
Self and Society (East-West Center) #1,
 1991
Box 13 Folder 21
Self and Society (East-West Center) #2,
 1987-1991
Series V. Japanese Emperors
Box 14 Folder 1
Imperial Family: General,
 1971-1987
Box 14 Folder 2
Wedding of the Crown Prince,
 1959
Box 14
Newspaper Articles and Periodicals (Japanese)
Box 14
Newspaper Articles (English)
Series VI. Morgan Lectures
Box 15 Folder 1
Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures,
 1980
Box 15 Folder 2
Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures,
 1963-1981
Scope and Contents
Notes
Box 15 Folder 3
Japanese Society,
 1983-1984
Scope and Contents
Correspondence #1
Box 15 Folder 4
Japanese Society,
 1984-1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence #2
Box 15 Folder 5
Japanese Society,
 1988-2001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence #3
Box 15 Folder 6
Japanese Society,
 1984-1988
Scope and Contents
Reviews
Box 15 Folder 7
Japanese Society,
 1995
Scope and Contents
Translation (Japanese)
Box 15 Folder 8
Comparative Study of Technological Change
Box 15 Folder Bound report
Seminar In Technological Change, Minutes and Reports,
 1950-1951
Box 15 Folder 9
Turning Leaves: Japanese American Family Albums,
 1984-1995
Box 15 Folder 10
NY Council-Asian Studies,
 1998
Box 15 Folder 11
Cornell Club of New York,
 1994
Box 15 Folder 12
Harvard,
 1990-1992
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 15 Folder 13
Harvard,
 1989
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 15
Separate folder-Harvard
Box 15 Folder 14
Harvard,
 1989-1990
Scope and Contents
#3
Box 15 Folder 15
Harvard,
 1983-1990
Scope and Contents
#4
Box 15 Folder 16
Harvard,
 1988-1990
Scope and Contents
#5
Series VII. The Japanese in Brazil
Box 16 Folder 1
Brazil - Correspondence,
 1988-1990
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 16 Folder 2
Brazil - Correspondence,
 1967
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 16 Folder 3
Brazil - Correspondence,
 1968-1969
Scope and Contents
#3
Box 16 Folder 4
Brazil - Correspondence,
 1970-1982
Scope and Contents
#4
Box 16 Folder *5
*Unmarked folder
Box 16 Folder 6
Maps #1
Box 16 Folder 7
Maps #2
Box 16 Folder 8
Manuscript,
 1969-1983
Scope and Contents
Religions (Draft)
Box 16 Folder 9
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Buddhism
Box 16 Folder 10
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Getulina Report
Box 16 Folder 11
Manuscript
Scope and Contents
Exodus
Box 16 Folder 12
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Acculturation & Assimilation
Box 16 Folder 13
Manuscript,
 1968
Scope and Contents
Biculturalism
Box 16 Folder 14
Manuscript
Scope and Contents
Japanese Immigrants
Box 16 Folder 15
Manuscript
Scope and Contents
Kitaoji
Box 16 Folder 16
Bibliography Notes,
 1965-1979
Box 17
Bibliography Notes
Scope and Contents
Bibliographic cards tied up in bundles.
Box 17 Folder 1
Visit of the Crown Prince and Princess,
 1967
Box 17
Newspapers
Box 43 Folder 9
Brazil Field Notes,
 1966-67
Series VIII. Ancestor Worship
Box 18
Ancestor Worship in Contemporary Japan, First Draft
Box 18
Ancestor Worship In Contemporary Japan, As Submitted to Press
Box 18 Folder 1
Stanford University Press,
 1974-1971
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Box 18 Folder 2
Ancestor Worship,
 1974-1978
Scope and Contents
Notes #1
Box 18 Folder 3
Ancestor Worship
Scope and Contents
Notes #2
Box 18 Folder 4
Ancestor Worship,
 1974
Scope and Contents
Photographs
Box 18 Folder 5
Correspondence-Maeyama/ACLS,
 1969-1981
Box 18 Folder 6
Publicity,
 1974-1983
Box 18
Ancestor Worship, Note Cards
Box 19 Folder 1
Code Book,
 1971
Box 19 Folder 2
Explanations
Box 19 Folder 3
Kin Terms and Charts
Box 19 Folder 4
Hyogo-Ken/Nara #071-081 /Shiga-Ken #001-014
Box 19 Folder 5
Yasuhara
Scope and Contents
# 001-020
Box 19 Folder 6
Nakayashiki,
 1964-1974
Scope and Contents
#101-131 & Correspondence
Box 19 Folder 7
Tokyo Katsushika-Ku
Scope and Contents
#1-40
Box 19 Folder 8
Tokyo Katsushika-Ku
Scope and Contents
#41-80
Box 19 Folder 9
Tokyo Katsushika-Ku
Scope and Contents
#81-120
Box 19 Folder 10
Tokyo Katsushika-Ku
Scope and Contents
#122-148
Box 19 Folder 11
General and Mitaka-Shi,
 1962
Box 19 Folder 12
Osaka
Scope and Contents
#001-065
Box 19 Folder 13
Osaka
Scope and Contents
#066-104
Box 19 Folder 14
Kyoto
Scope and Contents
#001-061
Box 19 Folder 15
Sone
Scope and Contents
#801-820
Box 19 Folder 16
Sone
Scope and Contents
#821-840
Box 19 Folder 17
Sone
Scope and Contents
#841-860
Box 19 Folder 18
Sone
Scope and Contents
#861-880
Box 19 Folder 19
Sone
Scope and Contents
#881-899
Box 19 Folder 20
Sone,
 1973
Scope and Contents
#801a-814a & Correspondence
Box 19 Folder 21
Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents
#901
Box 25 Folder 1-8
Japanese Ancestor Worship,
 1960s-1990s
Box 25 Folder 9-12
Japanese Religious Life, - by Edward Putzar - text and slides,
 1972
Series IX. Cornell - 1969
Box 20 Folder 1
Anthropology Forum,
 May 1969
Box 20 Folder 2
Anthropological Ethics,
 1970-1971
Box 20 Folder 3
Newspapers,
 1969
Scope and Contents
Cornell Daily Sun
Box 20 Folder 4
Newspaper & Magazine Articles, Meeting Information,
 1969
Box 20 Folder 5
Newspaper & Magazine Articles,
 1969-1970
Box 20 Folder 6
Newspaper Articles,
 1969
Box 20 Folder 7
Memos, Newspaper Articles, Reports#1 1969,
 1969
Box 20 Folder 8
Memos, Newspaper Articles, Reports #2,
 1969
Box 20 Folder 9
Memos, Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #1,
 1970
Box 20 Folder 10
Memos, Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #2,
 1970
Box 20 Folder 11
Memos, Newspaper Articles, Newsletters,
 1971-1975
Box 20 Folder 12
Newspapers-Cornell Daily Sun,
 1976-1984
Box 20 Folder 13
Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #1,
 1969-1989
Box 20 Folder 14
Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #2,
 1969-1989
Box 20 Folder 15
Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #3,
 1969-1989
Box 20 Folder 16
Constituent Assembly
Box 20
Life Magazine (April 17 1970), Newspapers-Cornell Daily Sun,
 1970-1972
Series X. Reprints
Box 21 Folder 1
Reprints,
 1950
Box 21 Folder 2
Reprints,
 1960
Box 21 Folder 3
Reprints,
 1970
Box 21 Folder 4
Reprints,
 1980
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 21 Folder 5
Reprints,
 1980
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 21 Folder 6
Reprints,
 1990
Box 21 Folder 7
Reviews,
 1962-1966
Box 21 Folder 8
American Anthropological ASSOC Committee on Ethics,
 1966-1974
Box 21 Folder 9
Ritual Change In East & Southeast Asia,
 1986
Box 21 Folder 10
Family and Life Course,
 1984
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 21 Folder 11
Family and Life Course,
 1981-1984
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 21 Folder 12
Workshop on Gender (Japan),
 1987
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 21 Folder 13
Workshop on Gender (Japan),
 1987
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 21 Folder 14
BEFU Workshop on Japanese Society,
 1977-1978
Box 21 Folder 15
Japanese Family
Box 21 Folder 16
Kin Terms Study
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 21 Folder 17
Kin Terms Study,
 1962
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 21 Folder 18
Kin Terms Study,
 1962
Scope and Contents
#3
Box 21 Folder 19
Kin Terms Study,
 1962-1981
Scope and Contents
#4
Box 21 Folder 20
Kinship Terms Study,
 1980-1981
Scope and Contents
#5
Box 21 Folder 21
Kinship Terms Study
Scope and Contents
#6 - Data Cards
Series XI. Clippings
Box 23 Folder 1
Japan Clippings,
 1979-1980
Box 23 Folder 2
Japan Clippings,
 1973-1989
Box 23 Folder 3
Japan Clippings,
 1954-1985
Box 23 Folder 4
Japan Clippings,
 1968-1983
Box 23 Folder 5
Japan Clippings,
 1975-1983
Box 23 Folder 6
Japan Clippings,
 1966-1995
Box 23 Folder 7
Japan Clippings,
 1975-1990
Scope and Contents
Crime
Box 23 Folder 8
Japan Clippings,
 1980-1989
Scope and Contents
Crime
Box 23 Folder 9
Other Crime,
 1981-1997
Box 23 Folder 10
Japan Clippings,
 1954-1989
Scope and Contents
Architecture
Box 23 Folder 11
Japan Clippings,
 1977-1989
Scope and Contents
Art
Box 23 Folder 12
Japan Clippings,
 1954-1989
Scope and Contents
Art
Box 23 Folder 13
Japan Clippings,
 1916-1981
Scope and Contents
Art
Box 23 Folder 14
Japan Clippings,
 1972-1984
Scope and Contents
Tourism
Box 23 Folder 15
Japan Clippings,
 1958-1996
Scope and Contents
Tourism
Box 24 Folder 1
Japan Clippings,
 1953-1988
Scope and Contents
Theater and T.V.
Box 24 Folder 2
Japan Clippings,
 1958-1992
Scope and Contents
Film
Box 24 Folder 3
Japan Clippings,
 1954-1989
Scope and Contents
Film
Box 24 Folder 4
Japan Clippings,
 1954-1989
Scope and Contents
Music and Dance
Box 24 Folder 5
Japan Clippings,
 1954-1992
Scope and Contents
Bunraku
Box 24 Folder 6
Japan Clippings,
 1958-1989
Scope and Contents
NOH
Box 24 Folder 7
Japan Clippings,
 1952-1982
Scope and Contents
Kabuki
Box 24 Folder 8
Japan Clippings,
 1954-1989
Scope and Contents
Kabuki
Box 24 Folder 9
Japan Clippings,
 1953-1989
Scope and Contents
Gardens
Box 24 Folder 10
Japan Clippings,
 1946-1984
Scope and Contents
Literature
Box 24 Folder 11
Japan Clippings,
 1968-1995
Scope and Contents
Mishima Yukio
Box 24 Folder 12
Japan Clippings,
 1988-1994
Scope and Contents
Burakumin (Untouchables) # 1
Box 24 Folder 13
Japan Clippings,
 1983-1990
Scope and Contents
Burakumin (Untouchables) # 2
Box 24 Folder 14
Japan Clippings,
 1968-1994
Scope and Contents
Education/Youth
Box 26 Folder 1-3
Japan Clippings,
 1980s-90s
Scope and Contents
Women
Box 26 Folder 4
Japan Clippings,
 1916-90s
Scope and Contents
Marriage
Box 26 Folder 5-7
Japan Clippings,
 1960s-90s
Scope and Contents
Religion
Box 26 Folder 8-11
Japan Clippings,
 1950s-90s
Scope and Contents
Management
Box 26 Folder 12
The Japan Times- 25,000th issue,
 1968
Box 26 Folder 13
Ainu,
 1970-1996
Box 26 Folder 14
National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku),
 1980s
Box 26 Folder 15
Mura Hachibu - village ostracism,
 1952-1961
Box 26 Folder 16
Japan - Rural Society,
 1950s-90s
Box 43 Folder 8
Japan Newspaper Clippings,
 1958-1968
Series XII. Subject Files
Box 22 Folder 1
Workshop on Japanese City,
 1974-1976
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 22 Folder 2
Workshop on Japanese City,
 1975-1976
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 22 Folder 7
Ogiya-Jusco Yasuda (Cornell Alum),
 1994-1998
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 22 Folder 8
Ogiya-Jusco Yasuda (Cornell Alum),
 1993
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 22 Folder 9
Japanese Villages,
 2000
Scope and Contents
Okayama TV
Box 22 Folder 10
Shibutani Manuscript,
 1945-1946
Scope and Contents
Military Occupation of Japan
Box 22 Folder 11
Shibutani Manuscript,
 1945-1946
Scope and Contents
Military Occupation of Japan (Continued)
Box 22 Folder 12
Maps
Box 22 Folder 13
Magazine Photo Series,
 1976-1985
Scope and Contents
#1
Box 22 Folder 14
Magazine Photo Series,
 1974-1976
Scope and Contents
#2
Box 22 Folder 15
Magazine Photo Series,
 1976-1977
Scope and Contents
#3
Box 22 Folder 16
Magazine Photo Series,
 1972-1977
Scope and Contents
#4
Box 36 Folder 2
Okoda Shigeru
Scope and Contents
Photographs
Box 36 Folder 1
Time and Ethnology,
 2000-2001
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and correspondence
Box 36 Folder 3-4
Theater slides
Scope and Contents
Japan
Box 43 Folder 10
Ehime-maru Incident (Hawaii 2001 )
 2001
Box 43 Folder 12
Hanshin Earthquake ( 1995 )- published materials
 1995
Series XIII. Calendars
Box 25
Robert Smith's yearly calendars,1970-2001
Series XIV. Book - Kurusu
Box 27
Field notes,
 1950s
Box 28 Folder 1
Stanford University Press,
 1976-2001
Scope and Contents
correspondence/royalities statements
Box 28 Folder 2
Stanford Press,
 1978-1986
Scope and Contents
Publicity
Box 28 Folder 3
Stanford University Press,
 1978-1982
Scope and Contents
Reviews
Box 28 Folder 4
Kurusu ,
 1976-1982
Scope and Contents
Translation
Box 28 Folder 5
Kurusu,
 1951-1952
Scope and Contents
Field notes - drafts
Box 28 Folder 6
Kurusu,
 1975
Scope and Contents
Field notes - drafts
Box 28 Folder 7
Kurusu,
 1951-1975
Scope and Contents
Bibliography notes
Box 28 Folder 8
Kurusu,
 1953
Scope and Contents
Photographs (dissertation)
Box 28 Folder 9-10
Kurusu and Kagawa
Scope and Contents
Maps
Box 28 Folder 11
Kagawa
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, ads, clippings
Box 28
Miscellaneous catalogs
Box 29
Kurusu
Scope and Contents
Photographs
Box 36 Folder 18-19
Kurusu and Kagawa,
 1955
Scope and Contents
Pref - color slides
Series XV. Scrapbooks
Box 30
Newspaper clippings
 1939-1944
Box 31
Newspaper clippings
 1937-1944
Box 32
Newspaper clippings and playbills and programs
 @1940-1945
Scope and Contents
From various shows such as: Fantasia, Hamlet, Barnum and Bailey Circus, Macbeth, Porgy and Bess, Harvey, The North Star and Ice-Capades of 1944
Series XVI. Newspapers
Box 33
Copies of Mainichi and the Nippon Times concerning post-World War II
 1940s-1950s
Processing Information
Includes a condensed, representative selection of newspapers previously located in boxes 33-35 with headlines of historical importance related to the United States occupation of Japan and the Cold War, including the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, the creation of Japan's constitution, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) policies, Japanese politics, and the Korean War. Also includes some supplements with visual materials capturing the spirit of the time. Boxes 34 and 35 have been removed from the collection.
Series XVII. Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP)
Scope and Contents
These materials cover 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.
Box 37 Folder 1
Prehistory and photograph of Language and Area Program at the University of Minnesota, October 1944 ,and color photo of the survivors and spouses at the same location,
 October 1944, 1984
Box 37 Folder 2
Oral history of the ASTRP Japanese Language Class of 1944, 17 to 70- by James R. Price,
 1944
Box 37 Folder 3-6
Japanese language lessons,
 1944-1945
Box 37 Folder 7
Occupation of Japan - 25th Infantry Division - G-2 reports,
 1946
Box 37 Folder 8
Reunions, surveys, directories and photographs,
 1990s-2001
Box 37 Folder 9
Newsletter published by William Bridges - Gaya-gaya is the Japanese for "making a racket",
 1988-2002
Box 37 Folder 10
Correspondence,
 1984-1987
Box 37 Folder 11
Corrrespondence,
 1988-1994
Box 37 Folder 12
Correspondence,
 1995-1996
Box 37 Folder 13
Correspondence,
 1997-2002
Box 45
Personal/professional papers: miscellaneous posters, correspondence, manuscripts (finished and draft)
Scope and Contents
  1. Seventeen to Seventy: An Oral History of the ASTRP Japanese Class of 1944 - set of four audiotapes made in 1997 by James R. Price
  2. Vol. 1 (2 copies; original and revision): (Chapter I: Entry into the ASTRP Program, Chapter II: From Slide Rule to Green Tea, Chapter III: Minnesota Experience)
  3. Vol. 2: (Chapter IV: On to Basic Training, Chapter V: The Grand Finale at Yale, Chapter VI: In the Army (Japan and Elsewhere Parts 1 and 2))
Box 45
Correspondence,
 1997-2002
Series XVIII. David Nathan Meyerson Material
Box 36 Folder 5
Correspondence,
 1988-1990
Box 36 Folder 6
Correspondence,
 1991-1993
Box 36 Folder 7
Correspondence,
 1994
Box 36 Folder 8
Correspondence,
 Jan-June 1995
Box 36 Folder 9
Correspondence,
 July-Dec 1995
Box 36 Folder 10
Correspondence,
 Jan-April 1996
Box 36 Folder 11
Correspondence,
 May-Dec 1996
Box 36 Folder 12
Correspondence,
 Jan-May 1997
Box 36 Folder 13
Correspondence,
 June-Dec 1997
Box 36 Folder 14
Correspondence,
 Jan-June 1998
Box 36 Folder 15
Correspondence, July-Dec ; David Meyerson died
 July-Dec, 10/17/98
Box 36 Folder 16
Correspondence,
 1999-2001
Box 36 Folder 17
Publications - short story, screenplay, translation from the Japanese
Series XIX. The W.W. Curtis Ainu Collection
Box 43 Folder 1
Background and Notes on William Willis Curtis in Japan,
 1877-1896
Box 43 Folder 2
W.W. Curtis photographs (Japan) and Notes,
 1877-1986
Box 43 Folder 3
Cataloging the Curtis Ainu Collection at Cornell,
 1995
Box 43 Folder 4
Curtis Ainu Collection: photographs of the 50 items
Box 43 Folder 5
Curtis Ainu Collection: Exhibit at Hokkaido Kaitaku Kinenkan,
 1997
Box 43 Folder 6
Curtis Ainu Collection: Complete set of photographs and Certificate acknowledging donation by RJS from the Director of the Hokkaido Kaitaku Kinenkan
Box 43 Folder 7
Ainu Project of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) and Nagoya University
Series XX. Other Material
Maps of Brazil from research project - in two large tubes,
 1966-67
Box 37
Maps of Brazil from research project - in two large tubes,
Box 38
Maps of Brazil from research project - in two large tubes,
Box 44 Folder 1
Clippings
Box 44 Folder 2
Quotes: lecture materials
Box 44 Folder 3
Order of the Rising Sun materials I
Box 44 Folder 4
Order of the Rising Sun materials II
Box 44 Folder 5
Order of the Rising Sun materials III
Box 44 Folder 6
Personal files I
Box 44 Folder 7
Personal files II
Box 44 Folder 8
Personal files III
Box 44 Folder 9
Retirement Symposium I
Box 44 Folder 10
Retirement Symposium II
Box 44 Folder 11
Retirement Symposium III
DVD-4410
Reception for Smith given by Inumaru, president of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo
 1994
Box 48 Folder 1-4
Correspondence and documents related to "Makiko's Diary" written by Smith's wife, Kazuko Smith
 1993-2000
Box 48 Folder 6
Smith interview transcripts
 2006
Box 49
Slides from Brazil and Japan
 1955-1983
Box 48 Folder 7
Photographs of Japan
 1946
Box 48 Folder 8
Photographs of Kurusu
 1951-1952
Box 48 Folder 9
Photographs of Oishi, passports photos, and Brighton
 Undated
Box 48 Folder 10
Photographs and postcards of Brazil
 Undated
Box 48 Folder 11
Miscellaneous photographs
 1951-1963
Scope and Contents
Includes Pres. Cleveland, Japan, Outer Banks, Berkeley, Trips, miscellaneous, and Minnesota.
Box 48 Folder 12
Photographs of Smith
Box 48 Folder 13
Memorial statement documents
 2016-2017
Box 48 V-13550-13552
Bob Smith/David Plath, Honolulu
 1995
Box 48 V-13553
Robert Smith interview
 2006-09-11
Box 48 V-13554
Ella, Dave, and Bob in Ella's dining room
 1995-05-25
Box 48 V-13555
Video with title in Japanese
 Undated
Box 48 V-13556
Suye Mura
 1994
Box 48 V-13557
Ella Wiswell and Suye Mura
 Undated
Box 48 V-13558
Video with title in Japanese
 Undated
Box 48 V-13559
Smith's visit to Kurasu
 1994
Box 48 V-13560-13561
50 Years of Suye Mura
 Undated
Box 48
Film recording of Nagayo Kita
 Undated
Box 50
Slides
 Undated
Box 51
Slides
 Undated
Box 52
Slides
 Undated
Box 48
Medals, stamps, pins, and dog tags
Mapcase Folder 1
Order of the Rising Sun certificate
Mapcase Folder 1
Diplomas and certificates
Series XXI. Suye-Mura Material
Box 46 Folder 1
Wiswell/Smith Correspondence
 1965-1981
Box 46 Folder 2
Wiswell/Smith Correspondence
 1982-1983
Box 46 Folder 3
Wiswell/Smith Correspondence
 1984-1986
Box 46 Folder 4
Wiswell/Smith Correspondence
 1987-1988
Box 46 Folder 5
Wiswell/Smith Correspondence
 1989-1992
Box 46 Folder 6
Wiswell/Smith Correspondence
 1993-1995
Box 46 Folder 7
Wiswell/Smith Correspondence & Ella L. Wiswell Obituary
 1996-2005
The following folders contain Ella L. Wiswell's correspondence with a variety of individuals and institutions. Most of the correspondence concerns the 1935-1936 study of the Japanese village of Suye Mura conducted with her first husband John Fee Embree and her subsequent visits there in 1951 (following his death in 1950) and 1968 and 1985 with her second husband Frederic Wiswell.
Box 46 Folder 8
University of Chicago Press
 1964-2002
Box 46 Folder 9
Reviews and Correspondence re: The Women of Suye Mura
 Various
Box 46 Folder 10
Kawamura Nozomu- Correspondence (Translator of The Women of Suye Mura)
 1985-1988
Box 46 Folder 11
Publications on Suye Mura-various authors
 Various
Box 46 Folder 12
Ushijima Morimitsu-Correspondence (Long time student of Suye Mura in the postwar period)
 1959-1994
Box 46 Folder 13
Nishino Keisuke- Correspondence (Resident of Suye Mura and sponsor of 1985 celebration in Suye Mura. See much additional material.)
 1985-1992
Box 46 Folder 14
Shirahama Tamotsu- Correspondence (Resident of Suye Mura.)
 2000-2003
Box 46 Folder 15
Rudolf Janssen- Correspondence re: his paper on Occupation of Japan.
 1992
Box 46 Folder 16
Miscellaneous correspondence.
 Various
Box 46 Folder 17
Bulletin of Concerned Asia Scholars-Correspondence re: offensive issue.
 1988
Box 46 Folder 18
Miscellaneous items concerning John Fee Embree following his death in 1950.
 1950-1955
Box 46 Folder 19
First postwar visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury Embree
 1951
Box 46 Folder 20
Second postwar visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury and Fredric Wiswell
 1968
Box 46 Folder 21
Two Japanese Editions of Suye Mura: A Japanese Village by John F. Embree
 1939
Box 46 Folder 22
Ella Wiswell-Miscellaneous lectures on Japanese Women
 Various
Box 47 Folder 1
50th Anniversary visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury and Frederic Wiswell #1
 1985
Box 47 Folder 2
50th Anniversary visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury and Frederic Wiswell #2
 1985
Box 47 Folder 3
50th Anniversary visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury and Frederic Wiswell #3
 1985
Box 47 Folder 4
Correspondence-Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
 1995
Box 47 Folder 5
Brochures- Suye Mura, Hitoyoshi Town, Kumamoto Prefecture
 Various
Box 47 Folder 6
Photograph album pages of Wiswells visit to Suye Mura
 1968
Box 47 Folder 7
Photograph album of 50th Anniversary Celebration
 1985
Box 47 Folder 8
4 VHS tapes
 Various
Box 47
TKU: Women of the Village
 1994
Box 47
Wiswell/Smith Interview by David Plath, Honolulu, Hawaii I&II
 1995
Box 47
Hajiai to yasuragi no sato- Suye mura - Heisei 13- Heisei 15- Omoide no Kiseki
 2004