Guide to the Robert J. Smith Papers,
1713-2005

Collection Number: 14-25-3175

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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 2003
Ariel Joy Conant, November 2006

© January 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Robert J. Smith papers, 1713-2005

Collection Number:

14-25-3175

Creator:

Robert J. Smith, 1927-

Quantity:

43.5 cubit ft.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, research, articles, course materials.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Correspondence, research, articles, course material and lectures pertaining to Dr. Smith's study of Japan.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, Cornell University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes 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.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Smith, Robert John, 1927-

Cornell University--Faculty.

Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)

Wiswell, Ella Lury

Meyerson, David Nathan

Subjects:

Student movements--United States--History.

Students--Political activity.

Japanese--Brazil.

Emperors--Japan.

Ancestor worship--Japan.

Demography--Japan.

Japan--Study and teaching.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1914-1918.

Suye-Mura, Japan

Places:

Japan--Social life and customs.

Japan--Politics and government.

Form and Genre Terms:

Scrapbooks.

Slides (Photography).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

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

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Arranged by subject.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence
Boxes 1-8
Box 43 Folders 11, 13-19

Series II. Historical Demography (includes Data Card Sets)
Boxes 9-11

Series III. Course Material
Box 12
Box 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 16-17
Box 43 Folder 9

Series VIII. Ancestor Worship
Boxes 18-19
Box 25 Folders 1-12

Series IX. Cornell 1969
Box 20

Series X. Reprints
Box 21

Series XI. Clippings -- Japan
Boxes 23-24
Box 26 Folders 1-16
Box 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 27-29
Box 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 37
Box 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 37-38
Box 44

Series XXI. Suye-Mura Material
Boxes 46-47

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Series I. Correspondence
	Correspondence, 1968-1999	Box 1	Folder 1-38
	A-B
	Correspondence, 1968-1999	Box 2	Folder 1-49
	C-Hanks
	Correspondence, 1968-1999	Box 3	Folder 1-51
	H-K
	Correspondence, 1968-1999	Box 4	Folder 1-37
	L - M
	Correspondence, 1968-1999	Box 5	Folder 1-42
	N - Robertson, Jennifer
	Correspondence, 1968-1999	Box 6	Folder 1-40
	Robertson, Jennifer - W
	Correspondence, 1968-1999	Box 7	Folder 1-21
	W-Z; Personal Libraries
	Correspondence, 1960-2001	Box 8	Folder 1-36
	A-Z
	Correspondence, 2003	Box 43	Folder 13
	A-E
	Correspondence, 2003	Box 43	Folder 14
	F-H
	Correspondence, 2003	Box 8	Folder 15
	K-L
	Correspondence, 2003	Box 43	Folder 16
	M-O
	Correspondence, 2003	Box 43	Folder 17
	P
	Correspondence, 2003	Box 43	Folder 18
	R-T
	Correspondence, 2003	Box 43	Folder 19
	W-Z
	Correspondence, 1953-1997	Box 43	Folder 20
	Department of Anthropology
	Correspondence, 2002-2003	Box 43	Folder 21
	Royalties Statements
	Correspondence, 1947-1952	Box 43	Folder 22
	Earl R. Miner
	Correspondence, 1988-1997	Box 43	Folder 11
	East Asia Program Endowment
	Series II. Historical Demography
	Data Card Sets
	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 9
	Horikoshi-Machi-Shakuya	Box 10
	Hama-Kubo-Cho, 1771-1818	Box 10
	Conference on Historical Demography, 1970s	Box 11
	Photographs-selected household registers	Box 11
	Notes and References	Box 11
	Conference paper and publications	Box 11
	Series III. Course Material
	Yale Univ. Anthropology Visiting Committee, 1994-1995	Box 12	Folder 1
	Gardener Museum Symposium, 1993	Box 12	Folder 2
	9th World Congress of Sociology; Uppsala, 1978	Box 12	Folder 3
	Hume Lecture Yale University, 1980	Box 12	Folder 4
	Univ. of Washington Distinguished Lecturer, 1977	Box 12	Folder 5
	Holmberg/Sharp Dedication, 1993	Box 12	Folder 6
	Oklahoma Symposium, 1993	Box 12	Folder 7
	Japanese Village Restudy, 1972-1974	Box 12	Folder 8
	Rutgers Lecture, 1985	Box 12	Folder 9
	Zagreb Conference, 1988	Box 12	Folder 10
	St. Michael's College Lecture, 1987	Box 12	Folder 11
	Virginia Consortium Asian Studies, 1991	Box 12	Folder 12
	Williams College Lectures, 1990	Box 12	Folder 13
	University of Rochester Visiting Committee, 1973	Box 12	Folder 14
	Seminar: Japanese Society and Culture, 1981-1996	Box 12	Folder 15
	Course Materials-Japanese Society, 1969-1996	Box 12	Folder 16
	Children's Art (Japan)	Box 12	Folder 17
	Asian Americans #1, 1986-1991	Box 12	Folder 18
	Asian Americans #2, 1966-1987	Box 12	Folder 19
	Urban Anthropology #1, 1970-1991	Box 12	Folder 20
	Urban Anthropology #2, 1957-1991	Box 12	Folder 21
	Urban Anthropology #3, 1964-1975	Box 12	Folder 22
	Art and Culture #1, 1965-1971	Box 12	Folder 23
	Art and Culture #2, 1963-1970	Box 12	Folder 24
	Art and Culture #3, 1965-1970	Box 12	Folder 25
	Art and Culture #4, 1952-1972	Box 12	Folder 26
	Miscellaneous, 1960-1990	Box 12	Folder 27
	Concept of Culture, 1986-1990	Box 12	Folder 28
	Hi No E Uma (Fire/Yang/Horse), 1966-1994	Box 12	Folder 29
	Windows (Japan), 1972-1985	Box 12	Folder 30
	Round, Cycle & Trajectory (Japan), 1965-1984	Box 12	Folder 31
	Reflections on Japanese Society, 1988	Box 12	Folder 32
	Retrospective View of Rural Community Studies	Box 12	Folder 33
	Popular Religion In a Rural Community, 1978	Box 12	Folder 34
	Study of Japan In the Social Sciences	Box 12	Folder 35
	Finding a Voice for Japanese Village Women, 1988-1989	Box 12	Folder 36
	Asian American Experience, 1970-1977	Box 22	Folder 3
	# 1
	Asian American Experience, 1940-1977	Box 22	Folder 4
	# 2
	Asian American Experience, 1964-1975	Box 22	Folder 5
	# 3
	Course: Japanese Society Student's Notebook, 1994	Box 22	Folder 6
	Series IV. Committee Files, Lectures and Awards
	University of Hawaii Visiting Prof., 1978	Box 13	Folder 1
	Job Offers, 1961-1965	Box 13	Folder 2
	# 1
	Job Offers, 1959-1987	Box 13	Folder 3
	# 2
	Miscellaneous Personal, 1968-1989	Box 13	Folder 4
	Lectures, Reviews, Awards - 1
	Miscellaneous Personal, 1965-1997	Box 13	Folder 5
	3
	Annual Reports, 1963-64/1995-96	Box 13	Folder 6
	Miscellaneous Personal, 1974-1993	Box 13	Folder 7
	Lectures, Reviews, Awards - 2
	Memos, 1988-1996	Box 13	Folder 8
	Miller Money (East Asia Program)
	Association for Asian Studies-Distinguished Lecturer, 1980	Box 13	Folder 9
	CAU, 1995	Box 13	Folder 10
	CSU-Long Beach Anthropology Evaluation, 1987	Box 13	Folder 11
	Univ. of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, 1997	Box 13	Folder 12
	Conference on the Role of Confucian Institutions, 1991	Box 13	Folder 13
	Daedalus-Many Chinas, 1992	Box 13	Folder 14
	Association for Asian Studies Regional, 1987-1988	Box 13	Folder 15
	Aspen/MIT Wye Woods, 1991	Box 13	Folder 16
	Japan Political Economy Research Committee, 1987-1991	Box 13	Folder 17
	Japanese Spirituality (East-West Center), 1991-1992	Box 13	Folder 18
	Development Process In Asia (East-West Center), 1988-1990	Box 13	Folder 19
	Self and Society (East-West Center) #1, 1991	Box 13	Folder 20
	Self and Society (East-West Center) #2, 1987-1991	Box 13	Folder 21
	Series V. Japanese Emperors
	Imperial Family: General, 1971-1987	Box 14	Folder 1
	Wedding of the Crown Prince, 1959	Box 14	Folder 2
	Newspaper Articles and Periodicals (Japanese)	Box 14
	Newspaper Articles (English)	Box 14
	Series VI. Morgan Lectures
	Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures, 1980	Box 15	Folder 1
	Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures, 1963-1981	Box 15	Folder 2
	Notes
	Japanese Society, 1983-1984	Box 15	Folder 3
	Correspondence #1
	Japanese Society, 1984-1992	Box 15	Folder 4
	Correspondence #2
	Japanese Society, 1988-2001	Box 15	Folder 5
	Correspondence #3
	Japanese Society, 1984-1988	Box 15	Folder 6
	Reviews
	Japanese Society, 1995	Box 15	Folder 7
	Translation (Japanese)
	Comparative Study of Technological Change	Box 15	Folder 8
	Seminar In Technological Change, Minutes and Reports, 1950-1951	Box 15	Folder Bound report
	Turning Leaves: Japanese American Family Albums, 1984-1995	Box 15	Folder 9
	NY Council-Asian Studies, 1998	Box 15	Folder 10
	Cornell Club of New York, 1994	Box 15	Folder 11
	Harvard, 1990-1992	Box 15	Folder 12
	#1
	Harvard, 1989	Box 15	Folder 13
	#2
	Separate folder-Harvard	Box 15
	Harvard, 1989-1990	Box 15	Folder 14
	#3
	Harvard, 1983-1990	Box 15	Folder 15
	#4
	Harvard, 1988-1990	Box 15	Folder 16
	#5
	Series VII. The Japanese in Brazil
	Brazil - Correspondence, 1988-1990	Box 16	Folder 1
	#1
	Brazil - Correspondence, 1967	Box 16	Folder 2
	#2
	Brazil - Correspondence, 1968-1969	Box 16	Folder 3
	#3
	Brazil - Correspondence, 1970-1982	Box 16	Folder 4
	#4
	*Unmarked folder	Box 16	Folder *5
	Maps #1	Box 16	Folder 6
	Maps #2	Box 16	Folder 7
	Manuscript, 1969-1983	Box 16	Folder 8
	Religions (Draft)
	Manuscripts	Box 16	Folder 9
	Buddhism
	Manuscripts	Box 16	Folder 10
	Getulina Report
	Manuscript	Box 16	Folder 11
	Exodus
	Manuscripts	Box 16	Folder 12
	Acculturation & Assimilation
	Manuscript, 1968	Box 16	Folder 13
	Biculturalism
	Manuscript	Box 16	Folder 14
	Japanese Immigrants
	Manuscript	Box 16	Folder 15
	Kitaoji
	Bibliography Notes, 1965-1979	Box 16	Folder 16
	Visit of the Crown Prince and Princess, 1967	Box 17	Folder 1
	Newspapers	Box
	Brazil Field Notes, 1966-67	Box 43	Folder 9
	Series VIII. Ancestor Worship
	Ancestor Worship in Contemporary Japan, First Draft	Box 18
	Ancestor Worship In Contemporary Japan, As Submitted to Press	Box 18
	Stanford University Press, 1974-1971	Box 18	Folder 1
	Correspondence
	Ancestor Worship, 1974-1978	Box 18	Folder 2
	Notes #1
	Ancestor Worship	Box 18	Folder 3
	Notes #2
	Ancestor Worship, 1974	Box 18	Folder 4
	Photographs
	Correspondence-Maeyama/ACLS, 1969-1981	Box 18	Folder 5
	Publicity, 1974-1983	Box 18	Folder 6
	Ancestor Worship, Note Cards	Box 18
	Code Book, 1971	Box 19	Folder 1
	Explanations	Box 19	Folder 2
	Kin Terms and Charts	Box 19	Folder 3
	Hyogo-Ken/Nara #071-081 /Shiga-Ken #001-014	Box 19	Folder 4
	Yasuhara	Box 19	Folder 5
	# 001-020
	Nakayashiki, 1964-1974	Box 19	Folder 6
	#101-131 & Correspondence
	Tokyo Katsushika-Ku	Box 19	Folder 7
	#1-40
	Tokyo Katsushika-Ku	Box 19	Folder 8
	#41-80
	Tokyo Katsushika-Ku	Box 19	Folder 9
	#81-120
	Tokyo Katsushika-Ku	Box 19	Folder 10
	#122-148
	General and Mitaka-Shi, 1962	Box 19	Folder 11
	Osaka	Box 19	Folder 12
	#001-065
	Osaka	Box 19	Folder 13
	#066-104
	Kyoto	Box 19	Folder 14
	#001-061
	Sone	Box 19	Folder 15
	#801-820
	Sone	Box 19	Folder 16
	#821-840
	Sone	Box 19	Folder 17
	#841-860
	Sone	Box 19	Folder 18
	#861-880
	Sone	Box 19	Folder 19
	#881-899
	Sone, 1973	Box 19	Folder 20
	#801a-814a & Correspondence
	Miscellaneous	Box 19	Folder 21
	#901
	Japanese Ancestor Worship, 1960s-1990s	Box 25	Folder 1-8
	Japanese Religious Life, - by Edward Putzar - text and slides, 1972	Box 25	Folder 9-12
	Series IX. Cornell - 1969
	Anthropology Forum, May 1969	Box 20	Folder 1
	Anthropological Ethics, 1970-1971	Box 20	Folder 2
	Newspapers, 1969	Box 20	Folder 3
	Cornell Daily Sun
	Newspaper & Magazine Articles, Meeting Information, 1969	Box 20	Folder 4
	Newspaper & Magazine Articles, 1969-1970	Box 20	Folder 5
	Newspaper Articles, 1969	Box 20	Folder 6
	Memos, Newspaper Articles, Reports#1 1969, 1969	Box 20	Folder 7
	Memos, Newspaper Articles, Reports #2, 1969	Box 20	Folder 8
	Memos, Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #1, 1970	Box 20	Folder 9
	Memos, Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #2, 1970	Box 20	Folder 10
	Memos, Newspaper Articles, Newsletters, 1971-1975	Box 20	Folder 11
	Newspapers-Cornell Daily Sun, 1976-1984	Box 20	Folder 12
	Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #1, 1969-1989	Box 20	Folder 13
	Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #2, 1969-1989	Box 20	Folder 14
	Newspaper Articles, Newsletters #3, 1969-1989	Box 20	Folder 15
	Constituent Assembly	Box 20	Folder 16
	Life Magazine (April 17 1970), Newspapers-Cornell Daily Sun, 1970-1972	Box 20
	Series X. Reprints
	Reprints, 1950	Box 21	Folder 1
	Reprints, 1960	Box 21	Folder 2
	Reprints, 1970	Box 21	Folder 3
	Reprints, 1980	Box 21	Folder 4
	#1
	Reprints, 1980	Box 21	Folder 5
	#2
	Reprints, 1990	Box 21	Folder 6
	Reviews, 1962-1966	Box 21	Folder 7
	American Anthropological ASSOC Committee on Ethics, 1966-1974	Box 21	Folder 8
	Ritual Change In East & Southeast Asia, 1986	Box 21	Folder 9
	Family and Life Course, 1984	Box 21	Folder 10
	#1
	Family and Life Course, 1981-1984	Box 21	Folder 11
	#2
	Workshop on Gender (Japan), 1987	Box 21	Folder 12
	#1
	Workshop on Gender (Japan), 1987	Box 21	Folder 13
	#2
	BEFU Workshop on Japanese Society, 1977-1978	Box 21	Folder 14
	Japanese Family	Box 21	Folder 15
	Kin Terms Study	Box 21	Folder 16
	#1
	Kin Terms Study, 1962	Box 21	Folder 17
	#2
	Kin Terms Study, 1962	Box 21	Folder 18
	#3
	Kin Terms Study, 1962-1981	Box 21	Folder 19
	#4
	Kinship Terms Study, 1980-1981	Box 21	Folder 20
	#5
	Kinship Terms Study	Box 21	Folder 21
	#6 - Data Cards
	Series XI. Clippings
	Japan Clippings, 1979-1980	Box 23	Folder 1
	Japan Clippings, 1973-1989	Box 23	Folder 2
	Japan Clippings, 1954-1985	Box 23	Folder 3
	Japan Clippings, 1968-1983	Box 23	Folder 4
	Japan Clippings, 1975-1983	Box 23	Folder 5
	Japan Clippings, 1966-1995	Box 23	Folder 6
	Japan Clippings, 1975-1990	Box 23	Folder 7
	Crime
	Japan Clippings, 1980-1989	Box 23	Folder 8
	Crime
	Other Crime, 1981-1997	Box 23	Folder 9
	Japan Clippings, 1954-1989	Box 23	Folder 10
	Architecture
	Japan Clippings, 1977-1989	Box 23	Folder 11
	Art
	Japan Clippings, 1954-1989	Box 23	Folder 12
	Art
	Japan Clippings, 1916-1981	Box 23	Folder 13
	Art
	Japan Clippings, 1972-1984	Box 23	Folder 14
	Tourism
	Japan Clippings, 1958-1996	Box 23	Folder 15
	Tourism
	Japan Clippings, 1953-1988	Box 24	Folder 1
	Theater and T.V.
	Japan Clippings, 1958-1992	Box 24	Folder 2
	Film
	Japan Clippings, 1954-1989	Box 24	Folder 3
	Film
	Japan Clippings, 1954-1989	Box 24	Folder 4
	Music and Dance
	Japan Clippings, 1954-1992	Box 24	Folder 5
	Bunraku
	Japan Clippings, 1958-1989	Box 24	Folder 6
	NOH
	Japan Clippings, 1952-1982	Box 24	Folder 7
	Kabuki
	Japan Clippings, 1954-1989	Box 24	Folder 8
	Kabuki
	Japan Clippings, 1953-1989	Box 24	Folder 9
	Gardens
	Japan Clippings, 1946-1984	Box 24	Folder 10
	Literature
	Japan Clippings, 1968-1995	Box 24	Folder 11
	Mishima Yukio
	Japan Clippings, 1988-1994	Box 24	Folder 12
	Burakumin (Untouchables) # 1
	Japan Clippings, 1983-1990	Box 24	Folder 13
	Burakumin (Untouchables) # 2
	Japan Clippings, 1968-1994	Box 24	Folder 14
	Education/Youth
	Japan Clippings, 1980s-90s	Box 26	Folder 1-3
	Women
	Japan Clippings, 1916-90s	Box 26	Folder 4
	Marriage
	Japan Clippings, 1960s-90s	Box 26	Folder 5-7
	Religion
	Japan Clippings, 1950s-90s	Box 26	Folder 8-11
	Management
	The Japan Times- 25,000th issue, 1968	Box 26	Folder 12
	Ainu, 1970-1996	Box 26	Folder 13
	National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku), 1980s	Box 26	Folder 14
	Mura Hachibu - village ostracism, 1952-1961	Box 26	Folder 15
	Japan - Rural Society, 1950s-90s	Box 26	Folder 16
	Japan Newspaper Clippings, 1958-1968	Box 43	Folder 8
	Series XII. Subject Files
	Workshop on Japanese City, 1974-1976	Box 22	Folder 1
	#1
	Workshop on Japanese City, 1975-1976	Box 22	Folder 2
	#2
	Ogiya-Jusco Yasuda (Cornell Alum), 1994-1998	Box 22	Folder 7
	#1
	Ogiya-Jusco Yasuda (Cornell Alum), 1993	Box 22	Folder 8
	#2
	Japanese Villages, 2000	Box 22	Folder 9
	Okayama TV
	Shibutani Manuscript, 1945-1946	Box 22	Folder 10
	Military Occupation of Japan
	Shibutani Manuscript, 1945-1946	Box 22	Folder 11
	Military Occupation of Japan (Continued)
	Maps	Box 22	Folder 12
	Magazine Photo Series, 1976-1985	Box 22	Folder 13
	#1
	Magazine Photo Series, 1974-1976	Box 22	Folder 14
	#2
	Magazine Photo Series, 1976-1977	Box 22	Folder 15
	#3
	Magazine Photo Series, 1972-1977	Box 22	Folder 16
	#4
	Okoda Shigeru	Box 36	Folder 2
	Photographs
	Time and Ethnology, 2000-2001	Box 36	Folder 1
	Manuscript and correspondence
	Theater slides	Box 36	Folder 3-4
	Japan
	Ehime-maru Incident (Hawaii 2001 )	Box 43	Folder 10
	Hanshin Earthquake ( 1995 )- published materials	Box 43	Folder 12
	Series XIII. Calendars
	Robert Smith's yearly calendars,1970-2001	Box 25
	Series XIV. Book - Kurusu
	Field notes, 1950s	Box 27
	Stanford University Press, 1976-2001	Box 28	Folder 1
	correspondence/royalities statements
	Stanford Press, 1978-1986	Box 28	Folder 2
	Publicity
	Stanford University Press, 1978-1982	Box 28	Folder 3
	Reviews
	Kurusu , 1976-1982	Box 28	Folder 4
	Translation
	Kurusu, 1951-1952	Box 28	Folder 5
	Field notes - drafts
	Kurusu, 1975	Box 28	Folder 6
	Field notes - drafts
	Kurusu, 1951-1975	Box 28	Folder 7
	Bibliography notes
	Kurusu, 1953	Box 28	Folder 8
	Photographs (dissertation)
	Kurusu and Kagawa	Box 28	Folder 9-10
	Maps
	Kagawa	Box 28	Folder 11
	Pamphlets, ads, clippings
	Miscellaneous catalogs	Box 28
	Kurusu	Box 29
	Photographs
	Kurusu and Kagawa, 1955	Box 36	Folder 18-19
	Pref - color slides
	Series XV. Scrapbooks
	Newspaper clippings 1939-1944	Box 30
	Newspaper clippings 1937-1944	Box 31
	Newspaper clippings and playbills and programs @1940-1945	Box 32
	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
	Copies of Mainichi and the Nippon Times concerning WW II, 1940s-1950s	Box 33-35
	Series XVII. Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP)
	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.
	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, 1984	Box 37	Folder 1
	Oral history of the ASTRP Japanese Language Class of 1944, 17 to 70- by James R. Price, 1944	Box 37	Folder 2
	Japanese language lessons, 1944-1945	Box 37	Folder 3-6
	Occupation of Japan - 25th Infantry Division - G-2 reports, 1946	Box 37	Folder 7
	Reunions, surveys, directories and photographs, 1990s-2001	Box 37	Folder 8
	Newsletter published by William Bridges - Gaya-gaya is the Japanese for "making a racket", 1988-2002	Box 37	Folder 9
	Correspondence, 1984-1987	Box 37	Folder 10
	Corrrespondence, 1988-1994	Box 37	Folder 11
	Correspondence, 1995-1996	Box 37	Folder 12
	Correspondence, 1997-2002	Box 37	Folder 13
	Personal/professional papers: miscellaneous posters, correspondence, manuscripts (finished and draft)	Box 45
	Seventeen to Seventy: An Oral History of the ASTRP Japanese Class of 1944 - set of four audiotapes made in 1997 by James R. Price 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) 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))
	Correspondence, 1997-2002	Box 45
	Series XVIII. David Nathan Meyerson Material
	Correspondence, 1988-1990	Box 36	Folder 5
	Correspondence, 1991-1993	Box 36	Folder 6
	Correspondence, 1994	Box 36	Folder 7
	Correspondence, Jan-June 1995	Box 36	Folder 8
	Correspondence, July-Dec 1995	Box 36	Folder 9
	Correspondence, Jan-April 1996	Box 36	Folder 10
	Correspondence, May-Dec 1996	Box 36	Folder 11
	Correspondence, Jan-May 1997	Box 36	Folder 12
	Correspondence, June-Dec 1997	Box 36	Folder 13
	Correspondence, Jan-June 1998	Box 36	Folder 14
	Correspondence, July-Dec ; David Meyerson died 10/17/98	Box 36	Folder 15
	Correspondence, 1999-2001	Box 36	Folder 16
	Publications - short story, screenplay, translation from the Japanese	Box 36	Folder 17
	Series XIX. The W.W. Curtis Ainu Collection
	Background and Notes on William Willis Curtis in Japan, 1877-1896	Box 43	Folder 1
	W.W. Curtis photographs (Japan) and Notes, 1877-1986	Box 43	Folder 2
	Cataloging the Curtis Ainu Collection at Cornell, 1995	Box 43	Folder 3
	Curtis Ainu Collection: photographs of the 50 items	Box 43	Folder 4
	Curtis Ainu Collection: Exhibit at Hokkaido Kaitaku Kinenkan, 1997	Box 43	Folder 5
	Curtis Ainu Collection: Complete set of photographs and Certificate acknowledging donation by RJS from the Director of the Hokkaido Kaitaku Kinenkan	Box 43	Folder 6
	Ainu Project of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) and Nagoya University	Box 43	Folder 7
	Series XX. Other Material
	Maps of Brazil from research project - in two large tubes, 1966-67	Box 37-38
	Clippings	Box 44	Folder 1
	Quotes: lecture materials	Box 44	Folder 2
	Order of the Rising Sun materials I	Box 44	Folder 3
	Order of the Rising Sun materials II	Box 44	Folder 4
	Order of the Rising Sun materials III	Box 44	Folder 5
	Personal files I	Box 44	Folder 6
	Personal files II	Box 44	Folder 7
	Personal files III	Box 44	Folder 8
	Retirement Symposium I	Box 44	Folder 9
	Retirement Symposium II	Box 44	Folder 10
	Retirement Symposium III	Box 44	Folder 11
	Series XXI. Suye-Mura Material
1965-1981	Wiswell/Smith Correspondence	Box 46	Folder 1
1982-1983	Wiswell/Smith Correspondence	Box 46	Folder 2
1984-1986	Wiswell/Smith Correspondence	Box 46	Folder 3
1987-1988	Wiswell/Smith Correspondence	Box 46	Folder 4
1989-1992	Wiswell/Smith Correspondence	Box 46	Folder 5
1993-1995	Wiswell/Smith Correspondence	Box 46	Folder 6
1996-2005	Wiswell/Smith Correspondence & Ella L. Wiswell Obituary	Box 46	Folder 7
	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.
1964-2002	University of Chicago Press	Box 46	Folder 8
Various	Reviews and Correspondence re: The Women of Suye Mura	Box 46	Folder 9
1985-1988	Kawamura Nozomu- Correspondence (Translator of The Women of Suye Mura)	Box 46	Folder 10
Various	Publications on Suye Mura-various authors	Box 46	Folder 11
1959-1994	Ushijima Morimitsu-Correspondence (Long time student of Suye Mura in the postwar period)	Box 46	Folder 12
1985-1992	Nishino Keisuke- Correspondence (Resident of Suye Mura and sponsor of 1985 celebration in Suye Mura. See much additional material.)	Box 46	Folder 13
2000-2003	Shirahama Tamotsu- Correspondence (Resident of Suye Mura.)	Box 46	Folder 14
1992	Rudolf Janssen- Correspondence re: his paper on Occupation of Japan.	Box 46	Folder 15
Various	Miscellaneous correspondence.	Box 46	Folder 16
1988	Bulletin of Concerned Asia Scholars-Correspondence re: offensive issue.	Box 46	Folder 17
1950-1955	Miscellaneous items concerning John Fee Embree following his death in 1950.	Box 46	Folder 18
1951	First postwar visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury Embree	Box 46	Folder 19
1968	Second postwar visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury and Fredric Wiswell	Box 46	Folder 20
1939	Two Japanese Editions of Suye Mura: A Japanese Village by John F. Embree	Box 46	Folder 21
Various	Ella Wiswell-Miscellaneous lectures on Japanese Women	Box 46	Folder 22
1985	50th Anniversary visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury and Frederic Wiswell #1	Box 47	Folder 1
1985	50th Anniversary visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury and Frederic Wiswell #2	Box 47	Folder 2
1985	50th Anniversary visit to Suye Mura by Ella Lury and Frederic Wiswell #3	Box 47	Folder 3
1995	Correspondence-Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)	Box 47	Folder 4
Various	Brochures- Suye Mura, Hitoyoshi Town, Kumamoto Prefecture	Box 47	Folder 5
1968	Photograph album pages of Wiswells visit to Suye Mura	Box 47	Folder 6
1985	Photograph album of 50th Anniversary Celebration	Box 47	Folder 7
Various	4 VHS tapes	Box 47	Folder 8
1994	TKU: Women of the Village	Box 47
1995	Wiswell/Smith Interview by David Plath, Honolulu, Hawaii I&II	Box 47
2004	Hajiai to yasuragi no sato- Suye mura - Heisei 13- Heisei 15- Omoide no Kiseki	Box 47

Guide to the Robert J. Smith Papers, 1713-2005

Collection Number: 14-25-3175

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Guide to the Robert J. Smith Papers,
1713-2005

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