Inventory of the World War II Photo Album 1945-1946
A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2009.034
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special CollectionsEarl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794
USA
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
World War II Photo Album, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 10/12/2008.
Processing Information
Accessioned and minimally processed by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist, in March 2009. Further arrangement by Nathaniel Baako, SCRC Staff, in March 2009.
Scope and Contents
Photo album of a U.S. American soldier documenting his WWII tour of duty in Japan, circa 1945-1946. Includes photos of Okinawa, Nagasaki, Naha, Ominato, Tokyo, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Matsuyama, Kure, Hiroshima, and Kyota. While some photos are more of a sightseeing nature, many depict American service men and army camps, Japanese prisoners of war, and destroyed cities, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. All pages and and most photos have brief handwritten descriptions.
Index Terms
- Photographs
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima--Pictoral works
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Nagasaki--Pictoral works
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Pictorial works
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--Pictorial works.