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THE JOHN B. CORNELL COLLECTION: GUIDE
SPEC.CMS.120

(Compiled by Katie Brennan, John M. Bennett, and Kenichi Matsui)

INTRODUCTION

John Bilheimer Cornell, 1921-1994, was an American anthropologist specializing in Japanese agriculture, ecology, social organization, agricultural policy, material culture, land tenure, social relations as affected by geography, outcaste society, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil. His interest in Japanese culture began during World War II, when he developed an expertise in the Japanese language and in code decipherment as part of the team that broke the Japanese code in World War II. He went on to study Japanese language, literature, and anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he earned his PhD in 1953. Further biographical and professional details may be found in Box 1, Folder 1A.

This collection of Cornell’s papers, field notes, manuscripts, publications, documentary and source materials, photographs, and other material will be of interest to anyone researching Japanese society and culture in the post-war period. Much of the collection represents his time at the University of Michigan Japan Center at Oyayama and his restudy two decades later. Of particular interest and value is the extensive collection of photographs and slides documenting village and social life, very rare documentation of an outcaste community, agricultural practices and land use, material culture, family life, and other subjects, frequently accompanied by detailed field notes. There are extensive groups of such notes throughout this collection.

Materials are described in this guide generally in the order in which they were found. To some extent Cornell rearranged his notes and photographs from his numerous research trips to Japan, and this chronological mixing is reflected in their present organization. In addition, dates for some of the fieldwork notebooks and photographs are lacking, although it should be possible to establish approximate dates through examination and context.

The collection was donated to The Ohio State University by Dr. Cornell’s family, and presented to The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library by Dr. Richard Moore (Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University), who also kindly read this guide and offered several helpful clarifications.

NOTE

Research using material in this collection is governed by The Ohio State University’s “human subjects” protocols. In general, this means that names, identities, and photographs of living persons may not be revealed in any public or published forum. Researchers wishing to have access to some of these materials will need to contact the OSU Office of Responsible Research Practices at http://www.orrp.ohio-state.edu From there, go to the “Human Subjects” pages.

Dr. John M. Bennett, Curator August 2004


THE JOHN B. CORNELL COLLECTION -

CATALOGUE OF INVENTORY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Detailed Listing/ Box and Folder Listing:

    Box 1

    Folder Number #1-5

  1. Manila Folder, titled “chap. II + III.”
    Notes and drafts of chapters II and III of Mr. Cornell’s (JBC) book on the societal differences of the Edo in Japan.

    • 1A – Obituary of John B. Cornell
      An obituary with biographical and professional details, written by Richard Moore, and a partial list of JBC’s publications.
  2. Maps of Japan
    Topographical Maps of Japan, one with no writing on it along with 2 others that have colored pencil markings on them. The back of one, with some green, blue, and red colorings on it, reads “Hiyoshi-Son.” The third map contains much more color, especially blue, with red boundaries dividing sections of the country into regions.
  3. Manila Folder, titled “chapter IV”
    Typed draft of Chapter IV of JBC’s “The Neo-Eta: Modernization of Japanese Untouchables,” chapter titled “The Neo-Eta: Heritage of Untouchability.”
  4. Small brown folder, titled “calling cards”
    Small brown folder with the words “Calling Cards Niimi – Kusama + Tomihara – Tsudaka” written on the front. Inside are Japanese business and calling cards.
  5. Envelopes containing various Matsuzaki photographs
    All envelopes have “Matsuzaki” written on the upper left corner. Some also contain dates, such as June 22, 1958, Jan. 1958, Oct. 1957, Aug. 1958, others have numbers written on the outside, also an overfilled envelope dating 1957-58. Most of the pictures are of people, and rural and small-town life. On the backs of the pictures are a date, the names of the people in the picture, along with what they were doing when the picture was taken. Small black-and-white photo prints.

Box 2

Folder Number #6-9

  1. Large Brown Envelope containing Index cards, 1957-1958, “Yokoi-Son field notes”.
    The 5x8 index cards are in a numerical order. Written on them are small descriptions of what JBC observed during his time in Japan, mostly referring to Yokoi-son or Matsuzaki. The cards describe various aspects of life, from using ones’ surname to the building of a house. The second and third set of note cards contain information about social life gathered by JBC from two specific informants.
  2. Audio Recording
    Scotch Brand Tape Recording, reel, dated July 12, 1966, “Meeting at São Paulo Bunka Kyokai – 3:00 p.m. -> 5:30 p.m. Relating to 1965-1966 research in Brazil and various other problem points concerning Japanese in Brazil.”
  3. Audio Recording
    Scotch Brand Tape Recording, reel, dated Aug, 1951, with names of 2 people from Kusamason.
  4. Audio Recording
    Scotch Brand Tape Recording, reel, no date, “Visits of Matsunagi men and women to the Michigan Center in Okayama, 1951: Folk singing, felicitatory speeches. A comic colloquy recorded from Okayama radio, 1951.”

Box 3

Folder Number #10-16

  1. Large Brown Envelope, “History of Kusama–dai elemen–tary school, Niimi–shi. 1974”
    The 100 year history of Niimi City Kusamadai Elementary School, 1974, containing the names of teachers and students, school song.
  2. Large Brown Envelope, “Niimi Fukyusho, Yauagawa of this organization (June 8, 1981)”
    The envelope contains another large envelope that has a map of Okayama on the back in blue print. Also the envelope contains a book titled Ajia Native Festivals and Food, by Niimi-shi, written in the top corner of the cover is “presented by Yauagawa of Niimi Fukyusho, Niimi-shi”. Also there is a letter describing the contents of the envelope. Carbon copy sheets stapled together pertaining to the situation and problem of agriculture and life in Northern Niimi-area, Middle Niimi-area, and Southern Niimi-area. A piece of paper pertaining to the sum of working time of each farmer. Another book titled Management of Producing Vegetables and Suitable Family Labors by Okayama-Ajia Agriculture Improvement Association (in Japanese).
  3. Set of 3x5 index cards
    Cards contain the names of people, along with a small description of their occupation or relation to the project as well as a one or two letter alphabetical reference in the top left corner. One card is titled “Tomihara-Matsuyaki fieldnotes.” There are also 3 cards with references to what people have said about the area.
  4. Audio Cassette
    Sony type A CHF 120 compact cassette titled, “Suginohara Juichi, Kobe University – lecture, Dec. 19, 1980 (Side #1),” “Suginohara Juichi, Kobe Univ. – lecture at Tomgiihara Rimpokau - - Dec. 19, 1980 (Side #2).”
  5. Manila Folder, titled “Chap. I - Introduction”
    Draft of Chapter I to JBC’s book, discussing the difference between an “outcaste and caste”.
  6. Manila Folder, titled “Draft Manuscript (spring, 1964)”
    Typed draft of manuscript titled “Contemporary Outcaste Society and Community”, a paper discussing the changes in Japanese life due to the influence of western ideas.
  7. Manila Folder, titled “Tsudaka (Matsuzaki, Tomihara), Kayamashi Fieldnotes.”
    JBC’s notes on visiting Matsuzaki in October 1980, December 1980, and January 1981, comparing how things had changed from when he was there earlier.

Box 4

Folder Number #17-23

  1. Manila Folder, titled “Kusama TochiDaich and prewar Gensei – choosa.”
    Collection of the record of ownership of land in Kusama/Matsunagi during July 1982. There are four copies of a typed document titled “Extracts for the Tochi Daicho of Kusama/Matsunagi”, all very similar, only slight numerical differences. The documents contain the number of the plot of land, name of the original owner, and number; and amount of times land changed ownership. Also in the folder is a letter in Japanese, postmarked 1985, from Michisuke Ohta to JBC. There is also a document titled “Concordance of Meiji Year Numbers with Standard Western Years.” And a final set of written documents titled “Matsunagi Tochi Daidio Analysis Files LR 1 and LR 2. (July, 1982).”
  2. A Large Envelope, postmarked 1983, from Toru Shinohara
    Envelope is addressed to “Dr. John B. Cornell, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin, etc.”, and return addressed to “Toru Shinohara, Kayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama, Japan”. In red pen there is a brief description of the contents: “T.Shinohara’s questionnaire on machines – manufactured goods, consumption in Matsunagi: responses of: - [several names listed]”. Inside are the completed surveys, in Japanese. [As of 2004, Toru Shinohara was a professor at the National Museum of History and Folklore.]
  3. A Large Envelope, postmarked 1983, from Toru Shinohara
    Envelope is addressed to “Dr. John B. Cornell, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin,” etc., and return addressed to “Toru Shinohara, Kayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama, Japan”. In red pen there is a brief description of the contents, “T.Shinohara’s questionnaire on machines – manufactured goods, consumption in Matsunagi: responses of: - [several names listed]”. Inside are the completed surveys, in Japanese.
  4. Manila Folder, titled “Matsunagi Fieldnotes (1980-81-82) [Matsunag. fnt]”
    Detailed word processed notes taken by JBC’s during his time in Japan during the early 1980’s. Notes discuss with whom he spoke, where he stayed, what he observed, the changes from his prior visits. Each set of notes contains the date when the area was visited in the upper left-hand corner.
  5. Manila Folder, titled “Outcaste Manuscript: Drafts (1957)”
    Handwritten notes on the Outcaste system in Japan, most notes are on yellow legal paper, with a few on plain white paper. There are also 3x5 index cards with names and events on them. All the papers and note cards are paper clipped together in sections.
  6. A Large Envelope, postmarked 1983, from Toru Shinohara
    Envelope is addressed to “Dr. John B. Cornell, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin,” etc., and return addressed to “Toru Shinohara, Kayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama, Japan”. In red pen there is a brief description of the contents, “T.Shinohara’s questionnaire on machines – manufactured goods, consumption in Matsunagi: responses of: - [several names listed]”. Inside are the completed surveys, in Japanese.
  7. A Large Envelope, postmarked 1983, from Toru Shinohara
    Envelope is addressed to “Dr. John B. Cornell, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin,” etc., and return addressed to “Toru Shinohara, Kayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama, Japan”. In red pen there is a brief description of the contents, “T.Shinohara’s questionnaire form used to elicit data on acquisition of machines, manufactured goods by households in Matsunagi (1981)”. Inside there is a letter from Toru Shinohara discussing his data acquisition on “Acculturation of material culture.” As well a sample survey which was used to gather information pertaining to machinery and manufactured goods.

Box 5

Folder Number #24-31

  1. Green Folder, titled “Yokoi Maps + Urban Planning”
    Inside the folder are maps of Yokoi, one large colored map, 1972, showing the topography and urban sections, six photocopies of topographic and urban maps (no color), and a set of the copied maps enlarged.
  2. Green Folder, titled “National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka)”, 1980-1981
    Folder contains JBC’s travel schedule, a grouping of letters between JBC, Professor Matsuzawa, Takao Sofue, and the Nagaski University School of Medicine, concerning the “Joint Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Ethnobotany and the Anthropological Society of Japan”. The envelope also contains brochures on the event, mostly in Japanese, The Introduction of Suemura Village, 34th Japan Anthology of Congress (1980) in Nagasaki Prefecture.
  3. Large Brown Scrapbook, containing Japanese Newspaper Articles
    Newspaper articles discuss the events of Kusama, including Kusama agriculture association, color TV, the decrease of students, Kusama Youth Union, food poisoning, air pollution, the decrease of female farmers, Broadcasting telephone, Kusama junior High school. Pages of the scrapbook contain photocopied (pc) newspaper clippings, above each clipping is a number (“no.1153 44.1.24” – “no. 1347 45.12.11”). The clippings are organized in chronological order starting with January 24, 1969 and ending with November 11, 1970 (expressed by Japanese date calendar system).
  4. Large Yellow Scrapbook, containing Japanese Newspaper Articles
    Newspaper articles contain information on the agricultural association, merger of Kamiichi-city, Nimi-city, Ishigari-city, the decrease of students, Kusama broadcasting telephone, Kusama Post Office, policies of Kusama agriculture association, water supply system, new type of pig for pork, establishment of Kusama Grandmother association. The clippings are organized in chronological order starting with January 30, 1961 and ending with July 10, 1974 (expressed by Japanese date calendar system).
  5. Large Red Scrapbook, pc of Newspaper clippings
    Pages of the scrapbook contain pc newspaper clippings, above each clipping is a number (“no.1045 43.1.5” – “no. 1127 43.10.18”). Some of the articles have notes written in Japanese next to the articles. Newspaper articles regarding the population numbers for Niimi City and Atetsu City, continually decreasing because of migration and abortion, the Shibatani Fiber company in Kusama, Making Peach – 28 farmers start making together, the Merger of “Kusama” and “Toyonaga” cigarette market, the number of farmers decreases as well as workers of factories increase, the merger of agriculture associations around the Niimi area, the memorial statue in Kusama Elementary School – made by 6th grade students of Kusama Elementary School, the publishing of the magazine of Kusama Judo Youth Club, the Tobacco dying because of too much weed-killer, the re-election of the President of Kusama Agriculture Association, Mr. Ōtsuka, stock farming in the Kusama area, and the Hakubi train line becoming a double line. The clippings are organized in chronological order starting with January 5, 1968 and ending with October 25, 1968 (expressed by Japanese date calendar system).
  6. Large Red Scrapbook, pc of Newspaper clippings
    Pages of the scrapbook contain pc newspaper clippings, above each clipping is a number and/or Japanese symbols. Some of the articles have notes written in Japanese next to the articles. The newspaper clippings regard the start of making cabbage in Kusama, the Kusama Agriculture Association starting to encourage farmers in the Kusama area to start making melon, the merger of agriculture associations around Niimi City, the development of the Kusama local telephone service, sight seeing agriculture will start in Kusama as part of the Nature Recreation Village Project, the building of new school houses for Kusama Elementary School and Dobashi Elementary School, Peach and Melon production in Kusama plateau, drawing together of Nature Recreation Village Project in Kusama, the Chuo-machi Agriculture Association’s visit to Kusama to check tomato culture, the completion of the Ashin Agriculture Association Hall, High Price of the Kusama strawberry, the Establishment of Kusama Kendo Youth Club, Kusama-Dai Elementary School opening late (after April), flower market in Kusama, Kusama Junior High School moved to the previous schoolhouse of Kusama Elementary School then Kusama Kindergarten and Kusama Judo Youth Club moved to the previous schoolhouse of Kusama Junior High school, formation of the Kindergarten Promotion Congress in Kusama, Inauguration Ceremony of the new schoolhouse of Kusama-Dai Elementary School, Yamabuki Children Club formation by 22 elementary and junior high school students, Mr. Kanaoka receiving of the “Yano Prize”, children’s park to be made, Magazine “Hakuyu” will publish, activities of Kusama and Syoda Children Club, Okayama Democratic Medical Research group, Folklore survey in Kusama and Yoyonaga, City Fire Fighting Competition, Mr. Saita and Hattori were elected to directors of Kusama Agriculture Association. The clippings are organized in chronological order starting with May 16, 1972 and ending with October 21, 1976 (expressed by Japanese date calendar system).
  7. Large Red Scrapbook, pc of Newspaper clippings
    Pages of the scrapbook contain pc newspaper clippings, above each clipping is a number and/or Japanese character, although the numbers and characters appear to have no order. Some of the articles have notes written in Japanese and some English next to the articles. The articles are in Japanese and include topics such as: the merger between the cities and towns of Niimi, Kamiichi, Kumagaya, Kansei, Bikoku, Ishiganikyo, Kusama, and Toyonaga, Niimi commerce and industry congress establishing in 1930, Demand for a Niimi municipal bus, Kusama Agriculture Association and Tanjibe Agricultural Association will apply the law of the maintenance of the Agriculture Association, Cucumber in Kusama and Taro in Nohara, “Shiitake mushroom culture Association” in Kusama, Pasturage Farm in Kusama will start again, water supply in Kusama, Municipal skill schools will end and youth classes will start, two areas in Niimi-city become able to use electricity, the number of people who have TV has increased in Niimi, the decrease of students who can enter prefectural high schools, the number of full-time farmers decreasing to one-fifth – farmers with side jobs increasing, the number of births decreasing, Inauguration ceremony of Kusama postal office, conducting stand placed in front of the entrance of Kusama Elementary School in honor of the former principal, Iwasaki, Kusamam tobacco, the number of children who now have house keys has increased due to both parents working when the children come home, the popularity of the peach in Kusama, all classrooms at Kusama Elementary School receiving TV’s, Stamina convention was held in Kusama. The clippings are organized in chronological order starting with October 20, 1953 and ending with December 8, 1967 (expressed by Japanese date calendar system).
  8. Large Red Scrapbook, pc of Newspaper clippings
    Pages of the scrapbook contain pc newspaper clippings, above each clipping is a number (“52.1.22 no.2106” – “55.12.6 no. 2691”). Article topics include: Kusama Nature Recreation Center, Club activity of Kusama Women’s group, Kusama flower association held one-day flower shop, former mayor of Kusama made prefectural road by using his own property, Huge peach was made by Mr. Hayashi in Kusama, Grandparents visited kindergarten to see their grandsons and granddaughters, friendship club in Kusama gives 50 cherry trees, Iwanaka-Noumen road was completed, apples in Kusama (only two farmers produce in Kusama), Teachers at Kusama Elementary School gave presentations about monetary education, Women in Kusama work on making melon in salt, town hall was established, Reimei medical group worked for people in Kusama for free, Young Women’s group in Kusama learns how to use knife and fork (Western eating style), Project of making dinner together restarted among Kusama Young Women’s Group. The clippings are organized in chronological order starting with January 22, 1979 and ending with December 6, 1980 (expressed by Japanese date calendar system).

Box 6

Folder Number #32-41

  1. Small Notebook, dated “1951.8.9”
    Notebook titled “people of Mashiki-Burakumin” of good wishes and names for JBC’s return to the US. There is also a note from [name withheld], regarding his desire to learn English before JBC returned to Japan.
  2. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Ōliwa Hommura (Recent registry) no. 1”, [nd]
    The writing tablet contains information concerning the inhabitants of Yokoi-son. The information is a list of residents of the area and how they are related to each other or residents of other areas.
  3. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Tomihara house-registre No.1”, [nd]
    The writing tablet contains a “Simplified Character Table” which is a description of how the houses in Tomihara were easily and quickly recorded. The characters quickly identify the owner of the house along with the type of house, area of each room within the house, etc.
  4. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Tomihara house-registre No. 2”, [nd]
    A continuation of Register No. 1, found in folder 34, box 6.
  5. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Statistics of population (in Showa 30) Census (1955)”
    Tablet contains statistical information on Matuzaki, Tomihara, and Ōiwa concerning vital information for the men and women of those areas. At the end of the tables is a summary table containing information that compiles the information from the three tables into one.
  6. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “House register Matsuzaki No.1”, [nd]
    The table contains information regarding ownership, type, size, material, number of rooms within of households in Matsuzaki. CF. also folder 65.
  7. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “House register Matsuzaki No. 2”, [nd]
    A continuation of the information gathered in Register No. 1, found in folder 37, box 6.
  8. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “House-register Matsuzaki No. 3”, [nd]
    A continuation of Register No. 2, found in folder 38, box 6.
  9. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Matsuzaki No. 2 (recent register)”, [nd]
    Tablet contains information of the inhabitants of Matsuzaki, who they are married to, who their parents are, if they came from a different village, which it was, etc. Their names are recorded, along with two sets of letters and numbers in parentheses. The second set of parentheses seems to be a description of their position in the house, for example “(M. of HH)”, which perhaps could mean Male of Household.
  10. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Matsuzaki No. 3 (recent register)”, [nd]
    A continuation of Register No. 2, found in folder 39, box 6.

Box 7

Folder Number #42-65

  1. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Honsei okuru”, [nd]
    Contains information similar to the information in the “recent register”, but it is organized differently here. In this coverless tablet the family’s name is recorded, then the members of the family, and then the two sets of parenthetical notations. There is also a second writing tablet titled “Matsuzaki No.4 (old register)”, containing only one family’s information. There is a third tablet titled “Cadaster of Matsuzaki No. 7”, but there are no pages of information within the tablet.
  2. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Cadaster of Tomihara Hommura No. 1”, [nd]
    Contains information of the inhabitants of Tomihara, their names in a long list. After the list of names, there is a break down of land ownership along with information about the land, including dimensions of rice paddies, who the land was purchased from, and what the land is being used for, farming or other. The top right corner of each page contains the letter T followed by a number.
  3. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Cadaster of Tomihara Hommura No. 2”, [nd]
    A continuation of “Cadaster No. 1”, found in folder 43, box 7, it contains the same information and a continuation of the T-Number sequence.
  4. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Cadaster of Tomihara Hommura No. 3”, [nd]
    A continuation of “Cadaster No. 2”, found in folder 44, box 7, it contains the same information and a continuation of the T-Number sequence.
  5. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Cadaster of Tomihara Hommura No. 4”, [nd]
    A continuation of “Cadaster No. 3”, found in folder 45, box 7, it contains the same information and a continuation of the T-Number sequence.
  6. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Cadaster of Tomihara Hommura No. 5”, [nd]
    A continuation of “Cadaster No. 4”, found in folder 46, box 7, it contains the same information and a continuation of the T-Number sequence.
  7. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Cadaster of Tomihara Hommura No. 6”, [nd]
    This tablet is blank.
  8. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Tomihara Hommura No. 2 (old register)”, [nd]
    Contains information similar to the information in the “recent register”, but it is organized differently here. In this tablet the family’s name is recorded, then the members of the family, and then two sets of parenthetical notations.
  9. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Tomihara Hommura No. 3 (old register)”, [nd]
    A continuation of “Old Register No. 2”, found in folder 49, box 7, information is presented in the same order with similar details.
  10. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Tomihara No. 2 (recent register)”, [nd]
    Tablet contains information on the inhabitants of Tomihara, who they are married to, who their parents are, if they came from a different village, which it was, etc. Their names are recorded, along with two sets of letters and numbers in parentheses. The second set of parentheses seems to be a description of their position in the house, for example “(M. of HH)”, perhaps could mean Male of Household.
  11. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Tomihara No. 3 (recent register)”, [nd]
    A continuation of the information gathered in “Tomihara No. 2 (recent register)”. Information is in the same order, sequence, etc.
  12. Two small pamphlets, both in Japanese, re the unemployed
    One of the books has a note in English written on it, “[Circular from Okazaki Hirao, mayor of Okayawashi to all Okayawa organizations regarding Dowa Mondai – June 2, 1981]”. The books are on the abolition of discrimination against people job-hunting in the Dowa-area (in Okayama-City). It is an outline of the project to deal with the problem in the Dowa-area.
  13. Photocopy of an article, titled “Shame, Family, and State in Catalonia and Japan”
    Two hand written notes on the article, “Prof. John B. Cornell. Best Wishes Mariko Tamanoi” (the author of the article) and “In Honor and Shame and the Unity of the Mediterranean. D. Gilmore, ed. American Anthropological Association Special Publication 22 1987”.
  14. Green Notebook, with Japanese Writing on the cover, 1980
    Notebook is a farmer ledger of the Tomihara area made by Okayama-city West Agriculture Congress (family members of each farmer and their own cultivated land are counted).
  15. Set of Handwritten notes, First page titled “Ōiwa-Hommura”, [nd]
    The notes seem to be a numerical listing of the people who helped or were asked about during the study period. The names are numbered and a very short note follows each person’s name. It also seems as though part of the list is of items to get done, such as, “find a map of Matuzaki”.
  16. Photocopies in Japanese
    A sightseeing guide of Manabe-island (1979).
  17. Topographic map
    Map of Manabe-island for sightseeing, map was created on June 14, 1974, and revised on September 29, 1974.
  18. Copy of “Late Industrialization and Women’s Work in Urban South Korea: An Ethnographic Study of Upper-Middle-Class Families”, 1992
    A copy of an article written by Myung-Hye Kim, of the Ohio State University. The article is about “gender relationships and class relationships” of the Korean middle class. Article found in City & Society 6(2), December 1992, published by the American Anthropological Association.
  19. Small brown Envelope, titled “Japan – New Years Cards (1981)”
    In the envelope are postcards, mainly in Japanese, although a few have address or messages in English, directed towards JBC.
  20. Copy of “Ainu Assimilation and Cultural Extinction: Acculturation Policy in Hokkaido”
    3 offprint copies of an article written by JBC, of the University of Texas, concerning “The relation of state policy-making to culture change…is an appropriate but often neglected area in acculturation studies”, from Ethnology, v. III, no. 3, 1964.
  21. Copy of “Japanese Immigrants Abroad”
    3 offprint copies of an article written by JBC and Robert J. Smith, concerning their proposed research on Japanese in America as well as Hawaii, from Rice University Studies, v. 56, no. 4, 1970.
  22. A brochure from Kasaoka museum
    A guide to Kasaoka Museum, explaining the history of Kasaoka with pictures of earthenware, the history is divided by characteristics of earthenware (Sendoki/Jyomon period, Yayoi period, Kotun period, Nara perios, and Heian period).
  23. PC of an article titled “Analogical Organization of Space in Japan”
    A copy of an article written by Augustin Berque concerning the ways in which the Japanese perceive space, and the concept of space. Ca. 1982.
  24. Small Reporting Tablet, titled “Matusazki No.1 (old register)”, [nd]
    Contains information similar to the information in the “recent register”, but it is organized differently here. In this tablet the family’s name is recorded, then the members of the family, and then two sets of parenthetical notations. Cf. folder 37.

Box 8

Folder Number #66-78

  1. Notebook pages in a binder, titled “Agriculture Census”, 1975
    Census information for the areas of Tomihara, Matsusaki, Oiwa, and Deneki.
  2. Notebook pages in a binder, titled “Tsudaka-cho, Tomihara (Oiwa) and Tamasu – Azana and Banchi by Kase Motohiko” and dated “Feb., 1981”
    A history of Okayama City, especially Tsuda-cho, Tomihara area, Tamasu, Azana, and Banchi.
  3. Offprint of an article, “Yellow Wallpaper”, 1990
    Book titled Yellow Wallpaper written by Sharot Parkins Giruman [Charlotte Perkins Gilman], and translated by Kazunori Yokota, and is a reprint of Kinjo Collefoje Research Journal. Brochure contains a note on the inside cover: “Sep.8, 1991 Dr. John Cornell with best regards Kazumori Zokote”.
  4. A copy of “An Introduction to Area Studies Lexicon –A Draft for Publication” by Hiroshi Ishida, 1991
    A copy of an off-print article by Hiroshi Ishida. The front cover contains a loose letter from Ishida to JBC thanking him for his help with the “reviews and advice” in regards to the book. Mr. Ishida is asking for further input for JBC. The article itself is about the “utilitarian contributions to cross – cultural studies.” Article found in The Fukuyama Economic Review, vol. 16, no. 2, December 1991, pages 1-14.
  5. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, Univ of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Miramigata-chome, Okayama City, Okayawa Pref.” With a double underlined 1 in the upper left corner.
    Holographic field study notebook, with entries related to households, persons, land use, agriculture, and related issues. Includes a ts interviewing guide dated 9/22/50. Some of the entries include drawings of what seem to be agricultural tools and machines. There is also a table about half way through the notebook titled “land use of fields area” which contains what seem to be householder names along with numerical descriptions of land. Cf. the next few folders.
  6. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, Univ. of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Miramigata-chome, Okayawa City, Okayama Pref.” With a double underlined 2 in the upper left corner.
    The first entry in the notebook is dated “Nov. 1” and the last dated entry is “Dec. 2”, the year looks to be 1950, according to the dates of other entries. Some of the entries, similar to the notebook in folder 70, contain drawings of what seem to be agricultural tools and/or machinery.
  7. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Minamigata-chō, Okayama Prefecture.” With a double underlined 3 in the upper left corner.
    The first entry is dated “Dec. 3” and the last dated entry is “Jan. 19” the year would seem to be the end of 1950 to the beginning of 1951 assuming that this notebook is in chronological order with the previous 2. This notebook contains some drawings of what seem to be agricultural tools/machines as well as gardening methods.
  8. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, Univ. of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Minamigata, Okayama-shi, Okayama ken, Japan.” With a double underlined 4 in the upper left corner.
    The first entry is dated “Dec. 19” and the last is dated entry is “Mar. 5” and assuming that these notebooks are in chronological order the year would be 1951. About half way through the notebook there is a table, describing what looks like different types of knives or cutting tools. There are far fewer pictures of tools in this notebook than the previous 2. There are however 2 sets of tables that describe the daily activities of [“Ruiko”?]. The tables are headed with the day of the week followed by a list of rooms or places.
  9. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, Univ. of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Minamigata, Okayama-Shi, Okayama-Ken, Japan.” With a double underlined 5 in the upper left corner.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “Feb. 15” and the last dated entry is “May 24” and assuming that these notebooks are in chronological order the year would be 1951. Towards the end of this notebook there is another daily log, although this one does not have a person or place associated with it. There are some drawings of what seem to be maps of the area that was being looked at. There are, again, pictures of tools and objects. There is a chronological table a little more than half way through the notebook, starting with January 7 and going until December 27, dated 1950. Each entry contains a few words followed by a number. Within the last pages of the table there are a few pieces of paper in Japanese put into the notebook. A study book (memorandum) of when JBC was in Okayama, on the front of the notebook “John B. Cornell, University of Michigan” and the translation to Japanese.
  10. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Minamigata, Okayama-Shi, Okayama-Ken, Japan.” With a double underlined 6 in the upper left corner.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “Feb. 13” and the last dated entry is “April 3” and assuming that these notebooks are in chronological order the year would be 1951. The end of the notebook contains a “pop. frequency of 1950” table that has the number of males and females in certain areas as well as the total for each area. There are also what seem to be maps of the areas studied that contain various numbers, which seem to be calculations of the areas’ sizes. There is a table within the notebook titled “schedule of activities”: each entry in the table is dated and is followed by a small description.
  11. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Minamigata, Okayama-Shi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.” With a double underlined 7 in the upper left corner.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “May 3” and the last dated entry is “June 15” and assuming that these notebooks are in chronological order the year would be 1951. There are a few pictures in this notebook, some with titles such as, “wood-pile” and “water-tank”, they also contain what look like dimensions of the objects described.
  12. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Minamigata, Okayama-city, Okayama Pref., Japan.” With a double underlined 8 in the upper left corner.
    The first page of the notebook is in different handwriting and has another title page, “Aru Sanson no Monogurafu” “Shizen-Son no Kôzô to Kinô” with a description of the contents. The first half of the notebook seems to be a story perhaps translated by one of the people named on the first page. The second half of the notebook is in JBC’s handwriting, and contains more photos and a few tables.
  13. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies, 362 Minamigata, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.” With a double underlined 9 in the upper left corner.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “June 17” and the last dated entry is “Aug. 27” and assuming that these notebooks are in chronological order the year would be 1951. There is one photo in this notebook, a picture of a cave, and titled “diagram of Jizo Yashiro in cave in Rashomon.” There is another drawing of a house with descriptions of what parts of the house are made of. The second half of the notebook is empty except for a few pieces of paper with short notes placed within the empty pages.

Box 9

Folder Number #79-90

  1. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, Yokoi-son, Okayama. Prefecture, Japan (1957-58), Field Diary”.
    The first entry in this notebook is dated “Oct. 4” and marks the arrival of JBC in Yokohama. The notebook is a record of JBC’s daily activities, including who he talked to and significant activities. The last dated entry is “Nov. 13”, [1957?].
  2. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, Okayama Hotel, 105 Furu Gyo-Cho, Okayama”, with a once-underlined 1 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “Oct. 28, 1957” and the last dated entry of “Dec. 4”. Also on the first page there is written “Field notes: Yokoi-son”. The notebook contains notes on Yokoi-son, during the time that JBC was there studying the area and its people.
  3. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, 357, 2-Chome Seiden-Cho, Iuai, Okayama-Shi, ③3021”, with a once-underlined 2 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “Dec. 6, 1957: Yokoi-Tomihara”. A daily account of JBC’s activities in Yokoi-Tomihara, including whom he met and talked with and where he was within the area. The last entry in the notebook is dated “Jan. 1 1958”.
  4. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, 357, 2-Chome, Seiden-Cho, Iwal, Okayama-shi, ph. ③3021”, with a #3 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “Jan. 2”. A continuation of JBC’s account of activities during his time spent in Yokoi-Tomihara. Including small summaries of conversations that he had with the local people. The last dated entry in the notebook is dated “Jan. 22: Yokoi”, [1958].
  5. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, No. 357, 2-chome, Seiden-Cho, Iwai, Okayama-Shi, Tel. ③3021”, with a #4 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “Jan. 24: Yokoi”. Continuation of JBC’s daily activities in Yokoi-Tomihara, although these entries seem to be based more on conversations about agriculture in the area, how it was done, who did it, etc. The last dated entry in the notebook is “Feb. 16: Yokoi”, [1958].
  6. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, 1233, Onari-Cho, Kadota, Okayama-shi”, with a #5 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “February 18: Okayama-hencho”. Daily account of JBC’s gathered information, for each day, information regarding who he talked to, what they talked about, and other similar information. The information is mainly about agriculture and rituals in the areas being studied. The last dated entry in the notebook is “March 27: Yokoi”, [1958].
  7. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, 1233, Onari-Cho, Kadota, Okayama-Shi”, with a #6 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “March 28: Karashilin: Interview…” A continuation of the daily accounts of JBC, who he interviewed, what they talked about, etc. in his time in the area being studied. The last dated entry in the notebook is “April 22: Yokoi”, [1958].
  8. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, 1233, Onari-Cho, Kadota, Okayama-Shi”, with a #7 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “April 3: Yokoi”. A continuation of JBC’s daily accounts while in Yokoi, brief summaries of who and what he talked to and what about. The last dated entry is “April 24: Yokoi”, [1958].
  9. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, 1233, Onari-Cho, Kadota, Okayama-Shi”, with a #8 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “May 1: Yokoi”. A continuation of JBC’s accounts during his time in Yokoi (interviews, places he visited and studies, etc.). Within the “July 3” entry there is a typed account of a visit to “Matsuzaki at Oka Building, Okayama”. The last dated entry is “July 7: Yokoi”, [1958].
  10. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, 1233, Onari-Cho, Kadota, Okayama-Shi”, with a #9 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “July 7 – Yokoi”. A continuation of JBC’s account during his time in Yokoi (interviews, encounters with the local people, etc.). The last dated entry is “July 8: Matsuzaki”, [1958].
  11. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, 1233 Onari-Cho, Kadota, Okayama-Shi”, with a #10 at the bottom of the page.
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “July 21: Yokoi-Matsuzaki”. A continuation of JBC’s account during his time in Yokoi (interviews, observations, encounters with the local people, etc.). The last dated entry is “Aug. 13: Okayama, Kadota”, [1958].
  12. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, no. 3-16, Akasaka Minamishin-machi, Okayama-shi, Fieldnotes No.1, October 4, 1980”
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “10-4-80”. An account of JBC’s visit back to Matsuzaki during the 1980’s. Contains information similar to that in the 1958 notebooks, information on who he visited, and a brief account of what was discussed. The last entry in the notebook is “12-5-80”.

Box 10

Folder Number #91-102

  1. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, No. 3-16, Akasaka Minami Shinomachi, Okayama-Shi 703, fieldnotes No. 2, December 7, 1980”
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “12-5-80”. This notebook is a continuation of JBC’s previous accounts of his visit back to Matsuzaki, during the 1980’s. The last dated entry in the notebook is “3-5-81”.
  2. Notebook, titled “Fieldnotes No. 3, John B. Cornell, 3-16, Akasaka Minami, Shin-Machi, Okama-shi 703”
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “2-24-81”. This notebook contains only a few entries, perhaps because the time period overlaps with the previous notebook. This is a continuation of JBC’s previous notebooks, regarding his work in Matsusaki during the 1980’s. The last dated entry in the notebook in “2-25-81” (Although it is chronologically out of order with a few other entries).
  3. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, No. 3-16, Akasaka Minamishin-machi, Okayama-shi 703, Fieldnotes No. 4, March 5, 1981”
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “3-5-81”. This notebook is a continuation of JBC’s work in Matsuzaki during the 1980’s, it includes brief descriptions of interviews and encounters with local people. The last dated entry in this notebook is “May 18, 1981”.
  4. Notebook, titled “Fieldnotes No. 5 (April 5, 1981), John B. Cornell”
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “April 5, 1981”. A continuation of JBC’s interviews and encounters during his trip back to Matsuzaki during the 1980’s. The last dated entry in this notebook is “May 7, 1981”.
  5. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, No. 3-16, Akasaka Minami Shin-machi, Okayama-Shi 703, Fieldnotes No. 6, May 7, 1981”
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “May 7, 1981”. A continuation of JBC’s account of his trip back to Matsuzaki during the 1980’s, includes brief descriptions of his interviews and encounters. The last dated entry is “June 27, 1981”.
  6. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, No. 3-16, Akasaka Minami Shin-machi, Okayama-shi 703, Fieldnotes No. 7 June 27, 1981, June 27, 1982”
    The first entry in this notebook is dated “June 27, 1981”. This notebook is a continuation of JBC’s account of his trip back to Matsuzaki during the 1980’s, contains brief descriptions of interviews and encounters with the local people. The last dated entry in this notebook is “July 2, 1982”.
  7. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, No. 3-16 Akasaka Minami, Shin-Machi, Okayama-Shi 703, Fieldnotes No. 8, July 11, 1981, July 2 1982”
    The first dated entry in this notebook is dated “July 11, 1981”. A continuation of JBC’s account of his trip back to Matsuzaki during the 1980’s, contains brief descriptions of interviews that took place, along with information regarding the people he talked to and what they discussed. The last dated entry in this notebook is “July 23, 1982”.
  8. Notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, Maki bi Kaikan, Shimo-Ishii-cho, Okayama-shi 700, Fieldnotes No. 9, July 22, 1982”
    The first dated entry in this notebook is “July 22, 1982”. This is a continuation of JBC’s account of his return trip to Matsuzaki during the 1980’s, contains brief descriptions of interviews and encounters with the local people. It also contains a few drawings of houses as well as the area surrounding the houses, and what the land was being used for. The last dated entry in the notebook is “July 27, 1982”.
  9. Small pamphlet (In Japanese)
    Fortune telling book from 1951.
  10. Small notebook, titled “Atetsu-Gunshi, compiled by Atetsugun-Kyoiku kai, translated + summarized by H. Hasegawa”
    Translation of “Atetsu-Gunshi”, a book on the history of the area of Atetsin-Gun during the middle to late 1400’s and the early 1500’s, the information was completed by the Atetsu-gin Education Congress. The translation contains information on the history, geography, natural resource use, climate, and other important information about the area. It contains a few drawings and maps of the noted area.
  11. Small notebook, titled “Stratum of Mount village, compiled by Furushima Toshio, translated + summarized by Hasegawa”, [ca. 1950?]
    A handwritten translation of a compliation by Hurushima Toshio on the social strata of the Shibokusa-mura region. It contains information on the features of the village, life in the village, social classes, family life, politics of the village, inheritance, etc.
  12. Small notebook, titled “Sanson no. Kôzô, vol. 2”
    A continuation of the translation in folder 101.

Box 11

Folder Number #103-120

  1. Brochures on tourist attractions in Japan
    Folder contains an admission ticket to the Kasaoka museum; a guide of the Ryoku-Temple; a copy of the magazine Shikai, no. 142, February (1968), which is a magazine of English literature; a guide to the Hiroshima Prefecture; and a research paper about Japan, from Etudes Internationales, by Augustin Berque, “Le Japon: Conditions et dangers de la dépendance alimentaire” (in French).
  2. Pamphlet, in Japanese
    Niimi-shi Nenpyo (Niimi-shi history)
  3. Offprint copies of Articles
    3 copies of an article written by JBC, titled “Individual Mobility and Group Membership: The Case of the Burakumin,” found in Aspects of Social Change in Modern Japan, Copyright 1967 by Princeton University Press, edited by R.P. Dore. Copy of an article by Geneviève Delbos of the Centre National de Recherche Scientifuque, Paris, titled “Leaving Agriculture, remaining a peasant”, found in Man. Copy of an article written by Mariko Asano-Tamonoi, titled “Farmers, Industries, and the State: The culture of Contrast Farming in Spain and Japan”, found in Comparative Studies in Society and History, Volume 30, Number 3, July 1988. 2 copies of “Kasuga Taisha”, a pamphlet written in French about the Shinto temple at Nara.
  4. Empty Writing tablets, [nd]
    Series of empty writing tablets, similar to those found in folders 33 to 52. Most of the tablets have titles such as “Tomihara”, “Cadaster of Matsuzaki No. 3”, but either have all of the pages removed or blank pages.
  5. Small Writing tablet, titled “Ōiwa house-register No. 1”, [nd]
    Writing tablet contains house-hold information for the Ōiwa area, including owner, type of house, and approximate sizes of the rooms within the house. Each page has a number in the upper left corner, starting with “No. 234” and ending with “No. 267”.
  6. Small Writing tablet, titled “House-register Ōiwa No 2”, [nd]
    A continuation of the record in folder 107, although the information in this register is not numbered. The records contain the same kind of information, on household type, number and size of rooms, etc.
  7. Small writing tablet, titled “Tomihara Hommura no. 1 (old register)”, [nd]
    Tablet contains information about the inhabitants of Tomihara, including families and relations within the family, how each member is related to the head of the house.
  8. Small writing tablet, titled “Tomihara No. 1 (recent register)”, [nd]
    This tablet contains information regarding the inhabitants of Tomihara, who the head of house is, along with other household members and their relation to the head of house.
  9. Small Writing tablet, titled “Matsuzaki No. 1 (recent register)”, [nd]
    The information contained within this register is that of the inhabitants of Matsuzaki, along with who and how they are related to one another. Each page seems to be the information of a single family, including information on who each of the inhabitants are and what generation they are.
  10. Small writing tablet, titled “Matsuzaki No. 2 (old register)”, [nd]
    Contains the same type of information as the tablet in Folder 111.
  11. Small writing tablet, titled “Matsuzaki No. 3 (old register)”, [nd]
    Contains the same type of information as the tablet in Folder 112.
  12. Small writing tablet, titled “House-register Matsuzaki No. 4”, [nd]
    Writing tablet contains house-hold information for Matsuzaki, including owner, type of house, and approximate sizes of the rooms within the house. Each page has a number in the upper left corner, starting with “No. 184” and ending with “No. 262”.
  13. Small writing tablet, titled “Matsuzaki No. 4 (recent register)”, [nd]
    This tablet contains familial information, including who the head of the household is along with other household members and their relation to the head of house.
  14. Small writing tablet, titled “Matsuzaki No. 5 (recent register)”, [nd]
    Tablet contains information regarding the head of each household, along with the names of other household members and their relation to the head of the household.
  15. Small writing tablet, titled “Matsuzaki No. 5 (old register)”, [nd]
    The information contained within this register is that of the inhabitants of Matsuzaki, along with who and how they are related to one another. Each page seems to be the information of a single family, including information on who each of the inhabitants are, what generation they are, and how they are related to one another.
  16. Two small writing tablets held together with a paper clip, titled “The election of yokai – village headman and a member of village assembly,” [1947, 1951, 1955, 1958] and “House-register Matsuzaki No. 5”, [nd]
    The first tablet (“The election of…”) contains information on the elections that took place in April of 1947, 1951, 1955, and 1958. There is a table of the breakdown of votes, along with information on the person who was elected. There were 4 village headmen and 4 village assemblymen elected into office. The second tablet (“House-register…”) contains information on the household within Matsuzaki, including information such as who the owner is, what type of house they have, and a brief description of the rooms within the house. There is a number in the upper left corner of the first page (“No. 213”), the pages following contain the same kind of information but without the numbers.
  17. Set of notes, [nd]
    Each note contains a month followed by the words “Bitchum-ha” and then a brief description of agricultural practices.
  18. An offprint copy of “The Ainu” by Hitoshi Watanabe
    A copy of the study titled “The Ainu: a study of ecology and the system of social solidarity between man and nature in relation to group structure” published in the Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Sec. V, Vol. II, Pt. 6, July 30, 1964.

Box 12

Folder Number #121-139

  1. A copy of “Existing Conditions of Mizushima Coastal Industrial Area”
    A copy of “Existing Conditions of Mizushima Coastal Industrial Area” done in May 1968, by the Commerce & Industry Department, Okayama Prefecture.
  2. A copy of “Forest Grazing in Japan: New Perspectives” by Augustin Berque
    A reprinted copy of the article titled “Forest Grazing in Japan: New Perspectives” by Augustin Berque, “Reprinted from the science reports of the Tohoku University, 7th Series (Geography) Vol. 29, No. 1, 1979”, and published by “The Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan June 1979”.
  3. A copy of a book on tobacco growing in Japan
    A copy of “Tobacco industry: tobacco growers almanac and record book furnished by the monopoly”, the actual book is in Japanese, however JBC attached a brief description of the book in English, along with the title and other important information.
  4. A copy of a booklet put together by George O. Totten III, regarding the “Army Intensive Japanese Language School Day”, 1990.
    A booklet compiled by George O. Trotten III regarding Japanese language instruction for those that were in Japan during the occupation. The booklet contains articles written by people who were there, as well as a list 1942-1945 of the people in the language instruction program. cf. folder 145.
  5. A copy of a review of Alexander Alland Jr’s book
    3 copies of a book review JBC did for Alexander Alland Jr.’s “Adaptation in Cultural Evolution: an Approach to Medical Anthropology”, an offprint from Human Biology, v. 43, No. 1, 1971.
  6. 3 copies of an article by JBC on Ainu agriculture
    Copies of “Shifting agriculture in the ecological system of the Hokkaido Ainu: systemic integration of food production within primary food collection as a factor impeding agrarianization” a paper JBC prepared for the “VII International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Moscow, U.S.S.R., August 3-10, 1964.”
  7. A copy of an article by JBC on Japanese immigrants in Brazil
    Pc ts of an article written by JBC, titled “Assimilative Strategies in the Interior of Brazil”, a paper on the “acculturation of Japanese immigrants in southern Brazil.”
  8. A copy of an article by JBC on local group stability
    An offprint of an article written by JBC, titled “Local Group Stability in the Japanese Community”, which was printed in Human Organization, vol. 22, No. 2, Summer, 1963, 3 copies.
  9. 3 copies of an article on JBC’s Japan research
    3 copies of “Report of Committee on Research”, regarding JBC’s research in Japan, an offprint from Year Book of the American Philosophical Society, 1959.
  10. A copy of an article by JBC on Japanese assimilation in Brazil
    A copy of “Processes and strategies of assimilation of Japanese descendants (Nisei) in the old Noroeste coffee zone: A case study of the Município of Getulina, Sao Paulo State” an article written by JBC, with the help of Sugiyama Iutaka, Jandira Fujimura, Takashi Maeyama, and Hiromi Yoshida. [196-?]
  11. A copy of an article by JBC on Japanese assimilation in Brazil
    A copy of “Acculturation and assimilation of Rural Japanese in Southern Brazil” a paper written by JBC, which is about the similarities of complexity within the Japanese and Brazilian communities, and how this affected Japanese colonization in Brazil. [ca. 1969]
  12. A copy of an article by JBC on Japanese emigration
    A copy of “Exodus: Sponsored Emigration from Japan” a paper written by JBC, which is about emigration from Japan and how that has affected modern day Japan, politically, socially, and economically. [ca. 1969]
  13. A copy of an article by JBC on Japanese immigrants in Brazil
    A copy of “Nisei Biculturalism in Southern Brazil” a paper by JBC, Sugiyama, and Robert J. Smith, a paper about the affects of Japanese immigrants on Southern Brazil’s culture, economy, and behavior. [ca. 1968]
  14. A copy of an article by JBC on health care from an anthropological perspective
    A copy of “Rethinking health care delivery from the anthropological perspective” a paper written by JBC and “Prepared for the Aspen Biosciences Communications Seminars 1976: “Biosciences Communications and Health Care Delivery October 6-8, 1976” , which is about the effects of health care on a developing society.
  15. Offprint copy of an article by Takashi Maeyama on the Japanese in Brazil
    Offprint of an article written by Takashi Maeyama, titled “Ethnicity, Secret Societies, and Associations: the Japanese in Brazil,” found in Comparative Studies in Society and History, Volume 21, Number 4, October 1979.
  16. Red Manila Folder, titled “Shinohara Tooru, “Shi-I(?)nonaka no doshokubutsu,” Shizeu to Minzoku. 1990 (?)””
    Folder contains an envelope from the National History and Folklore Museum, a letter to JBC from Dr. Shinohara regarding Shinohara’s desire to publish a book about his research along with JBC, as well as a copy of Shinohara’s book about JBC titled Nature and Folklore.
  17. Brown “U of M Handy File”, field notes
    Folder contains numerous sheets of field notes on notebook paper. There is a piece of paper that contains an encircled 1 and has Jyumo Fudoki written at the top, and has general information regarding the area written on it. [nd]
  18. Manila folder, titled “Womberley”
    A copy of the “Northeast Asia Council Award Programs in Japanese Studies”, a description of monies given out to people to assist in their study and further development of Japan, the Japanese, and their culture. 1986.
  19. Manila folder, titled “Fukuoka CCD Reunion – KojiKawaga-Chi, Huntington Beach CA”
    Folder contains information regarding JBC’s travel to the Fukuoka CCD dinner in October 1991, including flight and hotel information, along with letters from Koji Kawaguchi regarding the event and other material.

Box 13

Folder Number #140-145

  1. Manila folder, titled “Paper on the Harima Fudoki SW Conference on Asian Studies”
    Folder contains a large black binder titled “The Harima Fudoki”, which is translated by JBC. The binder also contains notes and maps. There are also photocopies of Japanese articles, as well as requests for books from JBC, and various other requests for information. [1979]
  2. Manila folder, titled “MISC.”
    Folder contains various bibliographic information; there is a note paper-clipped on the first page titled “Bibliography on Japanese Agriculture.” Ca. 1980.
  3. Green Manila folder, titled “Korean Visit”
    Folder contains letters between JBC and Kang Shin-pyo of the Academy of Korean Studies in Kyeonggi-do, Korea, regarding JBC’s visiting and speaking to the university during the early 1980’s. The folder also contains JBC’s notes for his lectures, which were on the culture of urbanism in Japan, and cultural anthropology in America.
  4. Manila folder, titled “Bibliography of French Agriculture”
    Folder contains bibliographic information on French Agriculture. Ca. 1980.
  5. Manila folder, titled “Charles Palm. Hoover Institution – Japanese in Brazil field material”
    Folder contains letters written between JBC and Thomas Sowell, concerning a gift of papers, and copyright information regarding JBC’s research on the Japanese in Brazil. 1990.
  6. Japanese Language School Reunion
    Folder contains information on the 1990 reunion for people involved in the Army Intensive Japanese Language School during the 1940’s. Folder contains information on where the reunion will be held along with information on what will take place at the reunion. cf. folder 124.

Box 14

Folder Number #146-153

  1. Manila folder, titled “Matsuzaki Materials”
    Folder contains various bits of information on Matsuzaki, including maps, what look like family trees, a few books with what seem to be statistical information, along with a fair amount of numeric lists that are associated with names. Most of the information is in Japanese. 1950.
  2. A copy of “Overseas Contributions”
    A small book compiled by The Okayama Folklore Society, which is a compilation of letters and short articles written by various people who had visited the area of Okayama, and talked with Mr. Doi (Including a letter and article, “On the Harima Fudoki as a Text of Folklore”, written by JBC on pages 38-43).
  3. An offprint copy of an article by JBC on change in leadership elites
    3 offprint copies of an article written by JBC, titled: “From Caste Patron to Entrepreneur and Political Ideologue, Transformation in the 19th and 20th Century Outcaste Leadership Elites”, from in Modern Japanese Leadership Transition and Change, edited by Bernard S. Silberman and H.D. Harootunian, with Ten Collaborating Authors, printed by The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.
  4. An offprint copy of an article by JBC on outcastes in a Japanese village
    An offprint copy of an article written by JBC, titled: “Outcaste Relations in a Japanese Village” found in the American Anthropologist, volume 63, No. 2, Part 1, April 1961, which is a publication of The American Anthropological Association and Affiliated Societies.
  5. A copy of an article by JBC on Japanese urbanization
    A copy of an article written by JBC, titled: “Urbanization in Japan Today – An Anthropologist’s View” found on pages 16-31 of the Nucleus M.I., A Bulletin of the International Education Center & the JACI Alumni Association, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1, 1981, a picture of JBC is on the cover.
  6. Manila folder, titled “Ogura Takekazu: Can Japanese Agriculture Survive? Science Book Review.”
    Folder contains notes, and related articles in reference to a review by JBC of the book titled “Can Japanese Agriculture Survive” written by Ogura Takekazu. Ca. 1980.
  7. Manila folder, titled “J. Cornell, From Caste Patron to Entrepreneur Pernaturial Leader”
    Folder contains a copy of the paper “From Caste to Entrepreneur Leader: Transformation of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Outcaste Elites” by JBC. [ca. 1962?]
  8. Manila folder, titled “No. 7, Lewis – Alexander, Japanese Folk Religion”
    Folder contains what look like rough drafts of a paper titled “Household Cults in Peasant Japan” written by Alexander Lewis(?), which refers to field work done in 1950-51.

Box 15

Folder Number #154-160

  1. Green Manila folder, notes by JBC
    Series of notes in English and copied articles (in English or Japanese) regarding information gathered from a variety of books that JBC used for research on his papers as well as gathering information about the intended areas of study. [ca. 1980?]
  2. Manila folder, titled “Assn. For Asian Studies, meetings, March 17-19, 1989”
    Folder contains information regarding the “Asian Studies panel on East Asian Farm Mechanization” which was a “three-hour panel for the AAS meeting in Washington D.C. in March 1989”. Papers, copies of which are in the folder, were presented by various persons from various universities (including Keith Brown of the University of Pittsburgh, Richard Moore of the Ohio State University, Davis J. Nemeth of Central Michigan University, Forrest R. Pitts of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Gregory Veeck of Louisiana State University).
  3. Manila folder, titled “Japan/France Agriculture Materials”
    Folder contains various articles and bibliographic information regarding agricultural practices and methods in both Japan and France. Ca. 1982.
  4. Manila folder, re anthropology conference
    Folder contains an article recognizing JBC as the Vice President of the American Ethnological Society (Popular Archeology-29, Nov. 2-4, 1973). Folder also contains information regarding an anthropology conference in Philadelphia, for the Japan Foundation(?), including a letter from Richard Moore dated September 1986.
  5. Manila folder, titled “K. Aoyagi and R. P. Dore. “The Buraku Minority in Urban Japan,” paper prepared for Int’l. Congress of Sociology, Washington, D.C. 1962”
    Reprints of “Burakumin: Japan’s “Untouchables”” by Jiro Suzuki, taken from Orient/West, Volume 6, No. 7, July, 1961, “Social Mobility and the Historical Development of the Segregated Minority Communities in Japan” by Rev. Toshio R. Murakami of the Ryukoku University, and “The Buraku Minority in Urban Japan” by Kiyotaka Aoyagi and R.P. Dore.
  6. Topographic map, Bihokui Chiku Kangai Systems Map
    Large topographic map of part of Japan; map includes placement of buildings and houses. Ca. 1981.
  7. Large envelope of Matsunagi drawings, with JBC’s name written on the front in pencil
    Envelope contains various items: several drawings of Matsunagi ca. 1951 from various perspectives (An artist’s rendition; in the context of all of Japan; in the context of other counties; the actual placement of buildings and other structures; and a drawing of a typical home in Matsunagi), a series of drawings and photocopies of house plans, a table of how homes where classified and calculated, and a picture of a man walking down a road.

Box 16

Folder Number #161-174

  1. Green manila folder, titled “Social Science Research Council Grant”
    Folder contains information regarding JBC’s visit back to Japan in the 1980’s, including forms necessary for travel, paperwork describing research done, plans while in Japan, etc. Includes a 1982 report, “Restudy of Two Urbanizing Villages in Okayama, Japan?”.
  2. Green manila folder, titled “Fulbright Commission”
    Folder contains information regarding JBC’s acquiring of the Japanese Fulbright Commission award for his trip back to Japan in the 1980’s, it also contains information regarding his request for an extension of this commission.
  3. Brown envelope, titled “Old photos - - U.M. Center, Okayama; some, Ann Arbor; Audrey + Merle Sibert; JBC w/ E.C. fellows in Berkeley, CA (1945)”
    A variety of pictures, some of which are of JBC and his associates, most of the pictures don’t have descriptions of the back, and the few that do are only describing buildings. Most of the pictures are of people.
  4. Small envelope, titled “Ainu Photos (1951 – Piratori)”
    Envelopes contain various pictures, of Ainu people and buildings. Includes one of JBC in Ainu costume.
  5. Photos, “All from 1981”
    Envelope contains various pictures of JBC’s trip back to Japan during the 1980’s, photos contained within the large envelope do not have specific descriptions or dates. There is also an envelope within the envelope that is addressed to JBC from Takuji Doi, which also contains photos; the photos in this envelope have a specific date as well as a description, in Japanese.
  6. Photos
    Folder contains various photos taken in Japan, three copies of one picture (of 5 children), as well as three other pictures. [Print date – 1983]
  7. Small brown envelope and photos
    There is a brown envelope titled “Matsunagi photos (1950-51)” although the envelope is sealed shut, there are other pictures in the folder, some have Japanese descriptions and dates, most are of people. The pictures appear to have been taken ca. 1981.
  8. Legal sized, brown envelope, titled “Japan (1957-58) Negatives”
    Envelope contains 7 groups of negatives of photos taken in Japan during 1957-1958.
  9. Brown envelope, titled “Old photos - - fishing islands, Inland Sea, Japan (1950-51?)”
    Envelope contains photos, mainly of fishing vessels, and the people who lived/worked on them.
  10. Small envelope, titled “NSF, SOC No names at all!”
    Envelope contains pictures of various people, none of the pictures have names or descriptions. Ca. 1970’s.
  11. Letter sized, brown envelope, titled “Japan (1950-51) Negatives”
    Envelope contains 6 groups of negatives of photos taken in Japan during 1950-1951.
  12. Letter sized, brown envelope, titled “Japan (1957-58) reflex negatives”
    Envelope contains 10 groups of 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ negatives of photos taken in Japan during 1957-1958.
  13. Photos
    Photos in a reused envelope addressed to “Mr. & Mrs. John Cornell, 435 South Columbia Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30030”, with the words “Michigan Japan, Center People (in Ann Arbor, New York, etc.)”, and contains pictures of people, although none of the pictures have names or descriptions. Photos appear to be taken in the 1950’s, in the US, except for 1, of a Torii gate in Japan.
  14. Pictures and letters
    Folder contains 11 pictures of Japan and 1 of Taiwan along with letters. There is an air mail envelope addressed to JBC from Takuji Doi and contains a photo of two people, a description in Japanese is on the back along with a date of “1993 August” (In English). A second airmail envelope to JBC from Satoshi Nishino, containing a letter from Mr. Nishino and dated “December 5, 1986”, regarding JBC’s second visit and study of Japan. The envelope also contains a set of photos of a festival that took place in Mr. Nishino’s neighborhood. There is a set of photographs mainly of people, although there are a few of JBC’s dwelling whilst in Japan in the 1980’s. The photos of JBC’s dwelling have descriptions on the back telling what the space was used for. A few of the photos of people have descriptions on the backs, and a few have dates on them. There are pictures of Dr. and Mrs. Doi (The description on the back of the photo “The painting is drawn by Mihashi when he was younger”). There are pictures of a summer festival in Tomihara, Okayama-city. Pictures of the Yomada family with JBC and letters from all Yomada family members including greetings for the New Year (1983). There is another envelope addressed to JBC from Miyoshi Yamada and it contains a letter (In Japanese), along with photos of JBC at a home (?) in Japan (There are no dates or descriptions on the photos). Finally there is a large brown envelope with nothing in it, but that has a sheet of paper attached to it which describes how slides were categorized and described. All of these articles are paper-clipped together.

Box 17

Folder Number #175-182

  1. Photographs, 1981
    Folder contains sets of color photos, taken during JBC’s trip to Japan, 1981. All the pictures within separate envelopes have dates and descriptions on the backs, the loose photos do not have dates or descriptions. Subjects include villages, people, buildings, agriculture, fishing, and others.
  2. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies
    Set of color slides, all which look to be from JBC’s personal life; the postmark on the box is December 29 1953, which was sent to JBC in Indiana.
  3. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, 1951
    Set of color slides, most of which seem to be from JBC’s personal life, and social gatherings. A few slides include dates and descriptions (1951).
  4. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, ca. 1951
    Set of color slides, most of which seem to be from JBC’s personal life, they all seem to be from the same day, a party at someone’s house.
  5. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, ca. 1951
    Set of color slides, all which look to be from JBC’s personal life, addressed to JBC in Indiana. About half of the slides are of a Michigan football game, while the other half are of what look to be pictures of items from Japan.
  6. Series of Photographs, ca. 1950
    Set of black and white photographs, mainly of people practicing agriculture in Japan. A few of the photos have a description on the back, mostly the smaller pictures. Some of the photos were taken in Matsunagi. cf. folder 183.
  7. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, [ca. 1966?]
    Set of color slides, all of which look to be from JBC’s personal life, one of the slides has a note written on it, possibly taken in Oregon.
  8. 2 Sets of Photographs, 1982
    Set of photographs in the “Sakuracolor print” package are from Matsuzaki in June of 1982. Most of the pictures are of agriculture practices, such as fields of tobacco, drying tobacco, etc. and all of them have descriptions on the back. The set of photographs in the “Color print” package are from Matsuzaki in July of 1982. Most of these photographs are of dwellings and aspects of society; descriptions are on the back of all photographs.

Box 18

Folder Number #183-187

  1. Set of 8 x 10 Photographs, ca. 1950
    Enlargements of some of the photos from folder 180.
  2. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, nd.
    Set of color slides, which seem to be from JBC’s personal life, a large portion of these slides appear to be from and of buildings at Harvard University (Houghton and Harry Elkins Widener Libraries), there are also a few of people, and a lake.
  3. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, nd.
    Set of color slides, most of which seem to be of an archeological site, there are quite a few that show people digging, troweling, and scraping, none of the slides have descriptions on them. The slides were sent to JBC in East Chicago, Indiana.
  4. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, nd.
    Set of color slides, most of which look to be from some sort of a parade, there are no descriptions on any of the slides. The slides were sent to JBC in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  5. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, nd.
    Set of color slides, most of which look to be from JBC’s personal life, the majority of the slides are of people doing things like playing baseball, building a fire, etc. as well as a lot of slides of houses/buildings and the flora around them. Sent to JBC in East Chicago, Indiana.

Box 19

Folder Number #188-189

  1. Metal box of color slides
    There is a piece of paper in the box titled “Japan”, box contains 6 boxed sets of undated slides, each with a number written on the top of the box. Subjects are all in Japan and include temples, farmland, the inland sea, a store in Tokyo, gardens, family, landscapes, city scenes, and others.
  2. Metal box of color slides
    The box contains 6 boxes of undated slides, as well as a series of 3 x 5 note cards describing a 1958 visit to Japan. The note cards appear to have been written by JBC’s father; they are all numbered, and are very detailed in describing the daily activities of the person who wrote them. Subjects of the slides include landscapes, gardens, city scenes, temples, hotels, people, seascapes, Fuji, the inland sea, and others.

Box 20

Folder Number #190

  1. Metal box of slides, 1950-1982
    Box contains 2 layers of color slides, the upper tray is from “Matsunagi (1950-51)”, while part of the upper and the lower tray is from “Okayama (1982)”, according to a numerical list of slides contained within the box. Slides are all dated and marked as to the subjects.

Box 21

Folder Number #191

  1. Case of slides, 1951-1958
    An old Baja Bernett & Jaffe slide box, originally titled “Box #2”, contains 3 drawers of slides, as well as description cards to go with them, all of the slides are dated, 1951 or 1958, and most of them contain a small description. Subjects include Matsunagi, Kusama-son, Niike, Okayama, scenery, popular culture, city scenes, people, Ainu, Matsuzaki, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and others.

Box 22

Folder Number #192

  1. Metal box of slides, 1950’s
    Box contains a layer of slides from the areas in Japan that JBC studied in the 1950’s. There is also a numerical description card, that numbers all the slides and gives a brief description, or tells where they are from. All the slides have a date on them, and most have a written description on the slide. Subjects include Ainu, Matsunagi, Kusama-son, Niike, the inland sea, Okayama, rural life, town life, popular culture, scenery, people, Sapporo, and others.

Box 23

Folder Number #193-197

  1. Mounted Kodak Color Transparencies, 1951
    Set of color slides, most of which look to be from an archeological dig that JBC took part in. The majority of the slides are of the site, such as projectile points, bones, the holes that were dug, etc. There are a few of people and a few random pictures of sail boats and a city skyline.
  2. Envelope of photos, 1958
    Envelope is titled “Matsunagi Photos (1958) PHOTOS”, and contains various small black and white photo prints from Matsunagi, all the photos have a description as well as a date on them.
  3. Name cards, 1980-1981
    Small green box titled “Japan – name cards (1980-81)”. Contains business cards as well as cards of people’s names.
  4. Small envelope of photos, 1981
    Clear envelope containing color photos taken in Japan. Not all of them are dated, but the ones that are were taken in 1981; most of the photos are of people, including JBC. Subjects include the inland sea and various groups of people at dinner.
  5. Film Reel, 1950-1951
    Reel is titled “Matsunagi – buraku, Kusama-son, Okayama – ken, Japan - - 1950-51. 16 mm film (original footage, 4 reels spliced onto one reel) of threshing, plowing, sorting tobacco leaf, etc., shot in field by John B. Cornell”.

Box 24

Folder Number #198

  1. Negatives, 1950’s
    Card board box contains roles of 35mm black and white negatives, as well as contact sheets of many of them. Photos are of Japan, probably in the 1950’s, and include the subjects of fishing, the inland sea, village life, farming, home construction, temples, and others.

Box 25

Folder Number #199-205

  1. Negatives, nd.
    Folder contains a series of 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ negatives contained in envelopes that were developed in Japan. There is also a photograph of a group of people, one being a young JBC, although there is no date or description of the event [ca. 1950?]. Subjects of negatives include people, agriculture, houses, and family groups.
  2. Box top and photographs, 1950-1951
    The following sets of black and white photographs were taken out of a box; the top of the box reads “1951 Field & folk photos in Japan”. The first envelope of photos is titled “Number 1 (one) Kyoto pictures”, most dated 1950. The majority of photos have a description and date on the back of them. Subjects includes temples, ceremonies, people, and others.
  3. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 2 (two)”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although most of the photos have a 2 written on the back. Subjects include agriculture, temples, lumbering, and others.
  4. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 3 (three) Mushima pictures”, all of the photos have descriptions but no dates. Subjects include fishing activities, villages, [the inland sea?], people, and others.
  5. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 4 (four)”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although some of the photos have a 4 written on the back. Subjects include agriculture, people, villages, houses, and others.
  6. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 5 (five)”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although some of the photos have a 5 written on the back. Subjects include agriculture, a cemetery, family groups, people, and others.
  7. Envelope of photographs, 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 6 (six)”, all of the photos have descriptions and dates on the back. Subjects include family groups, temple, ceremonies, and others.

Box 26

Folder Number #206-215

  1. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 7 (seven)”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although some of the photos have a 7 written on the back. Subjects include agriculture, people, and others.
  2. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 8 (eight)”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although some of the photos have an 8 written on the back. Subjects include agriculture, village life, and others.
  3. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 9 (nine)”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although some of the photos have a 9 written on the back. Subjects include agriculture, family and other groups, and others.
  4. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 10 (ten)”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although some of the photos have a 10 written on the back. Subjects focus on a village wedding and wedding activities.
  5. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 11”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although some of the photos have a 11 written on the back. Subjects focus on a village wedding, wedding activities, and village scenes.
  6. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 12”, none of the photos have descriptions or dates, although some of the photos have a 12 written on the back. Subjects include houses, agricultural practices and implements, people, village scenes, and others.
  7. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number 13 (thirteen)”, most contain a description and/or a number 13 on the back of the photograph. Subjects include city scenes, traditional buildings, family groups, agriculture, and others.
  8. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number Fourteen (14)”, most of the photos contain either a brief description or a number 14 or both on the back. Subjects include agriculture, family groups, houses, village life, and others.
  9. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number Fifteen (15)”, most of the photos contain either a brief description or a number 15 or both on the back. Subjects include farmhouse interiors, agriculture, family groups, and others.
  10. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number Sixteen (16)”, most of the photos contain either a brief description or a number 16 or both on the back. Subjects include agriculture, temples, village life, and others.

Box 27

Folder Number #216-223

  1. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number Seventeen (17)”, most of the photos contain either a brief description or a number 17 or both on the back. Subjects include village life, children, and others.
  2. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Eighteen (18)”, all of the photos contain either a brief description or a number 18 or both on the back. Some of the photos were taken in Ikura-koje and Kusam-son and include rural life, school, and others.
  3. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Nineteen (19)”, all of the photos contain either a brief description or a number 19 or both on the back. Some of the photos taken in Okayama and include village and rural life, families, and others.
  4. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Number Twenty (20)”, all of the photos contain a brief description while some also contain a number 20 on the back. Subjects include village and rural life, families, a festival, and others.
  5. Envelope of photographs, ca. 1950
    Envelope is titled “Twenty-Two (22)”, all of the photos contain a brief description some also have a number 22 on the back. Some of the photos were taken in Nigashi-Mura or Okayama, and include village and rural life, temples, families, and others.
  6. Envelope of photographs, 1951
    Envelope is titled “Pictures of Kagura Performance at Nariwa-Cho (August 6, 1951) at Hachiman-Gu”, pictures are of a ritual performance.
  7. Envelope of photographs, [ca. 1951?]
    Envelope is titled “Gordon Pictures”, pictures are of people on a ship, there are 5 pictures of JBC.
  8. Panoramic photo taken of Takahashi River Valley, [1920’s]
    Panoramic picture, writing on the outside of the tube states “Wide-angle photograph of Takahashi River Valley at Ikura Kusama-son (probably taken in mid-1920’s)- - received from Hasegawa Shinome, Higashi-mura, Kusama-son in 1951.”

Box 28

Folder Number #224-231

  1. Brazil notebook
    Small notebook, titled “John B. Cornell, Escola de sociologia e política de São Paulo rua Gal. Jardim, 522, Tel. 33-2224”. JBC’s field notebook while in Brazil in 1966, notes refer to a Japanese community in Brazil.
  2. Brazil notebook
    Small notebook, titled “22/9/1965, John B. Cornell, Diary (Diario)”. JBC’s diary while in Brazil in 1965, regarding Japanese on Brazil.
  3. Offprint copy of a review by JBC re the Ainu
    4 offprint copies of a review done by JBC of “The Ainu: A Study of Ecology and the System of Social Solidarity between Man and Nature in Relation to Group Structure” an article written by Hitoshi Watanabe, taken from American Anthropologist, Vol. 69, No. 2, April, 1967. Several copies.
  4. Folder of material on outcastes
    Manila folder titled “On outcastes in Japan – translations from Japanese”. Folder contains both hand written and typed translations of books, words, studies, etc. referring to Buraku. Material probably translated in the 1950’s. Most of it was originally published much earlier.
  5. Paper by JBC, [195?] on impact of urbanization on family farming
    2 copies of a paper written by JBC titled “Urban Villagers or Post-Industrial Peasants? The Impact of Public Policy on Family Farming in a Japanese Mountain Village”. The paper is on information regarding a “…growing concern that the shining achievement of Japan’s economic miracle is tarnished by failure to maintain the agricultural sector, by a ‘crisis,’ which threatens this basic area of the nation’s life.”
  6. Asian land tenure program, 1983-1985
    PC of a program titled “Land Tenure and the Small Farmer in Asia” sponsored by the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region. Also included in the folder is a set of letters between JBC and Gil Latz of Michigan State University, regarding a session on the paper in Folder 228.
  7. Paper by Keith Brown, 1985, on cooperatives in Japan
    Copy of a paper written by Keith Brown, of the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology, titled “Changing Cooperative Patterns in Japanese Agriculture: the Case of Mizusawa, Iwate-ken”. It was a “Paper at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Inc., March 22, 1985, Philadelphia, Pa.”.
  8. Paper on outcastes in modern Japan by JBC, 1985
    Copy of a paper written by JBC, of the University of Texas-Austin, U.S.A., titled “Japanese Burakumin: Civil Rights Policies and Their Impact on Discrimination in the Postwar Era”. A paper “Prepared for Presentation to the Fourth International Studies Conference on Japan, EALS, Paris (September 24, 1985)”.

Box 29

Folder Number #232-246

  1. PC of abstracts, of papers for EAJS conference, 1985
    PC of “Fourth International Studies Conference on Japan, EAJS, Abstracts, Paris, 23 – 26 September 1985”. JBC’s paper abstract is on page 77, and the paper he included was titled “The Japanese Burakumin: Civil Rights Policies and Their Impact on Discrimination in the Postwar Era”.
  2. Ikeda Documents, 1953
    Manila folder titled “Ikeda Documents Relating to Etain Brizen-Han”. Folder contains copies of “Translations From the Ikeda Documents, The Case of Kyuemon, an Eta of Fujino-Village, Wake-Gun” and “Translations From the Ikeda Documents, A Case of the Exile of Beggars From Higashi-Yama and Shin-Yama Villages, 15th – 18th Years of Kyoho (1730-1733)”. There is also a set of hand written translations, all have dates (17th-19th centuries), and numbers on them.
  3. Paris Japan Conference, 1985
    Manila folder titled “4th International Studies Conference on Japan – Paris,” 1985. Folder includes letters between JBC and Professor H.O. Rotermund of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, in Paris, France. As well as travel information to Paris for the conference, requests for travel funds, copies of the proposed paper, programs, time off requests, and other various pieces of information.
  4. Matsuzaki survey code, 1962
    Folder contains a blue binder titled “Matsuzaki “A” Survey Code Book (copy) J. B. Cornell K. Harada” as well as a hand written note on the residence of Honsekichi and a set of statistical information (in Japanese).
  5. Matsuzaki marriage patterns, 1962
    Manila folder titled “Correlations of Consanguineous Marriage Patterns – Matsuzaki” containing note cards with names and relationships on them.
  6. Outcaste study questionnaires, 1957-58
    Manila folder titled “Outcaste study questionnaires + samples at Yokoi-Matsuzaki.” Contains printed examples of the questionnaires which were designed to gather statistical and other information on families, occupations, etc. Survey asked regarding things such as how the household obtained their water, furniture, electrical outfitting, insurance, bank accounts, stock, meal, size of household, etc. The survey was designed to study the differences between Japanese men and women. Survey was also designed to research Japanese workers, asking questions regarding salary, working hours, work place, type of job, working period (length), etc.
  7. Food preference lists, 1959
    Manila folder titled “ “L” Study – Kondate (food preference lists)” and contains a list of food, and what the food is made of. An attached letter is dated “February 15, 1959”, with notes.
  8. Land purchases and reform, 1961
    Manila folder titled, “Land Purchases, related to Land Reform (Matsuzaki) with cf. in Yokoi-son”. Folder contains notes on land, how much it sold for, who the buyers and sellers were, as well as a few notes regarding what the information means.
  9. Land holding data, 1957-59
    Manila folder titled, “Yokoi-son, Matsuzaki, Land holding Data – 1957, 1958, 1959”. Folder contains notes on what can be learned from the data as well as a letter from the Document & Education Sector (?) of Japan with an attached list of cultivated land in Matsuzaki.
  10. Yokoi-son information
    Manila folder titled, “Matsuzaki field data on local groups”. Folder contains a list of miscellaneous information on Yokoi.
  11. “A” Questionnaire, 1958
    Manila folder titled, “ “A” Questionnaire (translation)”. Folder contains a copy of the questionnaire in Japanese, along with a translation, done by JBC, a list of persons who partook in the questionnaire and their ages, and the tabulated statistics from the questionnaire.
  12. “After Hiroshima” lecture, 1986
    Manila folder titled, “Ant. 324L. Spring ’86. Lecture IV.C.”. [Folder contains notes on a lecture given by JBC, for Anthropology 324 titled “After Hiroshima: Reinvention of the East Asian ‘Great Tradition’ in the Nuclear Age”.?]
  13. “A” Questionnaire responses, [1958?]
    Manila folder titled, “ “A” Questionnaire verbatim responses (Matsuzaki: Study)”. Folder contains a typed copy of the code book to the questionnaire as well as a set of typed responses to the questionnaire.
  14. Matsuzaki study letters, 1958
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki survey study (Yamamoto Noboru)”. Folder contains a set of letters written to and translated by JBC from Noboru Yamamoto between November 1958 and January 1959 regarding the study of Matsuzaki.
  15. Matsuzaki-buraku, Yokoi-son documents, 1958
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki-buraku, Yokoi-son documents, translations”. Folder contains a set of translations: “Okayama-ken Dozoku oyobi Kishū, (The local customs and peculiar practice in Okayama Prefecture), No. 5 of Okayama folk customs series, By the late Tomoaki Shimamura, The peculiar practice and legend at Yokoi village, tras. Y. Torii, March 7, 1958”, “ “The deep-rooted feudalism”, By Eyijiro Morikawa, Yokoi Kōmin Kampō (no. 4), Jan. 1, 1958”, and “ “Kohminkan-ho” of Yokoi village (No. 4 Jan. 1, 1958), ‘The result of 1957 term’ Taira Hayashi (village headman)”. Folder also contains a set of hand written statistical information (including things such as birth rate, death rate, business income, etc.) for Yokoi-son.

Box 30

Folder Number #247-262

  1. Outcaste statistics, 1956
    Folder titled, “Okayama Translations; statistical materials on Outcastes”. Folder contains a typed set of statistics for Okayama City for 1956, including name of the village or town, number of households, population, area of farmland, etc. Folder also contains a handwritten breakdown of the total population and number of buraku within each Okayama village/town. Also contained in the folder, an October 1956 “Present Status of Outcasts within Jurisdiction of Okayama Pref.”, which includes distribution of outcastes, broken down occupationally, education, location, etc. There is also a sheet containing the breakdown of surnames for Oki, Gonai-son for the 1940’s and a “Brief history of Oki Buraku”. Finally the folder contains typed copy of “Present conditions in the unemancipated buraku in Okayama prefecture, Nozaki Kiseiji “Okayama-ken in okeru Kaihō Tōsō,” Buraku, No. 45 (Aug., 1953), pp. 30-31.”.
  2. “Affinals from outside Matsuzaki”, [nd]
    Folder titled, “Affinals from Outside Matsuzaki”. Folder contains a typed, English translation of “Okayama-ken, Mitsu-gun, Yokoi-mura, Matsuzaki Engumi De Haitta Shotai-in Meibo (Affinals in Households)” with an attached note with “analysis points”, as well as the original in Japanese.
  3. Matsuzaki and Yokoi population statistics, 1958
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki, Yokoi-son. Population statistics (Dec. 20, 1958)”. Folder contains population statistics for Yokoi, Matsuzaki, for December 1958, in Japanese.
  4. Noboru article on buraku life, 1959
    Folder titled, “Yamamoto Noboru’s article on “Psychological tensions” (Dec. 1959)”. Folder contains original article by Yamamoto Noboru, as well as bibliographic information and notes taken by JBC on the article.
  5. Matsuzaki household register, 1958
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki Sample Master List (Yamamoto Noboru – 1958, December)”. Folder contains information regarding the 1958 “Household Sample Register”, information including an explanation of the register and a set of notes about the register.
  6. Land ownership information
    Folder titled, “Jinushi Meibo {Songai Jinushi, Son-nai Jinushi”. Folder contains land ownership information for three areas: Jāsho-Fumei, Son-gai Jinushi, and Son-nai Jinushi.
  7. “L” survey results, 1958-59
    Folder titled, “Yokoi-Matsuzaki - (“L” Survey Materials – N. Yomamoto) (1958-59)”. Folder contains numerical results to survey “L” as well as a written description of the discrepancies in the survey.
  8. Edo Genealogical charts
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki Edo Period Genealogical Charts”. Folder contains list of lineage during the Edo period.
  9. Experiences outside the buraku, [nd]
    Folder titled, “Materials on Experience outside the buraku, Matsuzaki (Yauramoto’s study)”. Folder contains a typed English translation, as well as a copy in Japanese, of “Okayama-ken, Mitsu-gun, Yokoi-mura, Matsuzaki Tashutsu-Keikensha”. A study done by Yauramoto concerning the tashutsu-keikensha of Matsuzaki.
  10. Offprint copy of an abstract, re Ainu agriculture
    Offprint copy of an abstract by JBC titled, “Shifting agriculture in the ecological system of the Hokkaido Ainu: Systemic Integration of food production within primary food collection as a factor impeding agrarianization” for the VII International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Moscow, August 3-10, 1964, 2 copies.
  11. Offprint copy of an article, re Matunagi [sic] study
    3 offprint copies of an article by JBC titled, “Prepare for Republication in Japanese Translation of the Monographic Study Matunagi”, reprinted from the Bull., Hiruzen Research Inst. 4-5 (March 1980), 3 copies.
  12. Research expenses, 1980-81
    Notebook titled, “John B. Cornell, 3-16, Minamo Shin-machi, Akasaka, Okayama-shi, Japan, 1980 9-9”. Notebook is a record of JBC’s expenses during 1980-1981.
  13. Yokoi-son history
    Folder titled, “Yokoi-son History (translations)”. Folder contains an English translation of “History if Yokoi-son (in 10 volumes) compiled by Tsudaka Kyodo Kenkyukai (Tsudaka Native Place Research Society)” translated by Chikao Ueda in 1958, some of the 10 volumes have attached notes by JBC, orig and cc ts.
  14. Anthropology course, 1983
    Folder titled, “Ant. 324L. (spring ’83) – Introductory Lectures.”. Folder contains JBC’s notes, note cards, overhead transparencies, syllabi, etc. for an Anthropology course he taught at the University of Texas.
  15. Japanese Immigrants Abroad, [nd]
    Folder titled, “Exchange of Archeological Materials with USSR institutions”. Folder contains a pc ts paper written by JBC and Robert J. Smith titled, “Japanese Immigrants Abroad”.
  16. Matsuzaki census data, 1955-1958
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki Census Register (Dec. 20, 1958) – by Yauramoto N.”. Folder contains a legal pad titled, “Yokoi-son: Matsuzaki (Special List)”, which contains information on households, including the name of the head of the household and number of persons residing in the house. The folder also contains a small reporting tablet titled, “Map and Statistics of Yokoi-son, the census of Showa 30 (1955)” and contains information similar to that on the legal pad.

Box 31

Folder Number #263-266

  1. E. Asian postindustrial civilization course, 1984
    Folder titled, “324L. E-Asian Postindustrial Civilization-Spr 84 lectures”. Folder contains JBC’s lecture notes for Anthropology 324, which was taught in the Spring of 1984.
  2. Households and stem-branch relationships, [nd]
    Folder titled, “Advent of Households and Stem-Branch Relationships”. Folder contains a typed English translation of “Okayama-ken, Mitsu-gun, Yokoi-mura, Matsuzaki, Ie no Teichaku to Hon-bunke Kankei” which has a list of notes attached to it, as well as the original in Japanese.
  3. Genealogy materials, [nd]
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki Kosek: materials”. Folder contains a series of lineages in Japanese, as well as a genealogical chart, a typed translation of “Okayama-gun, Mitsu-gun, Yokoi-mura, Matsuzaki, Kakei-zu (Sono-2)” with attached notes by JBC, and a set of larger, hand written lineages.
  4. Marriage materials, [nd]
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki: Intercaste + registered Marriages (Yauramoto + Kamiko)”. Folder contains a typed English translation of “Okayama-ken, Mitsu-gun, Yokoi-mura, Matsuzaki, Dowa-kon, and Ahosei-kon Kiroku (Record of inter-caste marriages and matri-local marriages)”. The records are for two areas: Dowa-kon Kiroku and Sho-Sei-Kon Kiroku, and describe marriages of the areas as well as how the two people met and became married. The folder also contains a non-translated copy of the unregistered (common law) marriages.

Box 32

Folder Number #267-274

  1. Interview notes, 1958
    File contains notebooks and typed notes. The smaller of the two notebooks contains information on baby rearing, taken from an interview, as well as information on correct meal etiquette. The typed notes are information taken from interviews with various people from Matsuzaki (including: new brides, old couples, etc.) Oiwa, Tomihara, and Nobue. The typed notes are followed with a checklist of information that was to be gathered in the interviews. The other, larger notebook, contains more information from interviews, also on houses. Another set of handwritten notes are an outline of the information gathered in the interviews, summarizing the information gathered.
  2. Community and household buraku life notes, [nd]
    Folder titled, “Jirei Chōsa Hokoku (Yauramoto) – Translations by T Tsukamoto”. Folder contains typed translations on information about the people of the area and what they do in the community including daily activities, work, importance in the household. Each translation has been given a number, which is used in reference when within the discussion there is talk of other people. There are also a few sets of handwritten translations. All the translations have a note attached to them which explains the importance of that person or how they are associated with the other people.
  3. Matsuzaki study data, 1961
    Folder titled, “Matsuzaki Study (Yauramoto) – Kakeiz-Sono L.”. Folder contains a lineage diagram of a Matsusaki family (in Sakuri-village, Otsu-gun, Okayama-ken) in Japanese, along with a hand written note explaining some of the information in the table.
  4. “On the Harima Fudoki as a text of Folklore”, 1981
    Folder titled, “Article for Doi Takuji’s festschrift (1981)”. Folder contains a letter between JBC and Takuji Doi. The letter is regarding a piece JBC wanted to include in Mr. Doi’s “ “Koki” “. Following the letter is a copy of JBC’s contribution, as well as a copy of the article as it appeared in the “Koki”.
  5. Congress of Orientalists, 1967-1975
    Folder titled, “XXVII International Congress of Orientationalists (1967)”. Folder contains book reviews done by JBC, on various books regarding Anthropological work performed in Asia and written during the 1960’s and 1970’s. The folder also contains a photocopy of JBC’s article titled, “Shifting agriculture in the ecological system of the Hokkaido Ainu: Systemic Integration of Food Production Within Primary Food Collection as a Factor Impeding Agrarianization”.
  6. Data re school children
    Folder titled, “Yamamoto Manuscript “Kōyu Kaukei Kara mita Shakai – teki Kinchō”. Folder contains a book of statistics, in Japanese, regarding school children, there is an attached note describing what the information in the booklet is about. There are notes, written in English, throughout the booklet, regarding specific charts. There is also a summary, typed in English, of the study explaining the charts and information within the charts. December 16, 1959 (expressed in Chinese characters).
  7. Maps
    Folder titled, “South and East Asia Maps”. Folder contains maps of South and East Asia.
  8. Book on Harima area
    Book titled Harima Hudoki Shinko, which contains information on the Harima area (topography, climate, nature, culture, population, history, etc.), written in Japanese.

Box 33

Folder Number #275-284

  1. Atlas of Okayama
    Detailed residence map of Okayama-city, in Japanese.
  2. Dictionary
    Copy of Saneido’s New Concise Japanese-English Dictionary, made and printed in Japan at the Sanseido Press, Tokyo, 1975.
  3. Brochure on the Kurashiki Museum of Folk-Crafts
    Brochure on museum in Okayama Ken, Japan concerning folk crafts.
  4. Article by Ishida on a Cross-Cultural Lexicon
    Reprinted copy of the article titled, “An Introduction to a Bilingual (Japanese-English) Cross-Cultural Lexicon for Area Studies (Draft)”, 1993, a reprint of a research article written by Hiroshi Ishida. In Japanese.
  5. Book on villages
    Outline of Village Problem, written by the Village Liberation Research Center, published by the Village Liberation Research Center, 1976. In Japanese.
  6. Book on Okayama forests
    Forest Project in Bichu-Area, by the Okayama Prefecture, project period 1981~1991. In Japanese.
  7. Okayama statistics
    Statistical information about Okayama-city, including: climate, population, economy, utilities, transportation and telecommunications, construction, education/culture, labor, welfare, sanitation, budget, police/justice/firefighting, etc. In Japanese.
  8. Book on Japan foundation
    The 15-Year History of the Japan Foundation, edited by the Editorial Congress of the 15-Year History of the Japan Foundation, published by The Japan Foundation, 1990
  9. Japanese statistics
    Statistical information about Japan, (JBC’s original holographic notes are in the Agriculture section), 1980. In Japanese.
  10. Book on Japanese forestry
    Information about Japanese Forestry in 1981 (Mainly forestry economy in 1981 in Japan), Published by the Japan Forestry Association, 1981. In Japanese.

Box 34

Folder Number #285-288

  1. Dictionary
    Copy of Kenkyusha’s Little English-Japanese Dictionary, Kenkyusha, Tokyo, edited by Sanki Ichikawa.
  2. Dictionary
    Copy of Shau Wing Chan’s Concise English-Chinese Dictionary, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1946.
  3. Character Dictionary
    Copy of Beginners’ Dictionary of Chinese-Japanese Characters, Machiya Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 1980, compiled by Arthur Rose-Innes, arranged and revised by W. Kos S. J.
  4. Character Dictionary
    Copy of The Modern Reader’s Japanese-English Character Dictionary, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 1988, by Andrew N. Nelson.

Box 35

Folder Number #289

  1. Dictionary
    Copy of Ueda’s Daijiten, A Japanese Dictionary of Chinese Characters and Compounds, American Edition, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942

Box 36

Folder Number #290-291

  1. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan
    Copy of Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan, Overbeck Company, Publishers, Ann Arbor Michigan, 1948, by E. Papinot
  2. Dictionary
    Copy of Kenkyusha’s New Japanese-English Dictionary, American Edition, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942, Edited by Takenobu Yoshitaro

Box 37

Folder Number #292

  1. Dictionary
    Copy of Matthew’s Chinese English Dictionary, American Edition, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1947, Published for the Harvard-Yenching Institute, by R.H. Matthews

Box 38

Folder Number #293-294

  1. Atetsu-gun history
    Atetsu-gun-shi II (The History of Atetsu-gun II), published by Atetsu-gun Educational Congress, 1931. In Japanese.
  2. Atetsu-gun history
    Atetsu-gun-shi I (The History of Atetsu-gun I), published by Atetsu-gun Educational Congress, 1929. In Japanese.

Box 39

Folder Number #295-306

  1. Tomihara statistics
    Bound notebook, containing population statistics. Information is on the Tomihara area residents, 1981, and contains the population for each generation (within certain age ranges), along with information regarding address, name, date of birth, age, gender, date when persons became residents in Okayama, previous addresses, and other such information.
  2. Outcaste data
    Folder titled, “Buraku Maps and Household Census data”. Folder contains hand written and traced maps. The handwritten maps are very crude, done with black magic marker, and other colors to fill in rivers and such. There is also a handwritten map done in watercolor, showing the elevations of Matsuzaki, Tomihara, and Oiwa. There are also some original maps with handwritten notes on them. There is also an envelope in the folder titled, “Photo of R.B. Hall’s map of outcastes in Japan (Copied July, 1959)”, within the envelope is a copy of a map.
  3. Tamasu statistics
    The same information as folder 296 in box 39 except information is regarding Tamasu area residents in 1981
  4. Brochure
    Advertisement for the Bank of Chugoku opening a new branch in Higashiyama
  5. Matsunagi maps, 1951
    PC maps of Matsunagi, 1951, perhaps showing land holdings.
  6. Book on Japanese in Brazil
    Copy of The Japanese and Their Descendants in Brazil, an Annotated Bibliography, by Robert J. Smith, John B. Cornell, Hiroshi Saito, and Takashi Maeyama, Centro de Estudos Nipo-Brasilerios, São Paulo, Brasil, 1967.
  7. Award
    Acknowledgement from Okayama Anthropology Association, for JBC’s donation of one million yen to the association. The Okayama Anthropology Association used the monies to establish the Cornell Foundation; in return for his donation JBC became a supporting member of the association.
  8. Books
    Small books, titled Die einfältine Qualle. Deutsch van Hedwig Schipplock, Japanische Marchen, Verlag von T. Hasegawa, 7 Kami Negishi, Tokyo. And Die achtföpfige Gchlange. Deutsch von Hedwig Schipplock, Japanische Marchen, Verlag von T. Hasegawa, 17 Kami Negighi, Tokyo. [Early 20th century?] Translations of Japanese tales, with extensive color prints. Both books are in a Ziploc bag.
  9. Copy of the Texas Times
    (3 copies) Winter, 1985, published by The University of Texas System.
  10. Two Japanese Villages
    Two Japanese Villages by John B. Cornell (Matsunagi) and Robert J. Smith (Kurusu), Center for Japanese Studies, Occasional Papers No. 5, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1956.
  11. Copy of Okayama Minzoku
    Copy of Okayama Minzoku (The Journal of Okayama Folklore Society), Number 202, December 1994, Edited and Published by Okayama Minzoku Gakkai (The Okayama Folklore Society), 2-12-48, Ishima-cho, Okayama, 700, Japan, in which there are remembrances of JBC. There is also a letter written to Mrs. Regine Reynolds Cornell (JBC’c second wife) from Takuji Doi, regarding the journal and JBC’c death.
  12. Green folder
    What looks like a get-well card is folded within green paper.

Box 40

Folder Number #307-308

  1. Various artifacts
    Money (a 1-yen coin, a 5-yen coin, and a German coin), two talismans (a votive picture tablet), a Japanese traditional hanging scroll, instructions for how to play Shakuhachi (a Japanese bamboo flute) as well as the English translation.
  2. General correspondence, 1987-
    Folder titled, “General Correspondence (1987-)” as well as “Gasoline Credit Cards”. Folder contains letters between JBC and a variety of people. Content of the letters is personal as well as professional.

Box 41

Folder Number #309-313

  1. Matsunagi article and correspondence, 1983-1984
    Folder titled, “Neely, James A. forms”. Folder contains copies of JBC’s 1985 article titled, “Three Decades of Matsunagi: Changing Patterns of Forest Land use in an Okayama (Japan) Mountain Village”, as well as bibliographic information, information from Richard H. Moore regarding Japanese Agriculture, letters between JBC and Hiroshi Ishida, photographs of the Japanese landscape, maps of Matsunagi both original and photocopied, letters between JBC and Kenneth Ross, and descriptions of the maps.
  2. Thomas K. Walls, ca. 1978-1989
    Folder titled, “Thomas K. Walls. Sociology Ph.D. Candidate”. Folder contains letters between JBC and Thomas Walls, copies of chapters of Mr. Walls’ dissertation, notes from JBC on the chapters, and copies of references from JBC on Mr. Walls.
  3. Rural sociology, etc. article, 1970’s-1980’s
    Folder titled, “George A. Deubs + Christie Kiefer”. Folder contains copies of articles along with notes from JBC is regard to those articles, as well as letters between JBC and Toshimune Hayashi.
  4. Kurokawa M.A. Thesis
    Thesis by Yoko Kurokawa titled, “Religious music in change: the case of lunar august rituals in Kudaka Island, Okinawa”, The University of Texas at Austin, to fulfill a Masters of Music, August 1991.
  5. SERC/AAS, 1987
    Binder titled, “Southeast conference association for Asian studies, annals, 26th annual meeting, January 15-17, 1987, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Volume IX”, (contains program and conference papers).

Box 42

Folder Number #314-320

  1. Oregon, 1983
    Folder titled, “STORY, Dee Ann correspondence”. Folder contains information on a paper JBC presented in Oregon in 1983 titled “Three Decades of Matsunagi: Changing Patterns of Forest Land Use in an Okayama (Japan) Mountain Village”. Information includes requests for travel reimbursement, summaries of the paper tentative program schedule, an off print copy of “Impacts of rapid economic growth on the structure of mountain communities: Depopulation and Disorganization in Charcoal-Producing Mountain Villages of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan” by Hisayoshi Mitsuda, letters regarding how to submit papers for presentation, and drafts of the paper.
  2. Mariko Tamanoi file, 1980-1986
    Folder titled, “Mariko Tamanoi. Chicago, Ill.” Includes a reference for Mariko Tamanoi to conduct research on identity in rural villages, as well as a paper titled “The State, Industries, and Farmers: an anthropological approach to agribusiness” by Mariko Tamanoi, and letters between Tamanoi and JBC discussing various research projects. A folder within the folder is titled, “Sociological Abstracts: “Local group stability in the Japanese community” Ho 1963”, and includes an abstract on the paper titled, “Dissertation Research: As a Majority and a Minority: The Dual Role of Dai in Inter-Ethnic Relationships”, by Steven Harrell. There is also a “Japanese Chronology, Oriental Culture Chart #23A”, Compiled & Published by W.M. Hawley. There is also a letter from Mariko Tamanoi regarding a paper she wrote and enclosed on Japanese women.

    • 315A – Ed Norbeck Festschrift, 1977-1979
      Folder is titled, “Ed Norbeck Festschrift”, and includes letters between Christine M. S. Drake and JBC regarding a compilation Ms. Drake put together in honor of Dr. Edward Norbeck, her former professor at Rice University.


    • 315B – Joseph A. Rogot MA thesis, 1990
      Folder is titled, “Joseph A. Rogot. M.A. Thesis”, and includes a copy of Mr. Rogot’s thesis titled, “Separate But Equal: The Modern Day Japanese Outcaste and Results of the First Twenty Years of Integration (DOWA) Policy”, written for the fulfillment of a Masters of the Arts. There is also a letter from JBC to Rogot regarding his paper
  3. Pc of book, and magazine, on agriculture in Kanagawa
    Pc of 5.(Fifth part) Making Kojiki and Hiden-Arei as well as The Kanagawa, volume 32, number 4, October 1985 - November 1985, a “Bimonthly of Kanagawa Prefectural Government”, published by the International Division, Foreign Affairs Department, Kanagawa, with an article on agriculture in Kanagawa.
  4. Yoko Kurokawa correspondence, 1988-
    Folder titled, “Yoko Kurokawa (1988-)”, and includes letters between JBC and Yoko Kurokawa regarding her desire to attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa, it also includes a recommendation from JBC for Ms. Kurokawa’s appointment as a TA.
  5. SERC/AAS Directory, 1989
    Copy of the “AAS Membership Directory, Southeast Conference, January 1989”.
  6. Chris Reichl correspondence, 1987-1989
    Folder titled, “Chris Reichl”, and includes letters between JBC and Chris Reichl regarding their common research, as well as copies of articles related to their research,(on the Japanese in Brazil), and a copy of Mr. Reichl’s resume.
  7. Mariko Tamanoi article, 1990
    Large envelope, addressed to JBC from Mariko Asano Tamamoi, enclosed is a copy of Ms. Tamanoi’s paper for the Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 19, 1990, titled, “Women’s Voices: their Critique of the Anthropology of Japan”.

Box 43

Folder Number #321-323

  1. SSRC Village Restudy Proposal, 1973
    Folder titled, “Social : Science Research Council Village Restudy Proposal”, and includes letters from the Social Science Research Council regarding restudy of various Japanese villages; there are also various letters between Robert J. Smith, Richard K. Beardsley, JBC, John W. Hall, Edward Norbeck, and John Creighton Campbell regarding the restudy, as well as a copy of the Japan Report, vol. XIX, No. 7, April 1, 1973, issued by Japan Information Services, Consulate General of Japan, New York.
  2. Doi Sensei correspondence, 1985-1993
    Series of letters between JBC and Doi Sensei regarding personal matters, letters from Doi Sensei are written in Japanese while letters to him are in English, letters were written between 1985 and 1993.
  3. The Morikami, 1988
    Folder titled, “The Morikami”, and contains letters between JBC and Larry Rosensweig, director of The Morikami, a museum of Japanese Culture, also there are brochures and other information on the museum in the envelope.

Box 44

Folder Number #324-329

  1. Letters of Recommendation, 1976-1990
    Folder titled, “Letters of Recommendation (students)”, and includes various letters of recommendation and resumes for students of JBC’s.
  2. Letters
    A variety of letters, both personal and professional between JBC and, for example, President Hashimoto, Mr. Takebayashi, Doi Sensei, Doi Takuji, etc., letters are both in Japanese and English, for the most part letters from Japan are in Japanese while letters from JBC are written in English, letters were written between 1976 and 1990. Subjects include Matsunagi, professional matters, personal matters, and others.
  3. Richard H. Moore correspondence, 1987-1993
    Folder titled, “Richard H. Moore – letters of reference”, folder includes correspondence between JBC and Mr. Moore regarding his using JBC as a reference toward obtaining a Fulbright grant for research in Japan, as well as in regard to a teaching position at the University of Oregon. The folder also includes a copy of Moore’s paper titled, “Japanese Farm Mechanization and the Kokeisha Mondai: Succession and Inheritance in Rural Japan”. There are also letters from Chris Reichl, Hiroshi Ishida, and Caroline A. Matano Yang.
  4. Robert Brown correspondence, 1987-1992
    Folder is titled, “Magellan Fund” and “R.A. Brown, Seoul, correspondence”, folder includes personal and professional letters written between JBC and Robert Brown between 1987 and 1992, folder also contains articles written and reviewed by Mr. Brown, as well as papers written by him, not necessarily published.
  5. JBC’s PhD Dissertation, 1953
    Bound Carbon copy of JBC’s “Matsunagi The Life and Social Organization of a Japanese Mountain Community”, “A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Michigan, 1953”. Some pages have been removed.
  6. JBC, “Caste in Japanese Social Stratification”, 1970
    Copy of Monumenta Nipponica, Studies in Japanese Culture, Volume XXV – Number 1-2, printed at Sophia University, Tokyo, 1970, there is an article written by JBC titled, “ ‘Caste’ in Japanese Social Stratification: A Theory and A Case”. There are also 3 offprint copies of the same article.

Box 45

Matsunagi field notes, 1951

Series of 5 x 8 note cards, typed cards have the date, name of the place visited, who specifically he talked to, and general topic typed along the top. Underneath are JBC’s notes on where he was or what he was observing on that day or at the place listed at the top. Some of the cards have photos attached to them, while others have tables or charts or drawings. A few cards dated 1957 or 1958. Some refer to Kusuma-son.


Box 46

Matsungai field notes, 1950-1951

Series of 5 x 8 note cards, typed, a continuation of the cards in Box 45. Cards have the date, name of the place visited, who specifically he talked to, and general topic typed along the top. Underneath are JBC’s notes on where he was or what he was observing on that day or at the place listed at the top. Some of the cards have photos attached to them, while others have tables or charts or drawings. Some refer to Kusuma-son.


Box 47

Matsungai field notes, 1950-1951

Series of 5 x 8 note cards, typed, a continuation of the cards in Box 46. Cards have the date, name of the place visited, who specifically he talked to, and general topic typed along the top. Underneath are JBC’s notes on where he was or what he was observing on that day or at the place listed at the top. Some of the cards have photos attached to them, while others have tables or charts or drawings.


Box 48

Yokoi-son field notes, 1957-1958

Series of 5 x 8 note cards, typed. Cards have the date, name of the place visited, who specifically he talked to, and general topic typed along the top. Underneath are JBC’s notes on where he was or what he was observing on that day or at the place listed at the top. Some of the cards have pictures attached to them, while others have tables or charts or drawings on them. The cards are divided by a numeric index card, dividing them into 110’s, 200’s, etc. Each set of cards has a general topic connecting them all (agriculture, geography, etc.).


Box 49

Yokoi-son field notes, 1957-1958

Series of 5 x 8 note cards, typed, a continuation of the cards in Box 48, numerically. Cards have the date, name of the place visited, who specifically he talked to, and general topic typed along the top. Underneath are JBC’s notes on where he was or what he was observing on that day or at the place listed at the top. Some of the cards have pictures attached to them, while others have tables or charts or drawings on them. The cards are divided by a numeric index card, dividing them into 110’s, 200’s, etc. Each set of cards has a general topic connecting them all (agriculture, geography, etc.).



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