circa 1944

United Press

Newspaper clipping

Title: [News related to prisoner of war and missing soldier]

One newspaper clipping containing announcements related to two soldiers. The first reports that Peter Orsini had been taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese government. The second reports that a soldier named Walter Miller had been found and his whereabouts.

GLC09953.011

26 July 1945

Typed document

Title: Proclamation By Heads Of Governments, United States, United Kingdom, and China

One document entitled Proclamation By Heads Of Governments, United States, United Kingdom, and China, dated July 26, 1945. Regarding an offer to Japan to allow them to surrender and end the war. It outlines why Japan should surrender, and the terms of surrender. It also mentions the possible consequences for continuing the war. This document is known as the Potsdam Declaration.

GLC09930.08.01

11 August 1945

Grassli, Max, 1902-1985

Typed document

Title: Note Received From the Swiss Government August 10, 1945

One document entitled Note Received From the Swiss Government August 10, 1945, dated August 11, 1945. Contains a communication from the Japanese Minister through the Swiss government to the United States government. The communication announces that, "The Japanese Government are ready to accept the terms enumerated in the joint declaration which was issued at Potsdam on July 26, 1945".

GLC09930.08.02

11 August 1945

Byrnes, James F., 1879-1972

Typed document

Title: to Max Grassli

One letter to Max Grassli from James F. Byrnes dated August 11, 1945. A reply to "Note Received From the Swiss Government August 10, 1945." The reply was sent on behalf of United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Socialist Republics, and China.

GLC09930.08.03

14 August 1945

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Typed document

Title: Statement By The President

One document by Harry S. Truman dated August 14, 1945. A statement regarding the unconditional surrender of the Japanese Government.

GLC09930.08.04

14 August 1945

Byrnes, James F., 1879-1972

Typed document

Title: to Max Grassli

One document by James F. Byrnes dated August 14, 1945. A communication to the Swiss government on August 14, 1945 asking the government to forward a message from Harry S. Truman to the Japanese government. The message is regarding the terms of surrender.

GLC09930.08.05

15 August 1945

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989

Typed document

Title: Text of Imperial Rescript

One document an English translation of the Imperial Rescript released in Tokyo on August 15, 1945.

GLC09930.08.06

19 September 1945

Typed document

Title: Documents Relating To Terms Of Japanese Surrender

One document entitled Documents Relating To Terms Of Japanese Surrender dated September 19, 1945. A timeline of the documents and declarations leading up to the surrender of Japan. Includes a description and summery of; the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Declaration, the Japanese offer of surrender on August 10, 1945, the response to the offer on August 11, 1945, and The Surrender Instrument from September 2, 1945,

GLC09930.09.01

circa September 1945

Typed document

Title: [United States policy relating to Japan post surrender]

One undated document relating to the United States policy relating to Japan post surrender. The document is broken into four sections. These sections are; Ultimate Objectives, Allied Authority, Political, and Economic. Each section has detailed policies for multiple situations.

GLC09930.09.02

9 October 1945

Typed document

Title: [Judicial Proceedings involving Occupying Forces or United Nations Persons or Property]

One document relating to the Judicial Proceedings involving Occupying Forces or United Nations Persons or Property dated October 9, 1945. Regarding policies for arrest and disciplinary actions involving the occupying forces.

GLC09930.10

4 November 1945

Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992

Typed document

Title: [Official Personal Report Card]

One document entitled Official Personal Report Card dated November 4, 1945. Contains duty, location and biographical data on Dever Spencer Byard.

GLC09930.12.01

1935-1959

Various

Header Record

Title: [Collection of letters belonging to Daniel B. Landau, n.d., 1935-1959][Decimalized .001-.505]

Collection of 713 items dated 1935-1959 belonging to Daniel B. Landau and Dorothy K. Landau. Consists of letters, newspaper clippings, financial documents and greeting cards. Primary bulk of collection is of correspondence sent between Daniel B. Landau serving as a naval surgeon in California to his wife, Dorothy K. Landau.

GLC09993

circa 1944

Autograph note

Title: [Japanese translation sheet]

One note consisting of a series of words in Japanese with an English equivalent next to it.

GLC09930.70

10 September 1945

United States. Office of the Chief of Counter Intelligence

Pamphlet

Title: Biographical Notes on the Japanese Cabinet Appointed in August 1945

One pamphlet entitled Biographical Notes on the Japanese Cabinet Appointed in August 1945 dated September 10, 1945. The pamphlet was compiled by the Office of the Chief of Counter Intelligence. The front cover is signed "Lt Cmdr Byard." The pamphlet contains a biography for all the members of the cabinet which includes their current position, career, personal information/family affiliations, and the source of the information gathered.

GLC09930.74

1946

Masten, John E., fl. 1946

Pamphlet

Title: Memorandum Reviewing the Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Japan From August 1, 1941 to December 8, 1941 In Light of The Facts Made Public By the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack

One pamphlet entitled Memorandum Reviewing the Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Japan From August 1, 1941 to December 8, 1941 In Light of The Facts Made Public By the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, published 1946. The pamphlet has been broken into 26 sections corresponding to specific events starting with the Atlantic Conference on August 10-14, 1941 and ending with "The last hours (December 6-8, 1941)."

GLC09930.75

circa September 1945

Typed document

Title: Constitutional Changes To Be Proposed

One document entitled Constitutional Changes To Be Proposed circa September 1945. Regarding possible changes in the Japanese Government post surrender.

GLC09930.13.03

15 November 1945

Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992

Typed document

Title: to Colonel Fulcher

One letter from Dever Spencer Byard to Colonel Fulcher dated November 15, 1945. Regarding legal representation and policy with occupying forces in Japan.

GLC09930.14.01

15 November 1945

Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992

Typed letter

Title: to Colonel Fulcher

One letter from Dever Spencer Byard to Colonel Fulcher dated November 15, 1945. Regarding legal representation and policy with occupying forces in Japan. (Same as GLC09930.14.01)

GLC09930.14.02

26 November 1945

Typed document

Title: The Imperial Diet

One document entitled The Imperial Diet dated November 26, 1945. A list of the committees and members of the Diet.

GLC09930.15

December 1945

Typed document

Title: [Abolishment of Certain Political Parties, Associations, Societies and Other Organizations]

One document regarding the "Abolishment of Certain Political Parties, Associations, Societies and Other Organizations" dated December 1945. Includes policies of why organizations are to be disbanded as well as an appendix listing the organizations in question.

GLC09930.16

circa 1943

Newspaper clipping

Title: Albany

One newspaper clipping related to Japanese battle flag captured by the U.S. Marine Corps.

GLC09953.050

12 June 1946

Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992

Autograph document

Title: Memorandum for the Record

One document entitled Memorandum for the Record dated June 12, 1946. Related to the application of SCAPIN 548 and the abolishment of certain political parties.

GLC09930.22

14 August 1944

unknown, fl. 1941-1945

Pamphlet

Title: [Excerpt from Time Magazine, August 14, 1944]

Four pages excerpted from a section in Time Magazine entitled, "Foreign News: World Battlefronts." Provides updates of the Nazi military, fighting in the South Pacific, bombing in London and politics.

GLC09993.007

11 August 1944

Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018

Newspaper clipping

Title: Hard on Japs

One newspaper clipping sent by Lula Dyer to Robert E. Dyer with a letter dated August 11, 1944. Article entitled "Hard on Japs" is a story concerning William Shirley of Tucson and acts of war he took against Japanese soldiers.

GLC09996.191.03

5 August 1905

Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

Photograph signed

Title: [Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, Sergei Witte, Roman Romanovich Rosen, Jutaro Komura, and Kogoro Takahira]

One group portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt with foreign diplomats dated August 5, 1905. From left to right, photograph of Count Sergei Witte (Russian diplomat and Minister of Finance), Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen (Russian Ambassador to Japan), Theodore Roosevelt (United States President, 1901-1909), Marquis Jutaro Komura (Foreign Minister in Japan's Katsura Cabinet) and Baron Kogoro Takahira (Japanese Ambassador to the United States). The photograph is signed at the bottom by each of the five dignitaries, below their respective images.

GLC00861.01