Japan -- Description and travel -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1185
Overview
Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.
Dates:
1885-1961
J. Passmore Elkinton lantern slides
Collection — Othertype PA-197
Identifier: SFHL-PA-197
Overview
J. (Joseph) Passmore Elkinton was active in the Society of Friends in the Midwest and traveled to Japan and China on religious visits. His sister, Mary Passmore Elkinton, married the Japanese diplomat, Dr. Inazo Nitobe, in 1891. This collection contains lantern slides from J. Passmore's time in Japan.
Dates:
1900 - 1960
Helen Mears Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-210
Abstract
Helen Mears was a writer and journalist, especially interested in Japan and Asia. Mears first traveled to China in 1925 and ten years later Mears spent nine months in Japan. Out of the trip to Japan she published two books and a series of essays that appeared in The New Yorker. Mears traveled throughout Asia, the Soviet Union, Europe, and parts of South America. After World War II Mears traveled again to Japan served in an official capacity as a member of the U.S. labor advisory committee....
Dates:
1862-1981; Majority of material found within 1935-1955
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Douglas and Dorothy Steere Travel Letters
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-287
Overview
This collection contains a letter on the Steere's trip to England in 1968, and a letter on the Steere's trip to various places in Asia in 1970, including Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Indonesia.
Dates:
1968 - 1970
