Guide to the Papers of the James Family

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MS 10429

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Collection Summary

Creator
James Family
Title
Papers of the James Family
Date Range
1850s-1960s
Collection Number
MS 10429
Extent
2.76 metres (2 ms boxes, 1 large folio box, 2 medium folio boxes + 3 small folio boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photograph albums, papers, publications and other documents from the families of James Frederick James and Helen May Cameron that provide a portrait of expatriate life in Kobe (and to a lesser extent, Yokohama) from the late 1800's up to the Second World War.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7767282).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as [Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of the James Family, National Library of Australia, MS 10429, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 10429. Original consignment received June 2018, 1839-1958

This collection comprises photograph albums, papers, publications and other documents from the families of James Frederick James and Helen May Cameron that provide a portrait of expatriate life in Kobe (and to a lesser extent, Yokohama) from the late 1800's up to the Second World War.

Photographs of sporting teams: Soccer, Rowing, Athletics, Cycling -featuring J F james and others. The boathouse and rowing in the Inland Sea. The clubhouse and dining. Athletics carnival, soccer in action, sailing races., 1900-1910 (File 1) - Folio-Box 1

Please note that J F James held the Japanese record over the 100 and 220 yards - see Interport Athletic Sport Kobe Program 1908. Dimensions 37cmx28cm

Photographs of social events, visits to Nara Deer park, swimming, car outings, visits to Japanese inns, posed domestic photos of James family, trick photography, 1900-1910 (File 2) - Folio-Box 1

Dimensions 37cmx28cm

Photographs of sailing in Thetis, the yacht built for J F james in 1926 (Extract from The Japan Advertiser re Yacht 'Thetis' 1926). J F James, crew and children, 1926-1936 (File 3) - Folio-Box 1

37cmx28cm

Photographs of family sailing, visits to Japanese inns, picnics, car excursions, swimming, visits to parks, 1926-1939 (File 4) - Folio-Box 2

37cmx28cm

Photographs of Kobe Masonic Lodge, large group photos with expatriates and japanese, parades, dining, dress ups, wedding of Dorothy James and Shaw Hutton plus Rose James and Gordon Upton, 1914-1941 (File 5) - Folio-Box 2

A particularly damaged album. 37cmx28cm

Photographs of Girl Guides at the Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club, May James with her baby daughters(1915- 1919), Walter James, growing children and extended family, children swimming, group photos, locations include Mirime (?), Arima onsen, Nara Deer Park, 1915-1931 (File 6) - Folio-Box 2

32cmx23cm

Cameron and James family photographs, outings, celebrations, gatherings, 1911-1918 (File 7) - Folio-Box 3

Photographs of parades, swimming, family gatherings, business gatherings, japanese colleagues, country walks, 1935-1940 (File 8) - Folio-Box 3

32cmx23cm

Extended family photographs, large gathering male colleagues, wedding of J F James and Helen May Cameron, large group at Ernest James' home. Celebrations and formal dinners, hotel drinks, formal photos at Kobe club, rowing, on borar SS Taiyo Maru, masonic parties, 1915-1935 (File 9) - Folio-Box 4

32cmx23cm

Helen Manya James' album: Relatives, Canadian Academy, Nara, Shoya Country Club pool, Excursions, 1932-1939 (File 10) - Folio-Box 4

20cmx14cm

Helen May James album: family at 104 Bluff Yokohama, visit to Kamakura, Doryoson Picnic (Saijo-ji), SS Kleist farewll to David, Shibuya picnic. Visits to Nikko, Hiratsuka. Bicycling., 1910-1912 (File 11) - Folio-Box 4

22cmx14cm

Birth Certificate for Helen May Cameron, (copy in 1958) (File 12) - Box 5

J F James Birth Certificate, (copy in 1908) (File 12) - Box 5

Baptism Certificate for Helen May Cameron, 1890 (File 12) - Box 5

Certificate of Marriage JF James and Helen Cameron, Christ Church, Yokohama, Japan, 1914 (File 12) - Box 5

Certificate of Marriage JF James and Helen Cameron, British Consulate General, Yokohama, 1914 (File 12) - Box 5

Copy of Marriage Certificate William Grant Cameron and Frances Catherine Smith Fraser, 1883 (File 12) - Box 5

J F James' unpublished story of his experience when arrested in Kobe, Japan on 27 July 1940 sent to The Reader's Digest Association in Melbourne, 12 April 1957, 1957 (File 13) - Box 5

J F James' account of arrest in Japan, 1940 (File 13) - Box 5

Ernest James' account of leaving Japan (File 13) - Box 5

George Douglas Kyd's report of Japan experiences, 1943 (File 13) - Box 5

How Japan Financially Prepared for the War - Ernest or Fred James? (File 13) - Box 5

Letters between Leonard, Ernest and Frederick James re Kobe Commercial Company, 1930 (File 14) - Box 5

Letter from doctor confirming birth of Helen James, 1925 (File 14) - Box 5

Letters re Kobe Club debentures (including HS Williams to J F James), 1958 (File 14) - Box 5

Letters between David and Fred and Ernest re parents' birth dates (File 14) - Box 5

Letter from the British Association of Japan to J F James, 26 June 1941 (File 14) - Box 5

Permit for J F James to stay in Japan to 30 April 1942, 1942 (File 15) - Box 5

Articles in English language newspapers re James' incarceration and leaving Japan (File 15) - Box 5

Newspaper clippings of Frances Cameron's death, 1934 (File 15) - Box 5

Newspaper clippings re E W James (File 15) - Box 5

Letter from British Consulate-General to J F James re dispatch from Ambassador, October 1940 (File 15) - Box 5

Japanese Earthquake account W. D. Cameron, 1923 (File 15) - Box 5

Extract from The Japan Advertiser re Yacht 'Thetis', 1926 (File 16) - Box 5

Extract from the Japan Chronicle re Thetis (File 16) - Box 5

Newspaper clippings re Albert's death in a plane crash in Sydney, 1931 (File 16) - Box 5

J F James press clipping - article on Japan in Telegraph Sydney, 1943 (File 16) - Box 5

Press clipping Kobe Yacht Club Meeting, 1940 (File 16) - Box 5

Press Clipping Osaka Mainichi, 1941 (File 16) - Box 5

Press Clipping, E W James English Mainichi (File 16) - Box 5

Photograph, Albert James and Leonard Palmer's Headstone (File 16) - Box 5

Poem written by David Cameron on the death of his mother, 1934 (File 17) - Box 5

Note to Shareholders Nickel and Lyons, 1941 (File 17) - Box 5

Ernest James' CV (File 17) - Box 5

CV as part of application to take money out of Japan J F James, 1941? (File 17) - Box 5

Brief Resume of Activities - Ernest James (File 17) - Box 5

Ernest James' adoption papers (File 17) - Box 5

J F James Cholera immunization Certificate (File 18) - Box 5

Helen May James Passport, 1934 (File 18) - Box 5

JF James Driver's License (Japanese script) (File 18) - Box 5

Masonic Lodge Installation Certificate JF James, 31 October 1929 (File 18) - Box 5

Masonic Lodge Certificates (File 18) - Box 5

Burial Plot title deeds Kobe (File 18) - Box 5

Plan to accompany report by Sir David J. Owen on the future control and development of the Port of Hong Kong, Februrary 1941 (File 18) - Box 5

Map of Sheds to be installed at Marina (File 18) - Box 5

Letter from Ernest Johnson from the US Maritime Commission re a development proposal in Hong Kong (File 18) - Box 5

Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club Articles of Association and Rules for Internal Management - Revised August 1925, 1925 (File 19) - Box 5

Kobe Naigai Association Annual Report - AGM held in Ernest James garden, 1940 (File 19) - Box 5

Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Nickel and Lyons, 1941 (File 19) - Box 5

List of Members The Japan-British Society of Kwansai, 1938 (File 19) - Box 5

East Asian Residents' Association meeting - Sydney, 1942 (File 19) - Box 5

Far Eastern Relief Committee (Australia) Annual Report, 1945 (File 19) - Box 5

British Association of Japan Report of the Committee, 1940 (File 19) - Box 5

Certificate of Registration of 16mm imported films, 1941 (File 19) - Box 5

Pictorial Memento of Kobe Port Festival, 1936 (File 19) - Box 5

Kasima Maru Menus (x 7), 1941 (File 20) - Box 5

Farewell Dinner Menu J F James, 1912 (File 20) - Box 5

Kobe Amateur Dramatic Club Annual Report, 1940 (File 21) - Box 6

Royal Society of St George Annual General Meeting, 1940 (File 21) - Box 6

Memorandum and Articles of Association of Nickel and Lyons, Kobe, 1938 (File 21) - Box 6

Coronation Celebrations Program, 1937 (File 21) - Box 6

Kobe Yacht Club programmes, 1938-1939 (File 21) - Box 6

Interport Athletic Sports, Kobe Programme, 1908 (File 21) - Box 6

Interport Football Dinner 1901 with football results from 1888, 1901 (File 21) - Box 6

Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club - Report for the Year 1940, 1940 (File 21) - Box 6

Nojiri Lake Association Report, 1940 (File 21) - Box 6

Nojiri Handbook, 1939 (File 22) - Box 6

Masonic Peace Memorial Booklet (File 22) - Box 6

Canadian Academy Faculty, 1937 (File 22) - Box 6

(photocopy of photo with names)

Lake Nojiri postcards (File 22) - Box 6

Photographs of Frances Cameron's funeral, 1934 (File 23) - Box 6

Photographs of sailing, boating, rowing (File 24) - Box 6

Portraits of James and Cameron family members (File 25) - Box 6

Photographs of bombing destruction of home in Kobe (1947), Wedding of J F James and H M James, Kobe Port Festival (File 26) - Box 6

Group family photographs, c.1920s-1940s (File 27) - Box 6

J F James and Helen May James' children, formal photographs with Japanese, c.1920s-1960s (File 28) - Box 6

Book 'Kobe the Premier Port of Japan 1868-1933' (File 29) - Folio-Box 7

Booklet 'Canadian Academy Silver Jubilee 1913-1938' (File 30) - Folio-Box 7

Canadian Academy Handbook, 1935 (File 31) - Folio-Box 7

Canadian Academy Handbook, 1939 (File 32) - Folio-Box 7

Canadian Academy Handbook, 1940 (File 33) - Folio-Box 7

Masonic Lodge Certificates (x 7) (File 34) - Folio-Box 8

Photocopy of a document in Japanese (File 35) - Folio-Box 8

Extract from Registry Office - birth of Mary and Matilda to Duncan Cameron (Lenie?) and Margaret Fraser in 1839 and 1843 respectively, 6 November 1957 (File 36) - Folio-Box 8

Extract from Registry Office - Scotland Census 1851 showing Cameron family, 6 November 1957 (File 37) - Folio-Box 8


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