Guide to the Papers of Harold S. Williams
MS 6681;MS Acc09.161;.MS Acc09.168
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Harold S. Williams
- Title
- Papers of Harold S. Williams
- Date Range
- 1867-2000
- Collection Number
- MS 6681;MS Acc09.161;.MS Acc09.168
- Extent
- 26.01 metres (86 boxes + 1 carton + 28 folio boxes + 1 folio item + 1 volume + 1 folder)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection includes subject files, correspondence, scrapbooks, articles, lectures, notes, drafts of works by Williams, drafts of works by others, photographs, programs and other papers relating to the history of foreign settlement in Japan and its influence on, and adaptation to, Japanese society. The papers also relate to Japanese culture, individual expatriate residents, other foreigners, foreign businesses, communities and clubs in Japan until the 1980s. These papers contain the primary material used by Williams in his many published books and articles.
Also included are the papers of Gertrude Williams and personal and family papers that document Harold Williams' life and the life of both Harold and Gertrude Williams in Japan.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2199808).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Harold S. Williams, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
Harold and Gertrude (Jean) Williams between 1978 and 1995 donated the collection to the Library in numerous instalments. Further material was added in 2002 and 2005.
Related Materials
In addition to the papers and manuscripts held in the Manuscript Collection, the Asian Studies Collection of the National Library holds the Harold S. Williams Collection of monographs and a number of pictorial works.
The Harold S. Williams Collection of monographs contains over 3,000 volumes; its particular strength is the history of foreigners and foreign settlements in Japan. It includes directories, travel books and works on Japanese foreign relations, foreign business houses, missions, foreign clubs and societies, customs, fine arts, festivals, natural disasters, the army, politics, economic conditions, local history, laws, education and many other themes. It also contains books on other parts of East Asia, including China, Hong Kong and Korea. In most cases in which Williams included both monographs and manuscripts in the same folders the monographs have been removed. Such items have then been added to the monograph collection.
The Williams Collection also contains 16 framed etchings by the Japanese artist Hiroshi Kambara, an album of his original sketches and watercolours and a published collection of his works. Kambara's pictures are of both artistic and historical interest and thus complement the books and manuscripts of the Williams Collection.
Box / Folio List
Refer to the attached document for a list of the containers in which the files/items are stored (under the 'Related Documentation' tab).
Biographical Note
Harold Stannett Williams was born in Melbourne in 1898 and died in Kobe in 1987. Williams went to Japan for a visit in 1919. He decided to stay and, except during World War II when he served in the Australian Army, he lived there until his death. After the War he was a member of the Occupation Forces in Japan; on his return to civilian life in 1949, he renewed his business interests and, with his wife Gertrude, began his research into the history and culture of the foreign settlements. He was the author of numerous books on Japan including Tales of Foreign Settlements in Japan (1958) and Foreigners in Mikadoland (1963). A list of his published books can be found in Appendix 1. (Under related documents tab)
For about thirteen years Williams contributed articles to the Mainichi Daily News in the series, 'Shades of the Past'; he was also a frequent contributor to other English language newspapers, both in Japan and other countries.
In 1967 he was awarded the International Cultural Award of the Hyogo Prefectural Government. In 1972 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to historical research.
Gertrude F. (Jean) Williams shared her husband's interests and contributed to the development of his collection. Together they travelled extensively throughout Japan and overseas, visiting libraries and other institutions, undertaking research and copying from English language newspapers. After his death she published a two-volume collection of their writings entitled West Meets East: The Foreign Experience of Japan (1992). She died in Queensland in 1999.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 6681. Original consignment
Comprises typescript journal and newspaper articles by Harold S. Williams; a paper titled "Two remarkable Australians of old Yokohama", 1974; papers concerning Mrs E.S. Patton; printed material, including issues of the Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, v. 13, no. 12, 13, 1976-1977 and Mar. 5, 1978; index of 44 cartons of books, brochures, pamphlets, sheets and photographs on China, Japan, Korea and the Far East; three copies of cuttings on Japan and brochure The foreign cemeteries of Kobe and Osaka, 1978.
Contained in 83 boxes, 1 carton, 25 folio boxes, 1 folio item.
Series 1. Subject files
This series comprises the research files compiled by Harold Williams from 1949 to 1987, which he called 'the green files'. They contain his research and writings on the foreign settlements of nineteenth-century Japan, the history of foreign communities and their influence on, and adaptation to, Japanese culture and society. The files include correspondence, notes, references, press cuttings of his own articles and articles by other writers, copies of typescripts of Williams' published articles, photographs and other miscellaneous material assembled in the course of his research. These files are arranged alphabetically by the subject names given to them by Harold Williams.
Adams, William, first recorded English visitor to Japan (1564-1620) (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, press cuttings (1957-80) and a photograph of his memorial at Gillingham, Kent (England).
S.S. Albion and other ships (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
The S.S. Albion sailed from Sydney to Yokohama in 1868. The S.S. Haya Maro, a British ship used in the Japan coastal trade, and the S.S. City of Yedo were wrecked in 1870.
Correspondence (1971-72), notes, articles, references, press cuttings and two typescripts about the Haya Maro and the death of the Rev. E.D. Cornes of the American Presbyterian Church; a typescript on the coaching companies of Cobb & Co., Sutherland & Co. and William Rangan & Co.; and a photograph of the wreck of the City of Yedo.
Amateur theatricals (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
Dramatic societies in the foreign settlements of Kobe, Yokohama, Tokyo and Nagasaki.
Correspondence, articles (1959-79), notes and references, including notes and correspondence concerning performances of 'Cool as a Cucumber' and 'Ticket of Leave', the professional company Bandmann Opera Co. and the American professor, Roy H. Smith.
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Kansai Chapter) (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
Membership lists, 1972-1981.
Articles published in the journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, 1965-80 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
There is a list inside the file.
Asama-san and Karuizawa (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
The volcano, Mount Asama, and the summer resort, Karuizawa, near Tokyo.
Correspondence, press cuttings (1956-59), references, typescript by W.B. Mason and article by W.P. Fegen on the history of the Mount Asama eruptions.
References, notes and press cuttings (1956-78) relating to the early history of Karuizawa, early baseball matches played there, missionary activities and tourism.
Baseball (File 7) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
Typescript, articles, photographs, press cuttings (1960-76) and references relating to the introduction of baseball into Japan; typescript of article on Ewell William Slade (1895-1980).
Bavier, C. S (1890-1977) Resident of Kyoto (File 8) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
Correspondence (1966-78), notes and annotated excerpts from C.S. Bavier's autobiographical manuscript.
Beato, Felix (fl.1865-1881) Photographer (File 9) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, notes, references and press cuttings (1957-81) relating to Beato; two albums of his photographs of Japanese views (1860-1870) presented to the British Embassy and the Mayor of Yokohama by F.D. Burrows. There are lists of the photographs in the albums.
Beer (File 10) - Box 1 (MS 6681)
Article, references, notes, correspondence, press cuttings (1965-78) and a typescript relating to the development and history of the beer industry and breweries in Japan, including Spring Valley Brewery Co., Japan Brewery Co., Kirin Brewery Co. and Dai Nippon Beer Co., with photographs. Spring Valley Brewery was established by the American, William Copeland.
Black, J. R (d. 1880) Pioneer journalist in Japan (File 11) - Box 2 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, genealogy, correspondence, press cuttings and articles (1960-78) relating to the pioneer journalist and his descendants. His son J.J. Black (Ishii Black) became a professional entertainer and story-teller in Japan. Included are Ishii Black's obituary, biographical details, a typescript of a paper, press cuttings and photographs relating to him. There are press cuttings and notes relating to J.R. Black's English language newspaper The Far East, vols 1-6 (1870-1878), reprinted in Tokyo in 1966.
Boehringer, Carl. H (1903-1972) (File 12) - Box 2 (MS 6681)
American journalist, diplomat and collector of Japanese prints, maps and other items relating to early American contacts with the Far East.
Notes, press cuttings, correspondence (1965-70) and articles by Lewis Bush.
Boy Scouts (File 13) - Box 2 (MS 6681)
Notes, correspondence, press cuttings and articles by Lewis Bush (1962-81) relating to the Boy Scout movement in Japan and to a pioneer of the movement, Clarence Griffen.
British Embassy, Legations, Consulates (File 14) - Box 2 (MS 6681)
Correspondence and press cuttings (1960-81), references, articles and photographs concerning former British consuls and the history of legations and consulates at Kobe, Nagasaki, Osaka, Tokyo (Yedo), Yokohama and Shimonoseki.
British naval officer Lake's grave on Hiro Island (File 15) - Box 2 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings and a photograph taken in 1967 relating to a British seaman from the surveying vessel HMS Sylvia, who was buried on Hiro Island in 1868.
British troops in Japan during 1860s and 1890s (File 16) - Box 2 (MS 6681)
Letter, notes and references relating to the British Garrison troops in Yokohama.
British troops in Japan (File 17) - Box 2 (MS 6681)
Bound scrapbook with index, published lists (1865), press cuttings and notes relating to British troops in Japan.
Broughton, Captain W. R, HMS Providence and Seaman Hans Oldson's grave (File 18) - Box 2 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings (1955-74), correspondence and photographs relating to the visit of HMS Providence to Muroran in 1796.
Buddhism, Zen (File 19) - Box 3 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings (1955-78) and articles relating to Buddhism, cremation, funerals, burials, commercial aspects of Buddhism and foreigners who have converted to Buddhism.
Burrows, Francis Dickeson (1883-1960) English expatriate businessman (File 20) - Box 3 (MS 6681)
Biographical notes, press cuttings (1961) and photographs of a memorial service for Burrows in Yokohama.
Bush, Lewis (b. 1907) (File 21) - Box 3 (MS 6681)
English journalist and writer for the English language newspapers in Japan; resident of Japan from before World War II.
Biographical notes, press cuttings and correspondence, 1956-74.
Butterfield Swire (File 22) - Box 3 (MS 6681)
British shipping firm operating in the Far East.
Notes, press cuttings, correspondence (1958-72) and pamphlets relating to the firm, Butterfield & Swire, and the shipping line, P&O.
Chamberlain, Basil Hall (1850-1935) English author and writer about Japan (File 23) - Box 3 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings and correspondence relating to Basil Chamberlain and his book Things Japanese (1890), and to H.J. Griffiths, the lost Chamberlain manuscript and the article by Williams, 'Things Japanese: The Story Behind the Story'.
Churches in Japan (File 24) - Box 3 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1963-81) and notes relating to Christ Church, Yokohama; Union Church, Yokohama; Roman Catholic Church, Yokohama; Episcopal Church, Tokyo; Churches in Osaka; and the Russian Orthodox Church. There is also a typescript from Mrs Willis Hoekje on the establishment of the first Protestant Church in Yokohama.
Clothing (File 25) - Box 3 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, press cuttings (1962-72) and articles relating to foreign dress, women's clothing, the kimono, 'Mother Hubbards', formal Japanese dress, pants, modern fashions, student uniforms, tailors, sea bathing, laundry of foreign clothing, fundoshi, hats, wigs and boots.
Clubs in Kobe (File 26) - Box 3 (MS 6681)
Business cards, chronological table with notes (1868-1972), correspondence and press cuttings (1960-81) relating to the After-Luncheon Club, the Canoe and Dinghy Club, the Kobe India Club, the Masonic Club, the Monday Club (with list of members 1962-63), the Kobe Lawn Tennis Club, the Kobe Sailing Club, the Kobe Women's Club and the Kobe Yacht Club.
Clubs in Yokohama (File 27) - Box 4 (MS 6681)
Articles, correspondence and press cuttings (1956-63) relating to the Club Germania, the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club, the Yokohama Cricket Club, the Yokohama United Club, the Yokohama Amateur Rowing Club, the Women's Club and other clubs. There are two photographs of the Yokohama United Club.
Columbia Society, George Washington Society (File 28) - Box 4 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings (1971-76), invitations, photographs and typescript relating to the Societies and the history of the George Washington Society ball.
Cooper Co.; Cooper Findlay Co. Ltd; Findlays Properties Ltd; Findlay Richardson Co. Ltd (File 29) - Box 4 (MS 6681)
Business papers, references and photographs relating to the history of these firms and one of their first directors, F. D. Burrows. There are also notes on the Kobe Club in 1920.
Cowra Japanese POW Camp (File 30) - Box 4 (MS 6681)
Notes, typescripts, press cuttings, manuscript and typescript of Williams' diary (1944) and articles (1969-79), correspondence and photographs relating to the mass escape of Japanese prisoners in 1944, the Military Court of Inquiry, the Japanese War Cemetery at Cowra, NSW and the establishment of the Japanese Garden in 1975. There are also notes on the riot at the Featherstone Japanese POW camp in New Zealand in the early years of World War II.
Currency, Exchange rates, Gold, the Mint, Osaka, Silver, Yen (File 31) - Box 4 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings (1962-80), typescript and articles relating to the history of currency in Japan.
Dogs (File 32) - Box 4 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, articles, correspondence and press cuttings (1961-75) relating to the myth 'No dogs or Chinese' in Shanghai, the canine beachcomber of Nagasaki, the legend of the canine Hachiko and the monument at Shibuya.
The drowning of Rear Admiral Bell (File 33) - Box 4 (MS 6681)
Correspondence and notes (1957-76) relating to the drowning outside Osaka on 11 January 1868 of Rear Admiral Henry H. Bell and ten United States seamen; photographs of tombstones and memorials and a typescript of the story of the drowning are included.
The Dutch in Deshima and Hirado (File 34) - Box 5 (MS 6681)
Notes and press cuttings (1953-74) relating to early Dutch and German settlers at Deshima, Nagasaki and the port of Hirado, and to the Netherlands Trading Society and the Dutch East India Company; also notes and photographs of anchor stones for Dutch vessels. There are references to J. Cock Blomhoff and family, M. Donker Curtius, Hendrik Doeff, Engelbert Kaempfer, Dr Philipp Franz von Siebold and Isaac Titsingh.
Emperors (File 35) - Box 5 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1954-76), notes and references relating to Emperor Hirohito's visit to the United States in 1975, the history of Japanese customs and attitudes to the Emperor and anecdotes about the life of the Emperor and the Emperor's role in the Japanese surrender in 1945. There are references and press cuttings on the Emperors Meiji and Komai and Crown Prince Akihito, and on the history of performances of 'The Mikado' in Japan.
The English Mission School; St. Michael's International School; F.B. Walker (File 36) - Box 5 (MS 6681)
St. Michael's International School in Kobe was formerly called the English Mission School. F.B. Walker was master and headmaster from 1903 to 1941 and again after 1950.
Correspondence and press cuttings (1967-81), pamphlets, invitations and references on the history of St. Michael's International School, Kobe and F.B. Walker (1878-1978).
Fauchery, Antoine (1827-1861) French-Australian photographer (File 37) - Box 5 (MS 6681)
Photographs, typescript, article, correspondence and press cuttings (1961-73) relating to Fauchery, the circumstances of his death in Yokohama and the location of his grave.
Fenollosa, Ernest F; William S Bigelow; James H. Woods (File 38) - Box 5 (MS 6681)
Bostonian expatriates who lived in Japan.
Correspondence, press cuttings (1974-78), articles, index of selected letters of Bigelow referring to Japan, photographs (1974) and typescript of article relating to the Americans Dr William Sturgis Bigelow (1850-1926), Ernest F. Fenollosa (d.1908), Dr Edward S. Morse (d. 1926) and James Haughton Woods (1844-1935). There are notes on the Homyo-in Buddhist Monastery at Otsu.
Foreigners in Japan and Shanghai, 1940-45 (File 39) - Box 6 (MS 6681)
Typescript copies of letters from C. Blyth and press cuttings (1941-43) relating to the life of foreigners in Japan before and during World War II.
Frazar Co., Sale Frazar Ltd, Sale Tilney (Japan) Ltd (File 40) - Box 6 (MS 6681)
Import-export firm established in Yokohama in 1878.
Correspondence (1972-76), notes, references, advertising leaflets and photographs on the history of these firms.
The history of Sale Tilney (Japan) Ltd (File 41) - Box 6 (MS 6681)
A published limited edition copy of this book by M.J. Piper (1975).
Freemasonry (File 42) - Box 6 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, press cuttings (1964-78), photographs, pamphlets, notes and certificates relating to the establishment and history of freemasonry in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki. Reference is made to the first Japanese to have embraced Freemasonry, Professor Amane Nishi. Included is a photocopied typescript of 'The History of Rising Sun Lodge 1401 EC Kobe Japan' by William Lackie.
Fuji San (File 43) - Box 6 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1942-81), notes, pamphlets and references relating to the history of the climbing of Mount Fuji.
Fujiya Hotel , Miyanoshita, opened in 1878 (File 44) - Box 6 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, press cuttings (1958-69) and pamphlets.
Gaijin and Furyo Gaijin - Foreigners in Japan (File 45) - Box 6 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings (1957-80) and typescript relating to foreigners in Japan and the use of the word 'Gaijin' as a derogatory term.
Geisha (File 46) - Box 7 (MS 6681)
Notes, article, correspondence and press cuttings (1956-81) relating to the the romance and marriage of the Japanese geisha, Morgan O-Yuki, to the American, George Denison Morgan (cousin of John Pierpont Morgan), and to the Japanese musical plays 'The Geisha' and 'Morgan O-Yuki'.
German community (File 47) - Box 7 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, typescript, correspondence and press cuttings (1961-81) relating to the history of the German Consulate in Kobe, early German residents including Arthur Greppi, the German Club (Club Concordia), the Union Club, the German School in Kobe and the German community in Japan.
See also Folio 61.
The Glover family—Glover Co. (File 48) - Box 7 (MS 6681)
Pamphlets, notes, portrait photograph, correspondence, press cuttings (1961- 79) and copy of Japanese document concerning Thomas Blake Glover (1838-1911), the Takashima Coal Mine, Glover & Co. and the Glover House in Nagasaki.
The Good (?) old days (File 49) - Box 7 (MS 6681)
Typescripts, press cuttings (1962-77) and notes on trade and living conditions in Japan during a century of change.
Griffiths, Harry John (1882-1944) (File 50) - Box 7 (MS 6681)
Resident of Kobe, collector and scholar of Japanese history.
Inventory of Griffiths' lost collection, internee documents and documents concerning his estate and war claims compensation.
Griffiths, Harry John (File 51) - Box 7 (MS 6681)
Scrapbook containing correspondence and press cuttings (1957-73), notes, articles, photographs and postcards.
Hakodate (File 52) - Box 8 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1861, 1957-80), notes, correspondence and typescript relating to the port city of Hakodate, the Hakodate Foreign Cemetery and the murder in 1874 of Ludwig Haber, the first German consul to Hokkaido. There are also research notes on Christopher Pemberton Hodgson (1821-1865) forwarded to the editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Heco, Joseph (1837-1897) (File 53) - Box 8 (MS 6681)
Author and publisher of Japan's first newspaper, Kaigai Shimbun, and the first Japanese to become a citizen of the United States.
Correspondence and press cuttings (1960-77), notes and articles in English and Japanese.
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (File 54) - Box 8 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, correspondence and press cuttings (1959-79) relating to the history of the Corporation. Drawings of the bank by the artist C.B. Bernard are also included.
Horse racing (File 55) - Box 8 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1960-69) and letter (1975) relating to the history of horse racing in Nagasaki, Osaka and Yedo (Tokyo), the Hiogo and Osaka Race Club, the Nippon Race Club and horses.
Hunting (File 56) - Box 8 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1959-70), notes, references and photographs (1870s) relating to Foxhunting and game and bird hunting.
Ijin-kan and Meiji-mura (File 57) - Box 8 (MS 6681)
Notes, references and press cuttings (1960s-70s) relating to Japanese architecture and the Meiji village.
Ijin-kan and Meiji-mura (File 58) - Box 8 (MS 6681)
Japanese language journals, press cuttings (1960s-1970s), notes, references, photographs and illustrations relating to Japanese architecture and the Meiji village.
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo and Frank Lloyd Wright (File 59) - Box 8 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1958-76), articles and references relating to the Imperial Hotel and its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
The International Committee of Kansai (File 60) - Box 9 (MS 6681)
Correspondence and press cuttings (1971-77), notes, references and typescripts of an article and speech relating to the history of the Committee.
The International Relief Committee (File 61) - Box 9 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1947-77) and reports relating to the International Relief Committee of Kansai.
International Town Meeting, Kobe (File 62) - Box 9 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, press cuttings (1976) and a program of the International Town Meeting held in Kobe in 1976 as a feature of the United States Bicentennial celebrations.
Iwasaki and the Yeppoon acquisition of land (File 63) - Box 9 (MS 6681)
Yohachiro Iwasaki, Japanese businessman in Australia.
Press cuttings (1978-80), notes and typescript relating to the proposed tourist development in Yeppoon, Queensland.
James, David Henry (1881-1970) (File 64) - Box 9 (MS 6681)
Elder brother of Ernest W. James and resident of Japan.
Correspondence (1970), typescript of speech (1958), extracts of letters, copy of newspaper report, photographs and press cuttings (1910-1925).
'Jap' and other contractions (File 66) - Box 10 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings (1945-79) and typescripts relating to the use of the abbreviation 'Jap'.
Japan-Australia trade (File 67) - Box 10 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, press cuttings, correspondence and typescript relating to the early history of trade between Japan and Australia. The commodities included camels, coal, Japanese swords and rifles, meat, silk, tea and wool.
Japanese prostitutes in Australia (File 68) - Box 10 (MS 6681)
Press cutting and typescript of 'Karayuki-san: The Japanese Prostitutes in Australia 1887-1916' by D.C.S. Sissons (1976).
Japanese visitors to places abroad (File 69) - Box 10 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, typescript and press cuttings (1953-77) relating to the first Japanese citizens to travel outside Japan, Japanese tourists, businessmen and residents abroad.
Jardine Matheson Co. and the Keswicks (File 70) - Box 10 (MS 6681)
William Keswick established a branch of the firm, Jardine Matheson & Co., the first major British trading company in Yokohama, in 1859.
Correspondence, press cuttings, typescript (1958-75), notes and references relating to the history of the firm and its beginnings in Yokohama.
Jewish community in Japan and China (File 71) - Box 10 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, copies of two journals (1957-58), press cuttings and photocopies of articles by others (1974-80) relating mainly to the Jewish community in Japan. There are separate sub-files on Kobe, Nagasaki and Yokohama.
Journal of Father Pierre Mounicou, 1856-1864 (File 72) - Box 10 (MS 6681)
Catholic priest (d. 1871) who was in Yokohama, Nagasaki and Kobe from 1860-71.
Copy of the journal written in French with a typescript of the translation of part of the journal from 1860 to 1864. There is an index to individuals mentioned in the translation.
Kagoshima bombardment August 15, 1863; Shimonoseki Naval Operation 1864 (File 73) - Box 10 (MS 6681)
Anglo-Japanese naval battle fought in Kagoshima Bay, Kyushu and European naval bombardment at Shimonoseki
Press cuttings, references and copies of articles (1966-75).
Kawakami Otojiro (1864-1911), Sada Yacco (File 74) - Box 11 (MS 6681)
Japanese actors and their troupe who performed in Japan, America and Europe.
Notes, references, typescript (1966) and photographs.
'Kimigayo' (national anthem), Bandmaster J.W. Fenton, Franz Eckert (File 75) - Box 11 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings and correspondence (1958-76) relating to the Japanese national anthem Kimigayo, its origins and composers, and to the bandmaster J.W. Fenton, who arrived in Japan in the 1860s, and the composer and musician Franz Eckert.
Edward Charles Kirby, Alfred Kirby, Japanese Imperial Naval Yard Ono-hama (File 77) - Box 11 (MS 6681)
W. Lackie's papers and notes relating to his research into the Kirby Family (File 78) - Box 11 (MS 6681)
Edward Charles Kirby, Alfred Kirby (File 79) - Box 11 (MS 6681)
Edward Charles Kirby and Alfred Kirby were the founders of the Kobe Engineering and Ship Building Works, formerly the Kobe Iron Works Co.
Folders 76-79 contain three notebooks of Alfred Kirby, ten Cabinet prints of Kirby family members, correspondence, legal documents and the typescript of Williams' Shades of the Past article 'The Englishman Who Built a Shipyard and Japanese Warships in Kobe'. Included are the research notes and letters of William Lackie.
Kobe Chronicle, Japan Chronicle (File 80) - Box 12 (MS 6681)
Photographs, press cuttings, notes and extracts from letters (1962-79) regarding the history of the Kobe Chronicle and the Japan Chronicle and the editor Robert Young and other editors.
Kobe Churches, Kobe Mission to Seamen (File 81) - Box 12 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, pamphlets, correspondence (1956, 1961-80), typescripts of articles by Williams on the churches and Christianity in Kobe and a typescript (1977) by Mioko Kadota, 'My Memories During December 8, 1941 and 1945'. There are also notes, references and press cuttings relating to the history of the organization 'The Mission to Seamen' in Kobe.
Kobe Women's Club and Saturday Morning Club (File 82) - Box 12 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings, photographs and pamphlets (1974-86) with a 1952 press cutting.
Kobe Clubs (File 83) - Box 12 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, business papers, photographs and press cuttings relating to the Kobe Club and other clubs in Kobe.
Kobe foreign cemeteries (File 84) - Box 12 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, press cuttings, copy of Williams' article and a Japanese translation, pamphlets and photographs (1953-77) on the foreign cemeteries of Kobe.
Kobe foreign international schools (File 85) - Box 13 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, correspondence and press cuttings (1964-79).
Kobe International Hospital (File 86) - Box 13 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, press cuttings, brochures and photographs (1933-1979).
Kobe newspapers and journals (File 87) - Box 13 (MS 6681)
Hiogo News, Hiogo and Osaka Herald, Japan Chronicle, Kackling Kagmag, Kobe Advertiser and Shipping News, Kobe Chronicle, Kobe Daily News, Kobe Herald, Nippon Standard.
Notes, press cuttings and references to locations of holdings of Kobe newspapers, including two sample issues from 1931.
Lackie, William (1902-1978) (File 88) - Box 13 (MS 6681)
Scottish expatriate resident in Japan from 1926 to 1942 and 1950 to 1966.
Correspondence with Williams (1964-78).
Lady Washington (ship) (File 89) - Box 13 (MS 6681)
American trading ship which arrived in Oshima, Kushimoto on 6 May 1791.
Typescript and press cuttings (1972) relating to the 1791 visit and the United States - Japan Amity Memorial Hall built in its memory at Kushimoto. Included are two pamphlets in Japanese on Kushimoto.
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) (File 90) - Box 13 (MS 6681)
Greek expatriate author and journalist
Press cuttings and typescripts of articles by Williams with listing (1958-68).
Lighthouses (File 91) - Box 13 (MS 6681)
Extract of letter, press cuttings (1963-80), notes and references relating to the history of lighthouses in Japan, and to lighthouse-keeper Joseph Dick (1842- 1914) and lighthouse-builder Richard Henry Brunton, who worked in Japan from 1868 to 1877.
Macao (File 92) - Box 14 (MS 6681)
Tourist guides and brochures, press cuttings and typescripts of articles and talks (1959-81).
MacDonald, Ranald (1824-1894) (File 93) - Box 14 (MS 6681)
First American teacher in Japan.
References, notes, photographs, map and correspondence (1959-67).
Madame Butterfly and the 'Madame Butterfly House' at Nagasaki (File 94) - Box 14 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, typescript, notes and references (1955-62, 1980).
Missionary work in Japan (File 95) - Box 14 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, press cuttings and a photograph with individual references to Guido F. Verbeck (b. 1830), James Hepburn (1815-1911) and W.E. Griffis, an author and missionary who arrived in Yokohama in 1870.
Morrison, George Ernest (1862-1920) (File 96) - Box 14 (MS 6681)
Australian-born journalist, doctor and traveler.
Notes, press cuttings, articles and correspondence with Cyril Pearl, D. MacFarlane, W.A. Morrison, Lo Hui-min and C. P. Fitzgerald (1963-70).
Murdoch, James (1856-1921) (File 97) - Box 14 (MS 6681)
Scottish-Australian historian, classical scholar and orientalist.
Copies of 1888 press cuttings, press cuttings of articles by Murdoch, notes and references.
Nagasaki (File 98) - Box 14 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, typescript, press cuttings, notes and references (1964-66) relating to the Dutch residents of Nagasaki, James Rhynhoud (1816-1870) and Gustav Wilckens (d. 1869), and to their gravestones in the Dutch cemetery at Inasa at Nagasaki.
Nestorians (File 99) - Box 14 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, correspondence, notes and references (1954-81) relating to the introduction of Christianity to Japan and its history.
Oriental Hotel, Kobe from 1870 (File 100) - Box 15 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, typescript (1968), notes, references, postcards and photographs (1908, 1930s and 1945).
Patton, Emily Sophia (1831-1912) (File 101) - Box 15 (MS 6681)
Author and teacher of music, singing and dancing, who went to Japan in about 1887.
Typescript, notes, references, correspondence, photocopies and photographs (1964, 1974).
Photography (File 102) - Box 15 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings, correspondence and article (1957-81) relating to the history of photography in Japan. There is also a copy of Williams' index to the photographic albums.
Poole, Otis Manchester (1880-1978) (File 103) - Box 15 (MS 6681)
American author, one-time resident of Yokohama.
Correspondence with Williams (1964-80).
Prostitution (File 104) - Box 15 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings, typescripts, correspondence and photographs (1956- 80) relating to the history of prostitution and Japanese prostitutes.
Protestant Christianity (File 105) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, articles and notes (1957-65) relating to the Episcopal Church at Nagasaki, the Protestant centenary in 1959 and the history of Christian schools.
Richardson affair (Namamugi incident) 1862 (File 106) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings, correspondence, article and photographs (1962-80) relating to the murder of Charles Lennox Richardson near the village of Namamugi.
Rickshaws/Jinrikisha (File 107) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
Notes, references and press cuttings (1964, 1980) relating to the history of rickshaws.
The Ringers of Japan and the Ringer House (File 108) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
Frederick Ringer (1838-1907) came to Nagasaki in 1864 and with R. Holmeestablished the trading firm, Holme Ringer & Co.
Typescript, notes, press cuttings, family tree and correspondence relating to Frederick Ringer and his family, and to Williams' publication The Story of Holme Ringer & Co. Ltd in Western Japan 1868-1968 (1968).
Rokko-San and the Kobe Golf Club (File 109) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, press cuttings, correspondence and typescript of lecture (1959-78) relating to Mount Rokko, golf in Japan, the Kobe Golf Club and the Kobe Walking Society.
St. George's Church, Shioya (File 110) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
Church of England church established 1950, closed 1977.
Notes, references, correspondence, press cuttings and photographs (1951-81) relating to the Church, its closure and the transfer of the altar ornaments to the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England.
The Sakai massacre 8 March 1868 (File 111) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, correspondence and notes (1965, 1971) relating to the massacre of eleven French sailors at Sakai in 1868.
Satow, Sir Ernest M. (1843-1929) (File 112) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
British diplomat and author.
Correspondence (1981), press cuttings and notes (1962).
Shinto; Yasukuni shrine; Ise shrines (File 113) - Box 16 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, notes and press cuttings (1962-75) relating to Shinto shrines, including the Yasukuni shrine, the Ise shrines and the shrine of the Universe.
Shioya (File 114) - Box 17 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, correspondence, notes, references, typescripts and articles (1953-81) relating to the history of Shioya, the Shioya Country Club, St. George's Church of Shioya, rentals and the James Estate and its water supply.
Shioya Country Club (File 115) - Box 17 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, correspondence, notes, references, typescript and article (1934- 81) relating to the history of the Shioya Country Club. Included are the Articles of Association of the Club.
Slade, Ewell W. (1895-1980) and Dr Harold Slade (1860-1908) (File 116) - Box 17 (MS 6681)
Ewell W. Slade was a Japanese-born American resident of Shioya from 1916 until about 1940. His father was an American expatriate doctor, dentist and missionary in Japan.
Correspondence with E.W. Slade and Samuel Sokobin (1955-80); notes, typescript and obituaries (1980) for Ewell Slade.
Sokobin, Samuel (File 117) - Box 17 (MS 6681)
American diplomat and scholar and last United States Consul-General in Kobe prior to 1941.
Correspondence with Sokobin (1957-81). There is also one item on J.O.P. Bland, British author and journalist, and a file containing Christmas cards, with accompanying essays, from Sokobin.
Solomon, Stuart (Y. Hoshino) (1857-1907) (File 118) - Box 17 (MS 6681)
Irish resident of Yokohama and proprietor of the Shoji Hotel; he was also known as Harry Solomon and Y. Hoshino.
Press cuttings (1895), notes, correspondence (1967-69), typescripts and photographs relating to Solomon and his partner Herbert William Brockbank (d. 1895).
Sorge, Richard (1885-1944) (File 119) - Box 18 (MS 6681)
Russian spy of German nationality in Japan.
Notes, press cuttings (1965-80) and photographs of his grave. Included is a copy of the book The man with three faces by Hans-Otto Meissner (1955).
Steam vessels sold or reportedly sold to Japan to 1870 (File 120_21) - Box 18 (MS 6681)
Listings, notes and photographs compiled by T.M. Milne (1963-64).
Suma, Ichinotani, Tarumi, Maiko, Akashi (File 122) - Box 18 (MS 6681)
Places in and around Kobe.
Typescript and press cuttings (1964, 1974-75).
Suttor, John Bligh (1859-1925) (File 123) - Box 18 (MS 6681)
New South Wales Government Commercial Commissioner in the East 1903-22.
Typescript, correspondence (1975-77) and photographs of his grave in the Shuhogahra Foreign Cemetery in Kobe.
The Takasuka family in Australia (File 124) - Box 18 (MS 6681)
Typescript of 'An Immigrant Family' by D.C.S. Sissons (1977); notes and reprint of an article in Hemisphere relating to Jo Takasuka, a Japanese migrant to Australia in 1905, and his family.
J.L. Thompson Co. Ltd (File 125_26) - Box 19 (MS 6681)
Retail store, bookshop and book publishing firm.
Photographs and reproductions of the firm (1878, 1919, 1930 and 1959); notes from nineteenth-century directories, correspondence (1966-74) and press cuttings relating to the firm and foreign pharmacies in Japan. There are lists of books published by J.L. Thompson Ltd and legal documents with correspondence (1951-53).
Tor Hotel, Kobe, other hotels in Kobe (File 127) - Box 19 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, notes and nineteenth-century references relating to the early history of the Tor Hotel and other hotels in Kobe. The hotels listed are the Tor, the New Port, the Koshien, the Lyman, the Sandborn, the Hiogo, the Mikado (Jiutei), the Belle Vue, the Hotel des Colonies and the Globe.
Trade (File 128) - Box 19 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, notes, references, typescript and published articles (1957-76) relating to commercial relations between Japan and Britain (from 1599) and Japan and the United States. There is specific material on trade with Kobe, Nagasaki and Yokohama.
Tsukiji (Tokyo foreign settlement) and Tokyo Union Church (File 129) - Box 19 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, notes, references, typescripts, publications and correspondence with G. L. Snodgrass (1965-66), a former resident of Tokyo, relating to the history of the Tokyo Foreign Settlement.
United States Embassy, legation and consulates in Japan (File 130) - Box 20 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, notes, references and correspondence (1960-81) relating to the history of the Embassy from 1859 to 1976. There are also typescripts of profiles of American ambassadors (1966), United States consular officers and consulates at Hakodate, Kobe, Nagasaki, Osaka and Yokohama.
Unzen (Shimabara) (File 131) - Box 20 (MS 6681)
Summer resort near Nagasaki.
Press cuttings, notes and references (1960s, 1980-81).
Van Reed, Eugene (1835-1873) (File 132) - Box 20 (MS 6681)
American consulate clerk, consul at Hawaii and resident of Japan from 1859 to 1872.
Correspondence, press cuttings (1956, 1968), notes and references about Van Reed, his role in the Japanese emigration to Hawaii, the visit of King Kalakaua of Hawaii to Japan in 1881 and the S.S. Scioto, the first steamer to take emigrants from Japan to Hawaii.
Walsh Hall Co.; Thomas Walsh, John Walsh; Kobe Paper Mill (File 133) - Box 20 (MS 6681)
Formerly Walsh & Co., founded in 1868 in Kobe by the Walsh brothers.
Notes, references, correspondence and articles (1957-76) relating to the history of the firm and the development of the paper-making industry in Japan.
Wenceslau de Moraes (1854-1929) (File 134) - Box 20 (MS 6681)
Portuguese diplomat and author who settled in Japan in 1889.
Press cuttings, notes, references and photographs (1955-81).
Whaler Lady Rowena; the Ladoga; the brig Cyprus (File 135) - Box 21 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, notes and correspondence (1968-81) relating to the history of whaling in Japanese waters. Included is a reprint of 'A Sydney Whaler 1829-32: The Reminiscences of James Heberley' in the Journal of Pacific History, vol. 10 (1975).
Wirgman, Charles (1832-1891) (File 136) - Box 21 (MS 6681)
English journalist, artist and cartoonist that arrived in Nagasaki in 1861.
Press cuttings, notes, references, correspondence and typescripts (1968-78). There are photographs of Wirgman's cartoons from the Japan Punch and sketches published in the Illustrated London News.
Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery (File 137) - Box 21 (MS 6681)
Photographs of graves (1968), press cuttings and correspondence (1958-80) relating to the history of the cemetery from 1853.
Van Zandt, Howard, F. (File 138) - Box 21 (MS 6681)
American resident of Japan from about 1945 to 1972. Author of 'Random Thoughts'—articles on 'Things Japanese' published in the monthly issues of Kokusai Denshin Denwa from 1966 to 1979.
Press cuttings, correspondence, notes and reviews of his book New Facts about
Japanese and Americans (1971); press cuttings (1980) relating to the scandal of Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. (KDD).
Series 2. Additional Subject Files
This series contains additional subject files, most of which were originally in spring-back folders with a few in scrapbook form. Like Series 1, the files include copies of typescripts of Williams' published articles, correspondence, notes, references, press cuttings of his own and other people's articles, photographs and other miscellaneous material assembled in the course of his research from 1949 to 1987. These files are arranged alphabetically by the names given to them by Harold Williams.
Ailion Family. (File 1) - Box 22 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, press cuttings (1960-82) and photographs (including a portrait of Isaac Ailion) relating to the Ailion Family, Isaac Ailion and amateur dramatics in Kobe in 1894.
Asiatic Society of Japan (File 2_6) - Box 22 (MS 6681)
Copies of the Bulletin of the Society (1971-83) including notes and press cuttings, with indexes to the journal from 1971 to 1980.
Australia-Japan relations (File 7_10) - Box 23 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1867-68), notes and articles (1961-78) concerning the history of Australia-Japan relations and specific individual events and subjects including immigration, the 1964 Olympics and the development of the Australia-Japan Society.
Australian Pavilion at the 1970 EXPO in Japan (File 11) - Box 23 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings and notes.
Cemeteries (File 12_16) - Box 23 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, notes, typescripts and photographs (1961-80) relating to the history of cemeteries in Japan and individual graves of foreign residents and foreigners. Folder 16 contains copies of the typescripts The Foreign Cemeteries of Kobe and Osaka and 'The Forgotten Grave' by Williams, with accompanying correspondence, notes and cuttings relating to the story of Antoine Pierre Van der Aa, a Belgian who died in 1870 and was the first foreigner to be buried in Osaka.
Cemeteries of Nagasaki (File 17) - Box 24 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, notes, press cuttings (1957-78) and lists of nineteenth-century graves in the foreign cemeteries.
Cobb Co.; United Yeomen for Sutherland Coaching Companies in Japan; Sutherland stamps (File 18_20) - Box 24 (MS 6681)
Correspondence, journal extracts, press cuttings and stamp bulletins relating to the history of the Sutherland Coaching Company and early transport in Japan. There is material relating to the origin of rare Sutherland stamps.
Cornes, Frederick (b. 1837) (File 21) - Box 24 (MS 6681)
English silk expert who founded the firm of Aspinall, Cornes and Co. in Yokohama.
Scrapbook compiled after 1981 containing photographs, notes, typescripts, photocopies and press cuttings (1909-36) relating to Frederick Cornes and the company he founded.
European intercourse with Japan; Japan-Netherlands relations (File 22) - Box 24 (MS 6681)
Notes and press cuttings (1898-1981) relating to the history of Europe-Japan relations, in particular the relations between the Netherlands and Japan.
Food, drinks and menus (File 23_26) - Box 25 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings and articles relating to the influence of European culture on Japanese food from the 1860s. Subjects include food, drinks, menus, banquets, bars and restaurants, food prices, housekeeping, sake, tea and beef.
Foreign cemeteries in Osaka (File 27) - Folio 1 (MS 6681)
Scrapbook containing correspondence, minutes, photographs (1950-78), press cuttings, notes and a printed copy of The Foreign Cemeteries of Kobe and Osaka (Folio 1).
Foreigners in Japan (File 28_30) - Box 25 (MS 6681)
Scrapbooks of press cuttings on contemporary foreigners living or visiting Japan: vol. 1 (1968-71), vol. 2 (1971-73), vol. 3 (1974-84).
Townsend Harris (1804-1878) and Okichi-San (1841-1891) (File 31) - Folio 2 (MS 6681)
Townsend Harris was the first United States Consul General to Japan from 1856 to 1862. Okichi-San was the alleged Japanese mistress of Harris. Scrapbook with index containing notes, press cuttings, correspondence and journal extracts (1860, 1936, 1953-73) relating to Harris and the story of Okichi- San (Folio 2).
Holme Ringer Co. (File 32_33) - Box 26 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings (1968-76) and correspondence (1980) relating to the company, which was established in Nagasaki in 1868, and to writing the book, The Story of Holme Ringer & Co. Ltd in Western Japan 1868-1968 (1968).
Japanese midget submarine raid on Sydney Harbor May 1942 (File 34) - Box 26 (MS 6681)
Typescript and press cuttings (1968) relating to the visit to Australia of the mother of a crewmember.
Japanese - United States relations from 1853; the first foreign envoy to the United States in 1860 (File 35_36) - Box 26 (MS 6681)
Notes and press cuttings (1960, 1980) relating to voyage of the Kanrin Maru and the first Japanese diplomatic mission in the United States.
Japan - United States Amity and Trade Centennial (May 1960) (File 37) - Folio 3 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings and journal articles relating to the centenary and history of the first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States (Folio 3).
Kagoshima bombardment 15 August 1863; Shimonoseki Naval Operation 1863-64; Chino-Japanese war; Russo-Japanese war (File 38) - Folio 4 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings from the Illustrated London News (1863), photographs and postcards assembled in a scrapbook in 1964 (Folio 4).
Kobe (File 39) - Box 27 (MS 6681)
Kobe—a book of illustrations published by the Kobe City Office and an illustrated pamphlet on Kobe, both containing Williams' annotations of interesting photographs (1980).
Kobe (File 40_43) - Box 27 (MS 6681)
Notes, typescripts of articles and speeches, references, press cuttings and correspondence (1953-81) relating to the history of Kobe, indexed alphabetically by subject.
Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club (File 44) - Box 28 (MS 6681)
Correspondence (1971) concerning the publication of Williams' book The Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club: The First Hundred Years.
Kobe Club (File 45) - Box 28 (MS 6681)
Documents, notes and cards relating to the Club. They include a typescript of a chronological table (1868-1972) of the history and origin of the Kobe Club with references to Japanese English language newspapers.
Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club (File 46_47) - Box Folios 5-6 (MS 6681)
Two scrapbooks of programs, reports, notes, press cuttings, documents, photographs and correspondence (1911-71) (Folios 5-6).
Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club—reports etc. (File 48) - Folio 7 (MS 6681)
Copies of the pamphlet The Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club 1870-1927, published in 1927; articles of association and notes (Folio 7).
Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club (File 49) - Box 29 (MS 6681)
Album containing copies of reports, press cuttings, photographs, typescripts and contract documents (1925-83).
Kyoto (File 50) - Box 29 (MS 6681)
Notes, references and press cuttings (1959-73) relating to the history of Kyoto.
Nagasaki (File 51_52) - Box 29 (MS 6681)
Notes, references, press cuttings, correspondence and population statistics (1953-67).
Osaka (File 54_56) - Box 30 (MS 6681)
Notes, press cuttings with reproductions of nineteenth-century photographs of Osaka, typescript of lecture, articles and Japanese language journal (1957-79) relating to the history and foreign communities of Osaka. Included is a nineteenth-century press cutting. Folder 54 contains a list of the main subjects of the file.
The press: the foreign press in Japan (File 57_59) - Box 30 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, notes and correspondence (1941, 1957-60) relating to the history of English language newspapers and journals in Japan. Notes and typescript drafts of articles by Williams on newspapers in Japan are included in Folder 49. There is a name index to the newspapers and journals.
Shanghai and Macao (File 60) - Box 31 (MS 6681)
Scrapbook of press cuttings, journal articles, photographs and postcards relating to Shanghai and Macao in the 1950s and 1960s, and to China in the 1980s.
Shipping companies (File 61_62) - Box 31 (MS 6681)
American President Line; Ben Line; Kiodo Unyu Kaisha; Messageries Maritimes; NDL (North German Line); NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha); P&O (Peninsular and Oriental); Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co.; Pacific; Mail Steamship Co.; Royal Interocean Lines; Teikoku Senpaku KK.
Notes, references, press cuttings, correspondence and excerpts from letters and journals (1859, 1954-77) relating to the history of the shipping companies.
Ships and shipping (File 63_66) - Box 31 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings, correspondence (1954-80), notes and references relating to individual ships that were part of the history of shipping in Japan, including early British ships and vessels on the Pacific run; there are photographs of the Chusan, the Delta and the Massilia. A list of the ships mentioned appears at the front of Folder 63.
Teachers—foreign teachers in Japan (File 67) - Box 32 (MS 6681)
Scrapbook with name index containing press cuttings of articles on the history of foreign teachers in Japan by Sir Vere Redman in the Asahi Evening News from 1964 to 1966. Press cuttings and extracts from journals of articles by others (1965-78) are also included.
Tokyo (Yedo) (File 68_70) - Box 32 (MS 6681)
Notes and references from nineteenth-century newspapers, and press cuttings, correspondence and articles (1950-76) relating to the influence of western customs and society and the history of Tokyo in the context of the foreign settlements. Comparisons with the Japan of the 1960s to the 1980s are sometimes included in press cuttings. There are two pamphlets; one an illustrated tourist pamphlet relating to the 1964 Olympic Games, entitled Tokyo Invites, published by the Organizing Committee for the Games of the Eighteenth Olympiad; the other a pamphlet in Japanese and English entitled Oriental Goddess (1974-75), by Japanese businesswoman Mama Ginbasha.
'Where They Now Rest Peacefully' (File 71) - Box 33 (MS 6681)
Series in the Mainichi Daily News (1967-68).
Scrapbook of press cuttings of biographical details and locations of tombs of noted Japanese as published in the series 'Where They Now Rest Peacefully'. A listing is at the front of the file.
White Australia (File 72) - Box 33 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings from Australian newspapers (1953-61) and typescript of a speech by the Australian politician, Arthur Calwell.
Willis, William (File 73) - Box 33 (MS 6681)
The first British doctor in Japan, who arrived c.1862 as medical officer for the British Legation.
Correspondence, photocopies from Japanese microfilm (1982-83) and a typescript of a speech by Sir Hugh Cortazzi in 1983.
Yokohama (File 74_79) - Box 33 (MS 6681)
Postcards, press cuttings (1958-68), notes and references relating to Yokohama's history and foreign influence. Included is a copy of Kanagawa Community News, Japan vol. 15, (Nov. 1968), with an article relating to various phases of Yokohama settlement. There is also a typescript of a paper on the hospitals of Yokohama by D. Malcolm Edwards. A subject index to the file is in folder 74 (a-f) and folder 77 (g-z).
Miscellaneous (File 80) - Box 34 (MS 6681)
Typescript (1968) and press cuttings (1982) collected by Williams to add to his collection. The subjects are: Dutch-Deshima, H.J. Griffiths, the Kirby Case, Jardine Matheson, Nagasaki cemeteries, Commodore Perry, Professor F. Starr and Japan - United States trade relations.
Series 3. Persons and firms
Originally in twenty spring-back folders, this series contains notes, references, press cuttings, correspondence and occasional photographs (1946-1980) arranged alphabetically by the name of the person or firm associated with Japan. Files 62 to 65 contain research on Australian firms in Japan and Australians with a connection to Japan. Williams' titles have been retained.
Papers concerning the property of E.W. James in Japan, assembled by H.S. Williams when he was James' trustee (File 66) - Box 80 (MS 6681)
On cover of file: 'This file has been preserved for historical reasons as a fair example of the many claims for compensation which the Japanese began to formulate when they had had time to measure up the possibilities under the benevolent occupation'. It actually covers the claims made by fishermen of the Shioya area about the damage to their livelihood caused by a move of the water intake for the Shioya Country Club swimming pool.
This material was added to the collection on 23 August 2002.
Correspondence, 1947-65 (File 67) - Box 80 (MS 6681)
About the occupancy of houses on the James Estate in Shioya during the war and immediately afterwards, giving areas, rent charges, together with some taxation implications for foreign landlords. This file complements Series 1, Folder 65.
This material was added to the collection on 23 August 2002.
Series 4. Newspaper cuttings and notes
Originally in spring back folders, Williams arranged these press cuttings and notes in alphabetical order by subject. They relate to Williams' research from 1949 to the 1980s. Most of the press cuttings are from the 1960s and 1970s and complement the subject files in Series 1 and 2, although there is some duplication. Included are copies of typescripts of some of his articles as well as copies of journal and newspaper articles.
Acupuncture, Addresses, Adoption, Adventurers, Advertisements, Aeroplanes, 'Agony' columns in early newspapers, Ainu, Aliens in Japan, AWA (women divers), Amagasaki, Amboina (massacre of etc.), Anglo-Japanese relations, Animals, Anti-foreign feeling, Architecture, Arima-Awaji, Arita pottery, Arms and munitions, Asama and Karuizawa, Asians, Assassinations, Atami, Auctioneers, Auld Lang Syne, Autographs, Avec, Awaji Island (File 1) - Box 45 (MS 6681)
Balls, Banks, Barbarians, Barbers, Barriers, Baths and lavatories, Beachcombers, Beards, Beds, Beer, Beppu (File 2) - Box 45 (MS 6681)
Bible, Bicycle, Birds, Blackened teeth, 'Black' ships, Blue books, O-bon, Japanese bonds, Bonins, Books (File 3) - Box 45 (MS 6681)
Bowler hats, Bowling, Boy scouts, Bricks, Brighton pier, British Japanese relations, British poets in Japan, Buddhism, Bunraku, Burials, Bushido (File 5) - Box 45 (MS 6681)
Cabarets, Cafes, Bars, Cannibalism, Canada-Japan relations, Castles (pagodas) (File 6) - Box 45 (MS 6681)
Cats/Samisens, Centenaries, Changed living conditions, Charity, Cherry Trees (blossoms), Chinese in Australia, Chinese, Chino-Japanese war (File 7) - Box 45 (MS 6681)
Chits, 'Chops' (trade marks), Christmas, Christian schools, Churches, Persecution of Christianity, Christians in Japan, Charity (de Liefde) Ship, Chugen, Circuses (File 8) - Box 46 (MS 6681)
Clothing, Clubs, Coaching companies, Coaches, Coal, Coffee shops - coffee, Coiffure, Cocos Is., Coinage, Collections, Coloured men in Japan, Communications, Compromise-dakyo, Consensus, Constitution, Consular courts, Consular service (File 9) - Box 46 (MS 6681)
Coolies, Copper, Costs of living, Cotton - cotton spinning, Crazes, Cremation, Cricket, Crows, Cruelty to animals (File 10) - Box 46 (MS 6681)
Daibutsu, Daimyo, Dancing, Calendar dates, Deer, Democracy, Demon tiles, Department stores, Diamonds, Dictionaries (File 12) - Box 46 (MS 6681)
Directories, Discovery of America, Discrimination, Disease in Japan in earlier days, Disfiguring monuments, Divorces, 'No Chinese, no dogs', Dogs, Dollars, Dutch, Dutch East India Co (File 13) - Box 46 (MS 6681)
Earthquakes, Education (writing, language, slang), Electricity, Elephants, Eminent domain, Emigration, Emperor/Empress, Studying English (File 14) - Box 46 (MS 6681)
Impact of Englishmen in Japan, English regiments, Enoshima, Fujisawa and Katase, Erotica, Espionage, Eta (File 15) - Box 47 (MS 6681)
Etiquette, Examinations, Exchange rates, Executions-punishments, Exhibitions, Extra-territoriality, Eyes (File 16) - Box 47 (MS 6681)
Family records (Koseki), Famine, Far East, Fire brigades, Fire, Fire insurance, Fireworks, Firsts, and the Flag of Japan (File 17) - Box 47 (MS 6681)
Flower arrangements, Foreigners in Japan, Formosa, Fortune-tellers, Forty-seven ronin, Foxes, Freemasonry, Fuji-san, Fundoshi, Funerals, Furniture, Furoshiki, Furyo-Gaijin, Gaijin, Gambling, Gankero-Gankiro, Gangsters, Gardens, Geisha, Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado, Giri, Glass bottles, Glossary (File 18) - Box 47 (MS 6681)
Go, Goats, Go-home, Gold, Goldfish, Golf, Good old days, Gravestones, Grog shops, Guidebooks (File 19) - Box 47 (MS 6681)
Hakodate, Hanshin, Hara-kiri, Hawaii, Hats, Hepburn system - Romaji, Hibachi, Himeji, Himeji Castle, Hirado (File 20) - Box 47 (MS 6681)
21 Hiroshima, Hissing, History, Hokkaido, National holidays, Hongkong, Honjin, Hongs, Horses, Horse-racing - riding (File 21) - Box 47 (MS 6681)
Hotels - inns - boarding houses, Housekeeping in Japan, House-numbering system, Human rights, Hunky dory, Hunting, Hymns, Ice, Ice cream, Ijin-kan, Ikebana, Illegal trade, Immigration, Inaka, Infanticide, Ise shrines, Insurance, Jap-ken-pon, Japs-Japanese, Japanese abroad, Japan-America relations, Japan-Britain relations, Japanese immigration, Japan misrepresented (File 22) - Box 48 (MS 6681)
Learning Japanese language, Japlish, Japanese nationalism, Jews, Jinrikisha, Jizo, Judo-Jiujitsu (File 23) - Box 48 (MS 6681)
Kabuki, Kabuto-yama and Koroen, Kago (palanquin), Kagoshima, Kakiemon pottery, Kamtschatka, Kamakura, Kamikaze, Kangaroo, Kanji, Kansai-Kwanto, Kanto, Karuizawa, Katakana (File 24) - Box 48 (MS 6681)
Kerosene, Keto Jin, Kimigayo, Kimono, Kinki, Kipling and Japan, Kites, Kojiki, Komuso, Korea-Koreans, Koseki (family records), Koya-san, Kure, Kuro-shio, Kyokau, Labor problems (File 25) - Box 48 (MS 6681)
Land values and problems, Language items and problems, Lanterns, Laughter, Lavatories, Lawyers-legal, Leprosy, Letter carriers, Libraries, Lighthouses, Lions (shishi), Lion dancers, Liquor, Livers (cannibalism), Looting (File 26) - Box 48 (MS 6681)
Macau, Mah-jong, Mails, Mama-san, Maps, Mixed marriages, Marshall v. Marshall, Maru, Masonry, Matsue, Medicine, Merchants (akindo), Meiji shrine, Metric system, Mexico (File 27) - Box 48 (MS 6681)
Mikado, Mino, The Mint, Misbehavior on shore (rudeness), Misrepresented Japan, Missionaries, Mistresses, Miyajima, Fujiya Hotel (Miyanoshita), Moji, Monkeys, Motor cars, Movies, Mountaineering-walking, Moxa (moxybustion), Multinational corporations, Mummies, Music-opera, Musume, Myths (File 28) - Box 48 (MS 6681)
Nakasendo, Narcotics, Names (family names), Nanten, Nara, Narikin, Naruto Whirlpool, Nationality, Necks, Neo-Confucianism (nationalism), Negroes in Japan, Nestorians, Netsuke, Newspaper howlers (File 29) - Box 49 (MS 6681)
New Zealand Embassy, Nihon-zipangu, Niigata, Nikko-Chuzenji-Nantai-San, Nikko crests upside down, Ninjutsu, Nisei, Nishigawa Island, Noise, Nojirim Nori, Nosatsu (stickers on temples), Noses, No dogs or Chinese (File 30) - Box 49 (MS 6681)
Nudity, O-bon, Occupation era, Odawara, Office boys (and shop girls), Okinawa, Oni-gawara (demon-tiles), Opening of Japan, Omine san (Mountt Omine), Onsen, Opera, Opium (File 31) - Box 49 (MS 6681)
Orient-oriental, Overcoat etiquette, Pachinko, Pagoda, Painting (early foreign), Palanquin (norimono), Pearls (Ama-pearl divers), Peke, Perpetual leases (File 32) - Box 49 (MS 6681)
Phallic worship, Philippines (Japanese Christians, wooden statue of Emperor and Empress Meiji, Rizal), Philately, Photography, Photograph albums, Pickpockets, Pidgin English, Pigeons (File 33) - Box 49 (MS 6681)
Pillows, Pillon books, Place names, Plastic surgery, Poetry, Pony express, Population, Portuguese, Postcards (File 34) - Box 49 (MS 6681)
Postal stamps, Postal service, Pottery, Presents and gifts, Presidents of the United States, Prices, Prime Ministers, Printing, Prisoners of War, Prostitutes, Prostitution, Proverbs, Punctuality (File 35) - Box 49 (MS 6681)
Rats, Religion, Religious performance, Remittance men, Responsibility, Restaurants, The Restoration (of 1868), Rice, Rickshaws, Rising Sun, Roads, Romaji, Romaji-kai, Ronin, Rugger (Rugby football) (File 37) - Box 50 (MS 6681)
Russians, Russians in Australia, Russo-Japanese War, Russian prisoners of war in Japan (File 38) - Box 50 (MS 6681)
Sado Island (Sado-shima), Sakhalin, Sailing (yachting), Saint Andrews, Takamori Saigo, Saint George, Saint Patrick, Saint Valentine's Day, Sake (O-sake), Sakura, Sakurajima, Salt, Salvation Army (File 39) - Box 50 (MS 6681)
Samurai (merchants), Sayonara, Scarecrows, Seals (Han), Sealers, Self-defense force, Servants, Setsubun, Sheep, Shimbara - Hara castle, Shibui (File 40) - Box 50 (MS 6681)
Shimoda, Shimonoseki naval operations, Shimansen, Shinto, Ships, Shipbuilding, Shipping, Shipwrecked Japanese and foreigners, Shogun, Shroffs, Silks, Silver, Smuggling (File 41) - Box 50 (MS 6681)
Soka-gakkai, Son-no-joi, Souvenirs, Soviets, Soya bean, Spinning industry, Spiritualism, Sports, Squatters, Statistics, Stomach upsets from food, Stones, Strikes (File 42) - Box 51 (MS 6681)
Suicides, Sukiyaki, Sumo, Superstitions, Sweden-Scandinavians, Sweet words - sour meaning, Swire Sons, Swords (File 43) - Box 51 (MS 6681)
Takamatsu, Takarazuka, Taking off shoes, Tanegashima, Tattooing, Taxes-taxation, Taxis, Tea, Tea ceremony, Tea clipper, Tea houses, Teachers, Telegraphs, Telephones, Tennis, Tenrikyo, Theatricals - amateur dramatics, Japanese theater, Thursday Island, Tidal waves (File 44) - Box 51 (MS 6681)
Tipping, Tobacco, Toilets (lavatories), Tokaido, Tokei, Tokugawa Road, Tokusei, The Tommy polka, Topsy-turvydom, Torii, Tourists-tourism, Trade - Japan-British relations, Trade, Traffic - deaths - accidents, Transition, Transportation (File 45) - Box 51 (MS 6681)
Travel restrictions, Traveling, Treaty ports, Treaties, Trees and plants, Typhoons (File 46) - Box 51 (MS 6681)
Ukiyoe paintings, Christian universities, Universities, Unzen, V.I.Ps, Wake Island, Wages, Walking from Yokohama to Kobe, Weddings (File 47) - Box 51 (MS 6681)
Series 5. Photographs
This first consignment of material in this series contains 36 photograph albums: Albums numbers 1-24, 29-30, and 33-42, as numbered by Harold Williams. The original album number is shown on the list with the prefix HSW, followed by the numbers of the photographs in that album.
Material was added to this series in September 2005: 11 albums and a photograph. Originally numbered by donor, they are now numbered chronologically as much as possible. The number in brackets after the date is the one which appears on the spine. Items in this addition to Series 5 are identified by Vol/Piece Folder numbers only, and Folio numbers have been discontinued.
There are no albums, 25 - 28, or 31 - 32, in the Collection.
Albums numbers 1-20, 22-24, 29-30, and 33-42 have been microfilmed and are on microfiche at McG 4244/1-202. A separate listing is attached (see the Related Documentation tab). There is an index to Album 21 but no record of it having been microfilmed.
An index to the photograph albums is in Series 11/3, Indexes to Photographs. Each album has a list of photographs inside the front cover. Some albums have subject indexes to individual photographs. The photographs include original photographs, photographs of press cuttings and photographs of paintings and drawings. There are a few original wood engravings.
The rest of the series contains individual photographs, stereoscopic and aerial views, duplicate photographs and negatives of photographs in the albums and of other material in the collection.
Extracts from English language nineteenth-century newspapers with index (HSW Album no. 1, 1-69, Folio 8) (File 1) - Folio 8 (MS 6681)
Extracts from English language nineteenth-century newspapers and postcards with index (HSW Album no. 2, 70-130, Folio 9) (File 2) - Folio 9 (MS 6681)
The Kamakura murders 1864 (Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird) (HSW Album no. 3, 131-149b, Folio 10) (File 3) - Folio 10 (MS 6681)
General items and early newspaper cuttings relating to fire insurance agencies in Kobe and Yokohama, early foreign residents in Yokohama and amateur dramatic performances (HSW Album no. 4, 150-230, Folio 11) (File 4) - Folio 11 (MS 6681)
General items; Lake Shoji, Cowra POW camp 1944, Japanese garden in 1984 (HSW Album no. 6, 325-400, Folio 13) (File 6) - Folio 13 (MS 6681)
Yokohama 1860s-1895, 1919, and undated (HSW Album no. 9, 570-699, Folio 16) (File 9) - Folio 16 (MS 6681)
Nagasaki and Shimonoseki 1872-1937, 1960 (HSW Album no. 11, 786-866, Folio 18) (File 11) - Folio 18 (MS 6681)
Group photographs in Kobe 1890s, 1902-17, (HSW Album no. 12, 867-899e, Folio 19) (File 12) - Folio 19 (MS 6681)
Photographs from various publications including Japanese and English language books, press cuttings and legal documents (HSW Album no. 13, 900-1022, Folio 20.) (File 13) - Folio 20 (MS 6681)
Photographs from various publications including newspaper extracts; original press cuttings of C.B. Bernard's sketches reproduced in the Japan Advertiser (HSW Album no. 14, 1030-1145, Folio 21) (File 14) - Folio 21 (MS 6681)
Kobe and Osaka 1868-1934, 1945-52 (HSW Album no. 18, 2055-2162, Folio 25) (File 18) - Folio 25 (MS 6681)
Kobe and Osaka, mostly 1930, 1961 (HSW Album no. 19, 2165-2271, Folio 26) (File 19) - Folio 26 (MS 6681)
Flood damage at Kobe, July 1938 (HSW Album no. 20, 2276-2350, Folio 27) (File 20) - Folio 27 (MS 6681)
Pacific War damage, air raid damage and the Occupation period (HSW Album no. 21, 2351-2516, Folio 28) - MISSING (File 21) - Folio 28 (MS 6681)
Kobe group photographs, the Rokko Golf Club and E.W. James's mansion, 1907-1937 (HSW Album no. 22, 2520-2539, Folio 29) (File 22) - Folio 29 (MS 6681)
Colour tinted photographs of Japanese life (HSW Album no. 23, 2540-2580, Folio 30) (File 23) - Folio 30 (MS 6681)
Views of Tokyo, early twentieth century (HSW Album no. 24, 2581-2629, Folio 31) (File 24) - Folio 31 (MS 6681)
Extracts from publications and news cuttings, mostly from the nineteenth century (HSW Album no. 29, 3001-3100, Folio 32) (File 25) - Folio 32 (MS 6681)
Miyanoshita, Hakone, Hakodate, Sapporo, Muroran, Chuzenji, Nikko, Kamakura, Kyoto, Miyajima, Okayama, Tomo and Enoshi 1860-1890s (HSW Album no. 30, 3101-3175, Folio 33) (File 26) - Folio 33 (MS 6681)
Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club, baseball and other sports 1870-1930s (HSW Album no. 33, 3530-3599, Folio 34) (File 27) - Folio 34 (MS 6681)
Recreation ground Higashi-Yuenchi, cricket and baseball teams 1893-1930, 1955-73 (HSW Album no. 34, 3600-3663, Folio 35) (File 28) - Folio 35 (MS 6681)
Korea; also a few of the Suez Canal and Port Said; some unidentified (HSW Album no. 35, 3665-3800, Folio 36) (File 29) - Folio 36 (MS 6681)
Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Chefoo, Port Arthur—reproductions of paintings, postcards and photographs 1838-1928 (HSW Album no. 37, 4101-4180, Folio 38) (File 31) - Folio 38 (MS 6681)
James Estate, Shioya 1950s-1960s and E.W. James's property at Kitano-cho, Kobe (HSW Album no. 38, 8000-8199, Folio 39) (File 32) - Folio 39 (MS 6681)
E.W James's property, Shioya 1947 (HSW Album no. 39, 8200-8230, Folio 40) (File 33) - Folio 40 (MS 6681)
Houses in the James Estate, Shioya (HSW Album no. 40, 8231-8260, Folio 41) (File 34) - Folio 41 (MS 6681)
Collection of rare photographs of Japanese places and views, three of Hong Kong, pre-1900 (HSW Album no. 42, Folio 43) (File 36) - Folio 43 (MS 6681)
Negatives of photographs in the collection including extracts from Nagasaki English language newspapers from 1860 with index; negatives of photographs in the photographic albums of extracts from Japanese English language newspapers from c.1868; negatives of photographs in the subject files in Series 1, with indexes (File 37) - Box 52 (MS 6681)
Negatives of photographs of directories (1860-1930) held in the Williams' Book Collection (1860-1930) (File 38) - Box 52 (MS 6681)
Duplicate photographs of a few pages from the Hong Kong Directory and Chronicle (1877, 1884-85, 1923, 1925) and the China Directory (1860, 1862, 1872) held in the Williams' Book Collection (File 39) - Box 52 (MS 6681)
Photolithographic portrait of Sir Ernest Satow from the Vanity Fair series 'Men of the Day' no. 875, entitled 'Peking', 23 April 1903 (Folio 44) (File 43) - Folio 44 (MS 6681)
Two albums of photographs of Charles Ailion's house and his flower arrangements (File 44_45) - Box 53 (MS 6681)
Album of photographs and postcards of the Williams' trips to mainland China (1964-65) (File 47) - Box 53 (MS 6681)
A collection of published lithographs entitled 'The Beginning of Modern Civilization in Japan' (1968) (Folio 48) (File 51) - Folio 48 (MS 6681)
One box of spare photographs, originals of which are in the photographic albums (File 52) - Box 54 (MS 6681)
One box of negatives of photographs in Photographic albums 1-2, 5-21, 29-30, 33-35, 36. Included are negatives of photographs of early Kobe which were used in an exhibition at the Kobe Club on the occasion of its centenary (File 53) - Box 54 (MS 6681)
Photographs [1920's] (File 54) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Original album which contained photographs now in Preservation album at 5/56. (File 55) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Photographs of great earthquake of 1 September 1923 and others (File 56) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
(Formerly in Asian Collection at HSWq 1197). (Now in Preservation album. Original album at 5/55).
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'HSW - Japan, 1919-23 (1)' (File 57) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'HSW - Japan, 1923-30 (2) - Yokohama earthquake' (File 58) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'HSW - Japan 1930-33 (3)' (File 59) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'HSW - Japan 1933-45 (4)' (File 60) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'HSW-GFW's album, 1935' (File 61) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'Around 1948-59' (File 62) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
On spine: '#1, 1952-55' (File 63) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
On front: 'This volume is one of eleven scrap books which contain cuttings of my writings in chronological order. They are to be kept for and by my family. But, if not required by them are to be sent to the National Library of Australia at Canberra to be included in the Harold S. Williams documentation, rather than that they should be destroyed. I do not wish them to be passed to any person or organization'.
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'Mainland China 1964; also Shioya 1961-64' (File 64) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'HSW 1968-1971' (File 65) - Folio-Box (No. ?) (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Series 6. Writings by Harold Williams
This series contains typescripts and press cuttings kept by Williams as a record of his articles and letters published in journals. Copies of many of them are included in the subject files in Series 1 and 2.
Williams compiled the eleven scrapbooks of his writings. They contain press cuttings of his letters and articles with associated letters, arranged in chronological order.
Scrapbooks that contain material by Williams and other authors and were arranged primarily with regard to subject matter have been relocated to Series 2, the subject series.
Typescripts and press cuttings of articles on various subjects, 1955-82, some of which were published in West Meets East (1996) (File 1_2) - Box 55 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and cuttings of articles in the series Shades of the Past, published in the Mainichi newspaper from 1953 to 1958; also published as a book in 1959 (File 3) - Box 55 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and cuttings for the book Tales of Foreign Settlements in Japan (1958) (File 4_5) - Box 55 (MS 6681)
Typescripts of lectures and talks given by Williams on various subjects from 1957 to 1976. A list of the topics and a subject index are at the front of folder 6 (File 6_8) - Box 55 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings of articles (1975) on the centenary of the Kobe Club, and the family tree and chronological table relating to the publisher and printer, Albert William Hansard (1821-1866). There is a photocopy from a Japanese language publication (File 9) - Box 56 (MS 6681)
Photocopies of articles, mostly on the history of Kobe, published in the Japan Times (1983) and the Kobe Club's Spotlight (1981-84) (File 10) - Box 56 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings of articles and letters on various subjects (1970-81). Included is an obituary on Ewell William Slade and two copies of The Foreign Cemeteries of Kobe and Osaka (1978) (File 11) - Box 56 (MS 6681)
Published articles on Shuhogahara, the use of the word 'Jap' and 'Bob Hope's Blunder', with two letters (1973) (File 12) - Box 56 (MS 6681)
Published articles (1974-76) in the Japan Times Weekly, Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan and the Mainichi Daily News. Included is an article in the series 'The Occupation of Japan' (File 14) - Box 56 (MS 6681)
Photocopies of typescripts and articles, including a copy of the last article published in 1987 for his series 'Shades of the Past' (File 15) - Box 56 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and correspondence on 'Rokko-san and Golf' and 'The Mountain Goats of Kobe' (File 16) - Box 56 (MS 6681)
Scrapbook No. 6, containing articles by Williams which were published in Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, 1968-82 (File 22) - Box 58 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and cuttings of articles on Kobe, many of which were included in West Meets East (1996) (File 27) - Box 60 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings and typescripts of lectures and articles on Communist China and Macao (1958-68), which have not been published in book form (Folio 49) (File 28) - Folio 49 (MS 6681)
Scrapbook (unnumbered), 1953-56 (File 29) - Box 81 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Scrapbook (unnumbered), 1953-81 (File 30) - Box 81 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Scrapbook, on spine: '#5 - Tours into Red China', 1964-68 (File 31) - Box 81 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Scrapbook (unnumbered), 1963-83(?) (File 32) - Box 81 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Lectures on Kobe (File 33) - Box 81 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Lectures given by HSW - 'Suitable for new book?' (File 34) - Box 81 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'Spare set of illustrations for The Murder of Major Baldwin and Lieutenant Bird at Kamakura' (File 35) - Box 82 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Typescript article about Harold S. Williams (File 35) - Box 82 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Cuttings and articles by Harold S. Williams from ring binders (File 36_37) - Box 82 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Cuttings and articles from folder 'HS and GF' (File 38_40) - Box 82 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Series 7. Manuscripts, typescripts and articles by other writers
In the course of his research, Harold Williams collected and was given manuscripts, typescripts and articles by other writers.
Extracts of issues of 'Random Thoughts' by Howard F. van Zandt published in the monthly Kokusai Denshin Denwa (International Telecommunications Services), Tokyo, 1966-79. There is a list of subjects in front of Folder 1 with subjects relating to Japan highlighted (File 1_3) - Box 61 (MS 6681)
Photocopied typescript of dissertation, 'Selected Letters by Dr William Sturgis Bigelow' vols. 1 and 2 (1964-65), by Akiko Murakata with an index by Williams (File 4_12) - Box 61 (MS 6681)
Manuscript of 'Developing Central Australia', part 3, by an unknown author (File 14) - Box 62 (MS 6681)
Three copies of a manuscript entitled 'The Solution of our Desert Problem' by William Paterson (1963) (Folio 50) (File 15) - Folio 50 (MS 6681)
Manuscript of 'Hachisabro' by Charles S. Bavier (d. 1977). Pages 1-757 of the manuscript were not received in the Library. Folder 16 also contains notes by Williams (1977) and two letters (1968, 1977) concerning the manuscript (File 16_21) - Box 63 (MS 6681)
Series 8. Papers of Gertrude F. Williams
This series contains material collected by Gertrude (Jean) Williams relating to her particular interest in the arts and crafts of Japan. There are also typescripts of articles on subjects relating to the history and culture of Japan with notes and references that were added to the papers from 1987 to 1995.
Album of black and white photographs of the watercolours of the journalist and artist Charles Wirgman (1832-1891) with letters, a press cutting and biographical notes (1972-82) (File 2) - Box 66 (MS 6681)
Photocopy of 'Temple chops' obtained by G.F Williams during her 'pilgrimage' to the Thirty-three Holy Places sacred to Kwannon (Saikoku Sanju-san-ka-sho) in 1937 (File 3) - Box 66 (MS 6681)
A collection of prints of the Judges' selection at the 4th Art Exhibition by the Department of Education (n.d.) with list (File 7) - Box 67 (MS 6681)
Articles on Japanese houses and papermaking, Chinese painting and Japanese pipe cases; four drawings by Enrique Castells Capurro; twelve colour prints of early Tokyo (1887-1891) (Folio 51) (File 8) - Folio 51 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and notes by Harold and Gertrude Williams relating to gifts and gift-giving in Japan (File 9) - Box 67 (MS 6681)
Typescript by Gertrude Williams on Isaac Ailion and his family, letters from the Ailion family (1945-46) and other correspondence (1983-95) (File 10) - Box 67 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and press cuttings relating to the Palaestra of Japan, the Sumo wrestlers and Kendo (File 11) - Box 67 (MS 6681)
Postcards, photographs and typescript (1 p.) relating to cormorant fishing in Japan (File 12) - Box 67 (MS 6681)
Typescripts of notes and extracts from publications (1907-57) relating to early Christianity in Japan, the Buddhist religion and Shinto Shrinic worship (File 13) - Box 67 (MS 6681)
Typescript of article with suggested title 'Equality of the Sexes - Is it a Fact or a Delusion?', probably by Gertrude Williams (File 14) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Typescript excerpts from books about Japan with notes on various subjects (File 15) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Typescripts by Gertrude and Harold Williams relating to fakes and forgeries in Japanese art and antiques (File 16) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Notes, references and photograph relating to the site of Suma where many suicides took place (File 17) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Typescript excerpts from books, notes and press cuttings relating to Japanese women, prostitutes and prostitution (File 18) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Typescript excerpts from books and notes relating to Western medicine, foreign doctors and missionaries (File 19) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Notes and references (1872, 1926-40) about foreign residents, public morals, fires and fire brigades in Japan (File 20) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Manuscript notes and typescripts relating to Will Adams, Townsend Harris and the first Japanese Embassy in the United States in 1860 (File 21) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Typescript, notes (1987) and extracts from publications relating to clothing, signs, labels, the use of fans and films in Japan (File 22) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings and notes relating to the book by Isaiah Ben-Dasan The Japanese and the Jews (1970) (File 23) - Box 68 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and notes on Frederick Cornes, the nineteenth-century English silk expert; General Piggott; the Swiss L.A. Bischoff (Bish); Dr Thomas Batty and Paul Blum (residents of Japan before the second World War); and life after the war (File 27) - Box 69 (MS 6681)
Typescript 'The Emperor's Clothes', with related research material including notes and excerpts from publications on the Japanese emperors (File 28) - Box 69 (MS 6681)
Notes, typescripts and press cuttings relating to Japanese culture, including travel for foreign residents (File 29) - Box 69 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and notes relating to the 1923 earthquake and the book Journey by Junk by Willard Price (1953) (File 30) - Box 69 (MS 6681)
Manuscript, typescripts, notes and a published article relating to Japanese culture; topics include transportation in Japan and the origin of jujitsu (File 31) - Box 69 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1955-81) and notes relating to Japanese preparations for World War II, the Japanese army, cannibalism and contemporary knowledge of the events of World War II (File 32) - Box 69 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and manuscript notes relating to the Buddhist ceremonies of Kuyo, phallic worship, presents and funerals; there are also postcards and typescript notes on the diving women at the Bay of Goza (File 33) - Box 69 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and notes (1979-1900) relating to foreign food and drink in early Japan, food rationing between 1939 and 1940 and salt in Japanese culture (File 34) - Box 69 (MS 6681)
Manuscript, typescript and notes relating to baths and mixed bathing in Japan, Japanese dialects, western dancing and western students and tourists (File 35) - Box 70 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and extracts from publications relating to Japanese women and children, geishas, marriage, children and pornography (File 36) - Box 70 (MS 6681)
Typescripts, manuscript notes and press cuttings (1972-75) relating to Formosa, Korea and Korean pottery (File 37) - Box 70 (MS 6681)
Press cuttings (1976), a typescript and manuscript notes relating to shrines, temples and Christianity in Japan (File 38) - Box 70 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and notes relating to Japanese carpenters, builders and wood-carvers (File 39) - Box 70 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and press cuttings (1970-79) relating to myths and superstitions (File 41) - Box 70 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and press cuttings (1988) relating to education, health, the history of libraries and western houses in Japan (File 42) - Box 70 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and manuscript notes relating to the origin of the tea ceremony and incense and its uses (File 43) - Box 70 (MS 6681)
Typescript and press cuttings (1975) relating to flower-arranging, life in Japan for foreigners (1907, 1924), telegraph poles and the telephone (File 44) - Box 71 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and extracts from publications relating to Japanese culture; topics include coffee parlors and tea cafes, inns and motels and attitudes to foreign travelers (File 46) - Box 71 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and notes of a series of lectures given by Gertrude Williams at the Kobe Women's Club regarding the environment of Kobe from 1935 to 1940 (File 47) - Box 71 (MS 6681)
Typescript and excerpts from publications relating to servants in early twentieth-century Japan (File 48) - Box 71 (MS 6681)
Typescript and notes relating to foreigners' houses and auction sales in Japan (File 49) - Box 71 (MS 6681)
Manuscript and typescript notes and press cuttings relating to shops and shopping in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Japan (File 50) - Box 71 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and extracts from publications (1971, 1978-79) relating to Japanese houses, the use of bamboo, the Japanese military in China and Japan and the opium trade (File 51) - Box 71 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and notes relating to the Kawakami Company and the popular drama of Japan called 'Kabuki' (File 52) - Box 72 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and notes by Gertrude and Harold Williams on the following subjects: police, immigration, crime, post office officials, office workers, businessmen and the murder of Melville Cox, a Reuters correspondent in Tokyo in 1940 (File 53) - Box 72 (MS 6681)
Manuscript, typescript and notes relating to the cult of the Samurai and the Ichiriki teahouse, and to the Ronins in Kyoto (masterless fighting men) (File 54) - Box 72 (MS 6681)
Miscellaneous manuscripts, typescripts and press cuttings relating to the culture and life of Japan (File 55) - Box 72 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and manuscript relating to the Ainu and the Eta people in Japan (File 56) - Box 72 (MS 6681)
Typescripts and manuscript relating to the use of 'chits' instead of money, leaving Japan in 1940 and post-war Japan (File 57) - Box 72 (MS 6681)
Series 9. Publications
This series contains publications of particular relevance to Williams' research and includes specimen issues of English language newspapers.
Specimen issues of Japanese newspapers (File 1) - Box 73 (MS 6681)
Asahi Evening News, 25 April 1959
Japan News Week, 8 March 1941
Japan Advertiser, 12 October 1940
Osaka Mainichi and the Tokyo Nichi Nichi (Express), September 1939
Mainichi, 12 November 1948
Mainichi Daily News, 12 April 1972
Japanese American Review (New York), 15 November 1941
British Gazette (London), 10 May 1926
Kwansei Gakuin Observer, 26 November 1934
Reprints of Gazettes and Queensland Parliamentary Papers referring to Japan (1885-1904) (File 2) - Box 73 (MS 6681)
Single issues of Life, Holiday, The Asahi Graph, Mainichi Graph (1950s-70s), press cutting from the Illustrated London News mostly relating to China (Folio 52) (File 3) - Folio 52 (MS 6681)
Publications in German relating to the German community in Japan (1892-1977) (File 4) - Folio 53 (MS 6681)
They include several books, an album containing German text and photographs (1892), and postcards of German prisoners of war captured by the Japanese forces in China during World War I (Folio 53).
Series 10. Cards, brochures, maps, plans and programs
Copy of maps of Sannomiya (1868), Kobe Foreign Settlement (1867), notes relating to land sales, a plan of the Naval Academy in Kobe and modern postcards of South Kyushu (File 3) - Box 74 (MS 6681)
Cards sent to Jean and Harold Williams showing reproductions of works by the artist George Chinnery (1774-1852) and nineteenth-century views of Hong Kong (File 4) - Box 74 (MS 6681)
Cards and programs relating to the Coronation celebrations of 1953 and the autumn regatta of the Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club of 1892 (File 5) - Box 74 (MS 6681)
Pamphlets on Kobe labeled by Williams as 'excellently illustrated and historically important' (File 7) - Box 74 (MS 6681)
Map of Kobe 1868, reproduced in Williams book, The Kobe Club, and maps, leaflets and brochure of Hyogo Prefecture (File 9) - Box 74 (MS 6681)
Postcards and leaflets relating to Yamaguchi-Ken, the Akiyoshidai and Shuhodo underground caves (File 10) - Box 75 (MS 6681)
Series 11. Indexes
Harold Williams was a meticulous researcher and kept indexes and lists of almost all the research material he compiled. This series contains his original indexes and lists of his collection. Copies of individual indexes were often placed at the beginning of the relevant files.
Indexes to H.S. Williams subject files (File 1_2) - Box 77 (MS 6681)
Indexes to individual subjects of Williams' research and the contents of his files; subject and name indexes to books, journals, newspapers and other sources in his library. An index to the indexes is also included.
Indexes to photographs in the collection (File 3) - Box 77 (MS 6681)
List of spare copies of photographs in box of spares located in Series 5; Index of C.B. Bernard's pictures in photographic albums; Index of photographs of Shioya and Shioya Country Club; Index to photographic albums numbers 1-42 in Series 5; Index to photographs in the collection but not in albums.
Indexes to books in the Williams Collection on China, Korea and the Far East, and to brochures and pamphlets (File 4) - Box 77 (MS 6681)
Indexes to Williams' files on people, places and subjects in the collection, his lectures, nineteenth-century guide books and directories, journals and publications and to his own books and those of other writers (File 5_9) - Box 77 (MS 6681)
Libraries and museums—sources (File 10_14) - Box 78 (MS 6681)
Mainly notes, references and lists of holdings of material relating to the history of foreign settlement in Japan in libraries and museums around the world. There are also correspondence with the institutions, press cuttings and brochures (1960-78).
Card index to holdings of directories in Australian, Japanese and overseas libraries (1832-1940) (File 15) - Box 79 (MS 6681)
'Index to sources in HSW's library' (File 16) - Box 84 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'Index of directories and books concerning Japan and the Far East sent to Canberra in 1981 for inclusion in Harold S. Williams collection' (File 17) - Box 84 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
'Index [to] books on China, Korea and the Far East in alphabetical order of Authors' names' (File 17) - Box 84 (MS 6681)
This material was added to the collection in September 2005.
Series 12. Personal and family documents
Scrapbook containing biographical information on Harold Williams, certificates and awards from 1911 (Folio 56) (File 1) - Folio 56 (MS 6681)
Family scrapbook compiled in Japan during the Occupation (1945-54) containing programs, postcards and photographs (Folio 57) (File 2) - Folio 57 (MS 6681)
Biographical notes and obituaries on Harold Williams and photographs of his burial (File 3) - Box 79 (MS 6681)
Series 13. Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous press cuttings and photocopies (1945-70). References to the Harradine Case in Australian newspapers (1968) (File 2) - Box 79 (MS 6681)
Business papers, agenda for the meeting of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 1970 (File 3) - Box 80 (MS 6681)
Letter from Frances H. Bray (22 June 1978) concerning the Lambuth Training School in Kobe (File 5) - Box 80 (MS 6681)
Important documents including title deeds, a letter (1934) from B.H. Chamberlain to Thomas Satchell, reproductions and press cuttings (1868-73) relating to foreign residents and the settlements in Japan. There is a Pacific War souvenir (a RAAF map on silk of the South West Pacific Islands and Netherlands East Indies), a press cutting and correspondence relating to James W. Murray and a 1967 menu from the Prunier Grill (Folio 58) (File 6) - Folio 58 (MS 6681)
Copies of documents from the Queensland State Archives. Included are a letter relating to a projected attack in 1878 of the Russian fleet on Australian ports, reports on Queensland industries, Japanese-Australian trade and Japanese- British trade (Folio 59) (File 7) - Folio 59 (MS 6681)
China plate inscribed 'Shades of the Past, Harold S. Williams, 1968,'a gift from a Japanese resident of Kobe, Mr Arimoto (Folio 60) (File 8) - Folio 60 (MS 6681)
Class MS Acc09.161. Consignment added 2009 - Box 1-3 (MS Acc09.161), Folio-Box 4-6 (MS Acc09.161)
Comprises a small group of papers accumulated by Harold S. Williams. There are writings by Williams, including several published works and a scrapbook of cuttings of articles he wrote on tours into Communist China in 1964-1965; two photograph albums, one containing images of damage resulting from World War II and one of images of the Williams' beach house at Makidani Village; colour slides of images relating to Japanese culture and architecture; historical notes by Williams about Cameron and Co.; a scrapbook kept by Jean Williams, containing cuttings and a small group of correspondence, 1958-1986; photographs, writings and artefacts relating to Isaac Ailion, Mabel Ailion and family; and a set of prints of a group of paintings by Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen entitled "The 70 stages of the Kisokaido".
Contained in 3 boxes, 3 folio boxes.
Class MS Acc09.168. Consignment added 2009 - Folio-Box 1 (MS Acc09.168), Folder 1
Comprises the residence certificate (Kyoju Shomeisho) issued by the Akashi Police Station on 22 December, 1926 to Mr W. Amos Rawnsley, 942 banch aza Shioya, Tarumi-mura, Akashi-gun, Hyogo-ken; and, appeals to the foreign employees of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Kobe, and the foreign residents of Kobe for subscriptions to support the widow of the late Mr Charles Esdale, April-May 1886.
Contained in 1 file.