Emerson Chapin photographs and slides
Collection
0005-GWP
Emerson Chapin (1920 - 2003) was a longtime New York Times editor and foreign correspondent. He served in Japan during the Occupation in both military and civilian roles. In late September 1945, his division, the 98th Infantry, was sent to Japan as part of the Occupation forces. Chapin was stationed in Osaka and worked on a paper produced for the division. Discharged in 1946, he returned that same year to Japan to work as a civilian in the Civil Information and Education Section (CIES) of General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers doing press analysis of magazines. When CIES was disbanded, Chapin did similar work for the Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (ATIS). He left Japan on July 10, 1950.
The Chapin collection consists of 404 slides and 236 photographs, the majority of which document Chapin’s time in Japan during the Occupation.
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404 Photographic Slides (5 carousels and one metal box) : Color
236 Photographs (220 in book pages, 16 loose) : Color and B/W
The Chapin collection was donated to the UMD Libraries by David Chapin, Emerson Chapin’s son, on October 7, 2015.
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