Leora Smith photographs
Collection
0014-GWP
The Leora Smith photographs collection includes physical and digital photographs taken by Leora Smith, an avid photographer, while she accompanied her husband in Japan in 1947. The photographs in this collection, spanning the years 1947-1951, include images of Japanese life and culture from everyday life in a small village in Miyanoshita, the rural activities of farming and fishing, and the experiences of Japanese children in 1947. In addition, there... are photographs from her interview with Dr. Marlene Mayo, professor emerita of the University of Maryland, in 2014.
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See more0.21 Linear Feet : Legal document box
46 Photographs : 191 Megabytes
1 Items : Photograph booklet
1 Photographs : B&W
English
Japanese
Photographs include images of children in the classroom and playing, farmers harvesting rice, fishing, and of various clothing. The photographs were taken in many locations, including Nagano, Odawara, Kamakura, Kure, and Mount Fuji in 1947. In addition, there are photographs from her interview with Dr. Marlene Mayo in 2014.
Physical materials include a photograph booklet of Hiroshima and diagram for a "Specification of Tokiwa's Toaster" by Tokiwa Electric Works Co., Ltd.
Leora Smith joined her husband in Japan in 1947, where he was on leave from the Air Force to the Counter Intelligence Corps. He arrived in Japan in 1946 and was stationed in Yokohama. Dependent housing was just being built in Yokohama at that time, so Smith and her husband were temporarily housed in the Fujiya Hotel. In an interview with Marlene Mayo, she describes the hotel and the dependent housing in which they later lived. Leora Smith returned to the United States, but soon came back to Japan — this time she served in the Department of Army, Civilian (DAC) as an Administrative Secretary in a Civil Affairs Office in Kure.
This collection contains born-digital materials. If you would like to access these materials, please contact us prior to your visit as items may require specialized software for access.
This collection was donated to the University of Maryland Libraries by Leora Smith on October 21, 2014.
The physical materials were placed in acid-free folders and a Hollinger box.
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