Graphic Materials and Publications, 1939-1949, 2007 and undated

This series contains graphic materials given to or collected by Mead Smith Karras, as well as labor related publications that she worked on.

It contains prints from the series “Japanese Vocation in Pictures” by artist Sanzo Wada (Vol I, No. 1-10, 15-24, and undated) with descriptions in Japanese and English; three kamishibai, or “paper theater stories”, in Japanese; a collection of prints by various artists titled “Touring Kyoto and Vicinity”; labor related posters including one on the importance of self-government through unions and a ten-poster series instructing minors how to register for work, all in Japanese; the March 1949 edition of the “Labor” booklet printed in Japanese with many English translations pasted inside; a tourism pamphlet titled “The Picture of Nikko Shrine” primarily in Japanese with some English translations; a book published in 2007 concerning the establishment of women workers in Post-War Japan in Japanese.

Items in this series are arranged into two groups based on size.

English translations for the items within quotations (“”) are present on the items. The rest are approximate translations provided by the processor with consultation by the curator.