Daniel Crump Buchanan Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Buchanan Family Papers, WLU Coll. 0145, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Creator:
Buchanan family
Language:
The materials in the collection are in Engish and Japanese.
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Buchanan Family Papers, WLU Coll. 0145, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the papers of Dr. Daniel Crump Buchanan on Japanese culture with some information on China, Korea, and other Asian countries generally organized by subject. The files on Japanese culture and history are arranged alphabetically by subject. They contain some significant memos and position papers on propaganda and psychological warfare against Japan during World War II. Other files on similar themes include "Espionage," "Target Operations", and "Reorientation." Also included are manuscripts of Dr. Buchanan's published works, printed matter from Dr. Buchanan's time in Japan, uncataloged published books and pamphlets in Japanese, and Japanese language and calligraphy cards, playing cards and tokens.

This file includes Dr. Buchanan's 'Animism and Magic in China' of 1926

This file includes maps of the Pacific ocean, South East Asia, and the western Pacific.

This file contains numerous government pamphlets including A Handbook for the Employees of the Department of State.

This file contains newspaper articles on Japanese bureaucracy and a State Department restricted 'Situation Report on japan and Korea' from April 23, 1948.

This file also contains Japanese Character and Personality as Revealed in their Culture by Dr. Buchanan.

This file contians articles, papers, and government documents that deal with the powt-war educational system in Japan.

This file contains newspaper clippings and papers relating to the democratization of Japan.

This file contains newspaper clippings relating to Japanese customs and notes by Dr. Buchanan on Ancient and Modern Customs and Family Customs of the Japanese.

This file contains articles on Japanese culture, including Dr. Buchanan's article Japanese Culture written for Encyclopedia Americana and pertinant correspondence.

This file contains newspaper clippings dealing with the Consitution of Japan.

This file contains newspaper clippings relating to Communism in Japen after WWII.

This file contains news clippings relating to Japan's greater Asian co-prosperity.

This file contains papers and clippings relating to Japanese history.

This file contains correspondence between the Attorney General and Secretary of State concerning interchange of Japanese for jobs in the United States.

This file contains early newspaper clippings dealing with Japanese Foreign Relations.

This file contains various clippings relating to Japanese and American problems prior to WWII.

This file contains the F.B.I. report 'Japanism and Japanese in the United States'.

This file contains clippings dealing with Japan-China relations.

This file contains Japanese joked prepared by Dr. Buchanan for Dr. Spitzer at the State Department.

This file contains reports on Japanese labor including a 'Who's Who'.

This file contains Japanese word lists, vocabulary lessons, and lists of common words for Japanese intercepts.

This file contains information on Japanese liberals including a Who's Who in Japanese Cultural Institutions and a list of possible collaborators in Japan with American occupation government.

This file contains various Japanese maps including the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara.

This file contains newspaper clippings on Japanese militarism, OSS secret biographical sketches on military leaders, a Who's Who in Japanese military training, a research paper by Dr. Buchanan for the Office of War entitled 'Statement of the Methods Employed by the Japanese Army in Teaching its Men that Surrender is Disgraceful'.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to Dr. Buchanan's involvement in training a group of Nisei soldiers for Japanese infiltration; newspaper clippings, photographs, and letters.

This file contains materials on the occupation of Japan including a summary and numerous articles by Dr. Buchanan.

This file contains a Collection of 100 Haiku translated by Dr. Buchanan as a gift to his children.

This file contains newspaper clippings and reports dealing with the postwar political situation in Japan.

This file contains American propaganda against the Japanese including suggestions and actual radio broadcasts written by Dr. Buchanan.

This file contains a vocabulary of Japanese symbols to be used in propaganda broadcasts.

This file contains confidential WWII reports dealing with pyschological warfare against the Japanese.

This file contains two catalogs of Quotations on Sundry Subjects by Japanese Sources.

This file contains newspaper clippings and reports on Japanese religion (most deal with post-war Japan).

This file contains reports and clippings dealing wih Japanese reorientation following WWII.

This file contains newspaper clippings relating to Japanese war reparations made by the United States.

This file contains newspaper clippings relating to Japanese war reparations made by the United States.

This file contains clippings relating to the Japanese return to a Romaji form of education. war reparations made by the United States.

This file contains letters recieved by Dr. Buchanan in reaction to his book on Japanese religion, numerous articles, and papers on the Shinto faith.

This file contains an article condemning legal prostitution in Japan.

This file containsan inde prepared by the Office of the Provost Marshall General on specialists who could assist in the re-building of Japan.

This file contains articles relating to Japanese superstitions.

This file contains Dr. Buhanan's indexed file on Japanese superstitions.

This file contains clippings dealing wih post-war ultra nationalistic movement in Japan.

This file contains clippings on underground Japanese activities.

This file contains newspaper clippings dealing with the war against Japan.

This file contains confidential Department of State situation report on Japanese reactions to class A war crimes trial.

This box contains printed material, the majority dealing with the arts in Communist China and Japanese art prints.

This box contains 5 volumes of sequence training in Japanese, The New Testament in Japanese, and various books in native Japanese.

Biographical / historical:

Daniel Crump Buchanan was born on June 13, 1892 in Nagoya, Japan to American parents. He received his M.A. From Washington and Lee University in 1914, his B.D. from McCormick Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. from Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1920 he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. Soon thereafter he went back to Japan as a missionary and teacher. During World War Two he worked at the Japanese desk of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.). He was a postwar Foreign Affairs Officer for the U.S. Department of State before returning to the Presbyterian ministry.. He authored at least two books, Iran: Its Origin, Development, and Nature and One Hundred Years of Haiku. Dr. Buchanan died on February 14, 1982. He gifted his papers to Washington and Lee in 1972.

Dimensions:
7.5 linear ft.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard