Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
G. Carrington Williams papers
Williams, G. Carrington (George Carrington), 1921-2015
MSS.78.4
Archival Resource Key
/repositories/4/resources/68
35 Cubic Feet
86 archival boxes
1945-1948
English
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of G. Carrington Williams's personal files from his work on the international defense section of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, including the defense of Naoki Hoshino, and includes copies of documents, exhibits, transcripts of the proceedings, and other trial records.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
G. Carrington Williams donated these papers before 22 March 1979.
Biographical / Historical
G. Carrington Williams, a 1942 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, was an international defense section counsel for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also called the Tokyo War Crimes Trial. Williams was assigned the defense of Naoki Hoshino, who was the chief civilian official in the Japanese government for Manchuria, as president of the Planning Board, 1940-1941, and chief cabinet secretary, 1941-1944.
clippings (information artifacts)
Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948
War crime trials -- Japan
World War, 1939-1945
Hoshino, Naoki, 1883-1978
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE)
Williams, G. Carrington (George Carrington), 1921-2015
Defense counsel memos, lettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/57631946-1947MSS 78-4, Box 1Memoranda, reports, and personal notes re HoshinoArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/57641946-1958MSS 78-4, Box 1IndictmentArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5765n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 1Personnel InformationArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5766n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 1Law BooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5767n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 1Law committee memoArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5768n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 1Miscellaneous defense materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5769n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 2Miscellaneous interviews, motionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5770n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 2Miscellaneous literatureArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5771n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 2Miscellaneous newspaper cuttingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/57721947MSS 78-4, Box 2Personal responsibility briefArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5773n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 3May motion of jurisdiction of tribunalArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/57741946MSS 78-4, Box 3Motion to dismiss on behalf of all defendantsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5775n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 3Rough draft motion to dismissArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5776n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 3Proceedings in chambersArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/57771947 Oct.-Nov.MSS 78-4, Box 3"Trial of War Criminals": NurembergArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5778n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 3IPS DocumentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5779n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 3Pearl Harbor: Congressional ReportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/57801945MSS 78-4, Box 3Memoirs of KonoyeArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5781n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 3Yamashita opinionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5782n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 3Class B and C materialsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5783n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 3Defense divisionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5784n.d.MSS 78-4. Box 4 Defense division: Pacific phaseArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5785n.d.MSS 78-4. Box 4 Opening statements of defenseArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5786n.d.MSS 78-4. Box 4 Trial DataArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5787n.d.MSS 78-4, Box 5 Miscellaneous indices of defense and prosecution exhibitsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5788[1946-1948]MSS 78-4, Box 6Miscellaneous trial transcriptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/4/archival_objects/5789[1946-1948]MSS 78-4. Box 7