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46 black and white photographs and 7 postcards compiled by Stella Graves, a recent graduate of Oberlin College who moved to Japan to teach at the Kobe College. Photographs include images of the college, surrounding area, American teachers, and pictures of students and area residents. Of the postcards, all are of the Kobe College and one of the photographs was taken by Stella Graves. Most of the photographs are captioned.
Purchased from Jeffrey Rovenpor with funds from the Judge H. Lester Hooker Fund, 2019.
Stella Graves photograph album, 1923, 1938, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.