Papers of Harold Gould Henderson, 1918-1955 (bulk 1937-1946).

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Papers of Harold Gould Henderson, 1918-1955 (bulk 1937-1946).

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, military papers, and printed material pertaining to Henderson's service during World War II as chief of the Japanese Language Section of the U.S. Army Southwest Pacific Area Psychological Warfare Branch and following the war as head of the Education Division of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Civil Information and Education Section in occupied Japan. Topics include educational reform in Japan, and the renunciation of divinity by the Japanese emporer. Also includes Henderson's writings on Japanese art and literature and his English translations of Japanese haiku.

500 items.1 container.0.4 linear feet.

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Henderson, Harold Gould

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Author and professor of Japanese art and culture. Born 1889; died 1974. From the description of Papers of Harold Gould Henderson, 1918-1955 (bulk 1937-1946). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83309910 Harold Gould Henderson (1889-1974) was an American author, teacher, translator, and anthologist of Japanese poetry. He taught the history of Japanese art at Columbia University, was president of the Society of Japanese Studies and the Japan Society from 1948 to 1952. In 1945 he se...