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Postwar Japan
Collecting Area
Discover digitized photographs and records documenting the history of postwar Japan via personal archival collections and through the Gordon W. Prange Collection, the most comprehensive archive in the world of Japanese print publications issued between 1945 - 1949, the first four years of the Occupation of Japan.
Digital Collections
Gordon W. Prange Posters and Wall Newspapers
More than 270 posters and wall newspapers published in Japan between 1945-1949.
Item types: images
Prange Digital Children's Book Collection
Japanese children’s picture books and comic books published between 1945 and 1949. Due to copyright restrictions, material must be accessed on the University of Maryland campus.
Item types: images of book pages
Postwar Japan (AV Collection)
The Postwar Japan collections cover the years following the end of World War II through the years of the Occupation of Japan. Of particular note is the Gordon W. Prange Collection, the most comprehensive archive in the world of Japanese print publications issued during the early years of the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949.
Item types: audio and video recordings
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Research Guide
This Research Guide explains how to search, request, and access the materials housed in the Gordon W. Prange Collection.
Digital Exhibit: Crossing the Divide
Crossing the Divide: An American Dream Made in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952 reveals the “American dream” that the American military personnel and their dependent family members’ communities represented, and shows how the Japanese people envisioned their own dreams as they rebuilt their lives and nation during the Occupation of Japan.
Gordon W. Prange Collection
Learn more about the Gordon W. Prange Collection, the most comprehensive archive of Japanese print publications issued between 1945-1949.