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Nathan Kantrowitz Tokyo War Crimes Trials Photographs

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
MC239
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers
Extent:
2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); (Collection Title), Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1946-1947 (inclusive)
Creator:
Kantrowitz, Nathan
Form:
black-and-white negatives. and black-and-white photographs.
Abstract:
140 b/w negatives as well as prints of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East taken by Nathan Kantrowitz of the Army photography unit, 1946-1947. The April 2009 Accrual contains prints and negatives of the Lower East Side and Little Italy, Manhattan, 1947.

Kantrowitz

Born in New York City in 1927, Nathan Kantrowitz was stationed in Occupied Japan with the Army's photography unit after WWII. During that time, he took photographs of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. After his discharge, he earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and conducted demographic and criminological research both in academia and in government. Kantrowitz retired from the New York City Planning Department in 1998.

The collection contains 140 b/w negatives as well as prints of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East taken by Nathan Kantrowitz of the Army photography unit, 1946-1947. Also includes street scenes of buildings, workers, and children in Tokyo. The April 2009 Accrual contains 19 prints and 24 negatives of the Lower East Side and Little Italy, Manhattan, 1947.

Gift of Nathan Kantrowitz, 2009.

These materials were received at Princeton as two accessions in March 2009 [ML.2009.006] and April 2009 [ML.2009.007].

This collection was processed by Regine Heberlein in April 14, 2009, and updated in November 20, 2009. Finding aid written by Regine Heberlein in July 29, 2010.

No material was separated during accessioning in 2009.

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Subject
Place

Publisher
Public Policy Papers
Finding Aid Author
Regine Heberlein
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Collection contains 140 b/w negatives as well as prints of the International Military Tribunal of the Far East taken by Kantrowitz of the Army photography unit, 1946-1947.

Arrangement

The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.

Physical Description

1 box

Negatives, Japan, 1946-1947. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Prints, Japan, 1946-1947. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Scope and Contents

19 prints and 24 negatives of the Lower East Side and Little Italy, Manhattan, 1947.

Arrangement

The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.

Physical Description

1 box

Negatives, Manhattan, 1947. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Prints, Manhattan, 1947. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

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