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Children and wartime relief
Photographs of children and orphans, relief publications, and overseas fundraising records trace aid to the youngest victims of war.
Collections
Original photographs, documents, books, periodicals, posters, maps, unpublished manuscripts, and objects. We are cataloguing them for research, citation, and education.
Eight representative holdings, with records that could become a searchable digital catalogue.
More to explore
More of the collection, still being catalogued.
These materials may support future features, online displays, and education projects as cataloguing continues.
02
The Sutton files
Letters about the Tokyo Trial, the University of Nanking, and postwar investigations offer a way to study justice, testimony, memory, and evidence.
03
Medicine, humanitarian aid, and care
Medical instruments, nursing texts, and relief records document treatment, transport, and support beyond the battlefield.
04
Children's publications
Educational and public-facing publications for children across the Pacific brought the Far East into North American classrooms and homes.
05
Late Qing China in photographs
Photographs from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries record China amid war, treaties, and international photography.
06
Portraits and identity
Portraits, inscriptions, and original mounts offer clues to personal identity, social status, and visual culture.