Each record in the East Asia Image Collection has been assigned subject headings, hyper-linked metadata, and, to the fullest extent possible, historiographical, bibliographical and technical data.You fell asleep on a train on the way home, you wake up at a train station of a quiet town called Hokko the locals greet you in open arms and want your help to revitalize their town. Rare materials include prewar picture postcards, high-quality commercial prints, and colonial era picture books. Images unique to this collection include the Warners’ unpublished slides and negatives, made from snapshots taken during their years of US State Department service in Asia (1932-1952).

The Collection is built around a core of visual materials donated to Skillman Library Special Collections by the family of Gerald and Rella Warner. Images of Taiwan 台湾, Japan 日本, China 中国, Korea 朝鮮, Manchuria 満洲国, and Indonesia are included.

The EAIC documents the history of imperial Japan (1868-1945), its Asian empire (1895-1945) and occupied Japan (1947-52). Many of the items digitized for the EAIC are catalogued in Special Collections visit the Asian Collections Finding Aids for more information.

The partnership was established under the direction of Eric Luhrs, former Director of Digital Scholarship Services, and has included several contributors over the years. Barclay, Professor of History at Lafayette College, in partnership with staff at Digital Scholarship Services and Special Collections & College Archives. The East Asia Image Collection (EAIC) is an open-access archive of digitized photographs, negatives, postcards, rare books and slides under the general editorship of Paul D.

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