Elizabeth Gray Vining Papers MC.1141 Garrett Boos

Elizabeth Gray Vining papers MC.1141 Garrett Boos.

Last updated on April 14, 2021.

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Elizabeth Gray Vining papers

Table of Contents

Summary Information...... 4 Biography/History...... 5 Scope and Contents...... 6 Administrative Information...... 6 Related Materials...... 7 Controlled Access Headings...... 8 Collection Inventory...... 10 Letters to Vining...... 10 Letters from Vining...... 22 Family Letters...... 25 Published Works...... 25 Published Works Materials...... 25 Published Works...... 26 Published Works Materials...... 26 Published Works...... 26 Published Works Materials...... 27 Vining Diary...... 28 Articles, 1915-1989...... 29 Speeches and Lectures...... 29 Awards, Degrees, and Honorary Degrees...... 31 Memorabilia, Clippings, Photographs...... 31 Memorial Materials...... 32 Memorabilia, Clippings, Photographs...... 32 Gray Family...... 32

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Photo albums...... 43 Memorabilia, Clippings, Photographs (Oversized)...... 44 Awards, Degrees, Honorary Degrees (Oversized)...... 44 Sound discs (33 1/3 RPM)...... 45

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Summary Information

Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Creator Vining, Elizabeth Gray

Title Elizabeth Gray Vining papers

Call number MC.1141

Date [inclusive] 1897-1989

Extent 14.5 linear feet (24 boxes, 8 volumes)

Language English .

Abstract Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999) was an author of children's books and served as the tutor to the crown prince of Japan, Akihito, from 1946 to 1950. The collection consists of correspondence, materials regarding books authored by Vining, articles, lectures and addresses, photographs, and information documenting her and her family's lives.

Cite as:

Elizabeth Gray Vining papers (HC.MC.1141), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

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Biography/History

Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999), author of children's books and tutor of the crown prince of Japan, Akihito, was born on October 6, 1902, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The daughter of John Gordon Gray, a manufacturer of scientific equipment, and Anne Moore Gray, Vining was raised in a family which loved to read. Although there were family ties to the Quaker religion, Vining was raised as an Episcopalian in Germantown, Philadelphia. Vining graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1919, from Bryn Mawr College in 1923, and from Drexel University, with a degree in library science, in 1926. In 1926, Vining moved to North Carolina to work as an assistant cataloger at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was there that she met Morgan Vining, who served as the associate director of the extension division of the University. They were married in 1929, the same year that her first book, Merediths' Ann, was published. She continued to write children's books, which were well received by the public. In 1932, the Vinings moved to New York City, where Morgan Vining attended the Teacher's College of Columbia University in anticipation of a degree in university administration. Elizabeth Gray Vining worked at the library of Columbia University. In 1933, Morgan and Elizabeth Gray Vining suffered an automobile accident in which Morgan was killed and Elizabeth was badly injured. While recovering from her injuries, Vining turned towards Quakerism and formally joined the Society of Friends in 1934. At that time, she studied at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and worked with the American Friends Service Committee, offering her writing skills in their service. During the next decade, Vining continued to write both children's books and books regarding the Quaker faith. In 1942, she published Adam of the Road, which won the 1943 Newberry Medal and is considered to be Gray's masterpiece. Following World War II, Vining was recommended as a tutor for the 12 year old crown prince, Akihito, the son of Japanese Emperor Hirohito. She served as his tutor for four years, from 1946 to 1950, and is credited as the person "who introduced the future ruler of Japan to the English language, and to the ways of Western democracy." She eventually tutored the prince's siblings and his mother, the Empress Nagako. She developed strong ties with the entire royal family which lasted the rest of her life. After returning to the United States in 1950, Vining's career as an author continued. By the time of her death in 1999, Vining had published more than thirty books, including two memoirs: Windows for the Crown Prince (1952) regarding her experiences in Japan and her autobiography, Quiet Pilgrimage (1970). Vining died on November 27, 1999 at the age of 97. Biographical sources: Carnes, Mark C., editor. American National Biography: Supplement 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

- Page 5 - Elizabeth Gray Vining papers Smith, Dinitia. "Elizabeth Vining, Tutor to a Future Emperor, Dies at 97," New York Times, December 1, 1999. Vining, Elizabeth. Quiet Pilgrimage. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1970.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, articles, photographs, and other materials which document the life of Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999). Among her correspondents are Tane Takahashi, Shinzo Koizumi, Douglas MacArthur, Emperors Akihito and Hirohito, Clarence Pickett, May Sarton, and many others. The materials include correspondence to and from Vining, information related to her published works, articles, and lectures and speeches, awards and degrees, photographs and clippings, the Gray family, Vining in Japan (restricted), photo albums, and sound disks. Correspondence includes letters both to and from Vining. Her correspondents were wide-ranging, and include family, people she met in Japan, and prominant members of the Quaker community; letters to Vining are organized alphabetically by author, while her correspondence is arranged chronologically. Published works, articles, and speeches cover a variety of topics and are from throughout Vining's life, filed chronologically. Awards and degrees includes materials from Bryn Mawy and Drexel, as well as Vining's Newberry Award materials. Memorabelia, clippings, and photographs includes information from throughout Vining's life, including her time in Japan. Vining in Japan includes Vining's letters and diaries from her time in Japan. Photo albums include images of Vining and the Japanese royal family from her time in Japan and later. Sound disks include speeches at Crown Prince Akihito's wedding and Vining on "This I Believe." Researchers should be aware that the series regarding Vining's interactions with the Japanese royal family are restricted. As instructed by Elizabeth Gray Vining's will, scholars may read the restricted portions of the collection, but may not take notes on or publish materials in the collection. Throughout the collection, there is substantial material about Violet Gordon Gray, Vining's sister who was 19 years her senior, and her friend Elizabeth McKie. Much of the material about Elizabeth McKie may be found in the correspondence and the Vining in Japan series. Material on Violet Gordon Gray is found in correspondence, Gray family, and Vining in Japan.

Administrative Information

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Garrett Boos.

- Page 6 - Elizabeth Gray Vining papers Sponsor The creation of the electronic guide for this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. Finding aid entered into the Archivists' Toolkit by Garrett Boos.

Access Restrictions The collection is open for research use. However, as instructed by Elizabeth Gray Vining's will, scholars may read the restricted portions of the collection, but may not take notes on or publish materials in the collection. Restricted materials are in boxes 28-39.

Use Restrictions Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Acquisition Gift of Elizabeth Gray Vining, 1985, 1986, and 1999.

Processing Information The creation of the electronic guide for this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. Finding aid entered into the Archivists' Toolkit by Garrett Boos; October, 2010. Reboxed and revised September 2020 by Ella Culton.

Related Materials

Related Materials Haverford College: Five videocassettes on Elizabeth Gray Vining and Emperors Akihito and Hirohito added to microforms May 1992 (acc. #5576) University of Southern Mississippi: Elizabeth Gray Vining papers, 1935-1962, Collection DG1014.

Related Materials MC 1153 Esther B. Rhoads papers MC 1161 Gilbert and Minnie Pickett Bowles papers

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

• Society of Friends

Form/Genre(s)

• Memorabilia • clippings (information artifacts) • Awards • speeches (documents) • Correspondence • manuscripts (documents) • Photographs

Geographic Name(s)

• Japan • Japan -- Social life and customs

Personal Name(s)

• Vining, Elizabeth Gray • Akihito, Emperor of Japan • Hirohito, Emperor of Japan • Koizumi, Shinzō, 1888-1966 • MacArthur, Douglas • Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 • Sarton, May • Takahashi, Tane, 1929-

Subject(s)

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Collection Inventory

Letters to Vining.

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Abe, Yoshinari- All Philadelphia Boys Choir, 1928-1985. 1

American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the National Capital Area- Ames, Evelyn, 1 1946-1988.

Armstrong, Laurie (Mrs. E Benjamin)- Athenaeum (Philadelphia, PA), 1952-1988. 1

Atlantic Monthly- Austin, Elizabeth (Mrs. Oliver L.), 1924-1952. 1

Barnett, Virginia- Belcher, John Gordon, 1958-1985. 1

Benet, Laura- Birdewell, Betty, 1938-1988. 1

Blake, Beth (Mrs. Frank)- Bookmill (firm), 1953-1987. 1

Borton, Hugh- Bowles, Minnie Pickett, 1952-1985. 1

Brenn, Harry A. and Brenn, Hester, 1976-1987. 1

Buckley, Isabelle- Bulletin of Friends Historical Assn., 1952-1966. 1

Brown, Irma Delle- Buck, Pearl S., 1953-1988. 1

Brett, Gertrude MacIntosh (Feb.-June), 5mo 1976. 1

Brett, Gertrude MacIntosh (July.-Oct), 4mo 1976. 1

Brett, Gertrude MacIntosh (Nov.-Feb.), 1976-1977. 1

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Brett, Gertrude MacIntosh (March-July), 5mo 1977. 1

Brett, Gertrude MacIntosh (Aug.-Feb.), 1977-1978. 1

Brett, Gertrude MacIntosh (April-Sept.), 6mo 1978. 1

Brinton, Anna (Mrs. Howard H.)- Brown, Anne Carroll?, 1946-1987. 1

Bungei-Shunju-Shinsa (publishers)- Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1933-1988. 1

Cadbury, Henry J.- Campbell, Helen F., 1943-1988. 1

Carner, Lucy P. - Cary, Margaret (Mrs. C. Reed), 1952-1969. 1

Chichibu no Miya Setsuko, Princess, 1953-1982. 1

Church of the Redeemer (Bryn Mawr, PA)- City Library Assn. of Springfield, MA, 1 1943-1978.

Claggett, Hazel Beery (Mrs. Strabo)- Clapp, Frances B., 1952-1978. 1

Clapper, Marie-Cleghorn, Sarah, 1958-1982. 1

Comfort, Howard- Crane, Esther, 1928-1983. 1

Crittenden, Christopher and Crittenden, Ethel Taylor- Crosby, Emily, 1928-1987. 1

Curtis Brown, Limited (literary agency) 1951-1952, 1951-1952. 1

Curtis Brown, Limited (literary agency) 1953-1958, 1953-1958. 1

Curtis Brown, Limited (literary agency) 1960-1975, 1960-1975. 1

Curtis Brown, Limited (literary agency) 1976-, 1976. 2

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Daiichi Shuppansha (publishers)-Davis, Mary Gould, 1942-1988. 2

Angeli, Marguerite, 1952-1981. 2

Branges, Diane MacDonald- de Branges, Louis, 1974-1988. 2

Decker, B.W.- De Forest, Charlotte B., 1952-1971. 2

de Havilland, Olivia- Dewey, Thomas E., 1948-1985. 2

Dewhirst, Helen- Doubleday & Company (publishers), 1944-1960. 2

Drake, David R.- Eaton, Anne Thaxter, 1952-1988. 2 Scope and Contents

English Club- see also album in Clippings, Memorabilia, Photographs boxes

Esther Biddle Rhoads Memorial Committee-Evening and Sunday Bulletin (Philadelphia), 2 1978-1979.

Fenner, Phyllis- Fish, Helen, 1943-1982. 2

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1956-1958. 2

Five College Center for East Asian Studies- Fortney, Mildred D., 1979-1980. 2

Fox, Samuel and Fox, Fran (Mrs. Samuel)- Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 2 1943-1987.

Friends Historical Association- Fujin-no-Tomo (periodical), 1936-1988. 2

Gibbons, Phyllis- Gibson, Morgan and Gibson, Keiko, 1933-1987. 2

Glick, Milton- Graham, Frank P., 1952-1988. 2

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Gray, Anne Moore Iszard (Mrs. John Gray)- Gray, John Gordon, 1917-1935. 2

Gray, Violet Gordon 1927-1935, 1927-1935. 2

Gray, Violet Gordon 1937-1938, 1937-1938. 2

Gray, Violet Gordon 1941, 1941. 2

Gray, Violet Gordon 1947-1962, 1947-1962. 2

Greenbie, Sydney- Groseclose, Elgin, 1952-1980. 2

Hachiya, Michihiko- Harper, Wilhelmina, 1943-1967. 2

Harper & Brothers (publishers)- Harper & Row (publishers), 1954-1968. 2

Hashimoto, Akira, 1953-1988. 2 Scope and Contents

Student in the Crown Prince's class at Gakushuin. Became a reporter with Kyodo. Was in Switzerland, Tokyo, Los Angeles, etc. etc.

Hata, Gohei and Hata, Kazuko (Mrs. Gohei)- Hayman, Gretel, 1952-1988. 2

Henrichsen, Margaret- Higgs. Lynn, 1958-1979. 2

Carolyn Baily- Holdsworth, L. Violet, 1939-1958. 2

Holmes, John Haynes- Horn Book Magazine, 1942-1987. 2

Hoshina, Ai- Hurt, Beatrice Vining, 1929-1978. 3

Iki, Kazuko- Isherwood, Margaret, 1955-1989. 3

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Iwakura, Sakurako- Iwanami Shoten (publishers), 1952. 3

J.B. Lippincott Company 1947-1951, 1947-1951. 3

J.B. Lippincott Company 1952-1955, 1952-1955. 3

J.B. Lippincott Company 1958- June 1963, 1958-1963. 3

J.B. Lippincott Company Sept. 1963-1978, 1963-1978. 3

Jaeger, Martha- James, Dottie, 1960-1988. 3

Japan. Imperial Household Department Chamberlains- Japan. Consulate. (New York), 3 1982-1989.

Japan. Imperial Household Department. Grand Chamberlain (Tokugawa, Yoshihiro), 3 1985-1988.

Japan. Imperial Household Department. Grand Chamberlain. (Mitani, Takanobu), 1951. 3

Japan. Imperial Household Department. Grand Steward. (Tajima, Michiji) 1951, 1951. 3

Japan. Imperial Household Department. Grand Steward (Tajima, Michiji) 1952-1953- 3 Usami, Takeshi (1957), 1952-1957.

Japan. Imperial Household Department. Detached envelopes., 1951. 3

Japan. Ministry of Postal Services- Japan P.E.N. Club, 1952-1987. 3

Japan Society- Johnson, Edith, 1952-1984. 3

Jones, Mary Elizabeth- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, 1953-1988. 3

Kawabata, Yasunari- Kawano, Hiroko, 1952-1953. 3

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Keen, Myra- King, Coretta Scott, 1972-1988. 3

Kita, Fujimaro- Kyoritsu Women's Junior College, 1952-1980. 3

Ladies' Home Journal, 1950-1982. 3

Lansdowne Friends School- Lester, Muriel, 1958-1985. 3

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow- M. Norberta, Sister, 1952-1988. 3

MacArthur, Arthur- MacArthur Memorial (Norfolk, V.A.), 1947-1985. 3

McBride, Katherine- MacDonald, A.D., 1958-1982. 3

Macdonald, Alan Bell- McDonald, Ellice Jr. and McDonald, Rosa (Mrs. Ellice Jr.), 3 1959-1987.

Macdonald, G [?] (Mr.)- MacIntosh, Margaret (Mrs. Archibald), 1953-1978. 3

McIntyre, Judith- McKie, Elizabeth, 1954-1973. 3

McKie, George- McPhedran, Jane, 1933-1968. 3

Count Makino- Mallery, David, 1948-1988. 3 Scope and Contents

Count Makino was Lord Kepper of the Privy Seal in 1936. He was outside of Tokyo- in Miyanoshite- when the attempted coup of feb. 27 took place and so escaped assassination. When I [Elizabeth Grey Vining] met him he was living in retirement in Chibo.

Marion, John- Marshall, Maud, 1952-1988. 3

Martin Charles, Brother- Meigs, Cornelia, 1952-1980. 3

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Meyer, Edith Patterson- Miller, Ruth Louise, 1940-1988. 3

Milwaukee Public Library- Mishima, Samie, 1954-1981. 3

Moore, Anne Carroll- Moore, Lucretia, 1946-1978. 3

Morís, Antonio Segura- NRTA Journal: Journal of the Retired Teachers Association, 3 1978-1987.

Nagako, Empress, consort of Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1951- Oct. 1964, 1951-1964. 3

Nagako, Empress, consort of Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1972-1986 and n.d., 4 1972-1986. Scope and Contents

After Mrs. Takaki's death I sent messages through Mr. Yoshihiro Tokugawa, [?]. After the death of Mr. Sukemesa Suo [?]. Mr. Tokugawa became Grand Chamberlain.

Nakasone, Henry- National League of American Pen Women, 1961-1988. 4

Neale, Morley H.- Newman, Daisy, 1942-1988. 4

Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Broadcasting Co.)- Nishizawa, [?], 1953-1988. 4

O'Brien, [Gwen?]- Orr-Ewing, [?] (Mrs. H), 1952-1978. 4

Ossabaw Island Project- Paul, Virginia Holland (Mrs. Alfred, Jr.), 1951-1985. 4

Pauling, Harold- Pearson, A.L. (Miss), 1952-1982. 4

Pease, Howard, 1942-1945. 4

Peck, George- Pennsylvania Governor (1951-1955: Fine), 1953-1988. 4

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Pickett, Clarence- Pitt, Hamilton, 1949-1958. 4

Pouncy, A [?] (Mrs.)- Publishers' Weekly, 1952-1988. 4

Quaker Action Group- Quint, Miriam J., 1952-1980. 4

Random House (publishers)- Rees, John R., 1952-1981. 4

Reuss, Stefania, Princess- Rhodewalt, Susan Jones, 1953-1988. 4

Society of Friends. Lake Erie Yearly Meeting- Society of Friends. Western Yearly Meeting 4 of Friends Church, 1969-1978.

Rockefeller, John D., Jr.- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1953-1957. 4

Rubel, Judy-Sakahara, Masatake, circa late 1970s, early 1980s. 4

Sakanishi, Shio- Sandmel, Frances, 1967-1980. 4

Sarton, May, 1969-1984. 4

Satterlee, Marion- Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1943-1970. 4

Scull, David H.- Sekine, Tomohiko, 1952-1988. 4

Schimmelfennig, Victor- Schwartz, Ronny, 1964-1987. 4

Sheets, Margaret- Shimizu, Jiro, 1952-1979. 4

Shimazu, Takako (Mrs. Hisanaga) (former Princess Suga), 1951-1980s. 4

Sipprell, Clara E.- Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1954-1983. 4

Smith, Charles W.- Society of Friends. Friends Center (Seattle, WA), 1953-1979. 4

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Society of Friends. Friends World Committee for Consultation- Society of Friends. 4 Germantown Monthly Meeting (Philadelphia, PA), 1950-1981. Scope and Contents

Note from Vining: The letter Tamon Maeda wrote is on behalf of Jeiton [?] Yearly Meeting. He was a Friend. Had been in the International Labor Office in [?] in the League of Nations. Was Minister of Education at the start of World War 2- having been hastily sprinted to this position as a well-known Liberd [?]. He had not been in [?] under Togo, Tojo e Ces.

Sollman, William F.- Starbird, Kaye, 1944-1985. 4

Steere, Douglas Van- Stevens, George, 1958-1988. 4

Stewart, Marjorie- Stone [?] (Mrs. Melville), 1933-1982. 4

Stork, Charles Wharton- Stovall, Esther (Mrs. Samuel C.), 1940-1978. 4

Straughan, Mattie- Suda, Nobohide, 1960-1982. 4

Sumikara, Shiro, 1950-1953. 4 Scope and Contents

Note from Vining: One of the CP's chamberlains- one of those whom I knew best and who became a real friend. He visited us in Mickleton in February 1951.

Suzuki, D.T. (Daisetz Taitaro), 1946-1952. 4 Scope and Contents

Note from Vining: The quiet interpreter and Zen Buddhism to Westerners. I met him early in my stay in Japan and we became friends. he came to my housequite frequently, asked me twice to speak in Qualan [?] mediation to Zen Buddhist [?], brought the young abbott and a Tiybin [?] Kyoto to see me, and arrange for me to meditate with the Zen monks

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at Enkakuji. He gave me several of his books. In "Zen Buddhism and its Influence on Japanese Culture" is posted a photograph of his grvae and visit to it in 1971.

[Tachibana, Sumiko]- Taguchi, Shu, 1954-1983. 4

Tajima, Michiji, 1954-1957. 4 Scope and Contents

Mr. Tajima died December 2, 1968. He was Grand Steward 1948-1968. He was one of "Dr. Nitobe's boys", and lived in Dr. Nitobe's house while he was studying at the University. He had great respect for Dr. Nitobe. I leant him my copy of Penn's "Some Fruits of Solitude"; he loved it and kept it for a longtime- in the end I ordered a copy from the Friends Book Store and gave it to him.

Takahasi, Taneko 1954-1956, 1954-1956. 5

Takahasi, Taneko 1957-1968, 1957-1968. 5

Takahasi, Taneko 1969-1979, 1969-1979. 5

Takahasi, Taneko 1982-1988, 1982-1988. 5

Tokugawa, Yoshinobu- Tokyo Women's Christian College, 1954-1987. 5

Takamatsu, Prince Nobuhito, son of Taisho, Emperor of Japan.- Takeda, Naoka ("Brenda"), 5 1951-1987.

Tanaka, Asako ("Polly"), 1950-1989. 5

Tanaka, Kiyoko- Temple University, 1953-1978. 5

Tenney, Janet (Mrs. Robert Nathan)- Terry, Hilda, 1960-1979. 5

"This I Believe" (radio series)- Tobias, Clarence E., Jr., 1943-1958. 5

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Togasaki, Robert K., 1959. 5 Scope and Contents

In Crown Prince's Class in Gakushuin. Son of Kiyoshi Togasaki: [?] of Nippon Times (Japan Times). B.A. Haverford College- 1956. Professor of [Biology] at University of Indiana, Bloomington. Married two weeks [?] the Crown Prince.

Trueblood, Elton- Tuttle, David K., 1933-1988. 5

United States. Secretary of State- United States. Vice President., 1954-1981. 5

University of Denver- University of North Carolina. Library, 1933-1984. 5

Van Cleve, Jessie Gay- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1943-1988. 5

Viking Press, 1935-1974, 1935-1974. 5

Viking Press, 1975-1981, 1975-1981. 5

Vining, Morgan Fisher, 1927-1932. 5

Vipont, Elfrida- Wagenknecht, Edward, 1957-1980. 5

Waln, Nora- Waring, Grace Warner, 1957-1975. 5

Warren, Caroline C.- Watson, Misty, 1933-1978. 5

Weekly Post: Weekly news-magazine (Japan)- Welty, Eudora, 1952-1988. 5

Westtown School (PA)- Whitney, Janet Payne, 1938-1978. 5

Whitney, Norman J.- Williams, Grace Sterne (Mrs. P.J.), 1955-1979. 5

Williams, Madaline L.- Women's National Book Association, 1933-1980. 5

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Wood, Richard R.- Worth, Kathryn (Mrs. W.C. Curry), 1942-1978. 5

Wriggins, Sally- Yale University. Library, 1975-1987. 5

Yamanashi, Katsunoshin n.d.t. 1946-1952, 1946-1952. 5 Scope and Contents

Note from Vining: Admiral Katsunoshin Yamanashi- retired. Friend of Admiral Isoroku Yomomoto. President of the the Peers School. On the Council for the Crown Prince's education until "purged" by the occupation. A kind friend of mine from my first days in Japan.

Yamanashi, Katsunoshin 1953-1966, 1953-1966. 5

Yoshi no miya Masahito, Prince, son of Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1951-1957, 1951-1957. 5

Yarnall, Sue (Mrs. Stanley R.)- Yomiuri Shimbun (periodical), 1955-1987. 5

Yamamoto, Tadao, 1949-1973. 6

Yoshi no miya Masahito, Prince, son of Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 1958-1989 and n.d., 6 1958-1989.

Yoshida, Shigeru- Yoshikawa, Toshiko, 1951-1972. 6 Scope and Contents

Note from Vining: Shigeru Yoshida. Prime Minister after the war. Liberal Prime Minister in 1946-47. Out for a year or two. [?] He sent me two presents after I returned home: a copy of his book, "The Yoshida Memoirs" and a toy that was [reping?] in Tokyo. A monkey in [wired?] in a children's story. He also entertained me when 2 was in Japan in 1959- at a luncheon in his house at Oiso; attended also by Dr. and Mrs. Shinzo Roizumi and [Prinan Chichibu?]

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Unidentified, 1954-1985. 6

Letters from Vining.

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1928, 1928. 6

1929, 1929. 6

1930, 1930. 6

1931, 1931. 6

1932-1933, 1932-1933. 6

1934, 1934. 6

1935, 1935. 6

1936-May 1937, 1936-1937. 6

June 1937-1938, 1937-1938. 6

1939, 1939. 6

1941-1942. 6

1943, 1943. 6

1944, 1944. 6

1945-1946, 1945-1946. 6

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Jan.-June 1951, Jan.-June 1951. 6

July-Dec. 1951, July-Dec. 1951. 7

1952, 1952. 7

1953, 1953. 7

1954, 1954. 7

1955, 1955. 7

1956, 1956. 7

Jan.-Aug. 1957, Jan.-Aug. 1957. 7

Sept.-Dec. 1957, Sept.-Dec. 1957. 7

1958, 1958. 7

1959, 1959. 7

1960, 1960. 7

1961, 1961. 7

Jan.-April 1962, Jan.-April 1962. 7

May-Dec. 1962, May-Dec. 1962. 7

1963, 1963. 7

1964, 1964. 7

1965, 1965. 7

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1966, 1966. 7

1967, 1967. 7

1968, 1968. 7

1969, 1969. 7

1970, 1970. 7

1971, 1971. 7

1972, 1972. 7

1973, 1973. 7

1974, 1974. 7

1975, 1975. 8

Jan.- May 1976, Jan.- May 1976. 8

June-Aug. 1976, June-Aug. 1976. 8

Sept.-Dec. 1976, Sept.-Dec. 1976. 8

Jan.-April 1977, Jan.-April 1977. 8

June-Dec. 1977, June-Dec. 1977. 8

1978, 1978. 8

1979, 1979. 8

1980, 1980. 8

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1981-1983, 1981-1983. 8

1984-1985, 1984-1985. 8

1987-1988, 1987-1988. 8

1989-t.n.d., 1989-t.n.d. 8

Family Letters.

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Gray, John Gordon, 1883-1924. 8

Vining, Morgan Fisher, 1917-1933. 8

Gray, Violet Gordon, 1902-1962. 8

Published Works.

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Windows for the Crown Prince (1952) reviews and misc. materials, 1952-1980. 8

Published Works Materials.

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Friend of Life (1958) reviews, 1958. 8

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Published Works.

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Adam of the Road (1942) reviews, 1942-1943. 9

Published Works Materials.

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The Virginia Exiles (1955) proposal, research materials, etc., 1775-1983. 9 Scope and Contents

Materials from 1775 are copies from Yale University Library (reference use only)

Friend of Life (1958) Hoover Chapter-- notes, t.s. fragments, etc., 1957-1958. 9

Published Works.

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Friend of Life (1958) corrections for t.s., undated. 9

Friend of Life (1958) typescript (1 of 3), undated. 9

Friend of Life (1958) typescript (2 of 3), undated. 9

Friend of Life (1958) typescript (3 of 3), undated. 9

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Published Works Materials.

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Friend of Life note cards "A"- "AFSC" and "B", 1842-1956. 9

Friend of Life note cards "C", 1871-1956. 9

Friend of Life note cards "D"- "F" and "G", 1848-1956. 10

Friend of Life note cards "H" and "I", 1827-1956. 10

Friend of Life note cards "J"- "K" and "L" through 1897, 1842-1951. 10

Friend of Life note cards "L" 1898 -> and "M"- "N", 1870-1951. 10

Friend of Life note cards "O"- "P" and "Q"- "R", 1842-1955. 10

Friend of Life note cards "S" and "T", 1526-1948. 11

Friend of Life note cards "U"- "Z" (actually "W"), 1839-1956. 11

Friend of Life note cards RMJ Bibliography books - Bibliography Addresses and Articles, 11 Chapters in Books, and Writings about RMJ, 1889-1956.

Take Heed of Loving Me (1963) research materials and reviews, 1964-1965. 11

Flora (1966) research materials and reviews, 1789-1967. 11 Scope and Contents

Folder contains: Flora MacDonald's own Account of Her Adventures in America- Original in the National Library of Scotland: Letter sent to Sir John MacPherson, 1789

I, Roberta (1967) reviews, 1967. 11

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Quiet Pilgrimage (1970) typescript (1 of 3), undated. 11

Quiet Pilgrimage (1970) typescript (2 of 3), undated. 11

Quiet Pilgrimage (1970) typescript (3 of 3), undated. 11

Quiet Pilgrimage (1970) index t.s., 1970. 12

Quiet Pilgrimage (1970) reviews, 1970. 12

Mr. Whittier (1974) t.s. first draft, undated. 12

Mr. Whittier (1974) research materials and illustrations, undated. 12

Mr. Whittier (1974) reviews, 1974-1975. 12

Being Seventy (1978) typescript (1 of 2), undated. 12

Being Seventy (1978) typescript (2 of 2), undated. 12

Being Seventy (1978) reviews. 12

Miscellaneous book reviews, 1927-1974. 12

Miscellaneous Royalty Statements, 1983-1985. 12

Vining Diary.

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Vining Five-Year Diary 1985-1989, 1985-1989. 12

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Articles, 1915-1989.

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Articles, 1915-1924, 1915-1924. 12

Articles, 1938-1944, 1938-1944. 12

Articles, 1945-1946, 1945-1946. 12

Articles, 1951-1958, 1951-1958. 12

Articles, 1959-1964, 1959-1964. 13

Articles, 1967-1969, 1967-1969. 13

Articles, May Massee 1972, 1972. 13

Articles, 1973-1975, 1973-1975. 13

Articles, 1979, 1979. 13

Articles, 1980's, 1984-1989. 13

Speeches and Lectures.

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Speeches- Dates Unknown, undated. 13

Speeches- before 1944, 1943-1944. 13

Nitobe Lecture, Tokyo 11/4/1950, 1950. 13

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Speeches, 1952-1953, 1952-1953. 13

Speeches, 1954, 1954. 13

Speeches, 1957, 1957. 13

Speeches, 1958, 1958. 13

Speeches, 1961, 1961. 13

Speeches, 1963, 1963. 13

Speeches, 1967-1968, 1967-1968. 13

Certain Mystics- course given by EGV at Pendle Hill Spr. 1970, 1970. 13

Speeches, 1972-1973, 1972-1973. 13

May Day, Bryn Mawr 1975, 1975. 13

Speeches, 1976, 1976. 13

Speeches, 1977, 1977. 13

Speeches, 1980, 1980. 13

Speeches, 1982, 1982. 13

Friends' Social Union Jan. 8 1983, 1983. 13

Speeches, 1985, 1985. 13

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Awards, Degrees, and Honorary Degrees.

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Newberry Medal 1943, 1943. 13

Drexel University School of Library Science, 1976. 14

Miscellaneous, n.d. and 1953-1980, 1953-1980. 14

Bryn Mawr AB-1923, 1919-2023. 14

Honorary Degrees 1951-1968, 1951-1968. 14

Memorabilia, Clippings, Photographs.

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Miscellaneous photographs, most EGV, 1905-1980. 14

EGV's marriage, 1928-1933. 14

Crown Prince and other Imperial Family, MacArthurs (1946-1950), 1946-1950. 14

EGV in Japan, Imperial Family, etc., 1946-1989. 14

UNC Transcontinental Study Tour (1930), 1930. 14

Japan, Miscellaneous, 1947-1976. 14 Scope and Contents

Note from Vining: There is a full description of the ceremonies for the Empress Dowager in a letter from Grand Chamberlain Tajino to me. Letters, 1951.

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"DC Action" 1969, 1969. 14

Clippings 1946, 1946. 14

Articles and Talks, EGV 1947, 1947. 14

Album by The English Club, 1986. 15

Translations of Speeches by Akihito, 1981-1987. 15

Memorial Materials.

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EGV Memorial Materials, 1999. 15

Memorabilia, Clippings, Photographs.

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Emperor and Empress U.S. Visit (Hirohito and Akihito), 1975-1999. 15

Gray Family.

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Society of Philadelphia Tribute to John Gordon Gray, 1926. 15

Violet Gordon Gray: Miscellaneous, 1902-1949. 15

Anne Moore Iszard Gray: Photographs, 1898-1912. 15

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John Gordon Gray: Memorabilia, 1882-1946. 15

Violet Gordon Gray: Diaries (1938 and 1955), 1938-1955. 15

T.S. of Tokyo Stranger- Margaret Callam, A.K.A. Violet Gordon Gray, 1950. 15

Violet Gordon Gray: Notes for novel on occupation in Japan, undated. 15

Vining in Japan (RESTRICTED).

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Contract 1946, 1946. 16

Contract 1947, 1947. 16

Letters from Vining to Violet Gordon Gray Dec. 1946, 1946. 16

Memorabilia, Autumn, 1946, 1946. 16

Letters to V. (Violet Gordon Gray?)- 1946 copies, 1946. 16

Letters to Elizabeth McKie and others- 1946, 1946. 16

Letters to Violet Gordon Gray Jan- March 1947, Jan- March 1947. 16

Letters to Violet Gordon Gray July- Aug 1947, July- Aug 1947. 16

Letters to Violet Gordon Gray Nov- Dec 1947, Nov- Dec 1947. 16

Letters to Elizabeth McKie 1947, 1947. 16

Letters from Vining 1946-1949, 1946-1949. 16

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Papers General MacArthur, 1947-1959. 16

Atom Bomb Essay, 1947. 16

Teaching, Autumn 1946, 1946. 16

Preparations, Letters from Esther Biddle Rhoads, 1946. 16

Introduction of EGV at Peeress [?] School 1946, 1946. 16

Diary, 1946- copy, Oct. 15-Dec. 21. 16

Gakushuin History, undated. 16

Kunaicho 1946 and Tagushoka (chamberlains), 1946. 16

Articles 1946, 1946. 16

The Emperor, 1946, 1946. 16

Letters sent to Vining Dec. 1946, 1946. 16 Scope and Contents

Folder found empty March 12, 2014

Clippings kept by Violet Gordon Gray, 1946-1947. 17

EGV's Tutor Appointment 1946, 1946. 17 Scope and Contents

For letters from Rufus Jones see Rufus J. file. Letters from Rufus Jones now in Haverford Library

Letters to Marjorie Stewart 1947, 1947. 17

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Letters to Elizabeth Gray Vining 1947, 1947. 17

The Crown Prince and Religions 1947, 1947. 17 Scope and Contents

Jiro Shimizu- Chamberlain - an "Earnest Christian" and a member of one of the more evangelical sects.

Letters from Crown Prince 1947, 1947. 17

Poetry Party, 1947. 17

The Princess 1947, 1947. 17

Keinaicho August- Dec. 1947, 1947. 17

Ex Prime Minister Kantoro Suzuki, 1947. 17

Forum Trip 1947, 1947. 17

Newspaper Clippings 1947, 1947. 17

Lessons 1947, 1947. 17

Forum Trip- Letters from "Tane"/T.T., 1947. 17

Diary, 1947 (copy 2) Letters, 1947. 17

Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, 1947. 17

The Empress 1947, 1947. 17

Notes 1947, 1947. 17

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War Crimes Trials 1947, 1947. 17

Student's Diaries 1948, 1948. 17

Letters to Elizabeth McKie 1948, 1948. 17

Letters Violet Gray July- October 1948, July- Oct. 1948. 17

Letters Violet Gray November 1948, 17838. 17

Diary 1948- copy, 1948. 18

[3] Notebooks 1948, Jan. 1948- Jan. 1949. 18

Letters to Marjorie Stuart 1948, 1948. 18

Contract 1948, 1948. 18

Clippings 1948, 1948. 18

Articles 1948, 1948. 18

Japanese Constitution Clippings, 1948-1959. 18

The Emperor, 1948, 1948. 18

The English Club, 1948. 18

Gagaku Bupaku, 1947-1959. 18

Kuraicho Togushokn, 1948-1951. 18

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Letters, April-June 1948, April- June 1948. 18 Scope and Contents

Some of May letters missing Part of 42

Lessons 1948, 1948. 18

Letters, January-March 1948, Jan.- March 1948. 18

"Tokyo and vicinity Telephone Directory" (1948), 1948. 18

Contract 1949, 1949. 18

Lessons 1949, 1949. 18

Letter from Mme. Burin des Rogiers, undated. 18

Diary, 1949 (copy) and Letters, 1949. 18

Notebooks, 1949, 1949. 19

Crown Prince's Visit to Karuizawa, 1949. 19

Kunoicho 1949 and the Chamberlains, 1949. 19

The Emperor, 1949, 1949. 19

Letters from Mr. Yoshida 1949, 1949. 19

Letters to Elizabeth McKie 1949, 1949. 19

Letters to Marjorie M. Stuart 1949, 1949. 19

Letters to Elizabeth McKie from Violet Gordon Gray 1949, 1949. 19

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Letters from Violet Gordon Gray to several friends (Oct. 1948-1949), Oct. 1948-1949. 19

Violet Gordon Gray diaries, 1949, 1949. 19

Maps- Japan, undated. 19

Letters from Violet Gordon Gray to several friends 1950, 1950. 19

Violet Gordon Gray notebook/diary material, 1950, 1950. 19

Letters from Vining 1950, 1950. 19

Letters from Dr. Koizumi 1950, 1950. 19

Kunaicho 1950, 1950. 19

Shiro Sumikura on EGV June 1950, 18415. 19

Letters to Marjorie Stewart 1950, 1950. 19

"Far East Fanfare" April 1950, 18354. 19

Lessons 1950, 1950. 19

General MacArthur Newspaper Clippings, 1951. 20

Pass for Imperial Palace Grounds 1950, 1950. 20

Clippings 1950, 1950. 20

Gakushui's Students 1950, 1950. 20 Scope and Contents