This accession consists of field notes of Robert F. Bolland, a professor with the University of Maryland University College. These field notes occurred during his work
with the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center on Okinawa Island, Guam, and Hong Kong and relate to collections that are housed at the National Museum of Natural History,
Department of Invertebrate Zoology. Materials include field data sheets and a map.
Photographs made during Victor Krantz's service with the United States Air Force in Japan. They include images of hotels, shrines, and other buildings; street and market scenes; dancers at Obon festival; people engaged in art, crafts, agriculture, games, and household activities; market scenes; and boats.
Biographical/Historical note:
Victor Krantz (1928-2005) was a Smithsonian photographer (1965-1993) and chief of photography at the National Museum of Natural History. He was stationed in Japan while serving in the United States Air Force (1952-1958).
Okinawa : the rise of an Island Kingdom : archaeological and cultural perspectives : proceedings of a symposium, Kingdom of the Coral Seas, November 17, 2007, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London / edited by Richard Pearson ; papers by Shijun Asato ... [et al.]