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Researches on endangered dialects of Okinawa Islands / [Toshiko Tsuhako and Yukio Uemura, eds.]

Author:
Tsuhako, Toshiko  Search this
Uemura, Yukio 1929-  Search this
Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim (Project)  Search this
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Okinawa Island
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
2003
Topic:
Japanese--Dialects  Search this
Japanese  Search this
Languages  Search this
Call number:
PL693.O47 R47 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_727599

Post-war Okinawa / by F.R. Pitts, W.P. Lebra and W.P. Suttles

Author:
Pitts, Forrest Ralph 1924-  Search this
Lebra, William P  Search this
Suttles, Wayne P. 1918-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 232 p. : maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1955
Call number:
DS895.O4 P6 1955
DS895.O4P6 1955
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_439331

Curatorial Records

Extent:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Field notes
Maps
Place:
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Guam
Hong Kong (China)
Date:
1980-1991
Descriptive Entry:
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.
Topic:
Research  Search this
Fieldwork  Search this
Scientific surveys  Search this
Invertebrates  Search this
Zoology  Search this
Genre/Form:
Field notes
Maps
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-216, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Curatorial Records
Identifier:
Accession 16-216
See more items in:
Curatorial Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa16-216

Victor Krantz photographs of Okinawa and Honshu

Creator:
Krantz, Victor  Search this
Extent:
364 Prints (silver gelatin)
Culture:
Japanese  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Japan
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1951-1953
Scope and Contents note:
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).
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 73-18
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Markets  Search this
Japanese -- Agriculture  Search this
Architecture -- Japan  Search this
Citation:
Photo lot 73-18, Victor Krantz photographs of Okinawa and Honshu, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.73-18
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3deac75ef-ca2d-4d6c-86bf-e3ec63718113
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-73-18

Stay off the skyline : the Sixth Marine Division on Okinawa : an oral history / Laura Homan Lacey

Author:
Lacey, Laura Homan 1962-  Search this
Subject:
United States Marine Corps Division, 6th  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 243 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Personal narratives, American
Biography
Place:
Japan
Okinawa Island
United States
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Marines  Search this
Oral history  Search this
History, Military  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_783429

Okinawa : the history of an island people / by George H.Kerr

Author:
Kerr, George H. 1911-  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 542 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps., ports. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1958
Topic:
History  Search this
Call number:
DS895.O4 K4X
952.81 .K3
DS895.O4K4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_35823

Egbert H. Walker Field Notes, 1928-1966

Creator:
Walker, Egbert H (Egbert Hamilton) 1899-1991  Search this
Subject:
Walker, Egbert H (Egbert Hamilton) 1899-1991  Search this
Physical description:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Field notes
Collection descriptions
Sketches
Place:
United States
New Zealand
Japan
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1928
1928-1966
Topic:
Botany  Search this
Plants  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 12-424
See more items in:
Field Book Project 1855-2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_355707

The Minatogawa man : the upper Pleistocene man from the island of Okinawa / edited by Hisashi Suzuki and Kazuro Hanihara

Author:
Suzuki, Hisashi 1912-  Search this
Hanihara, KazuroÌ„ 1927-  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 208 p., 68 p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Okinawa Island
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1982
C1982
Topic:
Fossil hominids  Search this
Anthropometry  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_349812

A catalog of the chromatic, postural, and locomotor behaviors of the pharaoh cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis) from Okinawa Island, Japan

Author:
Nakajima, R  Search this
Ikeda, Y  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
2017
Topic:
visual expressions  Search this
Pacific Ocean; Japan, Okinawa Island  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cephalopoda--Sepiidae--Sepia--pharaonis
Cephalopoda--Cephalopods
Data Source:
Cephalopod Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_20013

With the old breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa / E.B. Sledge ; [with a new introduction by Paul Fussell]

Author:
Sledge, E. B (Eugene Bondurant) 1923-  Search this
Subject:
Sledge, E. B (Eugene Bondurant) 1923-  Search this
United States Marine Corps Regiment, 5th Battalion, 3rd Company K History  Search this
United States Marine Corps  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 326 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm
Type:
Personal narratives
Biography
Place:
Japan
Okinawa Island
United States
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1990
1981
Topic:
Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Soldiers  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_678923

The sea we would like to see : the International Ocean Exposition, Okinawa, 1975

Title:
Expo '75 official guide book
Author:
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) ) (1975 : Okinawa-ken, Japan)  Search this
Subject:
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) ) (1975 : Okinawa-ken, Japan)  Search this
Physical description:
215 p. : col. ill., maps ; 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1975
Topic:
Oceanography  Search this
Marine resources  Search this
Call number:
GC35.2 .J377 1975
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_948232

Expo '75 : official report

Title:
Official Report of the International Ocean Exposition, Okinawa Japan, 1975
Author:
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) ) (1975 : Okinawa-ken, Japan)  Search this
Subject:
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) ) (1975 : Okinawa-ken, Japan)  Search this
Physical description:
260 p. : ill ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1976
1976]
Topic:
Oceanography  Search this
Marine resources  Search this
Call number:
GC35.2 .J37 1975
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_932795

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.]

Author:
Pearson, Richard J  Search this
Asato, Shijun  Search this
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 102, [4] p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
2009
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_934317

The final campaign : Marines in the victory on Okinawa / by Joseph H. Alexander

Author:
Alexander, Joseph H. 1938-  Search this
Subject:
United States Marine Corps History  Search this
Physical description:
52 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Okinawa Island
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Date:
1996
World War, 1939-1945
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
History, Military  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_519706

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