Inventory of the Robert L. Capp Papers
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Inventory of the Robert L. Capp Papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
© 2008 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert L. Capp papers
Dates: 1923-1998
Collection number: 99013
Creator:
Capp, Robert L.
Collection Size:
1 manuscript box
0.2 linear feet
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Sound recording of interview, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the American occupation of Japan and aftermath of the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Also includes photographs of victims of the Kanto (Tokyo) earthquake of 1923.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research. Use copies of sound recordings are available for immediate use.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert L. Capp papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1999
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical Note
Technician 4, United States Army and member, occupation forces, Japan, 1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Materials relate to Capp's experiences during World War II in Japan, including a sound recording of an interview with Capp,
photographs relating to the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan taken by Capp, and photographs found by Capp
of victims of the 1923 Kanto earthquake near Tokyo by an unidentified photographer.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
United States--Armed Forces--Japan
Atomic bomb
World War, 1939-1945--Japan
Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923
Genre
Phonotapes
Related Material
The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, a Brown University Digital Collection of Materials from the Dana and Vera Reynolds Collection,
available at
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/kanto/
Collection Contents
Box: 1
Hiroshima bombing destruction photographs
October 1945
Scope and Content Note
Photographed by Robert L. Capp, 8 prints.
Kanto Earthquake aftermath photographs
1923
Scope and Content Note
Unknown photographer. Film found by Robert L. Capp in October 1945, 10 prints.
Fred Capp photographs
1943
Scope and Content Note
Brother of Robert L. Capp, 2 prints.
Robert L. Capp portrait
undated
Robert L. Capp insignia patches
Robert L. Capp interview
17 December 1998
Scope and Content Note
2 cassettes. Conducted by Hoover Institution Staff member Remy Squires. Describes Capp's war experiences, visit to Hiroshima
in October 1945, and finding photographic film that he assumed to be of Hiroshima soon after the bombing, which was later
identified as photographs of the 1923 Kanto earthquake. Capp talks about walking through the city of Hiroshima after the bomb
was dropped, with particular focus on radiation and ignorance of it. The interview also touches on health issues with veterans
returning from combat. Use copy reference number: 99013_a_0001306.
