Charles L. Kades Papers, 1913-1997 (bulk 1945-1996)
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Charles L. Kades Papers
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13 records storage boxes, 1 half archives box, 7 oversize boxes, 3 map case folders and one framed item in map case
Kades, Charles L.
Biographical History for: Charles L. Kades Papers
Biographical Note Charles L. Kades was born in 1906 in Newburgh, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1927 and Harvard Law School in 1930, joining the Manhattan law firm of Hawkins, Delafield, and Longfellow as a municipal bond lawyer. From 1933 to 1942, he brought his knowledge of public finance to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal administration, serving as Assistant General Counsel for the Public Works Administration and then for the Treasury Department. An Army reservist since 1924, Kades entered active military duty in 1942. After service in the Army Civil Affairs Division in Washington, he participated in the U.S. D-Day landing in Southern France in August, 1944. In 1945, he was re-assigned to the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Tokyo, Japan. As Deputy Chief of the Government Section of SCAP, Kades became head of the steering committee charged by General Douglas MacArthur in February 1946 with producing a "democratic" draft constitution for Japan. He maintained life-long relationships with several SCAP colleagues and superiors, including General Courtney Whitney, then Chief of the Government Section. Kades returned to private law practice at Hawkins, Delafield, and Wood in 1949 and became known for his role in developing new methods of tackling public fiscal crises (the municipal assistance corporation) and financing public works ("pothole bonds"). From the 1950s to the 1970s, Kades participated intermittently in discussions with scholars, journalists, and Japanese politicians about the origins of Japan's post-war constitution. After his retirement to Heath, Massachusetts, in 1976, he became more actively involved in these discussions, travelling to Japan, participating in conferences, and producing an article for Political Science Quarterly (1989). He also provided numerous interviews for scholars and journalists. Charles Kades died in 1996. 1906 Mar 12Born in Newburgh, New York1923Graduated from Newburgh Free Academy1924Joined the U.S. Army Reserve1927Graduated from Cornell University1930Graduated from Harvard Law School 1930-1933Worked for law firm of Hawkins, Delafield, and Longfellow, specializing in public finance and municipal bonds1933-1937Assistant General Counsel at the Public Works Administration 1938-1940General Assistant to the Chief Counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue 1940-1942Assistant General Counsel to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Henry Morgenthau)1942-1943Attended Fort Benning Infantry School and underwent command and general staff training at Fort Leavenworth1943Assistant Executive Officer to General John Hilldring, Civil Affairs Division, War Department General Staff1944 Aug As Regional Liaison Officer with the First Airborne Task Force of the 7th Army, participated in the U.S. invasion of southern France on 15 August 19441945 Jan-AugReturned to former position at the Civil Affairs Division, War Department General Staff, in Washington, D.C. 1945 AugAwarded the Legion of Merit for work with the Civil Affairs Division of the U.S. Army 1945 Aug 15Promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army1945 Aug 25Arrived in Japan1945-1949Served in Japan as Deputy Chief of the Government Section, General Headquarters of SCAP (Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers).1946 FebHead of the Government Section Steering Committee organized to draft a revised constitution for Japan. 1946 JunAwarded the Oak Leaf Cluster of the Legion of Merit by General MacArthur for "Exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services in Japan."1949 May 3Resigned from active military service on the second anniversary of the effective date of the new Japanese Constitution. Returned to work as an attorney at Hawkins, Delafield, and Wood.1950 Address to the American Civil Liberties Union; published article in the American Bar Association Journal1958Acted as guide for a visiting delegation of the Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission.1973Legal adviser to the New York State government on the creation of so-called "pothole bonds," used to finance highway maintenance and repair.Mid-1970sLegal adviser to New York Governor Hugh Carey on the creation of the Municipal Assistance Corporation for New York City. 1976Retired as senior partner from Hawkins, Delafield, and Wood. Lived in Heath, Massachusetts.1989Published an article on the Japanese constitution in Political Science Quarterly1996 June 18thDied at the age of 90 in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
For some time prior to 1998, most of the materials in the collection had been in the possession of Professors Ray Moore (Amherst College) and Donald Robinson (Smith College). Additional materials were received from Professor Moore in 2000. See Related Material for information about the work produced by Professors Moore and Robinson using the Kades Papers.
Gift of Phyllis Kades, 1998.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists primarily of materials related to the creation of the Japanese Constitution of 1946. The collection provides partial documentation of the drafting and promulgation of the constitution through memoranda and correspondence (original and photocopied) and through multiple annotated versions of the draft constitution. Kades's own copies of English translations of Japanese deliberations over constitutional revision (transcripts of the Japanese Diet hearings and sessions, minutes of Privy Council meetings) form an important part of the collection. Other materials from the immediate post-war period include a small number of photographs of the opening of the Japanese Diet in December 1945 and of SCAP personnel. The collection also includes copies of SCAP correspondence and memoranda obtained sometime after 1965 from the MacArthur Archives, located at the McArthur Memorial, Norfolk, VA. In addition, the collection contains scholarly and non-scholarly material on post-war Japan and the Japanese Constitution gathered or produced after 1949: correspondence, manuscripts, notes, interview transcripts, recorded interviews, clippings, newspapers and periodicals, conference materials, annotated books and pamphlets, printed material, and photocopies of articles and original documents. Additional material documents Kades's role as a legal advisor to General Douglas MacArthur and his widow, Jean Faircloth MacArthur. Small amounts of material related to Kades's schooling, military service, government service, and legal career are also in the collection. Particularly noteworthy is his carefully assembled and captioned photograph album documenting D-Day in Southern France (1944).
There is no restriction on access to the Charles L. Kades Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Charles L. Kades Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Amherst College also holds books in English and Japanese from Charles Kades's library, many of which relate to his continuing interest in the Japanese Constitution and post-war Japan. A search of the library catalog for Charles Kades will show location information for these books; these are also listed above. See the Appendix for descriptions of additional books from Kades's collection. A complete list of the books donated to Amherst College by Phyllis Kades is located in Box 9, folder 7B. Other relevant holdings at Amherst College: The constitution of Japan: a documentary history of its framing and adoption, 1945-1947. Ray A. Moore and Donald L. Robinson, editors. Princeton, NJ: distributed by Princeton University Press, c1998. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections CD-ROM : KNX2064.51947.A2 C65 1998The Occupation of Japan [microform]: U.S. planning documents, 1942-1945. Amherst College, Frost Library, Microforms DS889.O25 Microfiche no.1-no.450Records of the Far Eastern Commission, 1945-1952 [microform] [Wilmington, Del.] : Scholarly Resources, [1992]. Amherst College, Frost Library, Reference D802.J3 R4 1992Hussey, Alfred Rodman, 1902-1964. Alfred Hussey Papers, [microform]. Amherst College, Frost Library, Microforms/Microfilm 243, r.1-r.12.Framing the Constitution of Japan: primary sources in English, 1944-1949. Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.: Congressional Information Service, 1989. Amherst College, Frost Library, Reference KNX2064.51947.A5 F7 1989 The Karl Loewenstein Papers, Subseries C, Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections. Relevant holdings at Five College Libraries: Framing the Constitution of Japan [microform]. [California, MD: Congressional Information Service], 1989. Smith College. Related holdings at other archival repositories: The Charles L. Kades Papers, Gordon W. Prange Collection, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.General Douglas MacArthur Memorial, Library and Archives, Norfolk, VA.
Processed in 2011 by Eileen Crosby, Project Archivist.
Constitutional history - Japan - Sources.
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Reconstruction (1939-1951) - Japan.
Kades, Charles Louis, 1906-1996
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Ashida, Hitoshi, 1887-1959
Buckley, Roger, 1944-
Deguchi, Ikuko
Esman, Milton J. (Milton Jacob), 1918-
Finn, Richard B.
Funkunaga, Fumio
Gordon, Beate Sirota
Hosoya, Masahiro, 1943-
Hussey, Alfred Rodman, d. 1964
Inoue, Kyoko, 1935-
Kanamori, Tukujiro, 1886-1959
Katayama, Tetsu, 1887-1978
Koseki, Shoichi, 1943-
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Matsumoto, Joji
McNelly, Theodore
Moore, Ray, A., 1933-
Nishi, Osamu, 1940-
Rizzo, Frank
Robinson, Donald L., 1936-
Rowell, Milo, 1903-1977
Takemae, Eiji, 1930-
Watanabe Toshio, 1949-
Whitney, Courtney
Williams, Justin
Yoshida, Shigeru, 1878-1967
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
series
Series 1: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS AND AWARDS [1913-1994]
Series 1 contains school and religious records and certificates, diplomas, applications, transcripts, framed awards and medals, photographs, a scrapbook, obituaries, and condolence letters sent to Kades's wife, Phyllis Kades.
Passport 1994
Newburgh Free Academy-Commencement booklet [contains photographs]; Transcripts-Newburgh Free Academy, Cornell University, Harvard Law School 1923-1973
Harvard University-Membership certificate-Cardozo Law Club 1928
Application for U.S. Civil Service Attorney position 1942 Dec
Condolence letters 1996
Obituaries, condolence letters, nomination letters for the Presidential Medal of Freedom 1995-1996, n.d.
Biographical summaries and obituaries 1996, n.d.
Certificates-Temple Beth Jacob
Creation of Certificates-Temple Beth Jacob
Time of Creation of Certificates-Temple Beth Jacob
Cornell University-Bachelor of Arts diploma
Creation of Cornell University-Bachelor of Arts diploma
Time of Creation of Cornell University-Bachelor of Arts diploma
College Entrance Diploma
Creation of College Entrance Diploma
Time of Creation of College Entrance Diploma
Harvard University - Bachelor of Laws diploma
Creation of Harvard University - Bachelor of Laws diploma
Time of Creation of Harvard University - Bachelor of Laws diploma
Certificate - Cornell University Department of Public Speaking
Creation of Certificate - Cornell University Department of Public Speaking
Time of Creation of Certificate - Cornell University Department of Public Speaking
Certificate - Phi Beta Kappa
Creation of Certificate - Phi Beta Kappa
Time of Creation of Certificate - Phi Beta Kappa
Newburgh Free Academy-Photograph
Scrapbook (correspondence, clippings, photographs, invitations, school records) (photocopies) (Folder 1 contains a list of many of the items in the scrapbook)
Creation of Scrapbook (correspondence, clippings, photographs, invitations, school records) (photocopies) (Folder 1 contains a list of many of the items in the scrapbook)
Time of Creation of Scrapbook (correspondence, clippings, photographs, invitations, school records) (photocopies) (Folder 1 contains a list of many of the items in the scrapbook)
Scrapbook (correspondence, clippings, photographs, invitations, school records)
Creation of Scrapbook (correspondence, clippings, photographs, invitations, school records)
Time of Creation of Scrapbook (correspondence, clippings, photographs, invitations, school records)
[RESTRICTED DUE TO FRAGILE CONDITION. See OS 3, Folders 1-5 for a photocopy. To view multi-page items, request to see the original.]
Framed awards and medals: Legion of Merit, for service in the European Theater of Operations, August 1943-August 1945; Legion of Merit, First Oak-Leaf Cluster, [for] service in Japan, 30 August 1945-15 May 1946, framed and matted with accompanying medals (24.5" x 29")
Creation of Framed awards and medals: Legion of Merit, for service in the European Theater of Operations, August 1943-August 1945; Legion of Merit, First Oak-Leaf Cluster, [for] service in Japan, 30 August 1945-15 May 1946, framed and matted with accompanying medals (24.5" x 29")
Time of Creation of Framed awards and medals: Legion of Merit, for service in the European Theater of Operations, August 1943-August 1945; Legion of Merit, First Oak-Leaf Cluster, [for] service in Japan, 30 August 1945-15 May 1946, framed and matted with accompanying medals (24.5" x 29")
Framed certificate of retirement from the United States Army, with eight medals (23.5" x 16.5")
Series 2: HAWKINS, DELAFIELD, AND WOOD (LEGAL CAREER)
Series 2 includes research material; legal briefs, reports, and opinions; and publications and addresses by Kades on legal topics. Material related Kades's role in the creation of the municipal assistance corporation (MAC) is in this series. The series also includes a history of the firm where Kades practiced law from 1930-1933 and from 1949 until his retirement as senior partner in 1976.
Copies of printed material-administration; penal law n.d
"Extracts from economics books" (typescript notes) [1927-1930]
Mark Hopkins inheritance case-clippings, photostatic copies of correspondence from the 19th century 1926, n.d.
Announcement of Kades's return to Hawkins, Delafield, and Wood 1949 Jun 1
"An Irrevocable Federal Subsidy: A Study of Its Legal Aspects" by Charles L. Kades (printed material) 1950
Printed material, copies of printed material (legal opinions, reports), transcripts of an 1839 letter and an 1859 law case report. n.d.
Excerpts from legal texts-Local finance n.d.
Institute of Pacific Relations vs. U.S.-Legal brief, correspondence, clippings 1951-1983
"Tax exemption aspects of the Long Island Transit Authority," by Charles L. Kades (printed material) 1951
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary-Subcommittee hearing: Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments (printed material) 1955 Aug 30
Address to the Federal Bar Association-Kades (typescript photocopy) 1961 May
Legal brief-A. Holly Patterson v. Hugh Carey; Legal reports-Patterson v. Carey (Charles F. Kades, of counsel) 1975-1977, n.d.
Flushing National Bank v. Municipal Assistance Corps-Law practice articles and reports (photocopies) 1975-1977
"Cases related to M[unicipal]A[ssistance] C[orporation] Issues (binder of photocopies of case law) n.d.
Legal briefs, memoranda, notices, orders, affidavit, etc.: New York State Thruway Authority-Holly Patterson et al. v. Hugh Carey, Arthur Levitt et al. 1975
New York State Court of Appeals-Opinions and decision-Wein v. The State of New York (photocopies) 1975-1976
Law Report-South Carolina v. Baker (U.S. Supreme Court decision - 1980) n.d.
Legal brief-Hawkins, Delafield and Wood, v. Commission of Finance-City of New York (Charles Kades, of Counsel) 1985
In Memoriam-Honorable Edward J. Dimock (Record of extraordinary session-U.S. Distinct Court; passage by Kades); "Judge Dimock's History of the Firm" (typescript) 1976-1986
Commercial Union Group-Legal Protection Plan (draft brochure and membership card) n.d.
Hong Kong-Banking law (printed material with marginalia) 1986-1988, n.d.
Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank (printed material) 1995
Correspondence 1981-1989
Correspondence-Law practice 1985, 1989
RESTRICTED until 75 years from date of item (2060/2064).
New York State Bar Bulletin-Photograph-Kades and four unidentified men 1960 Feb
Biographical essay on Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.-author unknown (typescript photocopy); quotations (Holmes and Lord Mansfield) n.d.
Certificate-Inter-American Bar Association
Creation of Certificate-Inter-American Bar Association
Time of Creation of Certificate-Inter-American Bar Association
Admission to the bar of the District and Appeals Courts, New York State
Creation of Admission to the bar of the District and Appeals Courts, New York State
Time of Creation of Admission to the bar of the District and Appeals Courts, New York State
Admission to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of New York State, and the District and Appeals Courts of the District of Columbia
Framed certificates and pens documenting Governor Hugh Carey's signing of New York Senate Bills, Numbers 6701 and 6705 (creation of municipal assistance corporations)
Series 3: GOVERNMENT SERVICE (PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION; TREASURY DEPARTMENT)
Series 3 includes texts of speeches, publications, and clippings regarding the work of Kades and his colleagues on New Deal programs established during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The bulk of the material in this small series is retrospective.
Related material: Series 1, BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS AND AWARDS (1913-1994)
Public Works Administration and Treasury Department-Clippings 1934-[1996]
Treasury Department-Publications and addresses by Kades; biographical summary with photograph 1941, n.d.
Benjamin V. Cohen-Address to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (typescript) 1947 Jun 12
44th anniversary of FDR's inauguration-invitation, clippings, printed material, speeches, correspondence 1977 March
Correspondence-"Will Rogers" to Treasury Department re: Bond redemption (typescript copies); Islamic quote n.d.
Treasury Department - Clippings
Series 4: MILITARY TRAINING AND SERVICE [1922-1944]
Series 4 includes clippings, newspapers, military records and certificates, photographs, and a photograph album. The album documents the invasion of southern France by the U.S. 7th Army beginning on 15 August 1944.
Invitation 1944 July
D-Day (Southern France)-Notes, clippings 1944, n.d.
D-Day (Southern France)-Photographs 1944, n.d.
Military record and report of separation 1946 Jun
La Patriote Niçoise
D-Day (Southern France)-Photograph album and scrapbook documenting the invasion of St. Tropez, Toulon, Marseilles, and surrounding locales by U.S. forces in August and September, 1944. Many photographs are watermarked "U.S. Army Signal Corps" and numbered. In addition to documenting military operations, the album contains photographs of members of the FFI (French resistance organization) and of the public humiliation of French women believed to have collaborated with the Germans.
Creation of D-Day (Southern France)-Photograph album and scrapbook documenting the invasion of St. Tropez, Toulon, Marseilles, and surrounding locales by U.S. forces in August and September, 1944. Many photographs are watermarked "U.S. Army Signal Corps" and numbered. In addition to documenting military operations, the album contains photographs of members of the FFI (French resistance organization) and of the public humiliation of French women believed to have collaborated with the Germans.
Time of Creation of D-Day (Southern France)-Photograph album and scrapbook documenting the invasion of St. Tropez, Toulon, Marseilles, and surrounding locales by U.S. forces in August and September, 1944. Many photographs are watermarked "U.S. Army Signal Corps" and numbered. In addition to documenting military operations, the album contains photographs of members of the FFI (French resistance organization) and of the public humiliation of French women believed to have collaborated with the Germans.
LIMITED ACCESS DUE TO FRAGILE CONDITION. Contact Archives and Special Collections.
Certificates: Military Training Certificate, Citizens' Military Training Camps, 31 Aug 1922; Appointment to Second Lieutenant in the Infantry of the U.S. Army, 4 Oct 1928; Completion of the Rifle and Heavy Weapons Company Officers Course, 3 July 1942; Temporary appointment to Colonel in the U.S. Army, effective 15 August 1945 (dated 27 June, 1947). (Items have been removed from frame; original red mat retained.)
Creation of Certificates: Military Training Certificate, Citizens' Military Training Camps, 31 Aug 1922; Appointment to Second Lieutenant in the Infantry of the U.S. Army, 4 Oct 1928; Completion of the Rifle and Heavy Weapons Company Officers Course, 3 July 1942; Temporary appointment to Colonel in the U.S. Army, effective 15 August 1945 (dated 27 June, 1947). (Items have been removed from frame; original red mat retained.)
Time of Creation of Certificates: Military Training Certificate, Citizens' Military Training Camps, 31 Aug 1922; Appointment to Second Lieutenant in the Infantry of the U.S. Army, 4 Oct 1928; Completion of the Rifle and Heavy Weapons Company Officers Course, 3 July 1942; Temporary appointment to Colonel in the U.S. Army, effective 15 August 1945 (dated 27 June, 1947). (Items have been removed from frame; original red mat retained.)
Series 5: THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION OF 1946 [1945-1953]
Series 5 includes memoranda, reports, and manuscript and printed drafts of the constitution. Many of these items are in the form of photocopies made after 1950. The origin of these copies is not clear. Kades noted in correspondence that when he completed his work in Japan, most of his documents remained with SCAP (Kades to Colonel Lyman F. Hammond, 9 August 1985, box 9, folder 20). Many of the memoranda were written by SCAP Government Section members assigned to the committee or subcommittees charged with producing a draft constitution. Only a portion of these memoranda contain named authors. Committee and subcommittee members are listed in Box 2, Folder 58, and included (in addition to Kades): Alfred Rodman Hussey, Milo Rowell, Beata Sirota (Beata Gordon), Milton J. Esman, Frank Rizzo, Frank E. Hays, Guy J. Swope, Osborne Hauge, Roy Malcolm, Richard Armstrong Poole, Cyrus H. Peake, Cecil G. Tilton, Harry Emerson Wildes, Pieter K. Roest, Gertrude Norman, Ruth Ellerman, Jacob I. Miller, Margaret Stone, Philip O. Kenney, and George A. Nelson, Jr. The series does include Kades's bound copies of translated transcripts of hearing and sessions of the Japanese Diet and Privy Council on the topic of constitutional revision. These are Kades's own copies that appear to have returned with him when he left Japan. Additional material consists of correspondence, promotional material on the Japanese constitution, press releases, photographs, newsclippings, awards, speeches, printed material. Correspondence and speeches in this series document Kades's SCAP-related activities through 1950, after his return to private law practice. The series also includes two folders of photocopies of documents originating with SCAP that appear to have been obtained from the MacArthur Archives. These folders include copies of correspondence between Douglas MacArthur and Japanese Prime Ministers Shigeru Yoshida, Tetsu Katayama, and Hitoshi Ashida. When these copies were gathered and by whom is not clear.
Memoranda, notes, and related material
CONTAINS MEMORANDA AND REPORTS RELATED TO THE DRAFTING OF THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION OVER THE COURSE OF 1946, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
Memorandum (Operations Division)-J.E. Hull to Lieut. General Richard K. Sutherland (copy) [RESTRICTED until further notice -possibly classified] 1945 Aug 22
Memoranda 1945 Aug 22-Sep 4
SCAP Memoranda to "Japanese Imperial Government" (copies) 1945 Sep 18-19
Allocation of SCAP staff responsibilities 1945 Oct
Memorandum to the Commander in Chief [Douglas MacArthur], from Bonner F. Fellers (copy) 1945 Oct 2
"List of member[s] of the so-called Matsumoto Committee" n.d.
Constitutional Problem Investigative Committee-memoranda, press reports (copies) 1946 Feb
Memoranda on constitutional reform-Government Section to SCAP 1946 Feb1-2
Memorandum-[Douglas MacArthur to Courtney Whitney]-(re: outline of expectations for the revised Japanese Constitution) (multiple versions of typescript copy with marginalia) [1946 Feb 3], n.d.
Summary Report on meeting of the Government Section (Whitney presentation of MacArthur memo) 1946 Feb 4
Government Section memorandum on constitutional revision 1946 Feb 6
Article II (Article 9)-Typescript with marginalia (photocopy) n.d.
Notes-Article 9 (by Kades) (photocopy of manuscript) n.d.
Memorandum-Kades to Government Section Chief [Whitney] 1946 Feb 25
"Constitutional revision in Japan," Alfred Rodman Hussey. Jr. [1946 Mar 6]
"Draft Resolution on the Exclusion of the Imperial Rescript on Education, etc." (multiple versions); related reports, tables, and clipping 1946 Mar-1948 Jun
Memoranda on the Japanese Draft of the Constitution 1946 Apr-May
Memoranda for the Chief, Government Section [Whitney] 1946 June 25- Jul 11
Memorandum for the Chief, Government Section [Whitney] from Milton J. Esman 1946 Jul 14
Memorandum for the Record from T.A. Bisson 1946 July 18
"Suggested Corrections on the Present Draft Constitution-Special Constitutional Committee of the Social Democratic Party" 1946 Jul 24
Memorandum - "Statements by Matsumoto on the Constitution"-Richard Armstrong Poole 1946 Aug 5
Memorandum-"Inadequacies and Dangers of Article XXX..." 1946 Aug 5
Memorandum-"Uncertainties concerning Article 77 of the Draft Constitution" 1946 Aug 6
Outline-"Reform of Japanese Governmental System"-Charles L. Kades (fragment) 1946 Sep 13
SCAP Agenda for orientation of the House of Commons 1946 Sep
Meeting minutes, notes
"Contents of Constitutional File No. 1" n.d.
Notes [1946]-1949, n.d.
Meeting Minutes-Government Section with Dr. Matsumoto, Mr. Yoshida and Mr. Shirasu 1946 Feb 22
Meeting Minutes-Government Section with "Mr. Hara" and "Mr. Ota" (photocopy) 1947 May 5
Far Eastern Commission-Conference minutes; Fragment of Revisions to Constitution 1946 Jan 17, n.d.
Reports and briefings
"A Brief Account of the Critical Period Preceding the Termination of the War..." by Toshikazu Kase 1946 May
Report and Lecture on Japanese Culture-E.H. Norman 1946
Report-The Japanese and Chinese Revolutions-Charles Kades n.d.
Report-The Genyosha of Fukuoka-Charles Kades n.d.
Background report on land reform 1949 Apr
Briefing conference for Ambassador Phillip C. Jessup-The Political Reorientation of Japan (typescript) 1950 Jun 6
"Political Reorientation of Japan and Status of Commitment Influence" presented by Frank Rizzo 1950 Feb 2
Memoranda [after 1946]
Memorandum-Discrimination against Eta by O.I. Hauge 1947 Jun 20
Memoranda 1948 Feb
Memoranda-SCAP (Legal Section; Government Section) 1948 Jul-Sep
Memorandum on James Lee Kaufmann [author unknown] n.d.
Press releases and statements
MacArthur, Douglas: Draft statement re: his "authority to effect constitutional reform" n.d.
MacArthur, Douglas: statement on mission of SCAP 1946 Mar 10
Press release, MacArthur, Douglas: statement on the fourth anniversary of the Japanese surrender 1949 Aug 29
Press conference statement (Government Section): "The Constitution or the Dark Curtain? (Kempo or Kuromaku?)" 1947 Sep 19
The Constitution: chronologies, drafting committees, and drafts
Chronology of passage of the revised Japanese Constitution n.d.
Index of the report of study on practice and application of the constitution n.d.
Drafting process of Japanese Constitution [1946]
Constitutional Drafting Committees [1946]
GS-Committee Drafts-Committee on Public Finance [1946]
GS-Committee Drafts-Committee on the Judiciary [1946]
GS-Committee Drafts-Committee on the Emperor and Miscellaneous Affairs [1946]
GS-Committee Drafts-Committee on the Diet [1946]
GS-Committee Drafts-Committee on the Executive [1946]
GS-Dissenting Memorandum [Committee of the Executive] [1946]
GS-Committee Drafts-Committee on Local Government [1946]
GS-Committee Drafts-Committee on Civil Rights [1946]
Japanese Constitution prior to 1946 (printed material) n.d.
"Masumoto Revision Draft (A)-English and Japanese" 1946 Jan 4
"Masumoto Revision Draft (B)-English and Japanese" n.d.
Draft of the Constitution of Japan-copy of typescript; marginalia; fragment 1946 Feb 12, n.d.
"'Gov't Draft' of 4 Mar. '46 in English and Japanese" 1946 Mar 4, n.d.
"Revised 'Gov't Draft' of 6 Mar. '46 in English and Japanese" 1946 Mar 6, n.d.
"Draft submitted to Privy Council 17 Apr '46 (3rd Gov't Draft) in English and Japanese" 1946 Apr 17
"Draft submitted to House of Representatives on 20 June '46 ('4th Gov't Draft') in English and Japanese" 1946 Jun 20
Draft as amended by H.R. and passed to House of Peers-in English 1946 Aug 30
Draft as amended by H.R. and passed to House of Peers-in Japanese [?]
"Amendments made by House of Peers on 6 Sept '46 (English and Japanese)" 1946 Sep 6
"Constitution of Japan as adopted by the Diet on 7 Sept '46 and promulgated on 3 Nov. '46-English and Japanese" 1946 Sep 7-Nov 3
Japanese printed material [fragment constitution draft] n.d.
The Constitution of Japan-effective May 3, 1947- (Dept. of State Publication 2836) (printed material with marginalia) [1947]
Hearings and sessions of the Japanese Diet and Privy Council
Volume I: Privy Council 1946 Apr 22-Oct 21
(English translation of minutes and transcripts of meetings of the Japanese Privy Council on the "Revision Bill of the Imperial Constitution": Typescript. Japanese text of minutes. Photostatic copy.) [CONTAINS FRAGILE AND LOOSE PAGES. HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE.]
Volume II: Japanese Constitution / House of Representatives / Committee Hearings 1946 Jun 29-Aug 21
(English translations of the transcripts of the hearings of the Committee on Revision. Typescript.)[NOTE: pagination in this volume is inconsistent; title pages of individual transcriptions are not present in many cases.]
Volume III: Japanese Constitution / House of Representatives / Subcommittee Hearings
(English translations of transcripts of the hearings of the Subcommittee on Revision. Typescript.)
Volume IV: House of Representatives / Plenary Sessions (Including Committee Report) 1946 Jun 26-Oct 8
(English translations of transcripts of sessions. Japanese text of transcripts. Printed material.)
Volume V: House of Peers / Committee and Subcommittee Hearings (English translations of hearing transcripts. Typescript.) 1946 Aug 31-Sep 20
[CONTAINS FRAGILE AND LOOSE PAGES. HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE.]
Volume VI: House of Peers / Committee and Subcommittee Hearings (cont'd) / and Plenary Sessions 1946 Sep 21-Oct 7
(English translations of hearing and session transcripts. Typescript and printed material.) [CONTAINS FRAGILE AND LOOSE PAGES. HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE.]
Volume VII: House of Representatives and House of Peers Committee Hearings and Plenary Sessions (Japanese) (Printed material.) [1946 Jun 29 -Oct 7]
Promotional material and newsclippings
Japanese Constitution-promotional material n.d.
Newspaper articles on the constitution (typescript) (English) 1952-1953
Newsclippings 1946-1953, n.d.
The Herald-Philippines; Nippon Times; The Herald Tribune" - Newspapers, clippings 1941-1951
Correspondence
Correspondence 1947, n.d.
Correspondence-Kades to Douglas MacArthur 1950 Mar
Correspondence to Rizzo, Frank (telegram) 1951 Apr
Correspondence-Charles Kades to Courtney Whitney 1950 Mar-1951 Apr
Correspondence-Hays, Frank E. to Kades 1951 Apr
Correspondence-Hilldring, J.H. to Kades 1946 Jan 14
Incomplete typescript addressed to "Dan" reflecting on the issues and problems facing the Civil Affairs Division of the U.S. Army during World War II. Author unknown. Originally filed in under Hilldring, [John Henry] in the Kades papers. n.d.
Correspondence-Marquat, W.F. to Whitney, Courtney 1946 Feb 5
Correspondence-Courtney Whitney to Kades (with enclosure) (includes photocopies) 1949 Apr-1950 Jul
Correspondence-MacArthur, Douglas to Kades 1949 May-1950 Mar
Correspondence-Douglas MacArthur to the Prime Minister of Japan [Katagama Tetsu?] (copies) 1947 Sep 16
Correspondence-Courtney Whitney to General Shirasu 1946 Feb 16
Correspondence-Courtney Whitney to William B. Ruggles re: Yamashita case 1950 Mar
Correspondence and Report re: Purge of Jaichiro [?] Matsumoto 1946-1947
Green vinyl presentation binder bearing the seal of the U.S. War Office. Encloses letters from Major Generals John Hilldring, W.F. Marquat, and Courtney Whitney. The originals of these letters are filed under the correspondent's name in this series. 1946-1950
Kades's SCAP assignments, citations, resignation; speeches
Memoranda and Correspondence re: Kades's assignment and commission 1945-1948
Correspondence-Chinese Supply Commission/War Dept./CINCAFPAC re: Kades assignment 1946 Mar
Citation for Legion of Merit (Oak Leaf Cluster) [1946 June]
Kades resignation from SCAP-press releases, newswire reports, correspondence 1949 Apr-May
Press releases and clipping re: Kades's resignation 1949 Mar 15-May 20
Kades's copies of employment documents and correspondences from MacArthur 1942-1950
Statement to be given at the Council of Foreign Relations New York City 1949 May 10
Kades's address to the A.C.L.U. 1950 Feb 22
Photographs and maps
Three 4" x 5" black and white photographs of Emperor Hirohito opening the Japanese Diet. This was the first post-war session of the Diet. 1945 Dec 4
(Official photograph taken by "Allen." Each photo includes a full descriptive caption on the reverse.)
8" x 10" black and white photograph with typed caption: "Emperor Hirohito at Throne Opening First Session of Diet after Japanese Surrender December 4, 1945" 1945 Dec 4
5" x 7" black and white photograph inscribed: "Left to Right: Gen. MacArthur, [Gen.] Whitney, Col. Wheeler leaving GHQ (Dai Ichi Building)" n.d.
3" x 4" black and white photograph of Kades, Guy Swope, Colonel Tilton, and Frank Rizzo in the conference room at GHQ, with inscription. n.d.
8" x 10" black and white photograph. Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph of an informal meeting of SCAP and Japanese government officials in the Dai Ichi building. Pictured: Osborne Hauge, Ryonzo Katsueo, Makoto Matsukata, Seita Fukui, Frank Rizzo, and Charles Kades. Full caption on reverse. 1948 Jun 30
8" x 10" black and white photograph of Douglas MacArthur inscribed to "Col. Kades" (3 Nov 1946); typed letter from MacArthur to Kades, 3 May 1949 (removed from frame) 1946,1949
Thank you letter to Kades from the fourteen members of the Japanese Diet Delegation who traveled to the U.S. in the spring of 1950. Japanese calligraphic text on matboard. Typed English translation in mat window (Removed from frame and foldered.)
U.S. Army road map of Central Japan, annotated
Creation of U.S. Army road map of Central Japan, annotated
Time of Creation of U.S. Army road map of Central Japan, annotated
U.S. Army road map of Southern Japan, annotated
Creation of U.S. Army road map of Southern Japan, annotated
Time of Creation of U.S. Army road map of Southern Japan, annotated
8" x 10" black and white photograph of building in Tokyo, inscribed "Outside view of Diet Bldg during December 1945 (Tokyo) (See ruins from firebombing)"
Creation of 8" x 10" black and white photograph of building in Tokyo, inscribed "Outside view of Diet Bldg during December 1945 (Tokyo) (See ruins from firebombing)"
Time of Creation of 8" x 10" black and white photograph of building in Tokyo, inscribed "Outside view of Diet Bldg during December 1945 (Tokyo) (See ruins from firebombing)"
Printed material
SCAP telephone directory 1949 1949 Jul 1
Congressional Record (excerpt) 1945 Sep 18
Modern Japan (book fragment) with marginalia n.d.
"Economic Consequences of the League" (book fragment) [1927]
MacArthur Archives material
CONTAINS COPIES OF MEMORANDA AND COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND SUCCESSIVE JAPANESE PRIME MINISTERS, 1945-1950
Copies of: correspondence: Douglas MacArthur and Japanese Prime Ministers Shigeru Yoshida, Tetsu Katayama, and Hitoshi Ashida; correspondence from Courtney Whitney; correspondence and memoranda from other SCAP officials. Most items stamped "MacArthur Archives." All copies are of typescript; some copies include notations. 1946-1948, n.d.
Copies of memoranda and correspondence; transcript of conversation between Charles Kades and Courtney Whitney, 2 Feb 1949. All items stamped MacArthur Archives; some items contain original notations in an unidentified hand. 1945 Nov-1950 Apr
Series 6: RETROSPECTIVE VIEWS OF THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION AND POST-WAR JAPAN [1950-1996]
Series 6 contains correspondence, typescripts drafts, notes, annotated memoranda (photocopies), texts of speeches, travel itineraries, newsclippings, newspapers and periodicals, interview transcripts, recordings, and printed material.
Note on alphabetization of correspondent names: In most of Kades's correspondence with Japanese individuals, he followed the western convention of using the second name in a signature as the surname. The alphabetization of names in the correspondence sections of this series follows that convention except in the few cases where Kades's correspondence adheres to the Japanese convention (surname written first when signing).
Correspondence (Alphabetical)
Amakawa Akira 1989 Oct - 1993 Aug
Auchincloss, Louis 1985 Jul - 1986 Feb
Bailey, Jackson 1989 May - 1992 Jul
Baldwin, Roger 1980 Jul - 1981 May
Beer, Lawrence W. 1986 Jan - Mar
Blakemore, Thomas, and Re: Thomas Blakemore 1988Mar - 1994 Jun
Includes 1950 reminiscence of taking the Japanese Bar Exam by Blakemore.
Blaustein, Albert P. 1985 Jul 11
Bowen, Roger 1979 Jan - Oct
British Broadcasting Corporation 1988 May - Sep
Buckley, Roger (2 folders) 1982 Nov - 1995 Mar
Buckley, Roger
Creation of Buckley, Roger
Time of Creation of Buckley, Roger
Chino, Keiko 1991 Mar - Apr
Deguchi, Ikuko 1987-[1994], n.d.
Documentary Workshop, Ltd. 1992 Feb - 1994 Nov
Includes correspondence with Kocienda, Jean Gordon
Endo Koshi 1987 Dec - 1988 Jan
Faux, Sandra 1988 Jan - Mar
Finn, Richard 1979 Aug - 1994 Feb
Frost, Peter 1984 Apr - 1994 Jan
Fukunaga, Fumio. Includes enclosure dated 1948; includes interview transcript 1989-1994, n.d.
Gibney, Alec 1990 Apr - Aug
Goldscheider, Eric 1995 Feb 26
Gordon, Beate (Sirota) 1978 Dec - 1991 Jun
Hadley, Eleanor 1978 Feb - 1992 Jun
Harada, Katsuhiro 1990 Jun - 1995 Feb
Hosoya, Masahiro (Doshisha University) 1981 Jan - 1995
Inoue, Kyoko 1986 Jun - 1992 Dec
Jigsaw Productions Incorporated 1989 May - 1995 Jul
See also: Gibney, Alec
Kataoka, Tetsuya to Kades and to Williams, Justin; Kades to Kataoka 1991 Oct - 1992 Jan
Kawai, Yoshikazu 1986- 1992, n.d.
Kitabatake, Kasumi 1980 Sep
Maki, John M. 1989 Sep - 1991 Oct
Masuda, Hiroshi 1984 Mar - 1993 Jul
Mayo, Marlene 1987 Feb - 1992 Nov
McDougall, William 1988 Jan 30
McNelly, Theodore 1978-1994
Moore, Ray 1980 May-1995 Mar
Miller, Charles 1989 Apr - 1995 Aug
Nakamura, Masanori 1989 May-Jul
Newsweek Japan 1987-1990, n.d.
Nishi, Osamu 1984- 1988, n.d.
Okudaira, Yasuhiro 1994 Oct - 1995 May
Oregon Public Broadcasting 1996 Jun 27
Perry, John Curtis 1979 May - 1996 Jan
Political Science Quarterly 1988 Sep - 1989 Nov
Reischauer, Haru Matsukata 1991 Nov - Dec
Revere, Paul 1988 Jan, n.d.
Robinson, Donald L. 1990 May - 1995 Apr
The Sankei Shimbun 1981 Jan - 1987 Dec
Shibuya, T. (Includes photographs) 1988 Oct - 1992 Oct
Smith, Newland 1989 Sep - 1992 Jul
Sodei, Rinjiro 1986 Sep - 1993 Sep
Stone, Susan 1978 Aug - Sep
Sugihara, Seishiro 1988 Sep - Nov
Suntory Foundation 1993 Aug, n.d.
Takemae, Eiji 1986 Apr-1992 Sep, n.d.
Tsuchimoch, Gary H. 1994 Dec - 1995 Feb
Ward, Robert E. 1989 Oct - Sep
Watanabe Toshio. Includes a transcript of an interview with Kades on castes in Japan. Two facsimiles of typescript, one with annotations by Kades. 1987 Nov - 1989 Sep
Watanabe, Yuichiro 1980 Dec - 1981 Jan
Whitney, Courtney Jr. (Includes enclosed letter dated 1966) n.d.
Williams, Justin (Includes numerous enclosures, especially copies of Williams's correspondence with others) 1986 Apr - 1994 Jul
Correspondence re: Justin Williams 1991 Feb - Mar
Yabumoto, Yoshiyuki 1988 May - 1994 Sep
Yamada, Hisatoshi 1994 Nov 13
Yanagihara, Midori 1994 Jun 24
Yasuda, Tatsuhiko 1978 Dec - 1981 Jun
Yasukawa, Takeshi 1958 Nov 15
Yomiuri Shimbun 1990-1995 Nov, n.d.
Kades to Editors of the Yomiuri Shimbun declining an invitation to discuss possible revision of the Japanese Constitution 1995 Nov 1
Yui, Daizaburo 1985 Jun - 1987 Jan
Yung, H.C. 1992 Jul - 1995 Dec
Unidentified Recipients n.d.
Correspondence-Multiple Correspondents
The MacArthur memo of 1946 Feb 3 and Kades's marginalia. Correspondence exchange: Kades; Kawaii, Yoshikazu; Chino, Keiko; Poole, Richard Armstrong (with enclosures) 1991
Correspondence-Chronological
Correspondence and business card n.d.
Correspondence [1966], 1970s
Correspondence 1980s
Correspondence 1990-1992
Correspondence 1993-1996
Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission
Correspondence and notes-Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission 1958, n.d.
Index of the report of study...of the constitution n.d.
Clipping-Constitutional Reform Commission 1950
Publications by Charles Kades
Letters to the editor 1951-1990
Notes-"The American Role in Revising Japan's Imperial Constitution" n.d.
"The American Role in Revising Japan's Imperial Constitution"-draft, notes n.d.
"Revisiting Revising the Imperial Constitution of Japan"-draft n.d.
"Discussion of Professor Theodore McNelly's paper 'General Douglas MacArthur and the Constitutional Disarmament of Japan'" by Kades, Charles-typescript drafts, photocopies, reprints 1982
Political Science Quarterly Vol. 102, no. 2 (Summer 1989. Includes Charles Kades's "The American role in revising Japan's Imperial Constitution." (Full issue and reprints.) 1989 Summer
"The Emperor-What He Means to Me" (written for Newsweek Japan) 1989, n.d.
Cornell Magazine-Class notes columns 1992-1996
Eulogy for Alfred C. Oppler (by Kades); Related material in remembrance of Oppler 1982
Alfred E. Oppler (photographs) 1982, n.d.
Research
Includes two folders of material that appear to be unrelated to his work on the Constitution or to his professional legal work.
Copy of typed version of MacArthur memo from 3 Feb 1946 n.d.
Photocopies of 1946 documents from: The Making of the Constitution of Japan, vol. 1, by Kenzo Takayanagi, et al. 1972 (with marginalia, some copies incomplete) n.d.
Municipal home rule-Bibliography n.d.
Article XXVIII of the Constitution (typescript notes) (copy) n.d.
"Developments of the Text of Article 9..." by Kades n.d.
The Political Reorientation of Japan (partial photocopy) 1949
Legislative reports, case law (United States constitutional law) (printed material, photocopies) 1958-1959, n.d.
Military Situation in the Far East; Hearings before the Committee on Armed Services-U.S. Senate (photocopy of 1951 publication) n.d.
Gordon W. Prange Collection/Mckeldin Library/University of Maryland (photocopies and printed material) 1980-1987, n.d.
Clippings-Beate Sirota Gordon 1996
Clippings-Emperor Hirohito 1988-1989
Treaties-U.S. and Japan between 1951 and 1960 (printed material/photocopies) n.d.
MacArthur quotations (typescript) 1980
Printed material 1989-1994
Printed material photocopies 1951-1979
Fragments-printed material n.d.
Fragments of typescripts n.d.
Clippings, photocopies n.d.
Typed transcription of an 1863 letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Salmon P. Chase, re: Walt Whitman n.d.
"A Final Warning to America"-Typescript of a speech urging America to enter war against Hitler; copy of same speech revised to urge action against "Communists." Author unknown. n.d.
Conferences, lectures, and travel to Japan
Trip to Japan-Schedules, clippings, notes, printed material 1991-1993, n.d.
Amherst College International Conference on the allied occupation of Japan 1980 Aug
'"We the people...' a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Japan's constitution," University of Maryland, College Park (printed material) 1987 Apr
U.S./Japan's Bilateral Session-A New Era (conference materials, conference papers) 1988 Aug
The Japanese Constitution as a Foundation for Future U.S.-Japan Relations [1988]
Conference transcript (Stanford) 1989
Lecture announcement 1989
Interview transcripts, questions, and summaries
Notes (manuscript) (Interview preparation?) n.d.
Interview questions n.d.
"Possible Addendum to Kades Memoir"-typescript (photocopy) n.d.
"Six Days of Creating Japanese Constitution" Translated transcript of an interview [?]. (Photocopied facsimile). n.d.
Interview questions and answers
Interview questions-author unknown [after 1967]
Interview by Beate Gordon 1961 Dec. 12
Interview by Dale M. Hellegers-Version 1 (2 folders) 1973 Sep-Dec
Interview by Dale M. Hellegers-Version 2 (2 folders) 1973 Sep-Dec
Interview by Yoshihisa Komori 1981 Aug
Interview questions, Japan Society 1988 Mar 10
Interview [1988]
Interview transcript-Interview by Fumio Fukunaga 1990
Interview questions, notes-NHK documentary 1994
Interview by Peter K. Frost [1996]
Recorded interviews
Off-air recording of WGBH (Boston)/PNI/ BBC radio interview with Beate Sirota Gordon. Cassette tape recording: 10.38 minutes. [n.d.]
RESTRICTED. A digital recording of this interview exists.
Recordings of oral history interview of Charles Kades by Beate Sirota Gordon, Parts 1-5 on 3 microcassette recordings. Total length: 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds. [1961]
See also: Interview transcript, Box 7, Folder 8
Publications and writings by others
Publications by others n.d.
"Appendix-Reverse Course Balance Sheet" Author unknown n.d.
Publications by others 1941-[1959]
Publications by others 1965-1976
Publications by others 1976-1983
Publications by others 1984-1987
Publications by others 1988-1990
"MacArthur's Japan"-staff of Shukan Shincho, typescript copy [1990]
Publications by others 1991-1995
Publication and typescript-The Yomiuri Constitution Study Council 1992
See also: A proposal for the revision of the Text of the Constitution. The Yomiuri Shimbum, 1994. In Amherst College Library Catalog.
Publications by Akita, George-"An Examination of E.H. Norman's Scholarship" (printed material) 1977
Publications by Roger Buckley (2 folders) 1985-1996, n.d.
"Japan and Pax Americana: MacArthur, Yoshida and the Occupation of Japan, 1945 to 1952." Finn, Richard (2 folders)
Publications by Hiroshi, Masuda 1988, n.d.
"MacArthur's Japanese Constitution-A Linguistic and Cultural Analysis of Its Making"-Inoue, Kyoko (4 folders) [1991]
"MacArthur's ...It's Making"-Inoue, Kyoko-book reviews 1986-1992
"A Week in a Secret Room..." Shoichi, Koseki-typescript copy [1998]
Publications by John Maki 1990-1993
Publications by Theodore McNelly (2 folders) 1969-1999, n.d.
Biography of Richard Armstrong Poole n.d.
Photocopied excerpts of The Making of the Constitution of Japan by Takayanagi, Kenzo, et al. [1972]
Publications by Justin Williams 1965-1988, n.d.
Clippings, newspapers, and printed material
Clippings re: Kades (Japanese and English) 1954-1975, n.d.
Clippings re: Kades (Japanese and English) 1982-1997
Congressional Record-Senate (Re: Kades) 1966 Jan 22
Buraku Kaiho Kenyu (Bulletin of Buraku Liberation)-Interview with Kades (in Japanese) 1989 Sep
Printed material re: Kades (in Japanese) 1969
Printed material re: Kades (in Japanese) 1991
Printed material re: Kades (Japanese and English) 1991-1993, n.d.
Copies of press releases, clipping, promotional material marked "Handed to Mr. Kawabata, 5/8/69" 1949, 1969, n.d.
Clippings (Japanese and English) n.d.
Clippings 1959-1985
Clippings 1976-1977, n.d.
Clippings (Japanese and English)
Creation of Clippings (Japanese and English)
Time of Creation of Clippings (Japanese and English)
Bookmark
Book collection [Listed in Appendix A]
Creation of Book collection [Listed in Appendix A]
Time of Creation of Book collection [Listed in Appendix A]
Book Collection [Listed in Appendix A]
The Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia; The Philadelphia Inquirer-Newspapers (death of FDR)
Japan Times - clipping
Mainichi Daily News, Asahi Evening News-Newspapers, clippings
Mainichi Daily News-Series: "The Occupation of Japan"-Clippings (1 of 2)
Mainichi Daily News - Series: "The Occupation of Japan"-Clippings (2 of 2)
Clippings re: Kades
Creation of Clippings re: Kades
Time of Creation of Clippings re: Kades
Clippings from Japanese newspapers (in Japanese)
Clippings - Mainichi Daily News; The New York Times, The Washington Post; Asahi Evening News; The Independent
"Unmasking Hirohito: The Other Hitler" - The New York Times (Advertisement sponsored by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Case Against Hirohito)
"Anti-Semitism"-clippings, printed material, correspondence 1982-1987
Printed material re: Beate (Sirota) Gordon n.d.
Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice n.d.
Pamphlets-The U.S. Constitution 1976-1987
The Occupation of Japan-MacArthur Memorial Conference Transcript (1975); MacArthur Memorial Conference Program (1982) 1975-1982
Printed material (Japanese and English) 1956-1987, n.d.
Printed material 1986-1990
Printed material 1988-1989
Printed material (Japanese and English) 1990-1997
Printed material (in Japanese) 1993
The Japan Society - Printed material 1975, 1981-1988
The Japan Society - Printed material 1982-1987
The Japan Society - Printed material 1987-1991
List of books from Charles Kades's library donated to Amherst College. 1998
Series 7: GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND MAJOR GENERAL COURTNEY WHITNEY [1951-1996]
Series 7 consists of materials documenting Kades's relationship with his SCAP superiors after their service in Japan had come to an end. The series contains little personal correspondence, but does document Kades's role as a legal advisor to Douglas MacArthur and to Jean Faircloth MacArthur. Included are clippings, printed material, correspondence, photographs, and the badge worn by Kades in the New York City parade in honor of MacArthur on 20 April 1951.
Related Material:Series 5, THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION OF 1946 (1945-1952)
MacArthur Ticker Tape Parade-Printed material, invitation, telegrams, clipping 1951
Note from Phyllis Kades re: MacArthur Ticker Tape Parade badge n.d.
MacArthur Ticker Tape Parade badge. 1951 April 20
See note from [Phyllis Kades], Box 9, Folder 9.
Satirical 'MacArthur Day' program [1951]
Douglas MacArthur-Handwritten memorandum re: personal income tax liability 1960 Sep 9
Correspondence re: MacArthur from Courtney Whitney 1961, n.d.
Clippings re: Death of MacArthur 1964, n.d.
Telegram inviting Kades to private funeral events for MacArthur 1964
Clippings, press releases, printed material 1976-1991, n.d.
Clippings
Creation of Clippings
Time of Creation of Clippings
Clippings and correspondence re: MacArthur and Manuel Luis Quezon 1980, n.d.
MacArthur memorials-Printed material, clippings, photographs 1980-1983
The MacArthur Memorial (Virginia)-Correspondence, clippings, printed material, invitations 1982-1990, n.d.
MacArthur Memorial-Symposium proceedings 1977 Apr 14-15
Correspondence-MacArthur Memorial Foundation 1966-1988
Use of MacArthur name-clippings, printed material, correspondence 1976-1992
MacArthur Trust-Correspondence 1978-1996
MacArthur, Jean Faircloth-correspondence, menu, Woman of the Year materials, award (photocopy) 1971-1984
Photographs-MacArthur Memorial Foundation re: plaque honoring Courtney Whitney. Color photographs (3.5" 3.5") of unveiling of Whitney plaque at the MacArthur Memorial. Depicted: Evelyn Whitney, Charles Kades, [Phyllis Kades], and unidentified people. 1969
Obituary-Whitney, Evelyn (clipping) n.d.
Series 8: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, INVITATIONS, CORRESPONDENCE FROM OTHERS TO PHYLLIS KADES [1941-1999]
Series 8 contains correspondence not directly related to Kades's activities as a lawyer or to his work on the Japanese constitution. Correspondence associated with those activities is filed in Series 3, 5 and 6, respectively. Most correspondence in the collection that is not addressed to Kades is located here.
Related material: Series 1, BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS AND AWARDS (1913-1994) [condolence letters]
Invitations, programs, menus, place-cards 1941-1993, nd.
Correspondence-General n.d.
Correspondence-General 1944, 1950s-1970s
Correspondence-General 1980s
Correspondence-General 1990s
Letters of recommendation and related correspondence 1985-1995
[RESTRICTED UNTIL 2075/2085]
Correspondence-Rizzo, Frank to Hellegers, Dale. Includes enclosures: questionnaire; draft by Committee on Finance (1946) 1946-1974, n.d.
Hadley, Eleanor to Kades, Phyllis 1997 May
Correspondence-Deguchi, Ikuko to Kades, Phyllis 1999 May 4
Correspondence-Williams, Justin to Kades, Phyllis 1998 Apr 27
Series 9: PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTS, AND TEXTILES [ca. 1940-1987]
Series 9 contains formal and informal photographs of Kades and inscribed photographs from SCAP officials. It also includes items given to Kades (a framed tapestry, photographs, and prints).
Related material (additional photographs): Series 1, BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS AND AWARDS (1914-1994) Series 2, HAWKINS, DELAFIELD, AND WOOD (LEGAL CAREER) (1930-1989) Series 5, THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION OF 1946 (1945-1952) Series 7, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND MAJOR GENERAL COURTNEY WHITNEY (1951-1996)
Photographic prints: 5" x 7" black and white photograph: informal portrait of Kades in a business suit (n.d.). 8" x 10" black and white photograph: formal portrait of Kades (n.d.). 4.5" x 3.25"color photograph inscribed on back "U. of Maryland Conference / this is the first and last time the drafters of the Constitution met after 1946." Pictured (left to right): unidentified man, Charles Kades, Osborne Mayo, Richard Armstrong Poole, Dr. Marlene J. Mayo, Milton J. Esman, Beate Sirota Gordon, Joseph Gordon, Justin Williams, John Maki. 3.5" x 5" color photograph of Kades and unidentified men, inscribed: "Col. Kades / Oct. 1980 (Old Dominion U., Norfolk, VA) / MP Hosoya". 5" x 7" black and white photograph of Kades in uniform receiving a medal [from General John Hilldring?]. An unidentified woman stands next to Kades. Printed caption: [in English and Japanese] "Colonel Kades receiving a medal - U.S. Army Photo" 8" x 10" black and white photograph: Cornell alumni Class of 1927 [50th?] reunion picture. ca. 1940-1987, n.d.
Framed black and white photograph (8" x 10") of Douglas MacArthur, inscribed to "Chuck" Kades. [Image of MacArthur taken during his 19 April 1951 speech to Congress]
8" x 10" black and white photograph of Courtney Whitney, inscribed to Kades in 1949; note to Kades from 1956 taped to back 1949, 1956
8" x 10" black and white photograph of Tetsu and Kikue Katayama, inscribed in English and Japanese n.d.
Fragment of a letter (photocopy) describing the origins of the tapestry likeness of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a French factory during World War II. Author unknown. n.d.
Framed silk tapestry likeness of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in shades of grey, silver, white, and black [frame: 15.25" x 11.5"]
Framed black and white photograph of John Hilldring, inscribed to Kades n.d.
Framed color photograph of K.P. Chen (Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank), inscribed to Kades 1970
Silk-covered album of 5.25" x 7.5" black and white photographic prints of Tokyo and surrounding area, interspersed with four reproductions of woodblock prints (each 5" x 7.5") by Hiroshige, Harunobu, Hokusai, and Utamaro. Each item is accompanied by a letter-press caption. The album is undated, but some photographs appear to date from the immediate post-war period (e.g., the caption on a photograph of Japanese-made goods for sale reads: "foreign trade reopens").