Gordon W. Prange Collection

Gordon W. Prange Collection The Gordon W. Prange Collection is an archive of Japanese print publications issued during the early years of the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949.

Prange Collection is the most comprehensive archive in the world of Japanese print publications issued during the early years of the Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949. It locates in the Hornbake Library North, the University of Maryland.

Two posters (published in Tottori Prefecture) held in the Prange Collection are in panel display at a new exhibition at ...
09/21/2026

Two posters (published in Tottori Prefecture) held in the Prange Collection are in panel display at a new exhibition at the Tottori City Historical Museum! 「病と死: 病と死～コロナ・流行性感冒・古代中世の病～」 Open to public; open til October 25, 2026.

https://www.tbz.or.jp/yamabikokan/special/10587/

【Prange Collection Blog】Books in Robert O. Walker and Margaret Linzel Walker papers
09/15/2026

【Prange Collection Blog】Books in Robert O. Walker and Margaret Linzel Walker papers

The Prange Collection is now hiring a student assistant! Please find the job description and the application form here...
08/27/2026

The Prange Collection is now hiring a student assistant! Please find the job description and the application form here:

【Prange Collection Blog】Recipes on the move: Prange's archive of souvenir menus featured in The Recipes Project
08/26/2026

【Prange Collection Blog】Recipes on the move: Prange's archive of souvenir menus featured in The Recipes Project

【Prange Collection Blog】Featured Posters and Wall newspapers: Kabe shinbun (Oita Prefecture)
08/25/2026

【Prange Collection Blog】Featured Posters and Wall newspapers: Kabe shinbun (Oita Prefecture)

【Prange Collection Blog】 New Research Guide Available: Atomic bombs related materials in the Gordon W. Prange Collection
08/03/2026

【Prange Collection Blog】 New Research Guide Available: Atomic bombs related materials in the Gordon W. Prange Collection

We are pleased to announce the launch of new research guide, Atomic bombs related materials in the Gordon W. Prange Collection. This guide assists the users to find the materials related to the ato…

【Prange Collection Blog】Newly Acquired Secondary Sources on the Occupation (2026) – Part II
07/27/2026

【Prange Collection Blog】Newly Acquired Secondary Sources on the Occupation (2026) – Part II

We have acquired the following secondary sources on the Occupation period in the first half of 2025. See also our past acquisitions in 2014, 2015 (Part I), 2015 (Part II), 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, …

【Prange Collection Blog】Featured Gift Collection – Robert E. Vincent papers
07/06/2026

【Prange Collection Blog】Featured Gift Collection – Robert E. Vincent papers

We are pleased to announce one of our new gift collection acquisitions – Robert E. Vincent papers! Robert E. Vincent (1926-2003) served in the US Army from January 1945 to December 1946. Vincent se…

【Prange Collection Blog】State Shintō and Censorship (Part 2)
06/04/2026

【Prange Collection Blog】State Shintō and Censorship (Part 2)

Former Student Assistant Garv Khandelwal shares his research on censorship materials pertaining to Imperial Japan’s ideological use of the Shinto religion in this two part series. See Part 1 …

in 1949, a commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier's Arrival in Japan was held in Nagasaki. We r...
05/29/2026

in 1949, a commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier's Arrival in Japan was held in Nagasaki. We recently completed the digitization of COLOR slides depicting this event. The slides are the part of Victor Delnore papers https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1817

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