The Japanese Language

assemble these papers in recognition of the contributions made by JLS graduates to the War effort in the Pacific , the successful occupation of Japan, the creation of Japanese language programs across the country, and the development of cultural reconciliation programs after World War II. of the East Asian Languages & Civilizations met with David Hays in the Archives in September and began to firm up to firm up plans for two grant funded projects. The first would be a Japanese Language School Symposium, to be held in 2001 at CU, that would feature the array of scholars who are now working on the field of US Navy and Army World War II Japanese language schools and the contributions of their graduates in war and peace. McDonald of NIP, as well as prominent JLS alumni. Of course, JLS graduates would be invited to attend. The second event would be a 60th Reunion at CU Boulder in the Summer of 2002. Suggestions from JLS graduates and kin are welcome. After five months of work, two of research and calling, three of organizing the response, corresponding with donors, and putting out 9 issues of The Interpreter to 295 graduates and kin, the Japanese Language School Project has been far more successful than anticipated. Such acquisition projects usually require years to attract major collections. While it is certain that a substantial number of academic collections from JLS graduates have already found their way to major university archives such as Columbia, Stanford, Rutgers, UC Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, and Rochester, still we can boast of having collected four major academic collections from those graduates whose academic work involved Asia and Japan. Many such scholars or their families have yet to be reached. We have also been fortunate to contact a number of grads who are retired US Foreign Service Officers. These graduates generally have not considered their papers archivable, if they have considered the question at all. We have acquired the papers of two, whose service in Asia and Japan make there papers important to researchers. We would welcome more. An equally facinating group of graduates are those who went into Naval or Government Intelligence Arms after WWII. Unfortunately, the nature of this career generally curtails the compiling of personal papers which can later be archived in a public repository. Nevertheless, we have been in contact and have received some oral history and published memoirs …