GRAPHIC IMAGES

Summary: The distinction between GRAPHIC IMAGES and PHOTOGRAPHS in the collection is made for preservation purposes based on media type. If printed through a photochemical process, an item was placed in the PHOTOGRAPHS. This series, therefore, includes something of a mix of materials. One major category of great interest are the examples here of Japanese print images, including maps and books from the pre-Meiji era. (Woodblock print books may also be found amid the JAPANESE LANGUAGE MATERIALS; this series includes only print images). A number of maps of later origin are also in this series, as are printed photographs clipped from magazines, photo journals or photographic essays (if printed in ink on paper). Finally, a box of postcards is included in this series. For the most part, these are unposted cards of Far East Origin, collected by Griffis. At an undiscerning point in the collection's history, however, these were intermixed with postcard collections of non-Griffis provenance: an undiscerning number of cards have yet to be systematically identified (some are identifiable by addressee) and removed. Oversize items can be found in Box 127.