ARDATH BURKS FILES,, 1950-1992

Summary: Ardath Burks was a Rutgers professor of Political Science who is often referred to as the "Modern Griffis" because of his strong interest in Japan. He worked closely with former Griffis Collection curator Jerome Cooperman, the political science department, and many other researchers on the Griffis Collection from the 1950s until the early 1990s. Burks published several articles about the collection and acquired many contemporary academic publications relating to it. He assembled a large assortment of Catalogues from libraries and archives he visited, and Clippings from various Japanese and American newspapers. This series also consists of Correspondence between Burks and his colleagues, and a small amount of Ephemera from Burks' trip to Japan in 1976. This series is richest in published materials such as Manuscripts, Offprints, Pamphlets, and Periodicals dealing mostly with Griffis and Meiji Japan, but also including some modern topics, written in both Japanese and English. Burks also amassed various Research materials, such as microfilm copies and notes, pertaining to Griffis and the modern development of Japan.