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Below you will find thumbnails of the 23 categories that Kinji Imanishi used to organize his Notebooks. Each box contains a brief description of the contents of the materials. At the end of each description the languages in which the materials are written is noted. The first mentioned language is the predominant language of each set of materials. The separate categories contain from 1-16 volumes of notebooks, or up to 21 separate maps. Drafts of papers and letters also contain several separate sets. To access these, click on the thumbnail to see the volumes in each category.

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Abstracts from Ecological Literatures 1935-1939 (Volume 1) 1940-1945 (Volume 2) Two volumes of notes Imanishi made on the research of dozens of western ecologists, mostly German. Vol 1 Seitaigaku bunken shoroku cho (1935-1939), Vol 2 (1940-1945). In German, Japanese and English	Academic Alpine Club 1965 Thirteen page record of preparations for the Academic Alpine Club of Kyoto University (AACK) to climb in the Karakorum Mountains in Pakistan. Includes letter requesting permission, equipment and manpower needs. In English	Africa , Europe , USA Trip 1958 In 1958 Imanishi and Itani Junichiro traveled to Africa, Europe and USA to meet with primate researchers and psychologists, and to identify potential great ape research fieldsites. These documents include lists of scientists and their affiliations, hotel receipts, trip costs and various notes on conversational English. These papers can be seen in conjunction with the diaries Imanishi kept of their trip, called the Africa Field Notebooks 1958. English, French, German and Japanese
Africa Field Notebooks 1958 13 Volumes Thirteen volumes of Imanishi's daily record (personal diary) of his trip through Africa , Europe and USA with Itani Junichiro to meet with primate researchers, psychologists, and to identify potential primate study sites. In Japanese with a little English	AOBA (Green Leaf), 1919 3 Volumes AOBA (Green Leaf), 3 vols refers to a junior high school club to which Imanishi contributed reflections and early naturalist reports. Only Imanishi's contributions are included. In Japanese top	Doctoral Thesis Draft 1937 Imanishi gakui ronbun. Soko, 1937. A 27-page draft of Imanishi's doctoral thesis “Mayflies from Japanese torrents.” Written in pencil with all of his corrections and editorial remarks in red pencil. In English
Drafts 9 Drafts Drafts of nine papers spanning four decades that are preserved with Imanishi's re-writes and editorial changes clearly marked by him, providing a window into the development of his thought. Papers are on geobiology, animal society research, notes that he meant to discard after publication of his 1941 book Seibutsu no Sekai (World of Living Things), Japanese research on primates, origin of the human family and origin of personality, among others. In English and Japanese	Field Note Maps, Japan, 1930s 9 Maps Nine relief maps of Japan that accompanied the Field Note 1937 volume.	Field Notes, 1937 One volume of ecological notes based on field studies in Japan. Accompanied by nine relief maps of Japan. In Japanese
Individual Notebooks 1938-1950 17 Volumes Seventeen volumes of notes Imanishi made on the works of various western authors on animal behavior, ecology, anthropology, holism, history, etc. In English, German and Japanese	Japan Himalayan Expedition to Nepal, 1952 & 1953 Ten pages listing peaks and course of climbs in Nepal. Includes a map and their route. In Roman alphabet top	Kamogawa Research 1935 4 Volumes Four volumes of Imanishi's field notes for his research on mayfly larvae in the Kamo River in Kyoto . These volumes of the Saishu nikki (Collection Diary) have been transcribed by SAITO Kiyoaki and published as: Imanishi Kinji Firudo Noto. Saishu nikki Kamogawa 1935. December, 2002 by Kyoto daigaku gakujistu shuppankai, (ed.) Ishida Hidemi. In Japanese and English
Karakoram Maps 1941-1943 Five maps published by the Gilgit Agency, N.W. Frontier Province and Jammu and Kashmir in Aghanistan in 1941-43, including Afghanistan, Jammu and Kashmir, the N.W. Frontier Province, Pakistan and U.S.S.R. Maps were photographed in halves and as composites to allow closer inspection. In English	Lectures 1934 3 Volumes Three volumes of notes for lectures Imanishi delivered to a high school in Kyoto in 1934: In Japanese, German and English	Letters 7 Drafts Seven handwritten letters from various times, including 1958, 1964, 1968 and 1969. The 1958 letters are of particular interest for the history of primatology as Imanishi was making his first contact with western researchers regarding work in Africa . Other letters are contained in the Paris Colloquium 1970 series. In English and Japanese
Maps of Africa 21 Maps Twenty-one maps of various countries and cities in Africa and of New York City used during Imanishi and Itani's 1958 trip to Africa, Europe and the USA. There are many notations of names of people and hotels, tribal chiefs, government officers, ecological and animal sightings, payments, etc. made on the margins and backs of the maps. Larger maps appear as quadrants as well as composites (whole maps) to allow closer reading. Front and back of maps were recorded. In English and Japanese	Miscellaneous Papers 10 Papers Ten sets of single page notes, comments to foreign professors, references, short extracts from published papers, draft of a talk given in 1958, etc. In English and Japanese top	Paris Colloquium 1970 10 Items Collection of conference photographs, papers and letters to foreign scientists who attended a conference on ‘Les Modèles Animaux du Comportement Humain' held at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique on 10th December, 1970. Imanishi presented a paper there titled ‘The early conditioning of hierarchy in monkeys'. In English, French and Japanese
Toimisaki no uma (Toimisaki horses), 1948 (Spring) By far the largest collection of diaries and field notes in the archive (approx. 2300 pages), the Toimisaki series includes 17 field diaries and hundreds of pages of field notes on studies of the semi-wild horses in Kyushu. It is a prime sample of pioneering ethological research. The Spring 1948 series includes four Field Notebooks (#1-4), field notes and a published article on the preliminary survey of the horses. In Japanese and English	Toimisaki no uma (Toimisaki horses), 1948 (Winter) The Winter 1948 series includes four Field Notebooks (#5-8), associated field observation notes, and a published article containing his early application of the concepts of specia and oikia to the social life of horses. In Japanese and English	Toimisaki no uma (Toimisaki horses), 1949 The 1949 series includes four Field Notebooks (#9-11, and a Kyushu summer notebook), associated field observation notes and two published articles. In Japanese and English
Toimisaki no uma (Toimisaki horses), 1950-1952 The 1950-1952 series includes 5 Field Notebooks (#12-15, and a notebook on shib (death), associated field observation notes and a published article. In Japanese and English	Undergraduate Notebooks 16 Volumes Sixteen volumes of Imanishi's notes from lectures during his undergraduate years at Kyoto University . In German, Japanese, English and French

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