Collection: Hugh Byas papers | Archives at Yale

Scope and Contents: Scrapbooks, writings and research files on 11 reels of microfilm (HM 95). The research files consist of pamphlets, periodicals, newspaper clippings and news bulletins on all aspects of Japanese life which were compiled for lectures at Yale University, 1941-1945, and for use in a book which was never published. The scrapbooks contain clippings of his articles which appeared in The Times (London), The New York Times and The Japan Times and Mail, 1928-1939. Also a small number of drafts of articles written between 1932 and 1939. Originals were discarded after filming.
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use: Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift of Mrs. Hugh Byas, 1948.