The collection consists of several pages of a Chinese newspaper published February 3, 1940 in Canton, China (Guangzhou). At the time of publication, Canton was controlled by the Japanese army.

The Records of the Department of Romance Languages contain reports, student records, and correspondence.

Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) was a classics teacher and author of historical romances, short stories and poetry. The papers span the period 1885-1934 and consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, and personal papers.

Frank Roy Rutter (1874-1926) was an economist and an authority on international trade and commerce. The collection consists of lectures and addresses on economics, 1893-1897, and correspondence, 1917-1919, while Rutter was Commercial Attaché in Tokoyo.

This collection consists of a first edition volume of Kawasaki Kyosen's woodblock print series, Omocha Junikagetsu: Omamori To Engimono [Twelve Months of Toys: Protective Talismans and Good Luck Charms], published in 1926.

This collection consists of one leatherbound scrapbook consisting of approximately 104 photographs, and related ephemera, kept by the Navy sailor Thomas E. Baker of the Baltimore-commissioned ship the U.S.S. Pentheus. The materials date between 1939 and 1945.

Shōsuke Satō (1856-1939) was an alumnus of The Johns Hopkins University. The collection consists of twenty pages of documents written in Japanese and several pages of a Japanese newspaper from 1880-1884.