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G. Carrington Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-4

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of G. Carrington Williams's personal files from his work on the international defense section of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, including the defense of Naoki Hoshino, and includes copies of documents, exhibits, transcripts of the proceedings, and other trial records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945 - 1948

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

G. Carrington Williams, a 1942 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, was an international defense section counsel for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also called the Tokyo War Crimes Trial. Williams was assigned the defense of Naoki Hoshino, who was the chief civilian official in the Japanese government for Manchuria, as president of the Planning Board, 1940-1941, and chief cabinet secretary, 1941-1944.

Full Extent

35 Cubic Feet (86 archival boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

G. Carrington Williams donated these papers before 22 March 1979.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States