This index to the Notes From the Japanese Legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1858-1906, collection provides the dates each reel covers. Government Information MAY NOT hold all of these reels. The record in the library catalog describes the extent of our holdings. For help, or to make an appointment to view a reel, email rad@colorado.edu
On the 9 rolls of this microcopy are reproduced nine volumes that consist, for the most part, of notes addressed to the Department of State from the Japanese Legation in the United States between May 22, 1858, and August 13, 1906. These notes, with their enclosures, are arranged in chronological order.
The notes from the Japanese Legation from May 22, 1858, to January 1, 1871, are registered at the front of the first volume; after that date they are registered on Rolls 1-10 of Microcopy 17, State Department Registers of Correspondence.
Included in the volumes are some communications from Japanese rulers or officials of the Japanese Foreign Office to Presidents of the United States or to Secretaries of State, drafts of communications from Presidents of the United States or from Secretaries of State to Japanese officials, memoranda prepared by State Department officials commenting on Japanese notes, memoranda of conversations between Officials of the Japanese Legation and the Department of State, and drafts and texts of agreements or proposed agreements between Japan and the United States.
The spreadsheet attached below contains a reel-by-reel description of the complete collection.