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A collection of letters, notes, lectures, and reprints by Sansom, including correspondence between Sansom and professor Evarts B. Greene dealing with the hiring of Sansom as a visiting professor for the 1935-1936 academic year; holograph and typed lectures given during his second appointment as visiting professor, 1940-1941; a holograph notebook of miscellaneous items; a binder of holograph notes and essays on Japanese cultural history which possibly was drawn upon for his book, JAPAN, A SHORT CULTURAL HISTORY, 1931; and a list of Japanese books consigned by Sansom to Columbia University in 1941.

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, articles, books, ephemera, postcards and black-and-white photographs. Correspondence in Series 1 includes letters from Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce, F. C. S. Schiller, Arthur Waley and Kimura Hideo, dated 1912-1938. Manuscripts in Series 2 include drafts of Mason's published and unpublished works, as well as letters, contracts, advertisements and notes related to his publications and lectures. Subject files in Series 3 include notes written by Mason and quotes and articles collected by him on various topics in Eastern religions and philosophies. This series also includes miscellaneous notes, "Obras Publicadas," a list of Mason's publications. Photographs in Series 5 and postcards in Series 6 were taken or collected during Mason's stay in Japan in the 1930s (see Related Materials).