[
{
"pname":"Address",
"pvalue":"Asian Collection, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, U.S.A."
}
,
{
"pname":"Contact Person <small>(Please replace the \"[ATMARK]\" with the symbol @ when e-mailing the contact person.)</small>",
"pvalue":"Timothy Davis (Asian Studies Librarian)<br/>Phone/fax no. 801-422-4061<br/>E-mail address: timothy_davis[ATMARK]byu.edu"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Size",
"pvalue":"422 Items"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Description",
"pvalue":"<h3>Harry F. Bruning Collection</h3><br/>Harry F. Bruning (1886-1975) was an attorney and real estate developer from Oakland, California. He compiled a collection of some 422 items, includes early examples of printing in Japan, rare maps, and one-of-a-kind scrolls and manuscripts. The items found in the collection span from the eighth century to the early twentieth century. BYU acquired the collection from San Francisco book dealer David B. Magee (1905-1977) in 1965. The major themes found in the collection are listed below.<br/><ul><li>1 History of printing 古版・印刷史</li><li>2 Maps of the world and Japan 世界地図・日本地図</li><li>3 Foreigners and foreign learning 異国人・蘭学</li><li>4 Samurai history and education 武家故実</li><li>5 Illustrated manuscripts 写本・絵画</li><li>6 Illustrated books, scrolls and prints 絵本・絵巻・版画</li><li>6.5 Tourism, local culture 名所記・地誌</li><li>7 Crepe-paper books 縮緬本</li><li>8 Early Christian proselytizing in Japan and western writings about Asia キリシタン関係書籍・日本関係の洋書</li><li>9 Korean and Korea-related materials 朝鮮版本・韓国関係書籍</li></ul>"
}
,
{
"pname":"Material Availability for Researchers' Viewing/Examination",
"pvalue":"All materials can be examined in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library located on Level 1 of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. <br/>Website: <a href=\"https://lib.byu.edu/special-collections/\">https://lib.byu.edu/special-collections/</a><br/>In addition:<br/><ul><li>148 items have been digitized: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/japaneserarebooks\">Scanned BYU Japanese Collection items at the Internet Archive</a></li><li>Link to High Resolution scan of 17th Century <a href=\"\">Bakemono (Ghost) Scroll</a> | </li></ul>"
}
,
{
"pname":"Online Access to Relevant Bibliographic Information",
"pvalue":"Individual items from the collection can be searched for using the BYU Library Catalog:<br/><a href=\"https://lib.byu.edu/\">https://lib.byu.edu/</a> (For a comprehensive list of all titles contained in this collection see the catalog mentioned below.)<br/><br/>In addition:<br/>•148 items have been digitized: <a href=\"https://archive.org/details/japaneserarebooks\">Scanned BYU Japanese Collection items at the Internet Archive</a><br/>•Link to High Resolution scan of 17th Century Bakemono (Ghost) Scroll | "
}
,
{
"pname":"Printed Catalogs of Relevant Titles",
"pvalue":"Stoneman, Jack and Aaron Herald Skabelund. <i>Discovery and Wonder: The Harry F. Bruning Collection at Brigham Young University.</i> Provo, Utah: BYU Academic Publishing, 2022. A comprehensive list in Japanese and English of all 422 items in the collection is provided on pages 260–296 of this catalog.<br/><br/>Here is a link to a downloadable PDF copy of the catalog: <a href=\"https://byu.box.com/s/io3mfq09ydflqh9dw9c1euvursiirjj9\">Discovery & Wonder</a>. "
}
,
{
"pname":"Possibility of Material Reproduction",
"pvalue":"Researchers may use our scanners or their own camera for reproduction of most of the collection. We can also provide scans for distance patrons."
}
]