Location
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
University Park Campus
Los Angeles CA 90089-1825
Phone: (213) 740-1772
Campus map code: DML
Overview
Founded in 1911 by James Main Dixon, who had previously lectured on English
literature at the Imperial University in Tokyo for 13 years, USC's Department
of Oriental Studies and Comparative Literature initially had a particular
strength in Japanese studies. The Library's Japanese Collection, however,
did not begin until the formation of the Von KleinSmid Library of World
Affairs in 1929, and not significantly until the period following World
War II. One of the strongest parts of the Japanese collection derives
from a postwar concentration of specialists at USC on Japanese leftist
political parties. The collection as a whole is aimed at provided a
basis for the study, in the Japanese language, of a broad range of social
sciences and humanities. Resources include Tokyo
War Crimes Trials
USC Library and information resource guide for Japanese Studies