Kobe City Archives
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| Kobe City Archives | |
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| Location | Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Established | 1938 |
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| Website | Kobe City Archives |
The Kobe City Archives (神戸市文書館, Kōbe-shi Bunshokan) is the archive of the city of Kobe in Japan.[1] It contains records dating back to the mid 19th century. The building containing the archive is currently located in the Chuo district of Kobe, near Shin-Kobe Station. The building is in Art Deco style, and was recognised as a "significant building" in 2000.
Archived items[edit]
Archived items[2] include:
- English language newspapers:
- The Hiogo and Osaka Herald (4 January 1868 to March 1870)
- The Hiogo News (23 April 1868 to 30 December 1887)
- The Kobe Chronicle (3 July 1897 to 31 December 1901)
- The Japan Chronicle (8 January 1902 to 26 December 1912)
- Japan Gazette Official Directory from 1868 to the early 20th Century
- Japanese Newspapers in the Archives include,
- Kobe Shinpo
- Kobe Nippo
- Kobe Shimbun
- Asahi Shimbun Hyogo Edition
- Shinko Hyogo Shinbun
- Records from the Kobe foreign settlement and court records from that period (in both English and Japanese)
References[edit]
- ^ 地方公文書館について (PDF) (in Japanese). Cabinet Secretariat. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ A full list of archived items can be found on the official website of the archives
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