Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

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Symbol M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-ZZ Others

[M-ZZ45] Geoscience Studies: historical, philosophical and STS studies

Sun. May 24, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM 203 (2F)

Convener:*Michiko Yajima(Tokyo Medical and Dentel University), Shigeyuki Aoki(Center for Cultural Research and Studies, University of Aizu), Toshihiro Yamada(Chiba Prefectural Funabashi High School), Shigeo Yoshida(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University), Chair:Toshihiro Yamada(Chiba Prefectural Funabashi High School), Michiko Yajima(Tokyo Medical and Dentel University)

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

[MZZ45-03] Seitaro Tsuboi and the National Museum of Nature and Science

*Fumihiko TOCHINAI1 (1.Kanazawa Institute of Technology)

Keywords:History of Science, History of Geology in Japan, Seitaro Tsuboi, National Museum of Nature and Science, Archive

The author has conducted a research on historical materials about Seitaro Tsuboi (1893 - 1986), one of leading geologists in his days. The materials have been collected by Multi-media and Socio-information Studies Archive (MSSA), where some of the materials have been stored in MSSA Library and others in another building. Due to some reasons, the latter were transferred to the National Museum of Nature and Science in December, 2014.
Tsuboi was the director of the Museum between 1939 and 1945, who made his effort to preserve the Museum's materials and specimens during World War II. After his retirement, he had had sympathy towards the Museum, which would be discussed in the presentation.