CollectionJustice Erima Harvey Northcroft Tokyo War Crimes Trial Collection

The Justice Erima Harvey Northcroft Tokyo War Crimes Trial Collection [MB1549] is one of the most significant archival holdings at the University of Canterbury’s Macmillan Brown Library, and one of the most complete surviving sets of documents from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) — the Tokyo War Crimes Trial. The collection was registered in UNESCO’s Memory of the World (Asia–Pacific) programme in 2010, acknowledging its global documentary significance and its value for understanding post-war justice and Asia–Pacific history. Justice Northcroft served as New Zealand’s representative judge on the IMTFE bench, which comprised members from eleven Allied nations. After the trial concluded, he donated his near-complete set of trial documents to the University of Canterbury in January 1949, recognising their long-term historical value. Core significance The collection contains almost 380 volumes and nearly 110,000 pages, making it one of the most complete IMTFE documentary sets in the world. What the collection contains: - Full trial transcripts - Evidence volumes - Cabinet histories - Maps and charts - Exhibits and supporting documentation A detailed inventory is available through the Macmillan Brown Library. Justice Erima Harvey Northcroft Tokyo War Crimes Trial Collection [MB1549] | UC Access The collection is held physically at the Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury. The collections holdings can be browsed on Kā Kohika (https://kohika.canterbury.ac.nz/opac_canterbury/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/Description/Web_desc_det_rep?sessionsearch&fld=SISN&exp=150153). Some material has been digitised and is available online.

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