A typed first-hand account of the earthquake on September 1, 1923 as experienced in Karuizawa, Japan. The account is dated to September 9, 1923 or 1939 and was written by an unknown author. Also contains reports of the destruction in Tokyo and Yokohama in Japan.

A Japanese fan-folded guest book used at Emma Kaufman's cottage at Drag Lake, Haliburton, Ontario. It contains snapshots of her former home in Japan at Karuizawa.

Photograph of Emma Kaufman and [Taka Kato] seated at a large fireplace, waiting for an iron kettle to boil, at the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) Recreation House.