Abstract
It should be kept in mind of those who engage in pulp and paper industry, why Mr. I. Nishi, President of Japan TAPPI, intended to write technical history of Japanese pulp and paper industry and how had late Mr. K. Narita, the originator of Paper Museum, devoted himself to collect a number of pulp and paper industrial monuments.
Mr. T. Noguchi, Manager of Paper Museum, has been appointed to organize and manage a survey group for pulp and paper industrial monument, by the preservation and investigation subcommittee of Japan Industrial Archeology Society. In order to accomplish this work successfully, he has a policy that concurrence and cooperation for the survey should be established throughout the industry. And for the above purpose, unfamiliar terminology of “industrial monument” must be defined to be more visible and easy to be understood. Preliminary preparation of a model list of pulp and paper industrial monument has also started in Paper Museum.
The author illustrates a tentative classification system of pulp and paper industrial monuments, showing tangible examples selected from the collection of Paper Museum. He also presents some other problems which are to be discussed and solved in early stage, prior to the nation-wide survey will be started in the in the industry.
