Jack Belden Papers

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Register of the Jack Belden 90020 1 papers Title: Jack Belden papers Date (inclusive): 1935-1989 Collection Number: 90020 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 4 boxes, 1 oversize box(3.0 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, news dispatches, and other writings, relating primarily to the Sino-Japanese War, American military operations in North Africa, France, Belgium and Germany, the occupation of Germany, and the publication of China Shakes the World. Includes correspondence with Agnes Smedley. Creator: Belden, Jack, 1910-1989 Creator: Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information The collection was acquired by the Hoover Instituion Archives in 1990. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Jack Belden papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1910, Born, Brooklyn, New York February 3 1926 Graduated, Summit High School, New Jersey 1931 Graduated, Colgate University, New York 1931-1933 Seaman - Java, Phillippines, Germany, and South America 1933 Teacher, Peking University, China Late 1930s Reported on the Second Sino-Japanese War for the United Press International Early 1940s Covered Italy, North Africa, and Burma for Time and Life magazines 1943 Author, Retreat with Stilwell Returned to the United States 1944 Author, Still Time to Die 1946 Returned to China 1949 Author, China Shakes the World 1989 June 3 Died, Paris, France Scope and Content of Collection The papers of Jack Belden cover his career as an American journalist. He was a foreign correspondent in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War; in China, Burma, North Africa, and Europe during World War II; and in China during the Civil War. The materials, consisting of correspondence, news dispatches, writings, diary, and notes, relate primarily to the Second Sino-Japanese War, American military operations in North Africa, France, Belgium, and Germany, the occupation of Germany, the publication of China Shakes the World, and reviews of his writings. An insight into United States Army operations in Europe and the Far East during World War II is also provided. The Jack Belden papers were acquired originally in 1990. Incremental materials, received in 2008, have been added alphabetically at the end of the register by the original series. Arrangement Arranged into seven series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Office File, Writings, United States Army File, Incremental Material, and Oversize Material. Subjects and Indexing Terms Journalists Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 China -- History -- 1937-1945

Register of the Jack Belden 90020 2 papers World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 Military government World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North

Biographical File 1943, undated Scope and Contents note Clippings, diary, and identification cards, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 1, folder 1 Clippings about Jack Belden's injury sustained in Oran, Western Algeria, and from Who's Who in the East 1943, undated box 1, folder 2 Diary undated box 1, folder 3 Identification cards issued by British forces, and United States Army Forces in the Middle East, Cairo, Egypt 1943 box 1, folder 4 Miscellany 1943, undated Correspondence 1940-1984, undated Scope and Contents note Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

box 1, folder 5 Unidentified 1951-1984, undated box 1, folder 6 Ackarman, Laura V. 1944 box 1, folder 7 Amalia, Karl F. 1943 box 1, folder 8 Australia-China Society 1956 box 1, folder 9 Baker, Gladys 1940 box 1, folder 10 Berry, Bertha L. 1943, undated box 1, folder 11 Brajbihari, Vijan 1954 box 1, folder 12 Brents, B. P. 1943 box 1, folder 13 Campbell, Kathleen 1950 box 1, folder 14 Canfield, Cass 1948-1950 box 1, folder 15 Chapman, H. Owen undated box 1, folder 16 Colonel Unni Nayar Commemoration Volume Committee 1951 box 1, folder 17 Copps, Kenneth 1943 box 1, folder 18 Daily Worker undated box 1, folder 19 Downs, K. T. 1943 box 1, folder 20 Dudley, Genevieve undated box 1, folder 21 Ediciones Ló Negri 1954 box 1, folder 22 Finke, Mary Berkeley 1944 box 1, folder 23 Finnell, Peggie J. 1951 box 1, folder 24 Fry, Elisabeth D. 1950 box 1, folder 25 Gadsden, Jeanne? 1944 box 1, folder 26 Gilman, Labelle undated box 1, folder 27 Gloonan, Marjorie 1943 box 1, folder 28 Gordey, Michel 1953 box 1, folder 29 Gray, Josephine undated box 1, folder 30 Green, Eleanor B. undated box 1, folder 31 Groom, Bessie 1949 box 1, folder 32 Hanneman, Erma 1943 box 1, folder 33 Harper & Brothers 1948 box 1, folder 34 Hart, John N. 1960, undated box 1, folder 35 Hirschtick, A. B. 1943 box 1, folder 36 Howard, Ruth H. 1944 box 1, folder 37 Hughes, Carol 1943 box 1, folder 38 Kenfield, Lu 1943

box 1, folder 39 Kennedy, Kathleen 1944 box 1, folder 40 Koo, T. T. 1980 box 1, folder 41 Leonhardy, Hans 1959 box 1, folder 42 Lifschutz, Anne 1943 box 1, folder 43 Lumbert, Hortense 1944 box 1, folder 44 McAllister Carver, Laura 1950 box 1, folder 45 McDonald, Thomas H. 1944 box 1, folder 46 Manning, James Leeds, Mrs. 1950, undated box 1, folder 47 Marshall, Ann N. 1944 box 1, folder 48 Meijer, Elizabeth T. undated box 1, folder 49 Morehouse, Harold, Mrs. 1943 box 1, folder 50 Nagler, Rudyard undated box 1, folder 51 Patrick, Jim 1951 box 1, folder 52 Raburn, R. W. undated box 1, folder 53 Rajalingam, S. Durai 1960 box 1, folder 54 The Reporter 1949 box 1, folder 55 Rood, Andra de 1943 box 1, folder 56 Ruth, Harry S. 1943 box 1, folder 57 Sanders, Jessie undated box 1, folder 58 Schumacher, Joachim 1950 box 1, folder 59 Sharper, Frida 1945 box 1, folder 60 Shepard, Chas D. 1944 box 1, folder 61 Smedley, Agnes 1947-1950, undated box 1, folder 62 Smith, Laura 1944 box 1, folder 63 Snow, Ed 1962 box 1, folder 64 Sommers, Martin 1948 box 1, folder 65 Spradling, Ernie 1943 box 1, folder 66 Stilwell, Theodore R. 1943 box 2, folder 1 Suggett, Allen Holman 1950 box 2, folder 2 Thatcher, Blanche M. 1943 box 2, folder 3 Time (magazine) 1943 box 2, folder 4 Tischner, Paul 1944 box 2, folder 5 Traverse, Virginia 1944 box 2, folder 6 Tully, Betty undated box 2, folder 7 Van Winkle, Howard 1951 box 2, folder 8 Vincent, Ruth B. 1944 box 2, folder 9 Warren, Tully E. 1943 box 2, folder 10 Washburn, Ruth E. 1943, undated box 2, folder 11 Wien, C. K. 1944 box 2, folder 12 Weiner, Jack, Mrs. 1944 Office File 1936-1945, undated Scope and Contents note Clippings and printed matter, newspaper dispatches, notes, and telegrams relating to Jack Belden's work as a war correspondent, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 2, Clippings and printed matter 1936-1939 folder 13-15 box 2, Newspaper dispatches undated folder 16-20 box 3, folder 1-4 Newspaper dispatches (continued) undated box 3, folder 5 Notes undated box 3, folder 6 Telegrams 1945 Writings 1939-1949, undated Scope and Contents note Typescript and printed copies of Jack Belden's writings and reviews of his books, arranged chronologically

box 3, folder 7 Fragment undated box 3, folder 8 "In the Air" and "Japan's Drive on Hankow," undated Scope and Contents note Typescript

Reviews box 3, folder 9 "The New Fourth Army," circa 1939 Scope and Contents note Includes a printed copy of the article

box 3, folder 10 Retreat with Stilwell and China Shakes the World 1949, undated Scope and Contents note Typescript and printed copy

United States Army File 1944-1945, undated Scope and Contents note Citation, instructions, maps, memorandum, press release, report, statement, and statistical data, relating to strategic planning and operations, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 4, folder 1 Citation for War Department Distinguished Unit--16th U.S. Infantry Regiment and 1st U.S. Infantry Division undated box 4, folder 2 Instructions to U.S. military government officers relating to the military government in Germany undated

box 4, folder 3 Maps undated Scope and Contents note 12th Army group outline maps of France and Japan, including one reflecting the plan of Japanese operations against Hankow and action against Tienchiachen

box 4, folder 4 Memorandum and press release 1945 box 4, folder 5 Record of plan of war undated box 4, folder 6 Report on coalition government, by Mao Tze-Tung (Mao, Zedong) undated box 4, folder 7 Statement by Colonel Myers to Jack Thompson about the organization of the army security force and the headquarters security force (Palace Guard) and the operations in which they were involved 1944 box 4, folder 8 Statistical data on the German army undated Incremental Material 1930s-1989, undated Scope and Contents note Biographical details, correspondence, reports, and writings received as increments to the collection, arranged chronologically by the original series

Biographical File 1989

box 4, folder 9 Biographical sketch probably written by Beatrice Weber in 1989 and introductory comments by R.K. McCabe circa 1989 box 4, folder 10 Obituaries 1989 Scope and Contents note Includes a letter to the editor from New York Times, 1989 June, and photocopies of all obituary messages

Correspondence 1988-1989

box 4, folder 11 Unidentified 1989-1990, undated box 4, folder 12 Belden, David undated box 4, folder 13 Buchman, A. H. 1989 box 4, folder 14 Christopher, Paul 1989 box 4, folder 15 Durdin, Tillman 1989 box 4, folder 16 McCabe, Robert 1988-1989 box 4, folder 17 McManus, Jason 1989 box 4, folder 18 Schaller, Michael 1989 box 4, folder 19 Timmerman, Kenneth 1989 box 4, folder 20 Weber, Beatrice 1989

Office File 1936-1941

box 4, Reports on China relating to drug trade, criminal activities, political terrorism in folder 21-22 Shanghai, and a recollection of pre-war Shanghai by M. C. Ford, correspondent and editor of the Shanghai Evening Post 1936-1941, undated

Writings 1939

box 4, folder 23 "The New Fourth Army," pamphlet 1939 Scope and Contents note Printed copy

Oversize Material 1935-1944, undated Scope and Contents note Scrapbooks and writings by Jack Belden, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 5, folder 1-2 Scrapbooks 1935-1938 Scope and Contents note Two volumes Writings by Jack Belden

box 5, folder 3 "Sequel to Salerno," undated box 5, folder 4 "Hey, Soldier, I'm Wounded!" Life 1943 September 27 Scope and Contents note Includes an account and photocopies of photographs of the "Battle of Salerno"

box 5, folder 5 Miscellany 1944, undated Scope and Contents note Photocopies of a photograph of Jack Belden's injured leg, undated, and cover page of Life, 1944 March 20