Frank Dorn Papers, 1927-1976
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8f59n9h7 No online items Register of the Frank Dorn Papers, 1927-1976 Finding aid prepared by Grace M. Hawes; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6010 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 1998, 2016 Register of the Frank Dorn 84007 1 Papers, 1927-1976 Title: Frank Dorn Papers Date: 1927-1976 Collection Number: 84007 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope(3.8 linear feet) Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, writings, memoranda, orders, and photographs, relating to General Joseph W. Stilwell, American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and ethnology in the Philippines. Creator: Dorn, Frank. Access Collection open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. 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Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. 1901, June Born, San Francisco, California 25 1912-1915 Studied violin 1915-1918 Student, San Francisco Insitute of Art 1923 Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, West Point 1926 Assigned to Philippine Islands 1935 Author, Forest Twilight 1936-1938 Military Attache's Office, Peking, China 1939 Promoted to Major 1939-1945 Aide and Public Information Officer for General Joseph Stilwell, 7th Division, III Corps, Headquarters China-Burma-India 1942 Promoted to Colonel 1944 Promoted to Brigadier General 1946-1949 Assistant Commandant and Acting Commandant, Army Information School and Armed Forces Information School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 1950-1951 Office of the Chief of Information, Department of the Army 1953 Retirement Author, <title render="italic">The Dorn Cookbook</title> 1954-1957 Exhibits of paintings of Frank Dorn in: California; Galerie Andre Weil, Paris; Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, Madrid; Instituto Mexicano-Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, Mexico City 1958 Author, Just A Pinch Scope and Contents note Memoirs, correspondence, writings, memoranda, orders, and photographs, relating to General Joseph W. Stilwell, American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and ethnology in the Philippines. Subjects and Indexing Terms Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946. China. Register of the Frank Dorn 84007 2 Papers, 1927-1976 Ethnology--Philippines. Philippines. United States--Armed Forces. United States. Army--Officers. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma. World War, 1939-1945--China. World War, 1939-1945. Box 1 Biographical File, 1927-1954 Scope and Contents note Biographical sketches, orders and memoranda related to the career of Frank Dorn, arranged chronologically. Box 1, Folder 1 Awards, commendations, 1927-1947 Box 1, Folder 2 Biographical sketches of Frank Dorn Box 1, Folder 3 Orders and memoranda related to the career of Frank Dorn, 1931-1954 Box 1 Correspondence, 1928-1954 Scope and Contents note Arranged by name of correspondent. General Box 1, Folder 4 Letters of commendation, 1928-1949 Box 1, Folder 5 Letters on retirement, 1953 Box 1, Folder 6 Altieri, J.J., 1974 Box 1, Folder 7 Barrett, David D., 1971 Box 1, Folder 8 Ch'en Ch'eng, 1953 Box 1, Folder 9 Hsiao I-hsu, 1953 Box 1, Folder 10 Kirby, Lillian, 1948 Box 1, Folder 11 Li Mi, 1957 Box 1, Folder 12 Park, F.L., 1956 Box 1, Folder 13 Pizer, Vernon, 1954 Box 1, Folder 14 Radus (?), Harvey, 1945 Box 1, Folder 15 Ridgway, Matthew B., 1954 Box 1, Folder 16 Stilwell, Joseph W., 1939 Box 1, Folder 17 Sun Li-jen, 1952 Box 1, Folder 18 Welk, Robert, 1944 Box 1, Folder 19 Young, Jack, 1952 Box 1-2 China-Burma-India Theater, 1941-1946 Scope and Contents note Memoranda, correspondence, reports, and maps, arranged chronologically. Memoranda, reports, correspondence (arranged chronologically) Box 1, Folder 20 Butler, Harold (British Minister, Washington, D.C.) Directive, "Publicity Requirements for the War in Asia", n.d. Box 1, Folder 21 Chinese Eighth Army, Report on the Sung-Shan Campaign, n.d. Box 1, Folder "Loss of Burma" (may have been written for the History of the China-Burma-India 22-24 Theater, prepared by Gen. Stilwell's staff for the Department of War, This chapter undated. 1944) Box 1, Folder 25 "Status of the Chinese Troops in Yunnan", n.d. Box 1, Folder 26 Stilwell, Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Orders from Assistant Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1942 Box 1, Folder 27 ANAKIM Project. General Plan, May 19, 1943 Box 1, Folder 28 Dorn, Col. Frank. Memorandum to Gen. Yu Ta-wei, August 17, 1943 Register of the Frank Dorn 84007 3 Papers, 1927-1976 China-Burma-India Theater, 1941-1946 Box 1, Folder 29 Condon, Col. Reynolds to Chief of Staff, Y-Force, Kunming. "Will the Chinese Fight?" (two copies, page 3 of copy 2 is missing), December 31, 1943 Box 1, Folder 30 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank to the Commanding General, Headquarters, USAF in CBI. "Will the Chinese Fight?", l944 January 4, Box 1, Folder 31 Personal Opinion of the Chinese Army to the Commanding General, USAF in CBI from Headquarters, Y-Force Operations Staff, March 21, 1944 Box 1, Folder 32 Commanding General, USAF, CBI. Memorandum from Headquarters, Y-Task Force, May 9, 1944 Box 1, Folder 33 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Memorandum to Col. Sandusky (copy to be transmitted immediately on receipt to Gen. Claire Chennault), May 9, 1944 Box 1, Folder 34 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Memorandum to Gen. Hsiao I-Hsu, May 18, 1944 Box 1, Folder 35 Notes and personal comments (typescript), May 10 to July 2, [1944] Box 1, Folder 36 Enslow, Col. Philip H. Letter to Middleton with notes of a conversation with General Lu Han, May 19, 1944 Box 1, Folder 37 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Memorandum to Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, May 22, 1944 Box 1, Folder 38 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Letter to Col. Philip Enslow, May 28, 1944 Box 1, Folder 39 Davies, John (?) Letter to Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, June 5, 1944 Box 1, Folder 40 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Memorandum to Chief of Staff, Forward Echelon, HQ USAF, CBI, July 11, 1944 Box 1, Folder 41 Ch'en Ch'eng, Gen. Telegram to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, July 20, 1944 Box 1, Folder 42 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Letter to Gen. Ho Ying-chin (two copies with letter of attached), August 4, 1944 July 5, 1944 Box 1, Folder 43 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Memorandum to Gen. Hsiao I-Hsu, August 22, 1944 Box 1, Folder 44 Condon, Reynolds. Memorandum to Chief of Staff, Y-Force Operations Staff on General Lu Tzu. Reply from Frank Dorn attached (page one is missing), September 11, 1944 Box 1, Folder 45 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Memorandum to Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell on the Chinese Commanders in the Chinese Expeditionary Forces, September 22, 1944 Box 1, Folder 46 Service, John S. Report to Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell entitled "The Need for Greater Realism in Our Relations with Chiang Kai-shek", October 10, 1944 Box 1, Folder 47 Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, October 20, 1944 Box 1, Folder 48 Chung Shan-ching. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, October 22, 1944 Box 1, Folder 49 "Reconstruction of the Burma Road", Y-Force Operations Staff, October 24, 1944 Box 1, Folder 50 Press report on the recall of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, November 3, [1944] Box 1, Folder 51 Davies, John P. "The Chinese Communists and the Great Powers", November 7, 1944 Box 1, Folder 52 Davies, John P. "How Red Are the Chinese Communists?", November 7, 1944 Box 1, Folder 53 Davies, John P. "Will the Communists Take Over China?", November 7, 1944 Box 1, Folder 54 Davies, John P. (?) Letter to Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, November 21, 1944 Box 1, Folder 55 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Historical Report of Y-Force Operations Staff, period thru 24 October 1944, for the Adjutant General, Washington, D.C., November 25, 1944 1 January 1944 Box 1, Folder 56 Davies, John P. "Comments on the Current Crisis", December 5, 1944 Box 1, Folder 57 Davies, John P. "Reported Central Government Order to Attack New Fourth Army", December 9, 1944 Box 2, Folder 1 Davies, John P. "The Generalissimo's Dilemmas", December 9, 1944 Box 2, Folder 2 "Training of Chinese Units", December 19, 1944 Box 2, Folder 3 Taylor, Col. B.F. Memorandum to Frank Dorn, December 20, 1944 Box 2, Folder 4 Davies, John P. "Increased Political Activity of Dr. Sun Fo", December 26, 1944 Box 2, Folder 5 Davies, John P. "Visit to Yenan, ", December 27, 1944 December 15-17 Box 2, Folder 6 McClure, Maj. Gen. Robert. Memorandum to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, "Reorganization of Chinese Training and Combat Command", December 17, 1944 Box 2, Folder 7 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Letter to Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, December 28 1944 Box 2, Folder 8 Dorn, Brig.