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Register of the Frank Dorn Papers, 1927-1976
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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. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Frank Dorn Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1984. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . 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,
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. Gen. Frank. Memorandum to Commanding General, U.S.F.C.T., December 31, 1944 Box 2, Folder 9 "Letter to the Japanese People", ca. 1945
Register of the Frank Dorn 84007 4 Papers, 1927-1976 China-Burma-India Theater, 1941-1946
Box 2, Folder 10 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Report to the Adjutant General, Washington, D.C. "Historical Report of Chinese Training and Combat Command (Y-Force Operations Staff and Z-Force), period thru 31 December 1944", January 1, 1944 (sic)[1945] 25 October 1944 Box 2, Folder 11 Wedemeyer, Maj. Gen. Albert C. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, January 3, 1945 Box 2, Folder 12 Wei Li-huang. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, January 15, 1945 Box 2, Folder 13 Tu Li-ming. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, January 15, 1945 Box 2, Folder 14 Wedemeyer, Maj. Gen. Albert C. Efficiency Report on General Officer to the Adjutant General, Washington, D.C., January 25, 1945 Box 2, Folder 15 Chieh Han-chien. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, January 30, 1945 Box 2, Folder 16 Huang Chieh. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, February 2, 1945 Box 2, Folder 17 "Completion of the Salween Campaign", compiled and distributed by Public Relations Officer, Chinese combat command, February 4, 1945 Box 2, Folder 18 Hsiao Yi-shu. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, April 29, 1945 Box 2, Folder 19 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Report to the Adjutant General, Washington, D.C., July 16, 1945 Box 2, Folder 20 Li Hua-ying. Letter to Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn, December 19, 1945 Box 2, Folder 21 Dorn, Brig. Gen. Frank. Memorandum to Lt. Col. Charles H. Franklin, on Y-Force, May 18, 1946 Box 2, Folder 22 "Record of Burma Operations" (second supplement), issued by The First Demobilization Bureau, October 1946 Box 2, Folder 23 Map of the Burma Road, ; Chinese map 1943 Box 2, Folder 24 Japanese flag presented to Frank Dorn by Gen. Li-whang (sic) Wei, December 1944 Box 2-6 Speeches and Writings, 1929-ca. 1976 Scope and Contents note Manuscripts, notes, drafts of writings of Frank Dorn. Arranged chronologically.
Box 2, Folder 25 "An Teh Hai (Palace Eunuch)", l typescript, l carbon copy, n.d. Box 2, Folder 26 "Ceremony at Huang Chi Tien for the Lying in State of a Dead Emperor", typescript with drawing, n.d. Box 2, Folder 27 "Li Lien Ying (Life Story from the Imperial Archives in the Forbidden City)", typescript, n.d. Box 2, Folder 28 "Life in the Imperial Palace, and the Excesses Which Led to the Communist Takeover", typescript drafts, April 14, 1975 Box 2, Folder 29 Miscellaneous holograph notes Box 2, Folder 30 "The Political Situation Between the United States and China", typescript and photocopy of speech to the U.S. Naval Academy, n.d. Box 2, Folder 31 "The Significance of Discussions Between the United States and Red China", typescript of speech, n.d. Box 2, Folder 32 "A Tale of Three Cities", draft of Chapter I; "The Situation in China up to December, 1941, draft of Chapter II, n.d. December 7-8, 1941, Box 2, Folder "This Fury", Prelude - page 269, typescript of novel, n.d. 33-36 Box 3, Folder 1-6 "This Fury", pages 270-890, typescript of novel, n.d. Box 3, Folder 7-9 "Walkout", carbon copy of Frank Dorn's account of the Burma to India "walkout" by General Joseph W. Stilwell, his staff and others who were fleeing the advancing Japanese troops, pages 5, n.d. 1-27 Box 4, Folder 1 "Walkout", pages 276-362, n.d. Box 4, Folder 2-3 Notes, research materials, lists for dictionary of the Negrito dialect, compiled by Frank Dorn while on duty in the Philippine Islands, ca. 1929 Box 4, Folder 4 "Hungry Negritos in Their Watchful Forests", Asia, p. 72 November 1931, Holograph and typescript notes by Frank Dorn (probably for use in Dorn's writings) Box 4, Folder 5 Chiang Mon-lin, Dr. March 8, 1945 Box 4, Folder 6 Condon, Col., interview, March 27, 1945 Box 4, Folder 7 Darrah, Col. J.W., letter, April 19, 1945 Box 4, Folder 8 Kennedy, Col. Vann, May 7, 1945 Box 4, Folder 9 Kitts, Col. I.L., letter, March 16, 1945 Box 4, Folder 10 Kung, Mrs. H.H. (Soong Ai-ling), interview, March 9, 1945
Register of the Frank Dorn 84007 5 Papers, 1927-1976 Speeches and Writings, 1929-ca. 1976
Box 4, Folder 11 Middleton, Brig. Gen. J.W., letter, April 18, 1945 Box 4, Folder 12 Payne, Lt. Col. W.K., March 2, 1945 Box 4, Folder 13 Schwartz, Capt. March J., April 27, 1945 Box 4, Folder 14 "Situation (Sino-American) in China", ca. 1945 Box 4, Folder 15 Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., typescript, ca. 1945 Box 4, Folder 16 Sung Hsi-lien, Huo Kuei-chang, Huang Chieh, Chung Pin, Wang, Chou, Fang Tien, ca. 1945 Box 4, Folder 17 Ward, Col. Ivan W., letter, March 12, 1945 Box 4, Folder 18 Wedemeyer, Gen. Albert C., ca. 1945 "After the Flag is Lowered", autobiography of Frank Dorn, ca. 1974 Box 5, Folder 1 Preface, Part l Box 5, Folder 2 Part 2 Box 5, Folder 3-9 Part 3 Box 5, Folder 10 Part 4 Box 6, Folder 1 "Love and War at Pinatubo", photocopy, ca. 1975 Box 6, Folder 2-3 "China in World War II, From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay", 3 photocopies, letter of rejection, bibliography, ca. 1976 1941-1945, Subject File, 1932-1974 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, printed matter, arranged alphabetically by topic.
Box 6, Folder 4 Chiang Kai-shek - Letter to Major General Wendell J. Coats from Frank Dorn noting contingency plans made during World War II for the assassination of Chiang Kai-shek, May 7, 1969 Box 6, Folder 5 China-Burma-India Theater. Miscellaneous printed material Box 6, Folder 6 Kennedy, John F. Chinese poem copied by Frank Dorn on the death of Kennedy, 1963 Box 6, Folder 7 Miscellaneous printed material Box 6, Folder 8 Peking, China. Guidebook, 1934 Box 6, Folder 9-10 Shanghai, China. International Settlement Incident between Japanese and American troops, Thermofax copies of correspondence and memoranda April 29, 1932. Box 6, Folder 11 Sino-Japanese relations. "The China Incident and Manchoukuo," 1937 Box 6, Box 7-9 Audio-Visual materials, 1926-1949 Scope and Contents note 1151 prints / 13 pencil drawings / 121 negatives / 24 postcards
Box 7, Envelope A 61 prints of Frank Dorn and others, Camp Sanchez, Philippine Islands; 63 prints of the Philippine Islands. 1926-29 Box 7, Envelope B 147 prints of the Philippine Islands. 1929 Box 7, Envelope C 128 prints of the Philippine Islands, including: 32 prints of Fort Stotsenburg; 32 prints of Yellow River Expedition; 31 prints of Northern Luzon. 1926-29 Box 7, Envelope D 69 prints of Negrito tribesmen, Philippine Islands, circa 1929; 4 prints of scenes, Philippine Islands; 2 prints of maps of the Philippines, circa 1929. Box 8, Envelope E 26 prints of Frank Dorn, 4 miscellaneous prints, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1931-1932; 6 prints of Oregon, 1 print of Frank Dorn, 1 miscellaneous print, 1933. Box 8, Envelope F 4 prints of the Ming Tombs, Great Wall, China; 13 prints of Peking and environs; 5 prints of Potala, Jehol, China; 3 prints of the Temple of Heaven, Peking. 1934-1938 Box 8, Envelope G 28 prints of Peking, 4 prints of Frank Dorn, 1935-1938; 9 prints of the Ming Tombs, 1935; 75 prints of Jehol, Dolunnor, Kalgan, 1935. Box 8, Envelope H 3 prints of Suchow (Hsuchow Fu), China, 2 prints Lien Yung, China, 1935; 24 Scenic photos of Garden, 3 prints of Frank Dorn and Anna May Wong; 2 prints of Anna May Won; 2 prints of Frank Dorn and Mr. Mills, Peking, 1935-1936; 5 prints of T'ai Miao, Peking, 1936: 2 prints of Chou En-Lai, Hankow, China, 1938; 1 print of Frank Dorn; 7 prints of Frank Dorn and others, 3 prints of scenes in Shantung, China, 1937-38. Box 8, Envelope I 13 prints of the Summer Palace, Peking, 1935-1938; 14 prints of Peking; 26 prints of the Western Hills with Frank Dorn and others, Peking; 1935-38; 4 scenes of China from book drawings; 7 miscellaneous prints of China; 8 prints of Japanese atrocities, 1937.
Register of the Frank Dorn 84007 6 Papers, 1927-1976 Audio-Visual materials, 1926-1949
Box 8, Envelope J 6 prints of the Dowager Empress, Hze Hsi; 1 print of Emperor Hsuan T'ung (Pu Yi), circa 1922; 18 prints of China. Box 8, Envelope K 62 prints of China; 7 prints of beheading in China, 1928. Box 8, Envelope L 13 prints of China from books; 4 prints of China, 1936-38. Box 8, Envelope M 1 print of Frank Dorn, Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, Frank Merrill; 4 prints of the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II; 2 unidentified prints; 2 prints of Gen. Wei Li-huang and Mrs. Wei. undated Box 8, Envelope N 13 pencil drawings of the China-Burma-India Theater, World War II. undated Box 8, Envelope O 8 prints of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and others; 3 prints of Frank Dorn and others, New Delhi, India, 1942; 1 print of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, 1 print of Gen Stilwell and others, New Delhi Airport after walkout from India, 1942; 1 print of Frank Dorn, John Davies; 1 print of Frank Dorn, Chou En-lai, Agnes Smedley; 1 print of Chou En-lai, 1 print of Fend Yu-hsiang; 1 print of Frank Dorn and others; 1 print of Frank Dorn, Gen. Stilwell and others in the China-Burma-India Theater, World War II. 4 prints of Chou En-lai; 2 prints of Chou En-lai, Frank Dorn, Agnes Smedley; 1 print of Chou En-lai and Frank Dorn; 1 print of Chou En-lai, Chu Teh, John P. Davies, Mao Tse-tung, Yeh Chien-ying; 2 print of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and Mrs. Chiang, 1942. Box 8, Envelope P 49 prints of Kunming headquarters and training centers. 1943-1945 Box 8, Envelope Q 1 print of Gen. Tu Li-ming; 1 print of Gen. Hsiao I-hsu; 1 print of Gen. Wei Li-huang. undated Box 9, Envelope R 29 prints of Walkout from Burma 1942 Box 9, Envelope S 59 prints of the Salween Campaign. 1944-45 Scope and Contents note Includes photographs of General Sunn Hsi-lien, Leitunant General Said I-su, General Chung Pin of the 71st Army, and General Chou Fu-cheng of the 53rd Army.
Box 9, 9 prints of the Walkout from Burma. 1942 Envelope mT Box 9, 56 prints of the Sino-Japanese War 1937 Envelope mU Envelope mV 1 print of Chiang Kai-shek; 1 print of James Stewart and Frank Dorn; 1 print of Clare Boothe Luce and Frank Dorn; 1 print of General Stilwell's party walking out of Burma, 1942. Box 9, Envelope W 19 prints of Frank Dorn and others, 11th Airborne Division, Japan 1945; 3 prints of Frank Dorn and others, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 1946-49. undated Box 9, Envelope X 17 prints of Frank Dorn and others, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., 1948; 3 unidentified prints, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Box 9, Envelope Y 1 print of Frank Dorn; 3 prints of Frank Dorn and others, 1952; 4 prints of atomic tests in Nevada, 1953; 1 print of Frank Dorn, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and others; 2 prints of Frank Dorn and others; 1 print of Frank Dorn, Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Clovis Byers, 1972. Box 9, Envelope Z 12 prints of Austria' 17 postcards of Austria, 1947; 5 postcards of Borobodor, Java, 1938; 19 postcards of Bali, 1938-39. Box 9, 119 negatives undated Envelope AA Envelope mBB 2 negatives of maps: Lower Burma Campaign; Upper Burma, General Joseph W. Stilwell's Route, April 25 - May 24, 1942. 1942
Register of the Frank Dorn 84007 7 Papers, 1927-1976