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  • Title: Forrest Ralph Pitts papers
    Date (inclusive): 1953-1960
    Collection Number: 2014C15
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes (1.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, reports, notes, and slides relating to the population of Okinawa and to social and economic conditions on Okinawa in the post-World War II period.
    Creator: Pitts, Forrest R. (Forrest Ralph), 1924-2014
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2013.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Forrest Ralph Pitts papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Pitts served in the US Navy during World War II. He received a BA in oriental languages and literature, an MA in Far Eastern studies, and a PhD in geography, all from the University of Michigan. For many years, he was the executive director of the International Geographical Union Commission on Quantitative Methods and editor of Korean Studies. He eventually became emeritus professor of the geography department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
    Pitts was best known for developing formal quantitative approaches in geography, spatial diffusion, simulation modeling, and the use of computers in geographic research. His research was marked by extensive fieldwork in Okinawa, Japan, and Korea.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection includes Postwar Okinawa, a 1955 anthropological study by the Pacific Science Board and the National Research Council to which Pitts contributed chapters on geography, agricultural history, rural economy, and population issues. In addition to correspondence related to the report, the collection also includes 1,400 Kodachrome slides that document the Ryukyu Islands before US military bases were constructed there seventy years ago.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Okinawa Island (Japan) -- Population
    Okinawa Island (Japan) -- Social conditions
    Okinawa Island (Japan) -- Economic conditions
    Okinawa Island (Japan) -- Pictorial works
    Slides (Photography)