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Title: Easley Jones papers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1921
Collection Number: 2022C19
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 card file box, 5 envelopes of negatives, digital media
(3.67 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Easley Jones papers includes journals and photographs relating to his life, career, and travels, particularly his years
with the American Red Cross in Japan, China and Siberia, 1919-1921.
Creator:
Jones, Easley S. (Easley Stephen), 1884-1947
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 5 may not be used without permission of the archivist. The remainder of 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
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Easley Stephen Jones (1884-1947) was born in Blue Springs, Nebraska, and grew up in Nebraska and Colorado. His father was
a teacher, and he spent his boyhood in communities among mountain mining camps in Colorado. Jones married Agnes Law and settled
in Santa Barbara, California. He graduated from the University of Colorado in 1907 and subsequently received an M.A from Harvard
in 1913 and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1918. Jones was a professor of English at the University of Illinois
and authored textbooks on English, including "Live English," "The Century Handbook of Writing," and "The Century Collegiate
Handbook." Between 1918-1919 he served as a research assistant on Russian affairs with the U.S. Ware Trade Board in Washington,
DC. In 1919 he became an officer in the American Red Cross and served in Japan, Siberia, Korea, and China through 1920. In
1921 he returned to the United States by way of Manila, Saigon, India, Egypt, Constantinople, and Europe.
Scope and Content of Collection
Easley Stephen Jones (1884-1947) was an English professor, author, a research assistant on Russian affairs with the U.S. Ware
Trade Board, and an officer in the American Red Cross serving in Japan, Siberia, Korea, and China. The collection includes
journals and photographs relating to his life, career, and travels, particularly his years with the American Red Cross, 1919-1921.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Humanitarian aid workers
Reconstruction (1914-1939)
Japan
China
Siberia (Russia)
Diaries
Photographs