Inventory of the Henri Harold Smith-Hutton papers

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Title: Henri Harold Smith-Hutton papers

Date (inclusive): 1938-1975

Collection Number: 73079

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 8 envelopes (69 prints and 95 cartoons) (1.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Transcript of an oral interview, memoranda, correspondence, photographs, and cartoons, relating to American-Japanese relations immediately before the attack on Pearl Harbor, American naval intelligence during World War II, and postwar activities of Radio Free Europe.

Creator: Smith-Hutton, Henri Harold, 1901-1977

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1973.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henri Harold Smith-Hutton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Captain, United States Navy; naval attaché in Japan, 1939-1941.

Scope and Content of Collection

Transcript of an oral interview, memoranda, correspondence, photographs, and cartoons, relating to American-Japanese relations immediately before the attack on Pearl Harbor, American naval intelligence during World War II, and postwar activities of Radio Free Europe.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations

Officers

Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States

United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941

Military attachés

United States. Navy

Radio Free Europe

box 1

Correspondence, writings, and oral history 1938-1976

box 73079 - 10.A-V, folder A

1 photo of Capt. Henri H. Smith-Hutton and other officers on board the U.S.S. Iowa, returning from Dakar to Norfolk after the Cairo Conference, Dec. 1943, 1 photo of the staff of the American Embassy in Tokyo in spring of 1942 during the internment in Tokyo. 4 photos depicting scenes of Vladivostok, August 1937 (Visit of Adm. Yarnell, U.S.S. Augusta). 1 photo of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signing the surrender-instrument on board of the USS Missouri, Sept. 1945, next to him is Admiral Forrest Sherman and General Douglas McArthur. 1 photo of the U.S.S. Augusta off Pootung Pt., Shanghai, China, circa August 1937.

envelope B

12 photos of Hong Kong (China) scenes acquired by Mr. Smith-Hutton from Brig. Gen. Harry F. Thompson, U.S.A. undated

envelope C

15 photos of Harry F. Thompson, Brigadier General, USA (Infantry) in World War II. Included are two small photos of Mrs. Thompson(?) Acquired by Mr. Smith-Hutton from his friends, the Thompsons in 1976; also included are 94 World War II cartoons.

envelope D

2 photos: 1 or Ernest J. King, Admiral, USN., 1944; 1 of H.E. Yarnell, Admiral U.S.N. with his wife Emily Thomas Yarnell, Shanghai? 1938?

envelope E

1 photo of Richard L. Connolly, Adm., USN, circa Feb. 1950; 1 photo of Montgomery Meigs Taylor, Adm., USN, 1931; 1 photo of Harry E. Yarnell, Adm., USN, 1939; 1 photo of Charles B. McVay, Jr., Adm., USN, 1931; 1 photo of the USS Houston, Manila Bay, circa 1931.

envelope mF

1 photo depicting Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, Commanding General, Army Ground Forces, and Maj. Gen. Orlando Ward, Commanding General, Tank Destroyer Center. 1 photo of Brig. Gen. Clifford Gregg, Col. G.S.C., Commanding TDC, May 14, 1942. 1 photo of Admiral Forrest Sherman, USN (in the 1950's). 1 photo depicting a Hong Kong (China) scene in 1931. 1 photo depicting A.D. Bruce, Major General USN, May 14, 1943. 1 photo depicting H.E. Yarnell, Admiral USN, Shanghai, December 1937.

envelope mG

1 cartoon of Adm. Harry E. Yarnell by Sapa Yan? ( South China Daily News, Shanghai), 1938-1939. 1 photo of the USS Houston (flagship Asiatic Fleet); 1 photo of Montgomery M. Yalor, Admiral USN, early 1930's. 1 photo of Joseph C. Grew, Ambassador (U.S.) and 1 with his wife; 1 photo of Eugene Dooman, Counselor of Embassy (all 3 between 1930 and 1942, mounted on one sheet).

envelope H

13 prints of various ships and officers of the US Navy, 1937-1951, depicted mainly in France in 1951, including one print depicting members of the US Embassy in Paris; 1 print depicting the staff of the US Embassy in Tokyo, April 1942; and 1 print depicting members of the Tokyo Navy Club, May 1940.