Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: John P. Lake papers
Dates: 1939-1976
Collection Number: 85045
Creator: Lake, John P., 1894-1976.
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Orders, reports, personnel records, certificates, and photographs, relating to American military assistance to Chinese forces
during World War II, and to attempted American mediation between Kuomintang and Chinese communist forces in 1946.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is 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
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John P. Lake papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1985.
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.
Biographical/Historical Note
Colonel, United States Army; commanding officer, Combat Section with Chinese 18th Army, Chinese Combat Command, 1945; commander,
Executive Headquarters Field Team No. 7, Tsinan, China, 1946.
Scope and Content of Collection
Orders, reports, personnel records, certificates, and photographs, relating to American military assistance to Chinese forces
during World War II, and to attempted American mediation between Kuomintang and Chinese communist forces in 1946.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Army--Officers.
United States. Army. Forces in China Theater.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
United States--Armed Forces China.
China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.