Register of the Howard D. Kramer papers
Finding aid prepared by Daniel B. Case
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Howard D. Kramer papers
Date (inclusive): 1940-1957
Collection Number: 76026
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder
(1.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Transcripts of radio broadcasts, posters, leaflets, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs relating to American and
Japanese propaganda activities in the Philippines during World War II. Includes a photocopy of the Ph.D dissertation of Howard
D. Kramer, entitled "History of the Public Health Movement in the U.S., 1850-1900."
Creator:
Kramer, Howard D., 1907-1975
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 1976.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Howard D. Kramer papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
In September 1945, the Office of War Information was transferred to the State Department. Operating under the name of the
United States Information Service (USIS), the function of the Philippine branch became that of furnishing information about
America and American policy to the Filipino people, with the aim of creating among them a better understanding of America's
foreign policy. USIS employed the media of news, libraries, moving pictures, radio, and the exchange of persons between the
two countries, with the mission of explaining U.S. policies, ideals, and society in terms meaningful to Filipinos and in such
a way as to create better feelings and more understanding between the two nations.
On September 15, 1945, the USIS began publishing a twice-weekly provincial newspaper called the
Free Philippines. It carried world and local Philippine news in addition to American items, but the emphasis was predominately on news touching
on Philippines-American relations. News releases featured background information on American personalities, the full texts
of important speeches, and the official statements of United States officials.
Biographical Note
1907 September 20 |
Born, Dayton, Ohio |
1938 |
Received B.A. in English and Mathematics from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio |
1939 |
Received M.A. in History from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio |
1942 |
Received Ph.D. in History from State University of Iowa |
1940 |
Assistant editor at
Mississippi Valley Historical Review, State University of Iowa, Iowa City
|
1942 |
Instructor at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut |
1943 |
Red Cross Field Director, American Red Cross, North Atlantic Area |
1944 |
Office of War Information and U.S. State Department |
1947 |
Assistant Professor of History, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio |
1951 |
Directory of American Scholars |
1952 |
Fulbright Professor of American History, India |
1954 |
Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Air R&D Command, San Antonio, Texas |
1975 |
Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Howard D. Kramer consist of transcripts of radio broadcasts, posters, leaflets, correspondence, printed matter,
and photographs relating to pro-American and anti-Japanese propaganda and psychological warfare activities in Brisbane, Australia
and Manila, Philippines between 1944 and 1946. Includes a photocopy of Kramer's Ph.D dissertation, entitled "History of the
Public Health Movement in the U.S., 1850-1900." The collection also includes newsletters, transcripts, newspaper clippings,
printed matter, and notes relating to Kramer's Fulbright Professorship in India.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
Propaganda, American -- Philippines
Propaganda, Japanese -- Philippines
Public health -- United States -- History
United States. Office of War Information
United States Information Service
box 1, folder 1
Biographical File
1957
Scope and Contents note
Includes a copy of Howard D. Kramer's resume.
box 1, folder 3
Telegram
1954 September 18
box 1, folder 4
Air Command
1957 April 23
box 1, folder 5
Bray, Charles W.
1954 March 25-29
box 1, folder 6
Dolph, H. B.
1954 August 4 - September 18
box 1, folder 7
Gallagher, Thomas A.
1947 January 30
box 1, folder 8
Goodall, Mrs. Charles E.
1954 August 24
box 1, folder 9
Melton, Dr. Arthur W.
1954 April 12 - September 17
box 1, folder 10
O'Hearne, Stephen
1947 July 18
box 1, folder 11
Rawlings, Jas. B., Jr.
1957 April 26
box 1, folder 12
Schwiebert, Ernest G.
1954 January 22 - September 16
United States Information Service File
1944-1958
box 1, folder 13
Appointment
1944 March 22
box 1, folder 14
"Activities Report"
1945 September 14 - 1946 July 4
box 1, folder 15
Travel documents
circa 1946
box 1, folder 16
Special Operations Research Office
1957
box 1, folder 17
"Project PROPIN Research Design"
1958 March 20
box 1, folder 18
Letter from Robert H. Berkov
1947 January 10
"The Philippine Hour"
Scope and Contents note
Transcripts of radio broadcasts
box 1, folder 22
Free Philippines, Volume 1, Number 9
1945 January 1
box 1, folder 23
Photo Review, Volume 1, Number 1
undated
box 1, folder 24
Photo Review, Volume 1, Number 2
undated
box 1, folder 25
First Congress of the Philippines proceedings
1945 July 9
box 1, folder 26
Psychological Warfare Leaflet booklet
circa 1944
box 1, folder 27
"Rakkasan News Leaflet"
1945 May 26
box 1, folder 28
"Rakkasan News Leaflet,"
1945 June 16
box 1, folder 29
Manifest
1945 December 31
Fulbright Professorship File
1952-1954
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials relating to Howard Kramer's Fulbright Professorship of American History in India, where he lectured at
the graduate schools of Madras University, between August-October, 1952; the University of Allahabad, between November 1952
and March 1953; and taught an American Seminar in American Social Studies in Darjeeling between April and May, 1953.
box 1, folder 30
Experience resume
circa 1952-1953
box 1, folder 34
Press release
circa 1952-1953
box 1, folder 35
"The People of India" transcript
undated
Speeches and Writings
1942, undated
box 1, folder 38
"History of the Public Health Movement in the United States, 1850 to 1900," dissertation
1942 May
box 2, folder 1
"History of the Public Health Movement in the United States, 1850 to 1900" (continued)
box 2, folder 2
"The Early Public Health Campaigns Against Communicable Diseases"
undated
box 2, folder 4
"U.S. Foreign Policy"
undated
Photographs
1945, undated
box 2, folder 5
Old City (Instramuros) Manila
circa 1945
Printed Matter
1943-1954, undated
box 2, folder 7
Journal of Home Economics, Flemmie P. Kittrell
1952 February 2
box 2, folder 8
All-India Home Science Conference
1952 September 23-26
box 2, folder 9
"The Joint Declaration"
1943 November 6
box 2, folder 10
Japanese Imperial Calender
1944
box 2, folder 11
Loose clippings
circa 1944
box 2, folder 12
"Proclamation of General Douglas MacArthur to the People of the Philippines"
1944 October 20
box 2, folder 13
Manila Photograph Booklet
circa 1945
box 2, folder 14
"Education for One World"
1954 May
box 2, folder 15
"Benares and Sarnath Pocket Guide"
undated
box 2, folder 16
Japanese magazines
undated
box 2, folder 17
Map of Bombay, India
undated
box 2, folder 18
"The Nightmares of Lieutenant Ichi"
undated
box 2, folder 19
"Field Marshal Douglas MacArthur"
undated
box 2, folder 20
"Hawaii, Malay Sea Battles Handbill"
undated
box 2, folder 21
Imperial Japanese Army Sanitation flyer
undated
Miscellaneous
1940, undated
box 2, folder 22
USS
Dale Bill of Health,
1940 November 19 - December 31
box 2, folder 23
Excerpts from self-portrait
undated
box 3, folder 1
Free Philippines
1945 February 22 - September 3
box 3, folder 2
Free Philippines
1945 April 26 - June 22
drawer G13
Posters
undated
Scope and Contents note
Eight posters from Howard D. Kramer's employment in Manila, Philippines. Three posters are in the Hoover poster collection:
"America challenged! The Philippines Accepted!" (US-3762); "East Asia Our Happy Home" (JA-95); and "Warning - Imperial Japanese
Forces" (JA-67). Of the remaining five, three are small United States Army signs and warnings: "DANGER OF MINES AHEAD, TAKE
CARE IN PASSING," "DEADLY VENOMOUS SNAKES RAMPANT, TAKE CARE IN PASSING THROUGH JUNGLES," and "COMPANY HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY."
The remaining two posters are a print by Alfredo Carmelo and his lithograph company, Carmelo & Bauermann, Inc., based in Manila,
Philippines; and a Martial Law Proclamation by Philippine President Jose P. Laurel.