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Title: Sidney Forrester Mashbir papers
Collection number: 969
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
16.5 linear ft.
(33 boxes)
Date: 1942-1960
Abstract: Sydney Forrester Mashbir worked in the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section as a military intelligence officer during
the occupation of Japan, 1945-47. The collection contains mimeographed summaries of radio broadcasts, newspaper accounts,
various special reports, and publications on the Japanese language prepared by the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section
of the Intelligence Office during the occupation of Japan, 1945-47. The collection also contains books, biographical material,
and memorabilia of Sydney Mashbir.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Mashbir, Sidney Forrester, 1891-1973
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Colonel Sydney Mashbir, 1967.
Gift of Mrs. Sydney F. Mashbir, 1974.
[Identification of item], Sidney Forrester Mashbir Papers (Collection 969). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233378
Colonel Sydney Forrester Mashbir worked in the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section as a military intelligence officer
during the occupation of Japan, 1945-47; wrote
I was an American spy (1953).
Collection contains mimeographed summaries of radio broadcasts, newspaper accounts, various special reports, and publications
on the Japanese language prepared by the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section of the Intelligence Office during the occupation
of Japan, 1945-47. Also contains books, biographical material, and memorabilia of Colonel Sydney Mashbir. Audio discs of Mashbir's
Japanese broadcasts have been transferred to the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Arranged in the following series:
- Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS), translators and summaries, Japan, 1945-47 (Boxes 1-25).
- Other ATIS reports (Boxes 26-30).
- Memorabilia (Boxes 31-33).
- 4-16 audio discs, apparently of Mashbir's Japanese broadcasts. Transfered to UCLA Film & Television Archive April 26, 1988.
The following oral history is available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:
- A career in military intelligence [oral history transcript] / Colonel Sidney Forrester Mashbir, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, c. 1972. Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, UCLA.
- Interview of Sidney Forrester Mashbir
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mashbir, Sidney Forrester, 1891-1973--Archives.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Translators--Archival resources.