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Finding Aid for the Sidney Forrester Mashbir Papers, 1942-1960
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Title: Sidney Forrester Mashbir Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1942-1960
Collection number: 969
Creator:
Mashbir, Sidney Forrester, 1891-1973
Extent:
33 boxes (16.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of 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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
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). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Mashbir, Sidney Forrester, 1891-1973--Archives.
Translators--Archival resources.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
- 4-16 audio discs, apparently of Mashbir's Japanese broadcasts. Transfered to UCLA Film & Television Archive April 26, 1988.
A career in military intelligence [oral history transcript] / Colonel Sidney Forrester Mashbir, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, c. 1972.
Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.