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Title: David Nelson Rowe papers
Dates: 1861-1981
Collection Number: 78064
Creator: Rowe, David Nelson, 1905-1985
Collection Size:
139 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(56 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, reports, printed matter, photographs, slides, phonotapes, microfilm, maps, postcards,
and memorabilia, relating to Chinese history and foreign relations, Asian area studies, Japanese World War II propaganda,
application of the People's Republic of China for admission to the United Nations, and communism in Asia.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English ,
Chinese , and some
Japanese
Collection is open for research.
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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
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], David Nelson Rowe Papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1978.
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.
Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in China (United States and China) Miscellaneous Records, Hoover Institution Archives
Walter H. Judd papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Alfred Kohlberg papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Marvin Liebman papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Ernest Batson Price papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Nym Wales papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Karl August Wittfogel papers, Hoover Institution Archives
| October 21, 1905 | Born in Nanking (Nanjing), China to American missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 1927 | AB in political science, Princeton University |
| 1930 | AM in history, University of Southern California |
| 1935 | PhD in history, University of Chicago |
| 1935-1937 | Completed postdoctoral study at Harvard University, in Chinese and Japanese language and Chinese history |
| 1937-1938 | Attended College of Chinese Studies, Peking (Beijing), China, as a Rockefeller Foundation fellow |
| 1938-1943 | Lecturer in Far Eastern affairs, Princeton University |
| 1941-1942 | Special assistant to director, Branch of Research and Analysis, Office of Strategic Services |
| Special assistant to U.S. ambassador, Chungking (Chongqing), China | |
| 1943 | Author, China's Military Potential and the Enforcement of Peace, Yale Institute of International Studies |
| 1945 | Author, China among the Powers, Harcourt |
| Author, Collective Security in the Pacific, Institute of Pacific Relations | |
| 1945-1950 | Assistant professor of international relations, Yale University |
| 1950-1974 | Professor of political science, Yale University |
| 1951 | Consultant to Stanford Research Institute |
| 1954 | Editor, China: An Area Manual, Johns Hopkins Press |
| 1954-1955 | Editor (with W. Kendall), China: A Handbook for Psywar Operators, three volumes, U.S. Operations Research |
| 1956 | Author, Recent Acquisitions of Chinese Diplomatic Archives, Academica Sinica |
| 1958-1960 | Director of graduate studies in international relations, Yale University |
| 1959 | Author, Modern China: A Brief History, Van Nostrand |
| 1960 | Editor, Index to Ch'ing Tai Ch'ou Pan I Wu Shih Mo, Shoe String |
| 1964 | Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve |
| 1965 | Editor (with Sofia S.F. Yen), Index to Su-lien Yin-Mou Wen-cheng, Shoe String |
| 1965-1974 | Director of graduate studies in international relations, Yale University |
| 1968 | Editor, New Nations, Shoe String |
| 1969 | Author, The New Diplomacy: International Technical Cooperation Projects of the Republic of China in African Countries, National Council of Scholars |
| 1975 | Author, Informal Diplomatic Relations: The Case of Japan and the Republic of China, Shoe String |
| 1979 | Author, U.S. China Policy Today, University of Professors for Academic Order |
| 1980 | Author, The Carter China Policy |
| 1982 | Author, Ally Betrayed: The Republic of China, Western Goals |
| June 3, 1985 | Died, Sun City, Arizona |
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection relates to Chinese history and foreign relations, Asian area studies, Japanese World War II propaganda, the
application of the People's Republic of China for admission to the United Nations, and communism in Asia. It is comprised
of correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, reports, printed matter, photographs, slides, sound recordings, microfilm,
maps, posters, and postcards.
Of particular note in the collection are Japanese propaganda posters, flyers, and other visual materials depicting scenes
from the Second Sino-Japanese War, likely collected by Rowe during his trips to the region and used as research materials
for his writings on Japanese propaganda in North China and the development of psychological warfare strategies.
Pamphlets, monographs, and newsletters relating to communism in Asia and diplomatic relations between the United States and
Asia are included in the papers and are supplemented by Rowe's correspondence with others involved in anti-communist organizations
in the United States, most notably Marvin Liebman and Alfred Kohlberg.
Research materials relating to the Chinese agriculture development and technical assistance missions in Africa and Latin America
from 1965 to 1971 are in the collection in the form of reports, photographs, pamphlets, and maps.
No arrangement was performed by archives staff and original folder titles are used when provided.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United Nations--China.
Communism--Asia.
Propaganda, Japanese.
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
Asia--Study and teaching.
China--Foreign relations.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
China--History--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
Phonotapes.