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Title: John Richard Shaffer papers
Date (bulk): 1942-1944
Collection Number: 2000C5
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 oversize box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs, printed matter, and writings relating to military activities in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War
II. Includes photographs of Chiang Kai-shek and of General Joseph W. Stilwell.
Creator:
Shaffer, John Richard
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
[Identification of item], John Richard Shaffer papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
John Richard Shaffer served as a technical sergeant in the United States Army during World War II on assignment as both a
war correspondent and a photographer in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater from 1942 to 1944. Shaffer's career after World
War II involved writing on the CBI Theater and contributing to publications such as
The Nation,
Common Sense, and
Social Education. Shaffer, who earned a doctorate degree in education, was a faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi and
State University of New York (SUNY), Cortland.
Scope and Content of Collection
Photographs, printed matter, and writings relating to American and Chinese military activities in the China-Burma-India Theater
during World War II. Includes photographs of Chiang Kai-shek and of General Joseph W. Stilwell.
Joseph Warren Stilwell papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
William Rudolph Gruber papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Chiang Kai-shek Diaries, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China
United States. Army
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946