Overview of the Laurence Maxon Wiig collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Laurence Maxon Wiig collection
Date (inclusive): 1942-1988
Collection Number: 94006
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, and photocopies of United States Army Psychological Warfare Branch, Office of War Information, State
Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda and reports, relating to activities of the Japanese-American Koji
Ariyoshi as an American psychological warfare specialist and liaison with Chinese communist forces during World War II, as
a Smith Act case defendant in Hawaii in 1951, and subsequently as president of the Hawaii-China People's Friendship Association.
source:
Wiig, Laurence Maxon
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 1994.
[Identification of item], Laurence Maxon Wiig collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, correspondence, and photocopies of United States Army Psychological Warfare Branch, Office of War Information, State
Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda and reports, relating to activities of the Japanese-American Koji
Ariyoshi as an American psychological warfare specialist and liaison with Chinese communist forces during World War II, as
a Smith Act case defendant in Hawaii in 1951, and subsequently as president of the Hawaii-China People's Friendship Association.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
Japanese Americans
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects
Propaganda, American -- Japan
United States -- Armed Forces
Internal security -- United States
Hawaii
Wiig, Laurence Maxon
Ariyoshi, Koji, 1914-1976
box 1
Material not yet described
box 2
Material not yet described