Overview of the Ronald S. Anderson papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Ronald S. Anderson papers

Date (inclusive): 1929-1980

Collection Number: 86021

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 15 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 2 motion picture films (12.9 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, bulletins, reports, photographs, slides, phonotapes, and motion picture film, relating to education in Japan before and after World War II, and to postwar educational policy of the Allied military government in Japan. Includes numerous autobiographies written in English by Japanese secondary school students, 1932-1934.

Creator: Anderson, Ronald S. (Ronald Stone)

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ronald S. Anderson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

American educator; secondary school teacher in Japan, 1929-1935; United States civil education officer, Kinki region, Japan, 1946-1949.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, writings, bulletins, reports, photographs, slides, phonotapes, and motion picture film, relating to education in Japan before and after World War II, and to postwar educational policy of the Allied military government in Japan. Includes numerous autobiographies written in English by Japanese secondary school students, 1932-1934.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Motion pictures

Japan -- Social conditions

Military government

Education -- Japan

Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Students -- Japan

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Civil Information and Education Section