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Title: Wilbur J. Peterkin papers
Dates: 1943-1994
Collection Number: 76018
Creator: Peterkin, Wilbur J., 1904-
Collection Size:
8 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes, 1 album box, 3 motion picture film reels, 1 microfilm reel, 2 videotape cassettes, memorabilia
(4.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Diary transcripts, letters, reports, maps, photographs, motion picture film, and memorabilia, relating to Chinese communist
forces and the Japanese occupation of China during World War II. Includes weapons, clothing and equipment used by Chinese
communists during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
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
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Wilbur J. Peterkin papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1976.
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.
Colonel, United States Army; executive officer and commanding officer, Observer Mission with Chinese communist forces, Yenan,
China, 1944-1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Diary transcripts, letters, reports, maps, photographs, motion picture film, and memorabilia, relating to Chinese communist
forces and the Japanese occupation of China during World War II. Includes weapons, clothing and equipment used by Chinese
communists during World War II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Army.
United States. Observer Mission to Yenan, 1944-1945.
Communism--China.
Guerrillas--China.
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
Motion pictures.
Videotapes.