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Title: Freda Utley Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1886-1978
Collection number: 78056
Creator:
Utley, Freda, 1898-1978
Collection Size: 87 manuscript boxes, 11 envelopes (37.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and printed matter, relating to social and political conditions in Russia, Japan, and China in the
interwar period; the Sino-Japanese conflict; World War II; American relations with China; Germany in the post-World War II
reconstruction period; social and political developments in the Middle East; and anti-communism in the United States.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
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Literary rights held by Jon B. Utley.
[Identification of item], Freda Utley Papers, [Box no.], 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
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Anti-communist movements--United States.
Communism.
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, 1945-1946.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany.
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.
World War, 1939-1945.
China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
China--Politics and government.
Germany.
Germany--History--1945-1955.
Japan.
Japan--Politics and government--1912-1945.
Middle East.
Middle East--Politics and government.
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
| 1898, Jan. 23 | Born, London, England |
| 1923 | B.A., London University |
| 1925 | M.A., London University |
| 1926-1928 | Research fellow, London School of Economics |
| 1928 | Joined British Communist Party. Marriage to Arcadi Berdichevsky |
| 1930 | Took up residence in Soviet Union |
| 1931 | Author, Lancashire and the Far East. Membership in British Communist Party lapsed |
| 1932-1936 | Senior scientific worker, Institute of World Economy and Politics, Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| 1936 | Arrest and disappearance of husband. Return to England. |
| Author, Japan's Feet of Clay | |
| 1938 | War correspondent in China. Author, Japan's Gamble in China |
| 1939 | Author, China at War. Took up residence in United States |
| 1940 | Author, The Dream We Lost |
| 1941-1945 | Economic consultant, Starr, Park and Freeman Company, New York |
| 1945-1946 | War correspondent in China |
| 1947 | Author, Last Chance in China |
| 1948 | Author, Lost Illusion (revised version of The Dream We Lost) |
| 1949 | Author, The High Cost of Vengeance |
| 1950 | Naturalized as citizen of United States |
| 1950-1954 | Anti-communist witness, various Congressional hearings. |
| Testified against Owen Lattimore | |
| 1951 | Author, The China Story |
| 1957 | Author, Will the Middle East Go West? |
| 1970 | Author, Odyssey of a Liberal |
| 1978, Jan. 21 | Died, Washington, D.C. |