Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Powers (Joshua B.) collection
68026
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Joshua B. Powers collection
Date (inclusive): 1876-1969
Collection Number: 68026
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders
(4.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, telegrams, biographies, articles, pamphlets, clippings, writings, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and memorabilia
relating to Homer Lea, military adviser to Sun Yat-sen and author of
The Valor of Ignorance, and to the revolutionary movement in China, circa 1900-1920. Includes writings and correspondence of Homer Lea, Ethel Lea,
and Joshua B. Powers.
source:
Powers, Joshua B.
Creator:
Lea, Ethel
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.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1968.
[Identification of item], Joshua B. Powers collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1892 August 25 | Born, Owensboro, Kentucky |
| 1911-1913 | Student, University of Texas |
| 1926-1972 | Author, <emph render="italic">Argentina's New Freedom</emph> |
| Recipient, U.S. Cabot award, Columbia University; Commendator Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile); Official Ordem Cruzeiro Do Sul (Brazil); gold medal, Pan American Society | |
| Manager, United Press Association, Buenos Aires; chairman of Joshua B. Powers, Inc.; representative of newspapers in foreign countries | |
| Representative, <title render="italic">La Prensa</title>, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and other publications, New York City |
| 1876 November 17 | Born, Denver, Colorado |
| 1894-1896 | Student, Occidental College, Los Angeles |
| 1897-1900 | Student, Stanford University |
| 1900-1901 | Lieutenant-General, Imperial Reform Army, China, under Kang Yu Wei, Grand President, Chinese Empire Reform Association |
| 1900 | Undertook relief of Kwang Hsu, Emperor of China |
| 1902-1904 | Organized Chinese military schools in U.S. and Chinese Imperial Army (C.I.A.) |
| 1908 | Author, The Vermillion Pencil |
| 1909 | Author, The Valor of Ignorance |
| 1910-1912 | Military adviser to Sun Yat-Sen |
| 1912 | Author, The Day of the Saxon |
| 1912 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, telegrams, biographies, articles, pamphlets, clippings, writings, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and memorabilia
relating to Homer Lea, military adviser to Sun Yat-sen and author of
The Valor of Ignorance, and to the revolutionary movement in China, circa 1900-1920. Includes writings and correspondence of Homer Lea, Ethel Lea,
and Joshua B. Powers.
The collection is organized into six series: Correspondence of Homer Lea and Ethel Lea (Mrs. Homer Lea), Correspondence of
Joshua B. Powers and Albert H. Powers, Collected Writings of Homer Lea, Collected Writings of Joshua B. Powers, Subject File,
Miscellany, and Photographs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Americans -- China
China -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Defenses
China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912
Great Britain -- Defenses
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925
Lea, Homer, 1876-1912
Powers, Joshua B.