Register of the Joshua B. Powers collection
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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
General
Unidentified 1911-1912
Addis, G. S. 1911
Aishi, K. 1901
Armstrong, General E. 1911
Arthur, Sir Richard 1911
Belford, Robert J. 1910-1913
Beresford, Sir Charles 1912
Bryant, Agnes 1911-1912
Burton, General G. H. 1910-1912
Cantlie, Mabel Barclay 1912-1913(?)
Chaffee, General Adna R. 1909-1912
Chen, W. C. 1913
Chockman, Jue 1912
Croxton, Major R. C. 1910
Dawson, Sir Arthur Trevor 1911
Deitrick, James 1911
Dildman, Helene 1913
Duneka, F. A. 1911
Everett, H. H. 1911
First National Bank of Los Angeles 1912
Gibbs, Major George W. 1905-1912
Green, A. A. 1912
Grenfeld, E. C. 1911
Haig, Colonel H. 1911
Hamilton, Sir Ian 1910
Hergesheimer, Joseph 1920
Herriman, George 1911
Hsueh, S. Y. 1903
Hwang Hsing 1914
Imperial Maritime League 1911
Ike, Koki H. 1911
Jamison, C. S. 1913
Jarrett, Russell 1913
Jordan, David Starr 1909-1910
Joy, Florence J. M. 1913
Kang Yu Wei 1904
Kennedy, J. Russell 1912-1913
Kirtland, Capt. Harry B. 1912
Lam, T. F. 1913
Lea, Tom 1912
Leighton, Sir Bryan 1910
Lett, Harry Hom 1904
Leung Kwok 1911
The Lone Hand (periodical) 1911
Long, Chaille 1910-1912
Lynne, E. O. 1911
McCormick, Frederick 1912-1929
McIlvaine, Clarence W. 1911-1912
Mande, Colonel F. N. 1911
Maxim, Hudson 1910-1912
Newcome, W. A. 1911
Newmark, Marco 1903
Ng Toy Kee, Dr. 1912
Otis, H. G. 1909
Overton, K. Z. undated
Phillips, John S. 1912
Rhein, Lt. W. W. 1905
Roberts, Field Marshal Lord Earl 1911-1912
Root, Senator Elihu 1911
Shartle, Captain Samuel G. 1911
Shelton, Major George H. 1910
Shield, Dr. undated
Sinclair, Sir J. G.Tollemache 1911-1912
Stanhope, Lord 1911-1913
Story, J. S. 1909
Sun Fo 1913-1918
Sun Yat Sen 1910-1922
Swift, Major E. M. 1910
Urbanek, Dr. M. 1912-1913
Tillson, Lt.-Col. John O. 1911
Van Loan, C. E. 1911
Wan, B. C. 1913
Warren, J. G. 1912-1913
White, Ermal Lea 1913
Willett, Tom Gear 1912
Wood, General Leonard 1912
Woodruff, Lt.-Col. Charles B. 1910
Wrugel, Charles (?) 1912
York, Waldo M. 1903
Yue Sen 1912
Bemis, H. B. 1944
Blackwelder, Justin 1956-1961
Britten, Milton R. 1957
Chapin, Frederic 1950-1952
Dinegar, Capt. W. W. 1958
Frey, Agnes L. 1956
Frick, Constance 1944
Glick, Carl 1943-1957
Hall, Josef W. 1925
Harper & Brothers 1957
Hopper, Hedda 1955
Kates, Major Charles O. 1944-1955
Lea, Howard P. 1944-1946
Lesser, Julian 1959
Lewis, Boyd 1961-1962
Newmark, Marco 1937
O'Banion, Capt. Ansel E. 1943-1960
Shenson, Walter 1952
Taylor, Betty (Mrs. Robert Taylor) 1944-1955
Wilheim, Robert J. 1951-1952
Collected Writings of Homer Lea 1906-1913
Royalty statements and correspondence 1942-1945
Untitled undated
"Can China Fight?," The World Today, printed copy 1907
The Day of the Saxon (1912)
Typewritten first draft
Typewritten second draft, with handwritten notes and corrections
Correspondence 1911-1912
Publishing agreement
"The Defenses of China," two typewritten drafts undated
"How Socialism Failed in China," Van Norden's Magazine, printed copy 1908
"The Legacy of Commodore Perry," North American Review, outline, printed copy, and correspondence 1913
"The Reawakening of China," outline and notes for unfinished book 1906
"The Red Dawn of the New China," typewritten first draft, mimeographed copy of second draft 1907
"A Romance of the Tombs," two typewritten drafts undated
The Valor of Ignorance (1909)
Correspondence 1910-1911
Publishing contract
Reviews
"The Vandal," typewritten draft of unfinished story 1911
The Vermillion Pencil (1908)
Partial handwritten draft
Correspondence 1908-1913
Untitled manuscript on life and works of Homer Lea undated
Biographical notes, typewritten draft undated
Newspaper articles on Homer Lea (extracts from manuscript) 1961 December
Outline and typewritten draft on Homer Lea
Belford, Robert J., poems and letters 1909
China, general
China, Republic of, government proclamations 1911-1924(?)
Chinese-American Educational Association, Articles of Agreement 1905
Chinese Exclusion Act, letter issued by Chinese Protective Association, Los Angeles, to U.S. Senators and Congressmen 1912
Chinese Imperial Army: Chinese military schools in the U.S.A.
Chinese Revolution of 1911-1912
Clowe, Clarence, State Capitalism in Ancient China, printed copy 1911
Defense of China and General Duvall's letter to President Theodore Roosevelt
Evans, I. H., "The Latest Republic," The Watchman, printed copy 1912
Hwang Hsing
Kang Yu Wei
Lea, Homer
Articles
Biographies
Newspaper clippings on Homer Lea's funeral in Taipei 1969
Carr, Harry, collected newspaper articles and interview transcripts, typewritten carbon copies undated
Chapin, Frederic, unpublished biography, typewritten carbon copy 1950-1952
Dinegar, Capt. W. W. and Major Avery E. Kolb, "The Bitter Tea of Homer Lea," typewritten draft undated
Letters 1910-1912
Medical report by Dr. M. Urbanek 1912 April 6
Liang Chi Chao
McIlvaine, Clarence W.
O'Banion, Capt. Ansel E., autobiographical statements 1943
Roberts, Field Marshal Lord Earl
Sun Yat-Sen, speeches and writings, articles, letters 1912-1920
Addresses
Banknotes, drafts, etc.
Calling cards
Invitations
Legal papers
Membership cards
Memorabilia
Newspaper clippings
Newspaper clippings (continued)
Passport
Scrapbooks 1908-1942
Scrapbooks (continued) 1908-1942
1 map, in Chinese, removed from Box 7
Scrapbooks (continued) 1908-1942
Scrapbooks (continued) 1908-1942
11 photos and 6 duplicates plus 4 negatives of Homer Lea; 1 photo of the Lea family; 17 photos of friends and relatives, plus 1 duplicate circa 1876-1912
25 photos and 6 negatives depicting Chinese Imperial Army training in California circa 1902-1910
1 photo of Sun Yat-sen, signed 1911 June 10
6 photos and 14 negatives of China, general
59 photos of China during the revolutionary period 1910-1912
8 prints depicting the ceremonial placement of ashes of Homer Lea and Ethel Bryant Lea in the military cemetery in Taipei, Taiwan 1969 April 20
9 photos of prominent Chinese intellectuals, such as Kan Yi Wei, Sun Yat-sen, Liang Chi Chao, and Chu Cho-wen, plus 5 negatives circa 1900-1912