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Title: John W. Nason Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1921-2001
Collection Number: 83003
Creator:
Nason, John W.
Collection Size: 51 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (21.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newsletters, leaflets, and financial statements,
relating to the work of the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council in
placing Japanese American students in colleges and universities in the United States
during World War II, and to other aspects of education in the United States.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], John W. Nason Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1983.
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.
National Japanese American Student Relocation Council records, Hoover Institution Archives
Gertrude King papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Thomas Ray Bodine papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Education
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war
Education--United States
World War, 1939-1945--United States
| 1905, Feb. 9 | Born, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| 1931-1940 | Instructor and Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College |
| 1938-1939 | Chairman, Department of Philosophy, Swarthmore College |
| 1940-1953 | President, Swarthmore College |
| 1942-1945 | Chairman, National Japanese-American Student Relocation Council |
| 1942-1945 | President, UN Council of Philadelphia |
| 1943-1949 | President, National Council on Religion in Higher Education |
| 1945-1978 | Trustee, Edward W. Hazen Foundation |
| 1949-1953 | President, World Affairs Council of Philadelphia |
| 1953-1962 | President, Foreign Policy Association |
| 1962-1970 | President, Carleton College |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newsletters, leaflets, and financial statements, relating to the work of the National
Japanese American Student Relocation Council in
placing Japanese American students in colleges and universities in the United States
during World War II, and to other aspects of education in the United States.