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Title: Richard C. Wilson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1941-1972
Collection number: 72057
Creator:
Wilson, Richard C., 1902-1972.
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes, 6 card file boxes, 4 envelopes
2.9 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, American Red Cross reports, card files on individuals, club membership
lists, and printed matter, relating to the personal experiences of former residents of
the Far East, as reported in the monthly newsletter, The Far Easterner; and to Japanese
internment camps, 1941-1942
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
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[Identification of item], Richard C. Wilson Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1972.
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--East Asia.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
East Asia.
East Asia--Foreign population.
Journalists.
| 1902, September 25 | Born, Waverly, Kansas |
| 1922-1924 | Reporter, Kansas City Star |
| 1924-1929 | United Press Bureau Chief, Oklahoma City, Lincoln, and Dallas |
| 1929-1932 | United Press Bureau Chief, Mexico City |
| 1932-1934 | United Press Hollywood feature writer and subsequently assigned to San Francisco as cable editor to handle news of Japanese invasion of Manchuria |
| 1934-1936 | United Press Bureau Chief, Honolulu |
| 1936-1941 | United Press Manager for Southeast Asia, Manila |
| 1941-1942 | Interned in Japanese internment camp |
| 1942 | Coordinator of U.S. propaganda program in Mexico, U.S. State Department |
| 1944-1948 | Public Relations Adviser, C.V. Starr and Co. |
| 1948-1953 | Advertising Director, Manila Chronicle |
| 1953-1972 | Editor, Far Easterner |
| 1972 | Died |