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Title: John K. Emmerson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1931-1985
Collection number: 80115
Creator:
Emmerson, John K., 1908-1984.
Collection Size: 83 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 envelopes (37.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating
to Japanese-American relations, post-World War II Japanese politics, the Vietnamese War,
and U.S. foreign policy in the Far East. Papers date mainly from the period of Emmerson's
retirement.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], John K. Emmerson Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1980.
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.
United States. Dept. of State.
East Asia.
East Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
Japan.
Japan--Foreign relations--United States.
Japan--Politics and government--1945-
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--East Asia.
United States--Foreign relations--Japan.
Diplomats--United States.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
| 1908, March 17 | Born, Canon City, Colorado |
| 1929 | B.A., Colorado College |
| 1930 | M.A., New York University |
| 1930-1931 | Teacher of social science, University of Nebraska |
| 1934 | Married Dorothy McLaughlin |
| 1935-1941 | Foreign Service Officer, Japan |
| 1943-1945 | Political Adviser to General Joseph Stilwell, China-Burma-India Theater |
| 1944 | American emissary to Chinese Communists in Yenan |
| 1945 | Political Adviser to General Douglas MacArthur |
| 1952-1955 | Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Karachi, Pakistan |
| 1955-1957 | Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 1957-1958 | Political Counselor, Paris |
| 1958-1962 | Consul General, Lagos, Nigeria; Salisbury, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
| 1962-1966 | Counselor Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Japan |
| 1966-1967 | State Department Diplomat in Residence, Stanford University |
| 1968 | Retired from the Foreign Service |
| 1968-1984 | Senior research fellow, Hoover Institution and research associate, Northeast Asia-U.S. Policy Forum, Stanford University |
| 1971 | Author, Arms, Yen and Power: The Japanese Dilemma |
| 1973 | Co-author, with Leonard A. Humphreys, Will Japan Rearm? |
| 1978 | Author, The Japanese Thread: A Life in the U.S. Foreign Service |
| 1979 | Author, A View From Yenan |
| 1984, March 24 | Died, Palo Alto, California |