Register of the William H. Vatcher papers

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Title: William H. Vatcher papers

Date (inclusive): 1939-1965

Collection Number: 53006

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 21 manuscript boxes, 4 envelopes (8.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, pamphlets, leaflets, slides, and photographs, relating to South African political parties; Afrikaner and African nationalism; the Afrikaner Broederbond; American, Japanese, and North Korean propaganda and psychological warfare methods during World War II and the Korean War; and the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Creator: Vatcher, William Henry

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1953.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William H. Vatcher papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

William Henry Vatcher

1920, July	Born, Los Angeles, California
1942	B.A., Stanford University
1944-1945	Member, Admiral Nimitz's Staff, Central Pacific
1945-1946	Member, Naval Technical Mission to Japan
1948	M.A., Stanford University
1950	Ph.D., Stanford University
1950	Author, Combat Propaganda Against the Japanese in the Central Pacific
1949-1951	Instructor, San Jose State College, San Jose, California
1951	Member, Panmunjom Truce Team, Korea
1958	Author, Panmunjom: the Story of the Korean Military Armistice
1965	Author, White Laager: the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, writings, pamphlets, leaflets, slides, and photographs, relating to South African political parties; Afrikaner and African nationalism; the Afrikaner Broederbond; and American, Japanese, and North Korean propaganda and psychological warfare methods during World War II and the Korean War. Includes miscellany and audiovisual material, including photographs of W.H. Vatcher in Japan and of his trip on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, American propaganda warfare, combat areas, American forces, Japanese prisoners in the Pacific theatre, and slides of Africa. Also includes original cartoons on South African politics.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Slides (Photography)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda

Propaganda, American

Propaganda, Japanese

South Africa -- Politics and government

South Africa -- Race relations

Psychological warfare

Railroads -- Soviet Union

World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects

Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Propaganda

Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Psychological aspects

Nationalism -- South Africa

Propaganda, Korean

Velikai͡a Sibirskai͡a magistralʹ

Afrikaner Broederbond

Correspondence 1952-1964

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

box 1

General 1960

box 1

Unidentified 1952-1955

box 1

Barclay, Thomas S. 1961

box 1

Basson, Jackie 1961

box 1

Brandt, Willy 1960

box 1

Brown, Edmund G., Sr. 1957

box 1

Byrne, Lional 1955

box 1

Crowe, Philip K. 1961

box 1

Curray, James 1961

box 1

Davis, S. 1961

box 1

De Villiers, Rene M. 1961-1963

box 1

Dlamini, Clement 1961

box 1

Dobkins, Maurice 1961-1963

box 1

Ekonomiese Institut 1961

box 1

Elliott, Harold W. 1962

box 1

Eustace, P. J. 1961-1964

box 1

Fagan, H. A. 1960

box 1

Goldberg, A. 1961

box 1

Grant, W. 1961

box 1

Jablonski, Ann F. 1961

box 1

Jackson, Henry M. 1960

box 1

Joy, Admiral C. Turner 1955

box 1

Kefauver, Estes 1959

box 1

Kennedy, Edward 1963

box 1

Kennedy, President John F. 1957-1961

box 1

Mbelu, Francis 1961

box 1

Mphahtele, Armstrong undated

box 1

Munro, Sterling S. 1960

box 1

Nugent, D. R. 1954

box 1

Parkington, M. W. 1961

box 1

Salisbury, O. J. 1961

box 1

Sargeant, Geoff 1955

box 1

Sattar, Abdul 1960-1962

box 1

Saund, D. S. 1960

box 1

Smith, Stephen E. 1959

box 1

Steyn, S. J. M. 1961

box 1

Terry, Godfrey A. 1961

box 1

United Party 1961

box 1

Vatcher, Mr. and Mrs. William H., Sr. 1952

box 1

Viljoen, D. T. 1961-1962

box 1

Winter, William 1952

box 1

Subject File 1939-1965

Scope and Contents

Reports, memoranda, printed material, arranged alphabetically by title or subject.

Africa, South

General

box 1

Map

box 1

Miscellany

box 1

Notes by W. H. Vatcher

box 2

Songbooks

box 2

African National Congress

box 2

African Student Union

box 2

Apartheid

box 2

Botha, P. W.

box 2

Constitution

box 2

Description and travel 1951-1965

box 2

Division of Information and Research

box 2

Doenges, T. E.

box 2

Economy

box 2

Education

box 2

Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (Federation of African Cultural Associations)

box 2

Forman, Lionel

box 2

Forssman, Magnus J. F.

box 2

Fox, Melvin J.

box 2

Hertzog, Gen. J. B. M.

box 2

Immigration

box 3

Kruger, President Jannie

box 3

Labor

box 3

National Union of South African Students

box 3

National Youth Organization

Political parties

box 3

Communist Party

box 3

Dominion Party

box 3

Federal Party

box 4

Miscellany

box 4

National Party

box 4

Progressive Party

box 4

South African Bond

box 4

South African Congress of Democrats

box 4

South African Labour Party

box 4

South-West Party

box 5

Union Party

box 5

Race relations

box 5

Schoeman, Johan

box 5

South Africa Foundation

box 5

South African Congress of Trade Unions

box 6

South African Indian Congress

box 6

South West Africa

box 6

Treason Trial 1957-1961

box 6

United Nations

box 6

Biographical material

box 6

Congo

Japanese language - Study and teaching

box 6

Notebooks

box 7

Notebooks

box 8

Notes by W. H. Vatcher, study guides, worksheets

box 9

Notes by W. H. Vatcher, study guides, worksheets

box 9

Texts and workbooks

box 10

Texts and workbooks

box 11

Texts and workbooks

Korean War 1950-1953

General

box 11

Memoranda

box 11

Notes by W. H. Vatcher

box 11

Printed material

Propaganda, American

box 12

Chinese in North Korea

box 19

Chinese in North Korea

box 13

North Korean Army and civilians

box 20

North Korean Army and civilians

box 14

North Korean Army and civilians

Propaganda, North Korean

box 14

North Korean Army

box 14

South Korean Army

box 14

United Nations Forces

box 14

United States Army

box 14

Miscellany

box 14

United States - Army General School

World War 1939-1945

Propaganda, American

box 15

General

box 15

China

box 15

Japanese Forces

box 21

Japanese Forces

box 16

Japanese Forces

box 16

Miscellany

Propaganda, Japanese

box 16

American Forces

Scope and Contents note

Includes Douglas MacArthur letter.

Speeches and Writings 1949-1962

Scope and Contents

Notes, drafts, printed copies of writings, arranged alphabetically by title or subject.

box 16

Class outline and notes

box 16

Combat Propaganda: Guadalcanal, Marshalls, Marianas, Carolines, Iwo Jima,1949,draft of dissertation

General Physical Description note: 1 typewritten copy.

box 17

Miscellaneous notes

box 17

Nationalist Struggle for Power in South Africa undated

General Physical Description note: 1 photocopy.

box 17

Siberian Sketchbook 1962

General Physical Description note: 1 typewritten copy.

box 17

South Africa and the United States undated

General Physical Description note: 1 typewritten draft.

box 17

Squawk Boxes and Paper Bombs undated

General Physical Description note: 1 typewritten draft.

Miscellany

box 17

Campaign buttons, souvenir pen (John F. Kennedy)

Audiovisual Material

envelope A

2 prints of W.H. Vatcher in Japan, 1952; 13 prints of W.H. Vatcher's trip on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, 1962, undated

envelope B

32 prints of American propaganda warfare, Pacific theatre, World War 1939-1945

envelope C

46 prints of combat areas, American forces, and Japanese prisoners in the Pacific theatre, World War 1939-1945

envelope mD

11 original cartoons on South African politics undated

box 18

17 slide cartridges with pictures of Africa undated

Scope and Contents note

Notebook with list of slides included in this box.