Register of the William H. Vatcher Papers, 1939-1965

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Register of the William H. Vatcher Papers, 1939-1965

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Prepared by:: Grace M. Hawes
Date Completed:: February 1977

Descriptive Summary

Title: William H. Vatcher Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1939-1965

Collection number: 53006

Creator: Vatcher, William Henry

Collection Size: 18 manuscript boxes, 4 envelopes 7.9 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William H. Vatcher Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1953.

Accruals

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.

Access Points

Afrikaner Broederbond

Trans-Siberian Railroad

Korean War, 1950-1953

Korean War, 1950-1953--Propaganda

Korean War, 1950-1953--Psychological aspects

Nationalism--South Africa

Propaganda, American

Propaganda, Japanese

Propaganda, Korean

Railroads--Soviet Union

Psychological warfare

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda

World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects

Africa

Japan

Korea

South Africa

South Africa--Politics and government

South Africa--Race relations

Soviet Union

Russia (Federation)

United States--Foreign relations

Slides (Photography)

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

Series Description

Box Box No. 1

Correspondence, 1952-1964.

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

Box Box No. 1-16

Subject File, 1939-1965.

Scope and Content Note

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

Box Box No. 16-17

Speeches and Writings, 1949-1962.

Scope and Content Note

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

Box Box No. 17

Miscellany.

Scope and Content Note

Campaign buttons of John F. Kennedy, Senate souvenir pen.

Audio-Visual.

Scope and Content Note

See photo card catalog for photographs, cartoons, and slides.

Container List

Correspondence, 1952-1964

Box 1.

General, 1960

Unidentified, 1952-1955

Barclay, Thomas S., 1961

Basson, Jackie, 1961

Brandt, Willy, 1960

Brown, Edmund G., Sr., 1957

Byrne, Lional, 1955

Crowe, Philip K., 1961

Curray, James, 1961

Davis, S., 1961

De Villiers, Rene M., 1961-1963

Dlamini, Clement, 1961

Dobkins, Maurice, 1961-1963

Ekonomiese Institut, 1961

Elliott, Harold W., 1962

Eustace, P. J., 1961-1964

Fagan, H. A., 1960

Goldberg, A., 1961

Grant, W., 1961

Jablonski, Ann F., 1961

Jackson, Henry M., 1960

Joy, Admiral C. Turner, 1955

Kefauver, Estes, 1959

Kennedy, Edward, 1963

Kennedy, President John F., 1957-1961

Mbelu, Francis, 1961

Mphahtele, Armstrong, n.d.

Munro, Sterling S., 1960

Nugent, D. R., 1954

Parkington, M. W., 1961

Salisbury, O. J., 1961

Sargeant, Geoff, 1955

Sattar, Abdul, 1960-1962

Saund, D. S., 1960

Smith, Stephen E., 1959

Steyn, S. J. M., 1961

Terry, Godfrey A., 1961

United Party, 1961

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

Viljoen, D. T., 1961-1962

Winter, William, 1952

Subject File, 1939-1965

Box 1.

Africa, South

General

Map

Miscellany

Notes by W. H. Vatcher

Box 2.

Songbooks

African National Congress

African Student Union

Apartheid

Botha, P. W.

Constitution

Description and travel - 1951-1965

Division of Information and Research

Doenges, T. E.

Economy

Education

Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (Federation of African Cultural Associations)

Forman, Lionel

Forssman, Magnus J. F.

Fox, Melvin J.

Hertzog, Gen. J. B. M.

Immigration

Box 3.

Kruger, President Jannie

Labor

National Union of South African Students

National Youth Organization

Political parties

Communist Party

Dominion Party

Federal Party

Box 4.

Miscellany

National Party

Progressive Party

South African Bond

South African Congress of Democrats

South African Labour Party

South-West Party

Box 5.

Union Party

Race relations

Schoeman, Johan

South Africa Foundation

South African Congress of Trade Unions

Box 6.

South African Indian Congress

South West Africa

Treason Trial, 1957-1961

United Nations

Biographical material

Congo

Japanese language - Study and teaching

Notebooks

Box 7.

Notebooks

Box 8.

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

Box 9.

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

Texts and workbooks

Box 10.

Texts and workbooks

Box 11.

Texts and workbooks

Korean War, 1950-1953

General

Memoranda

Notes by W. H. Vatcher

Printed material

Box 12.

Propaganda, American

Chinese in North Korea

Box 13.

North Korean Army and civilians

Box 14.

North Korean Army and civilians

Propaganda, North Korean

North Korean Army

South Korean Army

United Nations Forces

United States Army

Miscellany

United States - Army General School

Box 15.

World War, 1939-1945

Propaganda, American

General

China

Japanese Forces

Box 16.

Japanese Forces

Miscellany

Propaganda, Japanese

American Forces. Includes Douglas MacArthur letter.

Speeches and Writings, 1949-1962

Box 16.

Class outline and notes

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

Physical Description: 1 typewritten copy.

Box 17.

Miscellaneous notes

Nationalist Struggle for Power in South Africa, n.d.

Physical Description: 1 photocopy.

Siberian Sketchbook, 1962,

Physical Description: 1 typewritten copy.

South Africa and the United States, n.d.

Physical Description: 1 typewritten draft.

Squawk Boxes and Paper Bombs, n.d.

Physical Description: 1 typewritten draft.

Miscellany.

Box 17.

Campaign buttons, souvenir pen (John F. Kennedy)

Audio-Visual. See photo card catalog for photographs, cartoons, and slides.

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