Register of the Randall Chase Gould Papers, 1895-1975.

Processed by Grace M. Hawes.; machine-readable finding aid created by James Ryan.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Phone: (650) 723-3563

Fax: (650) 725-3445

Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Register of the Randall Chase Gould Papers, 1895-1975.

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

Processed by:: Grace M. Hawes.
Date Completed:: 1976.
Encoded by:: James Ryan.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Randall Chase Gould Papers

Date (inclusive): 1895-1975

Collection number: 69086

Creator: Gould, Randall Chase, 1898-1979.

Collection Size: (10 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 3 album boxes, 2 envelopes (12.4 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, clippings, and photographs, relating to political and military events in the Far East, especially in China during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945. Includes photographs of the Japanese bombing of Shanghai in 1937.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Randall Chase Gould Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1969.

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

Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.

China.

China--History--Republic, 1912-1949.

Shanghai (China)

Journalists.

Biographical Note.

1898, June 22	Born, Excelsior, Minnesota
1916	Graduate, Gallatin County High School, Montana
1916-1917	Student, University of Wisconsin
1923-1924	News editor, Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan
1925-1931	Bureau manager, United Press, Peking and Shanghai, China; Manila, Philippine Islands
1925-1931	News editor, Peking Daily News, Peking, China
1931-1941	Editor, Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury, Shanghai, China
1932-1949	Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor
1941	Author, Chungking Today
1943-1945	Editor, American editor, Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury
1946	Author, China in the Sun
1946-1949	President, Post-Mercury Company, Inc.
1949-	Member, Editorial Staff, Denver Post, Denver, Colorado

Series Description

Box No. 1.

Correspondence, 1927-1959.

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

Box No. 2-4.

Subject File, 1898-1966.

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper and magazine clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, etc., arranged chronologically or alphabetically by title or subject.

Box No. 5-6.

Speeches and Writings, 1921-1955.

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper columns and articles, magazine articles, miscellaneous drafts, arranged chronologically or alphabetically by title or subject.

Box No. 7-9.

Scrapbooks, 1937-1938.

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper clippings primarily of the bombing of Shanghai, China, in three scrapbooks.

A-V

Audio-Visual.

Scope and Content Note

See photo card catalog.

Container List

CORRESPONDENCE, 1927-1959

Box 1.

General, 1937-1950

Unidentified, 1937-1950

Bickel, Karl A., 1927-1950

Carpenter, Alva, C., 1954

Chen, Eugene, 1933-1938

Christian Science Monitor, 1949-1953

Fitch, G. A., 1937

Forman, Harrison, 1951

Fujihashi, Ichiro, 1937

Gannett, Lewis, 1928

Gould, Mr. and Mrs. George, 1943

Grew, Joseph C., 1945

Hornbeck, Stanley K., 1938

Howard, Roy W., 1927

Kuhns, Elinor, 1949

MacMurray, J. V. A., 1928

Mandel, Benjamin, 1954

Marshall, Jim, 1938

Penniston, John B., 1938

Schnacke, Robert H., 1958

Soong, Norman, 1949

Steiner, H. Arthur, 1951

Sun Yat-sen, Mme. (Soong Ching-ling), 1936

Sung I-chung, 1938

Wedemeyer, Lieutenant General Albert C., 1947

SUBJECT FILE, 1898-1966

Box 2.

Associated Press releases, n.d.

Box 3.

Biographical

Memorabilia

Newspaper, magazine clippings, 1919-1951

Scrapbook, 1898-1934

Miscellaneous

Borodin, Mrs. Michael M., "How I Kept My Health and Cheerful Disposition within the Prison Walls of China through Physical Culture," n.d.

China - Foreign Policy - Japan

China - History - Republic, 1912-1949

Collected memoranda, letters, 1927-1949

Miscellaneous printed matter

Box 4.

"The Occupation of Nanking." Two Accounts by Eye-Witnesses, n.d.

Powell, John W., 1954-1961

Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945

U.S. - Foreign Relations - China

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1921-1955

Box 5.

Newspaper columns, clippings

1922-1924

1925-1926

1927-1929

1930-1937

1938-1940

1942

1944

1946

1949-1952

Miscellaneous, n.d.

Box 6.

Titled writings, 1921-1955

"Biographical Sketch of General Chiang Kai-shek," typewritten with handwritten insertions. 1 page

Book reviews, carbon and typewritten copies of book reviews by Randall Gould for the Christian Science Monitor, 1950-1953

"Captives of the Mikado," Far Eastern Survey, June 1, 1942. 2 printed copies. 4 pages

"Changing Japan," n.d. Printed copy. 2 pages

"A Chinese Warlord," The Nation, June 29, 1927. Printed copy. 1 page

"Civil War in China is Not Surprising," The China Digest, October 23, 1926. Printed copy. 1 page

"Colors Change in China," n.d. Printed copy. 5 pages

"Covering the War," Leica Photography, December, 1937. Printed copy. 2 pages

"Editor Mellen Creates a Story," August 30, 1921. Printed copy of editorial. 1 page

"The Foreign Mentality in China," T'ien Hsia Monthly, n.d. Printed copy. 14 pages

"Foreign Views on General Chiang," The China Critic, November 5, 1936. Printed copy. 2 pages

"A Foreigner Looks at the New Life Movement," T'ien Hsia Monthly, n.d. Printed copy. 8 pages

"The Future of Shanghai," The China Critic, January 27, 1938. Printed copy. 2 pages

"Glimpses Across the Pacific," The China Critic, December 12, 1935. Printed copy. 2 pages

"Gould Comes Through with 'Scoop,'" The Shanghai Spectator, February 23, 1933. Printed copy. 1 page

"If You Fight You May Get Hit," unpublished report, 1949. Carbon of typewritten manuscript and photocopy. 68 pages

"Madame Sun Yat-sen Keeps Faith," The Nation, n.d. Printed copy. 2 pages

"Mayor Wu and Shanghai," The China Critic, April 8, 1937. Printed copy. 2 pages

Memo on References of Randall Gould, 1950. 2 typewritten copies. 3 pages

"Newspapers in China," The Chinese Nation, June 18, 1930. 2 printed copies. 2 pages

"An Open Letter to Lin Yutang," The China Critic, December 19, 1935. Printed copy. 3 pages. (With clipping of newspaper reply from Lin Yutang)

"An Open Letter to Our Readers," n.d. Carbon of editorial, 1 page

"Planned, Not Pork-Barrel, Expenditure," The China Critic, October 5, 1933. Printed copy. 2 pages

"Private Enterprise in Postwar China," China Trade News, January, 1945. Printed copy. 3 pages

"Recruits Drifting in Add to China Staffs, Editor & Publisher, October 16, 1937. Printed copy. 1 page

"Shanghai's Economic Anxieties," The China Critic, May 5, 1938. Printed copy. 2 pages

"Sian Background," n.d. Printed copy. 2 pages

"A Trip to the War Zone," The Chinese Nation, July 16, 1930. Printed copy. 3 pages

"What Happens to Press When Commies Come," Editor & Publisher, January 6, 1951. Printed copy. 1 page

"When the Reds Came," Pen, January, 1955. Printed copy. 4 pages

"Why Yenching Has Succeeded," Peking News, June 22, 1927. Printed copy. 2 pages

Untitled drafts and articles

1927

1949-1953

Miscellaneous, n.d.

SCRAPBOOKS, 1937-1938

Box 7-9.

Scrapbooks.

AUDIO-VISUAL.

Box A-V

See photo card catalog

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