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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6003
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Jablonski (Henryk) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, and printed matter relating to governmental administration in Poland, Polish foreign relations, and the Polish educational system.

 
Jack Christensen papers

Correspondence and miscellany relating to a projected theatrical production on the life of the philosopher Eric Hoffer.

 
Jackson (Florence) collection

Clippings, leaflets, and miscellanea, relating mostly to relief work in World War I.

 
Jackson (Richard Harrison) papers

Speeches, memoranda, reports, orders, and printed matter, relating to American naval policy during the 1920s. Includes summaries of intelligence reports, received by the United States Embassy in France, 1917-1918.

 
Jackson (Robert A.) papers

Diaries, essays, and clippings, relating to relief work in Belgium carried out by the Commission for Relief in Belgium during World War I.

 
Jacob (Paul) papers

Writings, correspondence, press releases, campaign literature, serial issues, clippings, and memorabilia relating to activities of the Libertarian Party in the United States, its efforts to secure positions on the ballot for its candidates in various states, its opposition to military...

 
Jacobs (Fenton Stratton) papers

Correspondence, writings, printed matter, maps, and photographs relating to cavalry tactics, logistics, and military transportation during and after World Wars I and II.

 
Jacobs (John F. de.) typescript

Relates to the arrest of J. F. de Jacobs by Soviet authorities.

 
Jacobs (Joseph E.) papers

Writings, correspondence, reports, and printed matter relating to various aspects of American diplomacy, especially reconstruction in Korea, mutual security programs in Europe after World War II, the Italian communist movement, the Philippine independence movement, and the Shanghai riot of May...

 
Jacobs (Joseph J.) miscellaneous papers

Correspondence with the philosopher Sidney Hook and printed matter relating to Hook.

 
Jacobs-Pauwels (F. Marguerite) papers

The F. Marguerite Jacobs-Pauwels papers provide a record of the life and career of a Belgian woman active in public service and charitable work in her native country over a period of 50 years. These activities included caring for orphaned...

 
Jacun, (Konrad) typescript

Relates to the Eurasian nature of Russian civilization.

 
Jadot (Albert Joseph) papers

Orders, reports, correspondence, and memorabilia, relating to resistance activities of the Armée belge des partisans in Belgium during World War II.

 
Jagan (Cheddi) speech transcript

Relates to political and economic conditions in and foreign relations of Latin America.

 
Jagielski (Krzysztof) papers

Correspondence, writings, clandestine literature, leaflets, serial issues, other printed matter, sound recordings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to activities of Solidarność in Poland, with a particular emphasis on Szczecin and the region Pomorze Zachodnie.

 
Jahimovics (Janis) papers

Diaries, memoirs, other writings, personal and legal documents, printed matter, and photographs relating to dissidence in the Soviet Union and the movement for Latvian independence.

 
Jajko (Edward A.) collection

Depiction of Egyptian leaders Gamal Abdel Nasser and Abd al-akim Amir.

 
Jalbrzykowski (Andrzej Grabia) writings

Relates to conditions in Lithuania during World War II, and to Polish émigré affairs. Includes writings of others.

 
Jalowiecki (Mieczyslaw) memoirs and drawings

Relates to historical events in Russia and Lithuania before, during, and after the Russian Revolution and Civil War; Poles in Lithuania; and agricultural developments in Lithuania, 1881-1939. Includes watercolor drawings and sketches of scenes and manor houses in Lithuania and...

 
James (Elizabeth L.) diary

Relates to conditions in the Philippines under Japanese occupation.

 
James (Henry) papers

Reports, correspondence, and financial records, relating to the opening of the Danube River to navigation at the end of World War I, and to the political situation in Hungary at the time of the Hungarian Revolution.

 
Jan (Flora Belle) letters

Contains Flora Belle Jan's letters to her friend Ludmelia Holstein, relating to journalism in the United States and China and to personal matters. Published as (Urbana, 2009).

 
Jangfeldt (Bengt) papers

Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Russian literature and especially to Joseph Brodsky and Vladimir Mayakovsky. Includes correspondence with Brodsky and research material collected for a biography of Mayakovsky and other publications.

 
Janin (Pierre Thiebaut Charles Maurice) diary extracts

Relates to Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Extracts published in , 1924-1925.

 
Janisch (Wolfgang) papers

Memoirs, photographic collages, other photographs, postcards, correspondence, police reports, printed matter, sound recordings, videocassettes, and memorabilia relating to political dissent and the peace movement in East Germany.

 
Jannay, (J. H.) mimeograph

Relates to the need for food relief in Spain.

 
Janovsky (Karl) reports

Three reports; one entitled Bericht über die im RWM Stattgefundene Aussprache über die Bulgarischen Verhandlungsergebnisse; the second, Lagebericht über die Verhältnisse in Südost; and the third, Lagebericht 1942 über die Verhältnisse in Ungarn, Rumänien und Bulgarien. Relates to economic conditions...

 
Jansen (B. Douglass) collection

Press releases, statements, and speech transcripts, relating to proposals for disarmament and a nuclear test ban. Issued by officials and agencies of various governments, especially the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the Soviet Embassy in the United...

 
Janssens (Edouard) deposition

Relates to the activities of Belgian military forces in the Belgian Congo in the period immediately preceding independence, 1959-1960.

 
Jantzen (Grace J.) processed item

Relates to conditions in civilian internment camps in the Japanese-occupied Philippines.

 
Japan. Gaimusho reports

Reports relating to foreign media coverage of Japan and to economic conditions in within the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

 
Japan. Koshikan (Korea) records

Photocopies of originals no longer exist. Correspondence, dispatches, instructions, reports, treaties, agreements, lists, and charts relating to Japanese-Korean relations, and to the internal administration and foreign affairs of Korea. Includes reports of the Japanese Residency General (1906-1910) and Government-General (1910)...

 
Japan newspaper collection

The newspapers in this collection were originally collected by the Hoover Institution Library and transferred to the Archives in 2019. The Japan newspaper collection (1893-1998) comprises thirteen different titles of publication, all in English. The titles within this collection have...

 
Japan. Soryojikan (San Francisco) miscellany

Biographical sketches and photographs of Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, Foreign Minister Sabuto Okita, and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Kato, of Japan.

Japanese children's propaganda collection

Wartime propaganda magazines, playing cards, and ephemera for children in Japan.

 
Japanese diaspora collection

Reports, pamphlets, postcards, other printed matter, photographs, and digital materials relating to Japanese immigration to the United States and elsewhere, the Japanese community in the United States, and Japanese American internment during World War II.

Japanese diaspora oral history project records

Digital interview recordings of Japanese Americans relating to immigration to the United States from Japan, internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the post-war Japanese American community. Interviews conducted by Kaoru Ueda. Includes images of diaries, newsletters, and...

Japanese Hawaiian newspaper collection

Japanese language newspapers published in Hawaii. Digital copies are available at

 
Japanese modern history manuscript collection

Manuscripts, ephemeral printed matter, and maps, relating to various aspects of Japanese history, including Nagano prefecture local government during the Meiji period; the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895; pre-World War II domestic affairs; the post-World War II American occupation; the International...

 
Japanese naval training squadron collection

Photographs and miscellany relating to Japanese naval visits to Hawaii and the Panama Canal.

 
Japanese pictorial collection

Photographs depicting scenes of daily life, prominent personalities, and miscellaneous scenes in Japan and from the Russo-Japanese War, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the American occupation of post-World War II Japan.

 
Japanese subject collection

Serial issues, reports, election campaign literature, and other printed matter relating to various aspects of social, political and economic conditions in Japan, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the second Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the post-World War II Allied occupation of...

Japanese woodblock print collection

Japanese woodblock prints (nishiki-e) depicting battle and political scenes, primarily from the late 19th century.

 
Jarkoff (Peter) collection

Includes bulletins, writings, photographs, memoirs, video tapes, and audio tapes relating to Russian émigré military schools. Also includes photographs of pre-revolutionary Russia and photographs of Russians in Yugoslavia and other countries in the 1920s and later.

 
Jaruzelski (Wojciech) papers

Wojciech Jaruzelski was a military officer, politician and leader of Poland during the Solidarity movements of the 1980s. The Wojciech Jaruzelski papers contains correspondence, speeches, writings and notes, interviews, photographs and albums.

 
Jarvie (Ian) papers

Ian Charles Jarvie (1937-2023) was a British-born philosopher, professor at York University in Toronto, and managing editor of the journal Philosophy of the Social Sciences.The collection includes office files and correspondence with and about Karl Popper.

 
Jarvis (Charles E.) papers

Correspondence, military tactics book, camp newspaper, French currency, postcards, and personal items of identification, relating to activities of the 28th Engineer Regiment in France during World War I.

 
Jasiewicz (Jan) papers

Correspondence, writings, printed matter, personal documents, theatrical programs, photographs, and sound recordings relating principally to theatrical productions staged by Polish prisoners in German prison camps during World War II.

 
Jedrychowski (Stefan) papers

Interview transcripts, speeches and writings, correspondence, and photographs relating to governmental administration, economic planning, and foreign policy in Poland.

 
Jeftic (Trivun R.) papers

Correspondence and memoranda, relating to German occupation policy in Yugoslavia, and to the Yugoslav resistance movements.

 
Jelinek (James John) papers

Speeches and writings, sound recordings of lectures, correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter, relating to education in the United States.

 
Jenkins (George D.) papers

Writings, notes, correspondence, minutes of meetings, ordinances, reports, pamphlets, clippings, other printed matter, and data cards relating to political, economic, cultural, and social affairs in Nigeria, in general, and Ibadan and the Yoruba, in particular. Includes drafts of a book,...

 
Jenne (Corrinne) papers

Conference papers, agenda, programs, and notes, relating to the Student-Faculty Conference of the YMCA-YWCA held in Asilomar, California.

 
Jennings (Ralph E.) papers

Correspondence, personnel records, memoranda, speeches, logbooks, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to U.S. naval operations in World War II, the U.S.S. a historic telecast from the U.S.S. in August 1947, and the Military Assistance Group to Norway.

 
Jennison (Harry A.) letter received

Relates to conditions in Russia during the Russian Civil War. Written by a White Russian Army colonel.

 
Jenny (Arnold E.) papers

Correspondence, diary, reports, memoranda, and printed matter, relating to relief work in Siberia during the Russian Revolution, and among displaced persons in Germany at the end of World War II.

 
Jensen (Bernhardt M.) papers

Letters, reports, memoranda, and statistics, relating to agricultural production and public finances in northern Nigeria and to plans for agricultural development.

 
Jessey (Joseph) photographs

Photographs and postcards, depicting President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding and Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover aboard the U.S.S. Henderson en route to Alaska.

 
Jewish Agency for Palestine Council meeting materials

Reports, pamphlets, and serial issues, relating to Jewish settlement in Palestine. Materials assembled for meeting in conjunction with the 16th Zionist Congress in Zurich, Switzerland.

 
Jezierska (Fanny) letters received

Five original and thirteen photocopies of letters by the German communist leader Klara Zetkin, 1916-1932, relating to the communist and feminist movements in Germany; three letters by the German socialist leader Franz Mehring and his wife Eva, 1918, relating to...

 
Jiang (Lin) papers

The Jiang Lin papers (circa 1950s-2000s) consist of photographs and writings documenting Jiang's career in the People's Liberation Army (the People's Republic of China's armed military force) and journalistic work. Includes recollections about the Tiananmen Square incident of 1989.

 
Jin (Wensi) papers

Transcripts of conversations with foreign officials, memoranda, and reports relating to Chinese foreign relations with the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Poland, and Czechoslovakia; the Sino-Japanese War; and the Korean National Council to the League of Nations, 1919.

 
Jirousek (Ludek) typescript

Relates to conditions in Czechoslovakia under the communist regime, and to Czech émigré affairs. Photocopy.

 
Job (Martha) papers

Diary, maps, posters, photographs, clippings, and booklets relating to the Young Women's Christian Association in China, flood relief, the University of Peking, and internal problems in China from 1920 to 1928.

 
John (Martha Tyler) papers

Writings, reports, and bulletin, relating to education in Botswana and Swaziland.

 
John (Otto) typescript

Relates to the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt upon Adolf Hitler.

 
Johnson (A. Ross) papers

A. Ross Johnson was a longtime RFE/RL executive and director, historian, and author. The collection includes papers relating to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and its history.

 
Johnson (Barbara Piasecka) miscellaneous papers

Sound recordings of interviews, and promotional literature, relating to American philanthropy and business investment in Poland, and to the Torf Corporation. Interviews conducted by Elena S. Danielson.

 
Johnson (Benjamin O.) papers

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, diplomatic dispatches and instructions, and printed matter, relating to the Russian Railway Service Corps in Siberia, the Inter-Allied Technical Board, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Photocopy.

 
Johnson (Douglas) letter

Relates to territorial settlements at the Paris Peace Conference.

 
Johnson (Franklin P.) writings

Relates to proposals for free enterprise economic development in Cuba and other socialist countries.

 
Johnson (George S.) papers

Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the history of the Bohemian Club, and the membership of Herbert Hoover in the club.

 
Johnson (Jesse C.) papers

Speeches, press releases, reports, memoranda, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to uranium mining and the development of nuclear energy in the United States.

 
Johnson (John J.) collection

Argentine newspaper and magazine issues, clippings, and photographs, relating to the presidency of Juan Perón of Argentina, especially its overthrow, and to the death of Eva Perón, wife of Juan Perón.

 
Johnson (Lester J.) collection

Circulars, memoranda, proclamations, clippings, and miscellany relating to regulation of the civilian population in German-occupied Norway during World War II, war damage insurance in Norway during World War II, and the post-war Soviet-Norwegian dispute over the establishment of military bases...

 
Johnson (M. J.) collection

Photographs, postcards, medical pamphlets and certificates, and miscellany, relating to American military hospitals during World War I, and especially to the military hospital at Camp Kearny, California.

 
Johnson (Pendleton Taylor) papers

Drafts and clippings of news stories, notes, and photographs, relating to activities of the Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II.

Johnson Thomas H. (Thomas Hawkins) papers

Writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, studies, technical reports, journal articles, and other printed matter, relating to physics, nuclear and other energy sources, nuclear weapons, laser technology, the Strategic Defense Initiative, arms control, and scientific policy in the United States during the...

 
Johnson (William H.) papers

Diary, correspondence, and photographs, relating to activities of the 31st Infantry Regiment in Siberia.

 
Johnson (William Herman Eckart) papers

Memoirs, reports, and journal article, relating to education in the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.

 
Johnston (Tess) papers

Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs relating to Western communities and architecture in Shanghai and elsewhere in China. Mainly collected research material for publications by Tess Johnston.

 
Johnston (Verle B.) typescript

Relates to the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Published (University Park, Pennsylvania, 1967).

 
Joint Chinese and British Commission in China photographs

Depicts scenes along the upper Yangtze River as part of a survey undertaken by the Commission.

 
Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction miscellaneous records

Minutes, agenda, and memoranda, relating to agriculture and rural development in Taiwan.

 
Joint Council on Economic Education records

Annual reports, minutes, financial records, newsletters, other issuances, printed matter, and photographs, relating to secondary school and university education in economics in the United States.

 
Joint U.S./British Ministerial Control Party for OKW/OKH/Para-Mil reports

Relates to the organization of the German defense ministry, army, and paramilitary organizations, and to the transfer of their administration to Allied control at the end of World War II.

 
Jonah (T. F.) printed material

Newspaper editorial relating to proposals for American military intervention in Mexico. Published in the .

 
Jones (Alun) papers

Midshipman's journal and photocopy of diary relating to activities of the British naval ships Bellerophon and Marlborough in the Mediterranean Sea and Baltic Sea, including participation in the Russian Civil War.

 
Jones (Easley) papers

The Easley Jones papers includes journals and photographs relating to his life, career, and travels, particularly his years with the American Red Cross in Japan, China and Siberia, 1919-1921.

 
Jones (Frank) papers

Relates to British military activities during World War II.

 
Jones (Gus T.) typescript

Relates to German propaganda and espionage activities in Mexico during World War II. Photocopy.

 
Jones (Hardin Blair) papers

Correspondence, writings, reports, memoranda, clippings, leaflets, and other printed matter, relating to student radicalism, primarily at the University of California at Berkeley.

Jones (Howard Palfrey) papers

Writings, correspondence, reports, research files, studies, and printed matter relating to public finance and post-war reconstruction in Germany, 1945-1951, and to American relations with Indonesia and other areas of East Asia. Digital copies of select records also available at

Jones (Jefferson) collection

Photographs, drawings, printed matter, and miscellanea, relating to activities of the Japanese Army in China during World War I, especially to the siege of Tsingtao, 1914; to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905; and to the palace of Kaiser Wilhelm II...

 
Jones (Lucius J.) miscellany

Photograph and a copy of the marriage license of Mary Green Jones, an ex-slave; and a letter written by L. J. Jones, son of Mary Jones, relating to her reminiscences of slave life in Mississippi.

 
Jones (Paul LeRoy) papers

The collection contains photographs, press releases, clippings, speeches, orders, maps, and a diary relating to Allied military activities in the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II and to General Joseph W. Stilwell.

 
Jones (Samuel G.) flag

Combined flag of the Central Powers (Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Turkey) during World War I.

 
Jones (Warren Arnold) collection

Bible autographed by President Herbert Hoover.

 
Jongere-Telegrafisten Vereeniging records

Minutes of meetings, bylaws, membership lists, and accounts relating to the promotion of telegraphy in Belgium.

 
Jonkherr caricatures

Photographs of caricatures depicting officials of the Comité national de secours et d'alimentation, and of the Comité provincial de secours et d'alimentation du Limbourg, Belgian relief organizations during World War I.

 
Joos (Leopold) memorandum

Relates to activities of the Belgian army during the German offensive of May 1940.

 
Joppke (Christian) collection

Prospectus, notes, sound recordings and transcripts of interviews, photocopies of East German secret police reports, and printed articles and clippings, relating to the East German dissident movement, and to Asian and Latin American immigration to Great Britain, Germany and the...

 
Jordan (David S.) papers

Correspondence, writings, pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, and photographs, relating to pacifism and the movement for world peace, disarmament, international relations, American neutrality in World War I, American foreign and domestic policy, civil liberties in the United States, problems of minorities in...

 
Jordan (R. E.) notarized statement

Relates to alleged advance knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor by American intelligence officers.

 
Jordan (Raymond B.) collection

Bulletins, photographs, memorabilia, and mimeographed material, relating to United States Army activities in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

 
Jordanowski (S.) photograph

Depicts a bust of Prime Minister Ignacy Paderewski of Poland, made by N. Tregor, 1941.

 
Journal of a mission to China

Alex Taub (1892-1974) was an engineer with industrialization expertise. He was born in London in 1892, immigrated to the United States in 1908, became a U.S. citizen in 1920, and died in Washington, D.C., in 1974. Collection is composed of...

 
Jouvenel (Bertrand de) miscellaneous papers

Letter to Gaston Bergery, 1940, relating to the Vichy regime in France; and writings and lectures, 1973-1979, relating to structure and ideology in political science, world economic conditions, and Marxist ideology.

 
Jovanovic (Dragoljub) papers

Memoirs entitled Politicke Uspomene (1965), relating to political developments in Yugoslavia during World War II; pamphlet entitled ?ta nas Ko?ta Svada sa Hrvatima? (ca. 1932), relating to the nationalities question in Yugoslavia; and an interview of D. Jovanovic by Alex...

 
Jovanovich (William) correspondence

Correspondence with the economists Milton and Rose Friedman relating to publication of their books by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

 
Joy (C. Turner) papers

Diaries, notes, clippings, and photographs relating to the Panmunjom negotiations to end the Korean War.

 
Judd (James R.) slides

Depicts medical and relief work in France during World War I.

Judd (Walter H.) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, memoranda, minutes, statements, press releases, notes, printed matter, and audio-visual material relating to American domestic politics and foreign policy, anti-communist movements, the Chinese Civil War, American foreign policy towards China, the question of United States...

 
Judische Kultusgemeinde in Prag typescript

Relates to demographic characteristics, and social, cultural and other organizations, of the Jewish community in Prague and surrounding areas. Includes charts.

 
Jugend newspaper issues

Relates to camp life and work.

 
Jugoslav postwar reconstruction papers mimeograph

Series of reports relating to the economic reconstruction of Yugoslavia after World War II.

 
Junger (Ernst) typescript

Relates to post-World War II reconstruction.

 
Jungsozialisten issuances

Press releases, bulletins, position papers, resolutions, and periodicals, relating to the socialist youth movement in West Germany, especially to the 1973 Jungsozialisten national congress.

 
Juras (Francis Michael) papers

Newspaper and magazine clippings, printed matter, writings, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to the career of F. M. Juras and to cultural activities of Lithuanians in the United States. Photocopy.

Jurika (Stephen) papers

Correspondence, reminiscences, personnel records, orders, memoranda, log books, clippings, photographs, and art objects, relating to American naval aviation, naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, postwar American-Japanese security cooperation, and American national security interests in the Pacific...

 
Jwaideh (Wadie) collection

Printed matter and photocopies of government documents, relating to Kurds in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states. Consists mainly of photocopies of British Foreign Office dispatches from the period between 1836 and 1924.