Richard Samuel Rene Hubert, 1901-1982, was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Collection Includes original Office of War Information (OWI) reports and working papers; correspondence; and Saipan-related propaganda leaflets and other printed matter.

Richard Samuel Rene Hubert, 1901-1982, was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPR) in Shanghai, China. The Canadian Pacific Steamship Company of the CPR transferred Hubert to Kobe in 1923, where he learned to speak Japanese. He moved to Shanghai with his family and lived there during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Hubert left Shanghai in 1941 and joined the United States Office of War Information (OWI). He was designated Chief, Forward Area, Central Pacific Operations based in Saipan. He initiated a program of information services to the Mariana Islands, which included creating and distributing moving pictures, filmstrips, photographic displays, radio programs, and printed matter primarily in Japanese.

1 manuscript box, 2 oversize boxes (3.2 Linear Feet)

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