Register of the Richard S. R. Hubert papers on the topic of the U.S. Office of War Information in Saipan
Finding aid prepared by Hiromi Okazawa
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Title: Richard S. R. Hubert papers on the topic of the U.S. Office of War Information in Saipan
Date (inclusive): 1944-2014
Collection Number: 2023C13
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Japanese
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 2 oversize boxes
(3.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: 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.
Creator:
Hubert, Richard S. R., 1901-1982
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2023.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Richard S. R. Hubert papers on the topic of the U.S. Office of War Information in Saipan, [Box no.,
Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
Contains materials pertaining to the United States Office of War Information (OWI) in Saipan, and United States Psychological
Warfare Division (PWD) during WWII. The bulk of the material contains original leaflets that were dispersed over Japan, as
well as corresponding declassified documents from the PWD. The collection also contains photographs of facilities, printing
press operations, radio transmitters, and personnel of the OWI.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area
Propaganda, Anti-Japanese
Psychological warfare
Mariana Islands
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)
Personal correspondence
United States. Office of War Information
OWI Pacific File
1944-2014
1944-1946
Scope and Contents
Contains materials pertaining to the Office of War Information (OWI) and Physiological Warfare Division (PWD). The bulk of
the material contains original leaflets that were dispersed, as well as corresponding declassified documents from the PWD.
The photographs depict airplanes dropping OWI leaflets over Japanese cities.
box 1, folder 2
Leaflet Production Graphs
1944-1945
box 1, folder 3
Report on Saipan
1944-1946
box 1, folder 4
Leaflets 110-2001
1944-1946
box 1, folder 5
Leaflets 2007-2063
1944-1946
box 1, folder 6
Leaflets 2064-5001
1944-2014
1944-1946
box 1, folder 8
Japanese Newsletter Mariana Jiho マリアナ時報
1945
box 1, folder 9
Photographic prints
1944-1946
box 2
Photographic album
1944-1946
Scope and Contents
Contains photographic prints of OWI buildings, staff, transmitter site, living quarters, and printing press operations. Photographs
taken by Signal Corps US Army.
box 3, folder 1
Poster
circa 1945
Scope and Contents
Poster details the OWI process creating and dispersing leaflets
Family Research
1944-2013
Scope and Contents
Contains biography and research materials about Richard & Elizabeth Hubert, Alice Paul, Josette H. Williams and Stephen Joseph
Ledogar.
box 1, folder 10
Richard and Elizabeth Hubert Biography
2013
box 1, folder 11
Research Materials on OWI
2002-2015
box 1, folder 12
Research Related to Stephen Joseph Ledogar
1992-2000
box 3, folder 2-4
"Japan's Aggression 1875-1945"
circa 2010
Scope and Contents
Hand drawn maps
