Albert Ravenholt archive of reportage on the Philippines and Southeast Asia, 1946-1968

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Summary

Title:
Albert Ravenholt archive of reportage on the Philippines and Southeast Asia
Dates:
1946-1968
Creators:
Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books and Ravenholt, Albert
Extent:
2 Linear Feet (4 manuscript storage boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Albert Ravenholt archive of reportage on the Philippines and Southeast Asia (M2836). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of reports and articles by Philippines based journalist Albert Ravenholt. The materials include typed or mimeographed articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, publications, press releases and other materials.

The majority of the collection is comprised of typed or mimeographed articles from 1948-1968 when Ravenholt was a Chicago Daily News foreign correspondent. The articles' were primarily written from Manila, Taipei or Hong Kong. These articles were sent via wireless transmission were written using cablese, the 20th century journalist language. The subjects of the articles cover the establishment of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government in Taiwan, threats of invasion there or in the Philippines by Mao Zedong's forces, societal and economic change in China, Japan's reconstruction, growing turmoil in both Vietnam and Laos, and increasing United States dependency on the Philippines as political leverage. There are also reports, publications and other primary source documents that Ravenholt used as research material for his articles.

The collection includes two bound volumes of Reports on the Philippines written for the American Universities Field Staff, 1953-1959. The American Universities Field Staff was a collaboration between foreign correspondents and universities. For these reports Ravenholt was associated with Harvard University. These bound volumes were Ravenholt's personal copies and many include a 'Not for Publication' note at the end.

Biographical / historical:

Albert Ravenholt was born on September 9, 1919 in Wisconsin. After graduation from high school he served on a logging ship bound for Shanghai. After the start of war between Japan and the U.S. he volunteered as a convoy leader for the Red Cross transporting medical supplies from Lashio into China via the Burma Road. He got his first job as a journalist for the United Press, working from 1942-1945 covering China-India-Burma Theater. From 1945-1946 Ravenholt was the United Press Bureau Chief for China and India.

In 1946 he married Marjorie Severyns in Shanghai. Severyns was an Office of Strategic Services intelligence officer serving in India and China.

In 1947 Albert Ravenholt was a Fellow at the Institute of Current World Affairs at Harvard University and then worked in the United Press Peking (Beijing) bureau until the Chinese Communist Party takeover. From 1948-1986 Ravenholt was the Chicago Daily News foreign correspondent for Southeast Asia. He was based in Manila. He also was a founding member of the American Universities Field Service, a group of writers stationed around the world. As part of his work with the AUFS he authored several books and gave lectures. After 1978 he continued to split his time between Manila and Seattle involved with various agricultural interests in both locations. He passed away at his home in Seattle on April 25, 2010.

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About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-10-24 11:08:52 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Albert Ravenholt archive of reportage on the Philippines and Southeast Asia (M2836). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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