Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Content Description
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: John P. Hurndall Second World War collection
source:
Roney, Jane Hurndall, Mrs.
Identifier/Call Number: 2016.172.w.r
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
(1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1945 November 26 - 1966 May 5
Abstract: This collection contains photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and other material belonging to John P. Hurndall, who was part
of the United States Reparations Mission following the Second World War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: WWII 96
Container: 1-8
Container: 1-8
Container: WWII 97
Container: 1-7
Container: 9-15
Container: WWII 95
Container: 15
Container: 16
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jane Hurndall Roney and Julie Hurndall Yost
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically by material type:
- Series 1, Correspondence from John P. Hurndall
- Series 2, Scrapbooks
- Series 3, Photographs
- Series 4, Los Angeles World Affairs Council speech
- Series 5, Reports on Japanese Assets
- Series 6, Biographical information
Biographical / Historical
John P. Hurndall (1902-1966) was deputy chief of staff for the United States Reparations Mission after World War II from May
to September of 1946. A November 9, 1945 issue of Stars and Stripes says Hurndall joined the mission as a consulting geologist.
He also worked in the oil industry and, according to an obituary from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, served
as president of Bandini Petroleum Company from 1952 to 1958.
The obituary also says Hurndall was an associate of E.W. Pauley and Associates "for three years after World War II." Edwin
W. Pauley was the United States Representative to the Allied Reparations Committee.
According to a newspaper obituary provided by the donor, Hurndall served as a Naval Intelligence Officer during World War
II and "amphibious flotilla commander in the South Pacific."
Hurndall was born on January 17, 1902 and died of cancer in Newport Beach on May 17, 1966.
Preferred Citation
[Item title, Box number, Folder number], John P. Hurndall Second World War correspondence (2016.172.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Content Description
This collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence and material pertaining to John P. Hurndall while working
on the United States Reparations Mission following the Second World War from May to September 1946. The records document the
team's work in Japan, China, Manchuria, North Korea, and South Korea. There are also pictures documenting Germany, Britain,
the Philippines, and France following World War II. Hurndall was deputy chief of staff for the mission. According to a November
9, 1945 issue of Stars and Stripes, Hurndall was a consulting geologist on the mission.
Items of note include pictures of the war crimes trials in Tokyo and Nuremberg following the Second World War. There are also
pictures from a "Jewish Displaced Persons" camp in Furth, Germany, and pictures showing the damage in Germany following World
War II. In letters to his wife, Hurndall also gives post-Second World War descriptions of various Chinese cities.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
Photographs
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War (1939-1945) -- Reparations
Manchuria (China) -- History -- 1931-1945.
World War (1939-1945) -- China -- Manchuria
World War (1939-1945) -- China
War crime trials -- Germany -- Nuremberg
War crime trials -- Japan -- Tokyo
Holocaust survivors -- History -- 20th Century
World War (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Refugees
World War (1939-1945) -- Photography
Roney, Jane Hurndall, Mrs.
Hurndall, John P., Mr., 1902-1966