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Title: Norman David Hanwell papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1944
Collection Number: 2015C15
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, and printed matter relating to political and social conditions in China during the 1930s,
the Communist movement in China in the 1930s, and the Sino-Japanese War.
Creator:
Hanwell, Norman David, 1909-1941
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015.
[Identification of item], Norman David Hanwell papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Norman David Hanwell was a China scholar whose research interests included Chinese Communism, guerilla warfare, Chinese villages,
Sino-Japanese relations, and Japanese aggressions in China in the 1930s. His articles appeared in publications such as the
Christian Science Monitor,
Herald Tribune,
Asia Magazine, and
The Nation.
Hanwell was born on February 20, 1909 in San Francisco, California. He married Dorothea Smith in 1937, and the couple moved
to China in 1939. Hanwell died of a heart infection on October 5, 1941 in Peking, China
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is composed of correspondence, writings, notes, and printed matter relating to political and social conditions
in China during the 1930s, the Communist movement in China in the 1930s, and the Sino-Japanese War.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism -- China
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
China -- History -- 1928-1937
China -- History -- 1937-1945