Inventory of the Norman David Hanwell papers

Finding aid prepared by Yuan Tian
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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

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Norman David Hanwell papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

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

 

Correspondence 1934-1939

box 1, folder 1

Amerasia, 1937

box 1, folder 2

American Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations 1937-1938

box 1, folder 3

Asia Magazine (Henrietta Gerwig, Richard Walsh) 1936-1939

box 1, folder 4

Christian Science Monitor 1935

Scope and Contents

Includes photos of Yun Kang caves.
box 1, folder 5

Dorothea Gabel Coryell 1935-1937

Scope and Contents

Includes encounters with Ed Snow, Owen Lattimore, and Agnes Smedley.
box 1, folder 6

Dorothea Gabel Coryell 1938

box 1, folder 7

Los Angeles Times 1934

Scope and Contents

Includes articles written on the Jiangxi Campaign.
box 1, folder 8

Maxwell Stewart, The Nation 1936

box 1, folder 9

Mortimer Graves (American Council of Learned Societies) 1934-1937

box 1, folder 10

Pacific Affairs 1937-1938

box 1, folder 11

University of Minnesota 1937

box 1, folder 12

Miscellaneous 1935-1937

 

Printed Matter 1931-1944

box 1, folder 13

"Aids to the Study of Chinese Philosophy," 1934

box 1, folder 14

China Today, 1937

box 1, folder 15

Contemporary Japan (Index) 1935-1936

box 1, folder 16

Conference for University Men, Council on Foreign Relations 1937

box 2, folder 1

Democracy 1937

box 2, folder 2

"Essentials of Chinese Drama," 1935

box 2, folder 3

Fortnightly Survey of Current Events, Council of International Affairs 1935-1938

box 2, folder 4

Japan's militarism clippings 1936

box 2, folder 5-8

Information Bulletin, Council of International Affairs, China 1937

box 2, folder 9

"Sino-Japanese Conflicts in Northern China," 1931-1942

box 2, folder 10

"The Far East - A Syllabus," by George L. Harris 1944

box 2, folder 11

"Topical Analysis of Comparative European Government," by Joseph R. Starr 1936

 

Research and Notes 1928-1938

box 3, folder 1

Chinese-language clippings on agriculture and 1931 Beijing student strike 1931

box 3, folder 2

Clippings: Civil War in China 1934-1938

box 3, folder 3

Clippings: China guerrilla warfare 1935-1938

box 3, folder 4

Clippings: Japanese aggression in China 1934-1937

box 3, folder 5

Communism in China 1931-1935

box 3, folder 6

Dorothea Gabel 1938-1961

box 3, folder 7

English translations of Chinese articles 1928-1934

box 3, folder 8

English translations of Chinese articles 1934

box 3, folder 9

Inner Mongolia and Chinese Communism 1933-1936

box 3, folder 10

Japan 1934-1936

box 3, folder 11

Red Army and Communist Activities in JIangxi and Sichuan 1934-1937

 

Writings 1928-1937

box 4, folder 1

"China's '400' Million," undated

box 4, folder 2

"Comparative Table of Communist Program for China in 1928 and 1935," 1928-1935

box 4, folder 3

"Conflicting Forces in China," undated

box 4, folder 4

Drafts undated

box 4, folder 5

"Forum: Understanding China," 1936

box 4, folder 6

"Japanese Imperialism versus Chinese 'Communism': Notes on Contrasting Policies," undated

box 4, folder 7

"Notes on Local Government in China," undated

box 4, folder 8

"Notes on Unrest in China," undated

box 4, folder 9

"'Red Baiting' in North China, Communism in Kiangsi, and Communism in Szechuan," 1934

box 4, folder 10

"Rotten Gentry of China," 1937

box 4, folder 11

"Student Organization at Yenching," undated

box 4, folder 12

"The Actual Strength of the Red Army," undated

box 4, folder 13

"The Chinese Communist Occupation," undated

box 4, folder 14

"The International Relations of Manchuria," undated

box 4, folder 15

"The Real Rulers of China," undated

box 4, folder 16

"The Szechuan Soviet Armies," undated

box 4, folder 17

"When Chinese Reds Move In," 1936

box 4, folder 18

"Where Japan Rules in China," 1937

box 4, folder 19

"Why Peasants Hate Government," undated

box 4, folder 20

"Within Chinese Red Areas," 1937

box 4, folder 21

"Within Chinese Communist Territory," undated

box 4, folder 22

Yenching University course syllabus 1932-1933