Guide to the Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection MSS.2010.03.01

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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection
source: Burdick, Charles B., 1927-1998
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2010.03.01
Physical Description: 107 boxes (111.94 linear feet)
Physical Description: 2 flat file drawers (92 folders, 217 maps)
Date (inclusive): 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1966)
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: The Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection, 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1966), represents the research files and collections amassed by military historian and SJSU history professor, Charles B. Burdick. The collection documents the history of World War I and World War II.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright is assigned to the San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred Citation

Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection, MSS-2010-03-01, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Robert Donahue. Finding aid EAD encoded by Robert Donahue. Reviewed by Danelle Moon and Erin Louthen. Six boxes of accruals were added to Series I, eight boxes of accruals were added to Series II, and Series IV: Personal Materials was created in April 2019 by Fiona DuBrock.

Project Information

This finding aid was created as part of the Survey and Cataloging Project, a two-year San José State University Library grant project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The project began in 2008. The Project Director is Danelle Moon. The Project Archivist is Erin Louthen.

Biography

Charles B. Burdick (1927-1998) grew up in San José, California where he attended Lincoln High School before enlisting in the United States Army during World War II. After serving in the Army, Burdick enrolled at San José State College in 1946. He graduated with a B.A. in History in 1949, and obtained his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1954. He joined SJSU's History Department in 1957, and became department chair in 1976. Throughout his teaching career, Professor Burdick worked diligently to create a program dedicated to military history. In addition, he donated several large private book collections on military history to the University Library, significantly adding to the monographic holdings in this area. Professor Burdick also taught for many years at the Sixth United Army Intelligence School located at the Presidio in Monterey, California. Over the course of his distinguished career, Burdick published dozens of articles and book chapters, and wrote and edited over twenty books. His research and writing on the history of the German High Command in World War II remains an important part of the historiography of World War II. After an association with San José State University that spanned forty-five years, Professor Burdick retired in 1988. He died in 1998.

Related Material

Charles B. Burdick War Poster Collection, MSS-2010-02-02, San José State University Special Collections & Archives.
The Burdick Military History Project, San José State University History Department. http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/history/ (accessed March 25, 2010).
Hugh T. Carlisle Collection, MSS-2011-09-16, San José State University Library, Special Collections & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection, 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1966), represents the research files and collections amassed by military historian and SJSU history professor, Charles B. Burdick. The collection documents the history of World War I and World War II. World War I subjects covered include the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I, and military operations. World War II materials include publications originating from the German High Command, as well as reports and statistics from countries such as Italy, Germany, Japan, and the United States. The collection also includes print copies of the legal proceedings from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, nautical charts, and maps of important World War II locations. The formats represented include correspondence, ephemera, maps, nautical charts, newspaper clippings, reports, and scrapbooks.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into four series: Series I: World War I & World War II Materials, 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1958); Series II. International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) Materials, 1946-1948; Series III. Nautical Charts, 1919-1966 (bulk 1950-1966); and Series IV: Personal Materials.

Bibliography

Roth, Jonathan. Burdick Military History Project. Pamphlet. San José, CA: San José State University History Department, undated.
Walsh, James P., and Wheeler, Gerald E. Charles B. Burdick and San José State. (From War, Revolution and Peace: Essays in Honor of Charles B. Burdick. Pp. 1-8. Remak, Joachim, ed. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc., 1987.)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1914-1918
Nautical charts
War crime trials -- Japan
Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948
Military history, Modern -- 20th century
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Burdick, Charles B., 1927-1998

 

Series I: World War I and World War II Materials 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1958) bulk

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series documents the history of World War I and World War II.
World War I materials include several volumes of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as numerous pamphlets published by groups such as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Community Pulpit Series, promoting the concepts of peace, labor, and morality.
World War II materials include documents printed in English, German, Italian, and Japanese. Formats include hand-written notes concerning Italy during the war and post-war years, the German High Command, United States military reports and summations detailing U.S. bombings on Japan and Germany, and twelve bound volumes from the Japanese navy.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically by date range.
Box 1

World War 1 Pamphlets 1914-1918

Box 2

Burdick Research Notes, 1914-1918; European Maps, 1947

Box 3

German Language Newspapers & Research 1915-1947

Box 4

Treaty of Versailles, World War II Materials, Operation Barbarossa, Environment and Equipment Study 1919-1954

Box 5-6

World War II Materials, German Military, German Language Materials 1938-1978

Box 102 - 106

Japanese Naval Secretary Shigeharu Enomoto's Analyses of the European War 1939-1941

Scope and Contents

Twelve volumes published by the Japanese navy containing text in English, Japanese, and several European languages. They consist of U.S. and European news releases pertaining to international laws and policies during the first part of World War II alongside Enomoto's analysis.
Box 7-8

World War II Newspaper Clippings 1939-1946

Box 9

World War II German Military Information 1939-1955

Box 10

Wartime Fire & Hazardous War Gases Safety 1943-1947

Box 11

World War II Germany, German Army 1943-1947

Box 12

World War II, Bombings of Japan and Germany 1944-1953

Box 13

German High Command (OKH) and German Military Structure 1945-1958

Box 14

Reports: U.S. Military Government in Axis Countries After WW II 1946-1984

Box 16

U.S. Army Dept of Military History Studies on East Asia 1950-1966

Box 17

Burdick Research Notes & Reports: Italy, Russia, WW I 1950-1953

Box 107

Nuremberg Trials Documents Undated

 

Series II: International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) 1946-1948

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series documents the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trials and Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. Supreme Commander of the Allied forces, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the establishment of the IMTFE and approved the charter, which was modeled on the Nuremberg Trials Charter of 1945-1946. The tribunal convened on May 5th, 1946, to prosecute the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three specific crimes: Class A: crimes against peace; Class B: war crimes; and Class C: crimes against humanity, committed during World War II. Twenty-eight political and military leaders were charged with Class A crimes and more than 5,700 Japanese nationals were accused of Class B and C crimes, mostly related to prisoner abuse; Emperor Hirohito and the Imperial Family were not prosecuted. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East adjourned on November 12th, 1948. Materials in this series are inscribed with the name Rear Admiral John D. Murphy. Murphy was a naval lawyer who served as the director of the war crimes trials in Guam.

Arrangement

This series is primarily chronological by date.
Box 24

Transcript of Proceedings April 29 - June 17, 1946 Box 24

Box 25

Transcript of Proceedings June 18 - 27, 1946

Box 26

Transcript of Proceedings June 28 - July 22, 1946

Box 27

Transcript of Proceedings July 23 - August 5, 1946

Box 28

Transcript of Proceedings August 6 - 27, 1946

Box 29

Transcript of Proceedings August 28 - September 6, 1946

Box 32

Transcript of Proceedings September 9 - 17, 1946

Box 30

Transcript of Proceedings September 18 - 26, 1946

Box 31

Transcript of Proceedings September 27 - October 8, 1946

Box 33

Transcript of Proceedings October 9 - 17, 1946

Box 34

Transcript of Proceedings October 18 - 30, 1946

Box 36

Transcript of Proceedings November 1 - 8, 1946

Box 35

Transcript of Proceedings November 12 - 22, 1946

Box 37

Transcript of Proceedings November 25 - December 4, 1946

Box 38

Transcript of Proceedings December 5 - December 10, 1946

Box 39

Transcript of Proceedings December 11 - 19, 1946

Box 40

Transcript of Proceedings December 20, 1946 - January 2, 1947

Box 41

Transcript of Proceedings January 3 - 9, 1947

Box 42

Transcript of Proceedings January 14 - 23, 1947

Box 43

Transcript of Proceedings January 24 - 31, 1947

Box 44

Transcript of Proceedings February 24 - March 6, 1947

Box 45

Transcript of Proceedings March 7 - 19, 1947

Box 46

Transcript of Proceedings March 21 - April 8, 1947

Box 47

Transcript of Proceedings April 9 - 18, 1947

Box 48

Transcript of Proceedings, April 21 - 30, 1947

Box 49

Transcript of Proceedings, May 1 - 8, 1947

Box 50

Transcript of Proceedings, May 12 - 21, 1947

Box 79

Transcript of Proceedings, May 22 - 29, 1947

Box 52

Transcript of Proceedings, June 2 - 10, 1947

Box 51

Transcript of Proceedings, June 11 - 19, 1947

Box 54

Transcript of Proceedings, August 4 - 12, 1947

Box 55

Transcript of Proceedings, August 13 - 18, 1947

Box 53

Transcript of Proceedings, August 19 - 26, 1947

Box 56

Transcript of Proceedings, August 27 - September 4, 1947

Box 57

Transcript of Proceedings, September 5 - 12, 1947

Box 58

Transcript of Proceedings, September 15 - 22, 1947

Box 59

Transcript of Proceedings, September 23 - 30, 1947

Box 60

Transcript of Proceedings, October 1 - 10, 1947

Box 61

Transcript of Proceedings, October 13 - 21, 1947

Box 62

Transcript of Proceedings, October 22 - 31, 1947

Box 63

Transcript of Proceedings, November 3 - 10, 1947

Box 64

Transcript of Proceedings, November 12 - 20, 1947

Box 93

Transcript of Proceedings November 21 - December 2, 1947

Box 65

Transcript of Proceedings, December 3 - 10, 1947

Box 67

Transcript of Proceedings, December 11 - 18, 1947

Box 68

Transcript of Proceedings, December 19 - 30, 1947

Box 69

Transcript of Proceedings, December 31, 1947 - January 13, 1948

Box 70

Transcript of Proceedings, January 14 - 21, 1948

Box 71

Transcript of Proceedings, January 22 - 29, 1948

Box 73

Transcript of Proceedings, February 2 - 11, 1948

Box 72

Transcript of Proceedings, February 13 - 18, 1948

Box 74

Transcript of Proceedings, February 19 - 20, 1948

Box 75

Transcript of Proceedings, February 24 - March 2, 1948

Box 76

Transcript of Proceedings, March 3 - 10, 1948

Box 77

Transcript of Proceedings, March 11 - 16, 1948

Box 78

Transcript of Proceedings, March 17 - 26, 1948

Box 66

Transcript of Proceedings, March 31 - April 5, 1948

Box 87

Transcript of Proceedings, November 4 - 8, 1948

Box 23

Transcript of Proceedings November 9 - 12, 1948

Box 99

Transcripts of Proceedings in Chambers, 1946, 1947

Scope and Contents

Proceedings in Chambers Binder 1: June 13, 1946; January 3, 1947 - May 28, 1947; July 10, 1947. Proceedings in Chambers Binder 2: October 2, 1946 - December 30, 1946.
Box 100

Indexes of Witnesses and Exhibits Undated

Scope and Contents

In addition to the Index of Witnesses and Index of Exhibits, this box also contains a duplicate transcript of proceedings from September 25 and 26, 1946.
Box 21

Analysis of Documentary Evidence, IMTFE 1946

Scope and Contents

Books 1 - 4: January - March 1946
Box 22

Analysis of Documentary Evidence, IMTFE 1946

Scope and Contents

Books 5 - 8: March - June 1946
Box 92

Prosecution Documents Undated

Scope and Contents

Summation of the Prosecution: Table of Contents and Introductory Statement; Part I, The Indictment; Part II, Crimes Against Peace; Part IV, The Liability of the Defendants. Summary of Evidence Against Sadao Araki, Kenji Dohihara, Kingoro Hashimoto, Shunroku Hata, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Koki Hirota, Naoki Hoshino, Seishiro Itagaki, Okinori Kaya, Koichi Kido, Hritaro Kimura, Kuniaki Koiso, Iwane Matsui.
Box 96

Prosecution Documents Undated

Scope and Contents

Summation of the Prosecution: Table of Contents and Introductory Statement; Part I, The Indictment; Part II, Crimes Against Peace. Summary of Evidence Against Jiro Minami, Akira Muto, Takazumi Oka, Hiroshi Oshima, Kenryo Sato, Hideki Tojo, Yoshijiro Umezu.
Box 88

Prosecution Documents Undated

Scope and Contents

Summation of the Prosecution Part III, Conventional War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity: Aggression Against the Soviet Union and Prisoner of War Summation.
Box 94

Prosecution Documents Undated

Scope and Contents

Summation of the Prosecution, Crimes Against Peace: Internal and External Preparation for War in Asia and the Pacific; Expansion of Aggression to the Rest of East Asia and the Southwest Pacific; Aggression Against the Soviet Union. Reply of Prosecution to Defense Summation.
Box 95

Prosecution Documents Undated

Scope and Contents

The Liability of the Defendants. Summaries of Evidence Against Sadao Araki, Kenji Dohihara, Kingoro Hashimoto, Shunroku Hata, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Koki Hirota, Hideki Tojo, Yoshijiro Umezu, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Shigetaro Shimada, Toshio Shiratori, Teiichi Suzuki, Shigenori Togo.
Box 19

Prosecution Documents Undated

Scope and Contents

Summaries of Evidence Against Jiro Mimami, Akira Muto, Takazumi Oka, Hiroshi Oshima, Kenryo Sato, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Shigetaro Shimada, Toshio Shratori, Teiichi Suzuki, Shigenori Togo, Naoki Hoshino, Seishiro Itagaki, Okinori Kaya, Koichi Kido, Heitaro Kimura, Kuniaki Koiso, Iwane Matsui.
Box 81

Defense Summations Undated

Scope and Contents

Defense Summation: Introduction, The Charter and International Law, Substantive Counts of Indictment, Conspiracy Under Indictment. Summation for the Defense: Russian Phase. Defense Summations for Shunroku Hata, Kiichiro Hiranuma.
Box 89

Defense Summations 1948

Scope and Contents

Summation for Defense on Questions of International Law. Summation for Defense on Manchurian General Phase. Defense Summation on China Phase. Defense Summation for Sadao Araki.
Box 90

Defense Summations Undated

Scope and Contents

POW Summation; Defense Summation Section J, Japan Was Provoked into a War of Self Defense; Individual Defense Summation on Personal Responsibility; Defense Summation for Yoshijiro Umezu.
Box 15

Defense Summations Undated

Scope and Contents

Defense Summations for Koki Hirota, Heitaro Kimura, Kuniaki Koiso, Toshio Shiratori.
Box 80

Defense Summations 1948

Scope and Contents

Argument on Behalf of Seishiro Itagaki.
Box 91

Defense Summations Undated

Scope and Contents

Defense Summations for Kenji Doihara, Kingoro Hashimoto, Teiichi Suzuki, Shigenori Togo.
Box 97

Defense Summations Undated

Scope and Contents

Defense Summations for Hideki Tojo, Koichi Kido, Akira Muto.
Box 98

Defense Summations Undated

Scope and Contents

Defense Summations for Kenryo Sato, Iwane Matsui, Hiroshi Oshima.
Box 83

Judgments, November 1948

Scope and Contents

Judgment Part A, Chapter I: Establishment and Proceedings of the Tribunal; Part A, Chapter II: The Law; Part A, Chapter III: Obligations Assumed and Rights Acquired by Japan. Judgment Part B, Chapter IV (Volumes I and II): The Military Domination of Japan and Preparation for War.
Box 84

Judgments, November 1948

Scope and Contents

Judgment Part B, Chapter IV (Volume II cont): The Military Domination of Japan; Part B Chapter V (Volume I): Japanese Aggression Against China, Sections I and II. Judgment Part B, Chapter V (Volume II): Japanese Aggression Against China, Sections III to VII; Part B Chapter VI: Japanese Aggression Against The USSR.
Box 85

Judgments, November 1948

Scope and Contents

Judgment Part B, Chapter VII: The Pacific War. Judgment Part B, Chapter VIII: Conventional War Crimes (Atrocities). Judgment Annex A. Judgment Annex B.
Box 101

Judgments, November 1948

Scope and Contents

Judgment Part B, Chapter IV (Volume II): The Military Domination of Japan and Preparation for War. Judgment Part B, Chapter VII: The Pacific War. Judgment Part B, Chapter VIII: Conventional War Crimes (Atrocities). Part C, Chapter IX: Findings on Counts of the Indictments. Judgment Part C, Chapter X: Verdicts.
Box 82

Judgments, November 1948

Scope and Contents

Justice Pal (India) Opinion. Justice Roling (Netherlands) Opinion.
Box 86

Judgments, November 1948

Scope and Contents

Separate Opinion of the President (Justice Webb, Australia). Concurring Opinion of Justice Jaranilla (Philippines). Dissenting Judgment of Justice Bernard (France). Judgment Annex B.
 

Series III: Nautical Charts 1919-1966

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series includes charts of various locations in the Far East as well as some Pacific Islands. Many of the charts are based on information from the World War II period, but were revised in the 1960s with information gathered since their original publication in the 1940s.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by country. Charts are located in the flat file drawers 05-09 and 05-10 labeled "Burdick Charts" in Vault 1.
California - Undated - 2 Charts
China 1946-1964 - 10 Charts (one undated)
Farallon Islands - Undated - 1 Chart
French Indochina - 1950-1965 - 1 Chart
Guam - 1963 - 2 Charts
Japan - 1919-1965 - 52 Charts
Korea - 1964 - 2 Charts
Mariana Islands - 1960-1964 - 4 Charts
Philippine Islands - 1921-1986 - 114 Charts
Singapore - Undated - 17 Charts
Taiwan - 1950-1965 - 17 Charts
Vietnam - 1950-1965 - 10 Charts
 

Series IV: Personal Materials

Box 18

Correspondence 1983

Box 20

Graduation Gown Undated