Register of the Howard D. Kramer papers

Finding aid prepared by Daniel B. Case

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

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Title: Howard D. Kramer papers

Date (inclusive): 1940-1957

Collection Number: 76026

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder (1.0 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Transcripts of radio broadcasts, posters, leaflets, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs relating to American and Japanese propaganda activities in the Philippines during World War II. Includes a photocopy of the Ph.D dissertation of Howard D. Kramer, entitled "History of the Public Health Movement in the U.S., 1850-1900."

Creator: Kramer, Howard D., 1907-1975

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1976.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Howard D. Kramer papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Historical Note

In September 1945, the Office of War Information was transferred to the State Department. Operating under the name of the United States Information Service (USIS), the function of the Philippine branch became that of furnishing information about America and American policy to the Filipino people, with the aim of creating among them a better understanding of America's foreign policy. USIS employed the media of news, libraries, moving pictures, radio, and the exchange of persons between the two countries, with the mission of explaining U.S. policies, ideals, and society in terms meaningful to Filipinos and in such a way as to create better feelings and more understanding between the two nations.

On September 15, 1945, the USIS began publishing a twice-weekly provincial newspaper called the Free Philippines. It carried world and local Philippine news in addition to American items, but the emphasis was predominately on news touching on Philippines-American relations. News releases featured background information on American personalities, the full texts of important speeches, and the official statements of United States officials.

Biographical Note

1907 September 20	Born, Dayton, Ohio
1938	Received B.A. in English and Mathematics from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1939	Received M.A. in History from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1942	Received Ph.D. in History from State University of Iowa
1940	Assistant editor at Mississippi Valley Historical Review, State University of Iowa, Iowa City
1942	Instructor at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
1943	Red Cross Field Director, American Red Cross, North Atlantic Area
1944	Office of War Information and U.S. State Department
1947	Assistant Professor of History, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
1951	Directory of American Scholars
1952	Fulbright Professor of American History, India
1954	Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center, Air R&D Command, San Antonio, Texas
1975	Died

Scope and Content of Collection

The papers of Howard D. Kramer consist of transcripts of radio broadcasts, posters, leaflets, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs relating to pro-American and anti-Japanese propaganda and psychological warfare activities in Brisbane, Australia and Manila, Philippines between 1944 and 1946. Includes a photocopy of Kramer's Ph.D dissertation, entitled "History of the Public Health Movement in the U.S., 1850-1900." The collection also includes newsletters, transcripts, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and notes relating to Kramer's Fulbright Professorship in India.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines

World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda

Propaganda, American -- Philippines

Propaganda, Japanese -- Philippines

Public health -- United States -- History

United States. Office of War Information

United States Information Service

box 1, folder 1

Biographical File 1957

Scope and Contents note

Includes a copy of Howard D. Kramer's resume.

Correspondence 1947-1957

box 1, folder 2

Letters received undated

box 1, folder 3

Telegram 1954 September 18

box 1, folder 4

Air Command 1957 April 23

box 1, folder 5

Bray, Charles W. 1954 March 25-29

box 1, folder 6

Dolph, H. B. 1954 August 4 - September 18

box 1, folder 7

Gallagher, Thomas A. 1947 January 30

box 1, folder 8

Goodall, Mrs. Charles E. 1954 August 24

box 1, folder 9

Melton, Dr. Arthur W. 1954 April 12 - September 17

box 1, folder 10

O'Hearne, Stephen 1947 July 18

box 1, folder 11

Rawlings, Jas. B., Jr. 1957 April 26

box 1, folder 12

Schwiebert, Ernest G. 1954 January 22 - September 16

United States Information Service File 1944-1958

box 1, folder 13

Appointment 1944 March 22

box 1, folder 14

"Activities Report" 1945 September 14 - 1946 July 4

box 1, folder 15

Travel documents circa 1946

box 1, folder 16

Special Operations Research Office 1957

box 1, folder 17

"Project PROPIN Research Design" 1958 March 20

box 1, folder 18

Letter from Robert H. Berkov 1947 January 10

"The Philippine Hour"

Scope and Contents note

Transcripts of radio broadcasts

box 1, folder 19

1944 October 21

box 1, folder 20

1945 February 5

box 1, folder 21

1945 April 13

box 1, folder 22

Free Philippines, Volume 1, Number 9 1945 January 1

box 1, folder 23

Photo Review, Volume 1, Number 1 undated

box 1, folder 24

Photo Review, Volume 1, Number 2 undated

box 1, folder 25

First Congress of the Philippines proceedings 1945 July 9

box 1, folder 26

Psychological Warfare Leaflet booklet circa 1944

box 1, folder 27

"Rakkasan News Leaflet" 1945 May 26

box 1, folder 28

"Rakkasan News Leaflet," 1945 June 16

box 1, folder 29

Manifest 1945 December 31

Fulbright Professorship File 1952-1954

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials relating to Howard Kramer's Fulbright Professorship of American History in India, where he lectured at the graduate schools of Madras University, between August-October, 1952; the University of Allahabad, between November 1952 and March 1953; and taught an American Seminar in American Social Studies in Darjeeling between April and May, 1953.

box 1, folder 30

Experience resume circa 1952-1953

box 1, folder 31

Letters circa 1954

box 1, folder 32

Notes circa 1952-1953

box 1, folder 33

Newsletter 1952 December

box 1, folder 34

Press release circa 1952-1953

box 1, folder 35

"The People of India" transcript undated

box 1, folder 36

Program 1952 April 4

box 1, folder 37

Clippings 1952, 1954

Speeches and Writings 1942, undated

box 1, folder 38

"History of the Public Health Movement in the United States, 1850 to 1900," dissertation 1942 May

box 2, folder 1

"History of the Public Health Movement in the United States, 1850 to 1900" (continued)

box 2, folder 2

"The Early Public Health Campaigns Against Communicable Diseases" undated

box 2, folder 3

Notes undated

box 2, folder 4

"U.S. Foreign Policy" undated

Photographs 1945, undated

box 2, folder 5

Old City (Instramuros) Manila circa 1945

box 2, folder 6

Philippines undated

Printed Matter 1943-1954, undated

box 2, folder 7

Journal of Home Economics, Flemmie P. Kittrell 1952 February 2

box 2, folder 8

All-India Home Science Conference 1952 September 23-26

box 2, folder 9

"The Joint Declaration" 1943 November 6

box 2, folder 10

Japanese Imperial Calender 1944

box 2, folder 11

Loose clippings circa 1944

box 2, folder 12

"Proclamation of General Douglas MacArthur to the People of the Philippines" 1944 October 20

box 2, folder 13

Manila Photograph Booklet circa 1945

box 2, folder 14

"Education for One World" 1954 May

box 2, folder 15

"Benares and Sarnath Pocket Guide" undated

box 2, folder 16

Japanese magazines undated

box 2, folder 17

Map of Bombay, India undated

box 2, folder 18

"The Nightmares of Lieutenant Ichi" undated

box 2, folder 19

"Field Marshal Douglas MacArthur" undated

box 2, folder 20

"Hawaii, Malay Sea Battles Handbill" undated

box 2, folder 21

Imperial Japanese Army Sanitation flyer undated

Miscellaneous 1940, undated

box 2, folder 22

USS Dale Bill of Health, 1940 November 19 - December 31

box 2, folder 23

Excerpts from self-portrait undated

Oversize Material

box 3, folder 1

Free Philippines 1945 February 22 - September 3

box 3, folder 2

Free Philippines 1945 April 26 - June 22

drawer G13

Posters undated

Scope and Contents note

Eight posters from Howard D. Kramer's employment in Manila, Philippines. Three posters are in the Hoover poster collection: "America challenged! The Philippines Accepted!" (US-3762); "East Asia Our Happy Home" (JA-95); and "Warning - Imperial Japanese Forces" (JA-67). Of the remaining five, three are small United States Army signs and warnings: "DANGER OF MINES AHEAD, TAKE CARE IN PASSING," "DEADLY VENOMOUS SNAKES RAMPANT, TAKE CARE IN PASSING THROUGH JUNGLES," and "COMPANY HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY." The remaining two posters are a print by Alfredo Carmelo and his lithograph company, Carmelo & Bauermann, Inc., based in Manila, Philippines; and a Martial Law Proclamation by Philippine President Jose P. Laurel.