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Title: David Nelson Rowe papers
Date (inclusive): 1861-1982
Collection Number: 78064
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Chinese
Physical Description:
147 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 4 oversize folders
(66.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, reports, printed matter, photographs, slides, phonotapes, microfilm, maps, postcards,
and memorabilia relating to Chinese history and foreign relations, Asian area studies, Japanese World War II propaganda, application
of the People's Republic of China for admission to the United Nations, and communism in Asia.
Creator:
Rowe, David Nelson, 1905-1985
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 143 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978, with increments received in 1981 and 1982.
[Identification of item], David Nelson Rowe papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1905 October 21 | Born in Nanking (Nanjing), China to American missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 1927 | AB in political science, Princeton University |
| 1930 | AM in history, University of Southern California |
| 1935 | PhD in history, University of Chicago |
| 1935-1937 | Completed postdoctoral study at Harvard University in Chinese and Japanese language and Chinese history |
| 1937-1938 | Attended College of Chinese Studies, Peking (Beijing), China as a Rockefeller Foundation fellow |
| 1938-1943 | Lecturer in Far Eastern affairs, Princeton University |
| 1941-1942 | Special assistant to U.S. ambassador, Chungking (Chongqing), China |
| Special assistant to director, Branch of Research and Analysis, Office of Strategic Services | |
| 1943 | Author, China's Military Potential and the Enforcement of Peace, Yale Institute of International Studies |
| 1945 | Author, Collective Security in the Pacific, Institute of Pacific Relations |
| Author, China among the Powers, Harcourt | |
| 1945-1950 | Assistant professor of international relations, Yale University |
| 1950-1974 | Professor of political science, Yale University |
| 1951 | Consultant to Stanford Research Institute |
| 1954 | Editor, China: An Area Manual, Johns Hopkins Press |
| 1954-1955 | Editor (with W. Kendall), China: A Handbook for Psywar Operators, three volumes, U.S. Operations Research |
| 1956 | Author, Recent Acquisitions of Chinese Diplomatic Archives, Academica Sinica |
| 1958-1960 | Director of graduate studies in international relations, Yale University |
| 1959 | Author, Modern China: A Brief History, Van Nostrand |
| 1960 | Editor, Index to Ch'ing Tai Ch'ou Pan I Wu Shih Mo, Shoe String |
| 1964 | Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve |
| 1965 | Editor (with Sofia S.F. Yen), Index to Su-lien Yin-Mou Wen-cheng, Shoe String |
| 1965-1974 | Director of graduate studies in international relations, Yale University |
| 1968 | Editor, New Nations, Shoe String |
| 1969 | Author, The New Diplomacy: International Technical Cooperation Projects of the Republic of China in African Countries, National Council of Scholars |
| 1975 | Author, Informal Diplomatic Relations: The Case of Japan and the Republic of China, Shoe String |
| 1979 | Author, U.S. China Policy Today, University of Professors for Academic Order |
| 1980 | Author, The Carter China Policy |
| 1982 | Author, Ally Betrayed: The Republic of China, Western Goals |
| 1985 June 3 | Died, Sun City, Arizona |
David Rowe (1905-1985) was born in Nanjing in 1905 to American missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received
his BA from Princeton, and PhD in University of Chicago. In 1938 he went to China as a Rockefeller Foundation fellow, returning
to America the next year and began teaching at Princeton University. In 1941-42, he served as special assistant to director
of the Office of Strategic Services and US ambassador to China. Began teaching at Yale University in 1945 until his retirement
in 1974.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection relates to Chinese history and foreign relations, Asian area studies (including Taiwan), Japanese World War
II propaganda, the application of the People's Republic of China for admission to the United Nations, and communism in Asia.
It is comprised of correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, reports, printed matter, photographs, slides, sound recordings,
microfilm, maps, posters, and postcards.
Of particular note in the collection are Japanese propaganda posters, flyers, and other visual materials depicting scenes
from the Second Sino-Japanese War, likely collected by Rowe during his trips to the region and used as research materials
for his writings on Japanese propaganda in North China and the development of psychological warfare strategies.
Pamphlets, monographs, and newsletters relating to communism in Asia and diplomatic relations between the United States and
Asia are included in the papers and are supplemented by Rowe's correspondence with others involved in anti-communist organizations
in the United States, most notably Marvin Liebman and Alfred Kohlberg.
Research materials relating to the Chinese agriculture development and technical assistance missions in Africa and Latin America
from 1965 to 1971 are in the collection in the form of reports, photographs, pamphlets, and maps.
No arrangement was performed by archives staff and original folder titles are used when provided.
Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in China (United States and China) miscellaneous records, Hoover Institution Library
& Archives
Walter H. Judd papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Alfred Kohlberg papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Marvin Liebman papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Ernest Batson Price papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Nym Wales papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Karl August Wittfogel papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
China -- History -- 20th century
Propaganda, Japanese
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Foreign relations
China
Asia -- Study and teaching
Communism -- Asia
United Nations