Finding Aid to the John S. Service Papers, 1925-1999
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University of California, Berkeley
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Finding Aid to the John S. Service Papers, 1925-1999
Collection Number: BANC MSS 87/21
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Mary L. Morganti
- Date Completed:
-
November 2006
© 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: John S. Service papers,
Date (inclusive): 1925-1999
Collection Number: BANC MSS 87/21
Creators :
Service, John S. (John Stewart), 1909-1999
Extent:
Number of containers: Number of containers: 12 boxes, 4 cartons, 2 card file boxes, 1 oversize box, and 5 oversize folders
Linear feet: 11.5
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract:
The John S. Service Papers, 1925-1999, document the life experiences of "Jack" Service, a member of the United States Foreign
Service who was posted to China during the 1930s and 1940s, and later accused of "losing China to the Communists." As one
of the "Old China Hands," Service was implicated in the
Amerasia Affair and arrested. Although he was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing, Service was repeatedly accused of questionable
loyalty to the United States, and dismissed. His reinstatement and public exoneration are covered, as is his subsequent career
as a China specialist at the University of California, Berkeley. Personal and family papers round out the collection by providing
another glimpse of this very private man.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English and Chinese
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John S. Service Papers, BANC MSS 87/21, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Additional Notes on Collection:
Publication of John Service's "Unpublished Memoirs" is restricted: they "may not be published without [written] permission
of the executor of John Service's estate."
Related Collections
At The Bancroft Library:
John S. Service: State Department Duty in China, the McCarthy Era, and after, 1933-1977, Oral history transcript, BANC MSS
82/106 c
Caroline Schulz Service: State Department Duty in China, the McCarthy era, and after, 1933-1977, Oral history transcript,
BANC MSS 79/82 c
Caroline Service Letters to Lisa Green, BANC MSS 99/81 cz
Grace Service Papers, BANC MSS 87/22 cz
At the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Service: Combined Papers of John S. Service and
Charles E. Rhetts
Separated Material
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Fairbank, John King, 1907-1991
Service, John S. (John Stewart), 1909-1999--Archives
Rhetts, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1910-1971
Davies, John Paton, 1908-
Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005
Tydings, Millard Evelyn, 1890-
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957
United States. Foreign Service--Officials and Employees
United States. Loyalty Review Board
United States. Dept. of State
Anti-communist movements--United States
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945--Diplomatic history
Diplomats--United States
Diplomatic and consular service, American
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989
United States--Foreign relations--China
China--Politics and government--20th century
China--Foreign relations--United States
Memoirs.
Addresses.
Testimonies.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The John S. Service Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by John Stewart ("Jack") Service in July 1986. Additions were
made by his estate in February 1999, and related materials that had been given to the Center for Chinese Studies Library at
the University of California, Berkeley by his estate in February 1999 were transferred to The Bancroft Library on November
9, 2001.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Originally processed by a Manuscripts Division student assistant in 1987. Reviewed and reprocessed by Mary L. Morganti in
1999, with additions completed in 2001. Classified documents found in collection were sent to the State Department for review
in 2004. All were declassified in September 2004, returned, and integrated back into the collection in 2005.
Biographical Information
John Service, the son of American YMCA missionaries, was born August 3, 1909 in Chengtu, China and spent his school years
there, in Chungking, and in Shanghai. Following his graduation from Oberlin College in 1931, he joined the Foreign Service
as a clerk at the American consulate in Kunming. He went to Beijing for language training in 1935-1937, and then served in
Shanghai until the U.S. entry into World War II. From 1942 to 1945, Service was in Chungking, for much of that time on the
staff of General Joseph Stillwell.
In July 1944, Service was a member of the first contingent of Americans that went to Yenan, where the Chinese Communist forces
had their headquarters: the Dixie Mission. His reporting on conversations with Mao Tse-tung and other top leaders provided
U.S. policy-makers with first hand information on Communist plans for China after Japanese defeat. On the basis of long experience
and knowledge of China, Service came to believe it very likely that the Communists would prevail over Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist
Party. For that reason, and also because the Communists had proved effective in fighting the Japanese, Service was one of
many Americans in China at the time who advocated providing some military assistance to them. Many read Service's dispatches
as a realistic assessment of power in China. However others, most notably Patrick Hurley, the Ambassador to China in 1944-1945,
and the pro-Chiang China Lobby thought that Service's recommendations were evidence that he was pro-communist.
The
Amerasia affair further complicated Service's difficulties with the Political Right. Soon after returning from China in April 1945,
Service met Philip Jaffe, the editor of
Amerasia, a leftist magazine on Asian affairs. Service did not know that the FBI had Jaffe under surveillance for possessing secret
government documents and unwittingly provided him with background material for an article, including copies of some of his
reports. In June, Service was one of six arrested for alleged espionage. Service defended himself by claiming it was normal
for government officials to pass on certain documents to journalists as background material. A federal grand jury voted unanimously
not to indict Service and a State Department Loyalty Review Board cleared him of any wrongdoing.
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy revived the loyalty question in 1950. Drawing on material supplied by the China Lobby, he announced
that Service was a "known associate and collaborator with Communists" who had been "consorting with admitted espionage agents."
The
Wisconsin Republican claimed that J. Edgar Hoover had stated that he thought he had a 100% case against Service. The State Department recalled
Service who was then on a ship headed for India and the post of Political Conselor in New Delhi.
The State Department Loyalty Review Board again examined the Amerasia case. It heard testimony from both George Kennan and
John K. Fairbank attesting to Service's anti-communism. The FBI provided material designed to convince the panel that Service
had fathered an illegitimate child while in China. The Board once again cleared Service. Concurrent with that review, a Senate
panel led by Millard Tydings examined McCarthy's charges. Service testified that he had been indiscreet in giving Jaffe material,
but then repeated that it was routine to do so. The Tydings Committee cleared Service of any wrongdoing.
In the fall of 1951, the Civil Service Loyalty Review Board, which had the power to examine cases already decided by the
State Department, took up the case. In December it ruled that there was "reasonable doubt" about Service's loyalty, and cited
the Amerasia case as justification for this decision. Secretary of State, Dean Acheson then fired Service.
Service fought his ouster through the courts. In 1957, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Department of State had
not followed its own established procedures in firing Service and ordered him reinstated. Service resumed his diplomatic career
and served as Consul in Liverpool from 1959 to 1962. However his case remained politically sensitive and the Department was
unwilling to promote him or give him an assignment drawing upon his China experience.
Service retired in 1962 and he and his wife, Caroline, lived in Berkeley and Oakland, California, until their deaths in 1999
and 1997, respectively. After receiving an M.A. in political science at Berkeley in 1963, Service worked for a number of years
in the Center for Chinese Studies at the University. He made four trips to China in the 1970s and 1980s, and was a member
of many organizations seeking to strengthen U.S.-China relations. For many years Service edited China-related books for the
University of California Press.
Written by his son, Ambassador Robert E. Service,
February 2002
Scope and Content of Collection
The John S. Service Papers, 1925-1999, document the life experiences of "Jack" Service, a member of the United States Foreign
Service who was posted to China during the 1930s and 1940s, and later accused of "losing China to the Communists." As one
of the "Old China Hands," Service was implicated in the
Amerasia Affair and arrested. Although he was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing, Service was repeatedly accused of questionable
loyalty to the United States, and dismissed. His reinstatement and public exoneration are covered here, as is his subsequent
career as a China specialist at the University of California, Berkeley. Personal and family papers round out the collection
by providing another glimpse of this very private man.
A significant part of the collection centers around the defense Service prepared to clear his name. Correspondence files
contain letters from many of his longtime family friends, and former diplomatic and political associates. In response to various
hearings and other legal proceedings, which are documented in some depth, Jack's efforts included his own personal statements,
soliciting affidavits of support from friends and colleagues, and gathering documents that could assist his attorney in preparing
his defense. Correspondence with his legal counsel, Charles Edward Rhetts and others, is also included. Newspaper clippings
about Jack Service during the 1950s convey a sense of the McCarthy Era Red Scare. The investigations of Jack Service continued
throughout this time, and involved political figures such as Joseph McCarthy, Dean Acheson, and J. Edgar Hoover.
Following his retirement from the Foreign Service, Jack Service began to write and give talks about China and U.S.-China
relations. Although there is little documentation of his work at the University of California's Center for Chinese Studies.
It is during this time that he traveled to China on four occasions, became the subject of several interviews, television documentaries,
and articles, and was finally given recognition and honors for his contributions to understanding China. Also of particular
interest in the collection are two versions of his autobiographical memoirs, along with family correspondence and papers,
which include the memoirs of his mother, Grace Service, that Jack edited for publication.
Series 1
CORRESPONDENCE
1926-1998
Physical Description:
Boxes 1-8
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from longtime family friends, former diplomatic, government and political associates, and journalists, scholars
and others interested in U.S.-China relations.
Box 1, Folder 1-13
A-Z miscellaneous
1945-1998
Box 1, Folder 14
Unidentified correspondents
1945-1984,
undated
Scope and Content Note
No surnames, illegible signatures.
Box 1, Folder 15
Adams, Robert P.
1950-1992
Box 1, Folder 16
Adams, William G.
1950-1996
Box 1, Folder 17-18
Adler, Soloman and Pat
1971-1998,
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 19
Adloff, Richard and Virginia McLean Thompson [Adloff]
1985-1996
Box 1, Folder 20-22
Alley, Rewi, 1897-
1971-1986
Scope and Content Note
Includes poems and translations, and New Years greeting cards with poems and photographs by Rewi Alley
Box 1, Folder 23
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-
1950-1972
Box 2, Folder 3
Browne, Irving and Mary
1950
Box 2, Folder 5
Carter, Carolle J.
1993-1996
Box 2, Folder 6
Casberg, Melvin A. and Olivia
1940-1993
Box 2, Folder 7-8
Chao, Valentine
1979-1996
Box 2, Folder 9
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
1978-1993
Box 2, Folder 10-11
Clubb, O. Edmund (Oliver Edmund), 1901-
1945-1971
Box 2, Folder 14
da Roza, Leal
1980 July 3
Box 2, Folder 15-17
Davies, John Paton, 1908-
1942-1994
Box 2, Folder 19
Dole, Charles R. ("Chuck") and Ginny
1990-1993
Box 3, Folder 1
Easterbrook, Nancy Stilwell and Major General Ernest F.
1974-1994,
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 3
Emmerson, John K.
1977,
1993
Box 3, Folder 4-5
Epshtain, Y. (Yishrael) and Elsie
1974-1996
Box 3, Folder 6
Escherick, Joseph
1973-1994
Box 3, Folder 7-9
Fairbank, John King, 1907- and Wilma
1950-1994
Box 3, Folder 11-13
Fleming, James R.
1972,
1991-1993
Scope and Content Note
Includes memoir and copies of reminiscences written as letters to John, a boyhood friend
Box 3, Folder 14
Freemasons. China Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. Sun Lodge No. 6
1949-1958
Box 3, Folder 15
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-
1968-1974
Box 4, Folder 2-4
Green, Marshall and Lisa
1955-1997
Box 4, Folder 5
Griffith, Samuel B. and Belle
1950-1990
Box 4, Folder 7
Harry S. Truman Library
1972-1986
Box 4, Folder 9-10
Hatem, George (Dr. Ma Haide)
1972-1990
Box 4, Folder 11
Henderson, Loy W. (Loy Wesley), 1892-1986
1950
Box 4, Folder 15-16
Irvine, Sally Gilster
1984-1989
Scope and Content Note
Includes photocopies of documents obtained from Jack's FBI file under FOIA
Box 5, Folder 1-2
Kahn, E. J. (Ely Jacques), 1916-
1962-1976
Box 5, Folder 3
Killen, Phyllis
1989-1995
Box 5, Folder 4-5
Laking, George R. and Pat
1950-1995
Box 5, Folder 6-7
Lattimore, Owen, 1900-
1950-1981
Box 5, Folder 9-10
Lubman, Stanley B. and Judith
1978-1997
Box 5, Folder 11
Ludden, Raymond
1950-1978
Box 5, Folder 13
May, Gary, 1944-
1971-1979
Box 5, Folder 14-15
Melby, John F. (John Fremont), 1913-
1964-1993
Box 5, Folder 16
Monterey Institute of International Studies
1981-1994,
n.d.
Box 5, Folder 17
Newman, Robert P.
1981-1996
Box 6, Folder 1-9
Oberlin College
1931-1998
Scope and Content Note
Includes Class of 1931 memorabilia and correspondence, letters from classmates, letters regarding honorary degree and alumni
association, and clippings
Box 6, Folder 10
[Ong, Mark]
1985-1996
Scope and Content Note
Written as Deng, Ming Dao and Connie Ong (mother) [Jade Snow Wong]
Box 6, Folder 11
Penfield, James K.
1952-1995
Box 6, Folder 12
Pepper, Suzanne
1973-1996
Box 6, Folder 13
Peterkin, Wilbur J., 1904- ("Pete")
1977-1995
Box 6, Folder 14
Powell, James L. and Sylvia
1986-1990
Box 6, Folder 15-17
Rauh, Joseph L.
1970-1996
Box 6, Folder 18
Reischauer, Edwin O. (Edwin Oldfather), 1910-
1950,
1986
Box 6, Folder 19
Rhetts, Ruth and Ed
1972-1976
Scope and Content Note
Includes copy of C. E. Rhetts' memorial service
Box 6, Folder 20
Rice, Edward E. (Edward Earl), 1909-
1955-1979
Box 6, Folder 22
Rosen, Samuel
1975-1976,
n.d.
Box 6, Folder 24
Rosinger, Lawrence Kaeltor, 1915- and Helen
1972-1973
Box 7, Folder 1-5
Salisbury, Harrison Evans, 1908-
1972-1996
Box 7, Folder 6
Salisbury, Lawrence E.
1944-1973
Box 7, Folder 7-8
Sawyer, John B. nd Jo Sawyer-Steele
1951-1996
Box 7, Folder 9
Schram, Stuart R.
1972-1979
Box 7, Folder 10
Scotten, Rovert M.
1950-1952
Box 7, Folder 11-12
Shanghai American School Association
1926,
1988-1998
Scope and Content Note
Includes Shanghai American School Columbian yearbook], 1926, Chinese Life Edition
Box 7, Folder 13
Silber, Fritz nd Patricia
1971-1990
Box 7, Folder 15-17
Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972 nd Lois
1960-1998
Box 8, Folder 1-2
Sokobin, Sam nd Francine
1969-1989
Box 8, Folder 3
Sprouse, Philip D.
1944-1977
Box 8, Folder 4
Suehsdorf, Adolf
1971-1989
Box 8, Folder 5
Thomas, S. Bernard, 1921-
1994-1996
Box 8, Folder 6-7
Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim
1967-1982
Box 8, Folder 8
Tyrwhitt, Delia
1939,
1996-1997
Box 8, Folder 10
University of California Press
1991-1996
Box 8, Folder 11
U.S.-China Education Foundation
1983
Box 8, Folder 12
Wakeman, Frederic E. nd Carolyn
1978-1998
Box 8, Folder 13
Wang, Warren K. S.
1991 Dec. 20
Box 8, Folder 17
White, Theodore Harold, 1915-
[1950?]-1957
Box 8, Folder 18-21
Wilbur, C. Martin (Clarence Martin), 1908-
1950-1997
Box 8, Folder 22
Willis, E. Sidney
1950,
1994
Box 8, Folder 25
Young, Helen Praeger
1987
Series 2
DIPLOMATIC CAREER
1932-1966
Physical Description:
Carton 1, folders 1-37; Oversize Box 1, folders 1-6; Oversize Folders 1-2
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically, by diplomatic appointments.
Scope and Content Note
Contains official documents, including correspondence and memoranda, orders, travel authorizations, and statements related
to Service's postings. Certificates of service, appointments, commendations, and correspondence concerning his promotions,
status, and resignation precede several files of newspaper clippings, which chiefly relate to his arrest, charges, clearances,
and reinstatements.
Carton 1, Folder 1
U.S. Dept. of State
1932-1935
Scope and Content Note
Examination results and correspondence of ol. Edward Schulz regarding commission
Carton 1, Folder 2
Assignments to Yunnanfu and Peking
1935 Oct.
Carton 1, Folder 3
U.S. Dept. of State and American Embassy, Peking
1937-39
Scope and Content Note
Examination results and promotions
Carton 1, Folder 4
American Embassy, Peiping
1937
Scope and Content Note
Memo to American citizen residents, guidebook
Carton 1, Folder 5
U. S. Army Forces. China, Burma and India
1943-45
Scope and Content Note
Orders and authorizations
Carton 1, Folder 6
U. S. Dept. of State
1946
Scope and Content Note
Orders and memoranda
Carton 1, Folder 7
F.S.O. American Legation, Wellington, New Zealand
1946
Scope and Content Note
Clippings relating to appointment
Carton 1, Folder 8
Correspondence as First Secretary
1947-1948
Carton 1, Folder 10
U.S. Dept. of State
1948-49
Scope and Content Note
Request for report on loyalty data and bond
Carton 1, Folder 11
Selection Board appointment
1948-1949
Carton 1, Folder 12
Telegram regarding change in orders
1950 March
Carton 1, Folder 13
Dehli Official and Diplomatic Directory
1950 July 1
Carton 1, Folder 14
Storage of personal effects and safe deposit box
1950-1952
Carton 1, Folder 15
F.S.O. Reinstatement
1957 June-July
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and statements
Carton 1, Folder 16
Secretary for Operations, OPR team
1957 July-Aug.
Scope and Content Note
Appointment
Carton 1, Folder 17
Correspondence and orders
1957 July-1960
Carton 1, Folder 19
F.S.O American Consul, Liverpool, England
1960-1962
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and clippings regarding appointment
Carton 1, Folder 20
"An American's View of Shipping Policy"
1960 June 15
Scope and Content Note
Remarks to the Institute of Export, Liverpool Branch, with correspondence and article
Carton 1, Folder 21
Departure and retirement
1962 March-June
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and clipping
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 1
Certificates of service and appointments
1934-1946
Carton 1, Folder 22
Certificates of service and commendations
1941-1966
Carton 1, Folder 23
Correspondence concerning promotions, leaves, class status
1945-1961
Carton 1, Folder 24
Personnel actions and travel authorizations
1946-1962
Carton 1, Folder 25
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
1961 Dec.
Scope and Content Note
Request for copy of employment application
Carton 1, Folder 26
Resignation and retirement
1962-1966
Carton 1, Folder 27
Analysis of F.S.O. class promotions, 1939-1962
[1962]
Carton 1, Folder 28
China service rankings, grades, comparisons
n.d.
Articles and clippings relating to:
1936 May 20
Oversize Box 1, Folder 1
Communists in Tibet
Scope and Content Note
from the
North China Herald
Oversize Box 1, Folder 2
Invasion of Japan
Scope and Content Note
from
Collier's Magazine
Carton 1, Folder 29
State Dept.
1945
Scope and Content Note
News Digest and press releases relating to arrest
Newsclippings relating to:
Oversize Box 1, Folder 3
Arrest and case
1945 June-1946
Carton 1, Folder 31
Reinstatement and assignment to Japan
1945
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 2
Loyalty Review Board
1951
Series 3
INVESTIGATIONS
1945-1953
Physical Description:
Carton 1, folders 38-56
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically, by case.
Scope and Content Note
Beginning with the arrest of Jack Service in the Amerasia affair, and subsequent loyalty investigations, materials in this
series contain official documents and statements relating to the charges brought against him, and include correspondence and
memoranda, letters of support, and interviews.
Carton 1, Folder 38
Grand jury investigation
1945
Carton 1, Folder 39
Letters of support
1945 June
Carton 1, Folder 40
State Dept. Loyalty Security Board
1950 March-1951 April
Scope and Content Note
Charges and statement of Jack Service, and correspondence with Brig. Gen. Conrad Snow, Chairman
Carton 1, Folder 40
State Dept. Loyalty and Security Board
1950 April-June
Scope and Content Note
Affidavits, depositions, and letters of support
Carton 1, Folder 42
Tydings Sub-Committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1950 April 15
Scope and Content Note
Jack Service letter to Senator Tydings
Carton 1, Folder 43
Statement of Jack Service
1950 June 22
Carton 1, Folder 44
Transcript of proceedings
1950 July
Carton 1, Folder 45-46
Published hearings (2 v.)
1950
Carton 1, Folder 47
"Pertinent Excerpts," by Jack Service, published in
Foreign Service Journal
1951 Oct
Carton 1, Folder 48
U.S. Civil Service Commission. Loyalty Review Board
1951 Oct.-Dec.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence of Hiram Bingham and C. E. Rhetts
Carton 1, Folder 49
Transcript of hearing
1951 Nov. 8
Carton 1, Folder 50
Memorandum by C. E. Rhetts
1951 Nov. 29
Carton 1, Folder 51
Correspondence with Deputy Under-Secretary Humelshine, statement of Jack Service, and press release
1951 Dec. 13
Carton 1, Folder 52
Phone messages received on Dec. 14, 1951
1951 Dec.
Carton 1, Folder 53
Appeal
1952 Jan.-April
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence of C. E. Rhetts
Carton 1, Folder 54
Loyalty Review Board leaks
1950-1952
Carton 1, Folder 55
U.S. Senate. Permanent Committee on Investigations, Joseph McCarthy, Chairman
1953 Feb.
Scope and Content Note
J. Service statement regarding Foreign Service personnel files, with related clippings
Carton 1, Folder 56
Interviews with Jack Service regarding Sarco, Inc. employment
1953 Sept.
Series 4
DEFENSE CASE
1941-1987
Physical Description:
Carton 1, folders 57-61; Carton 2; Card File Boxes 1-2; Oversize Box 1, folders 7-13; Oversize Folders 3-4; Box 9
Arrangement
Arranged mostly as received: either chronologically, and then alphabetically-or by type, and then alphabetically or chronologically,
as appropriate.
Divided into two sub-series: Research Files, which has been further divided into Indices, Notes and Summaries; China Reports;
and Subject and People Files; and, Attorney Files.
Scope and Content Note
In 1950, when the
Amerasia case resurfaced with McCarthy's charges, Service gathered a wide range of materials to construct his defense. Detailed indices,
a chronology, lists of documents, notes on his reports, and excerpts from earlier memos were either created or assembled by
Service. Copies of his China reports and U.S. Embassy despatches were assembled from a variety of sources. Field reports that
had been returned to Service by the FBI in 1945 are also included here. Some years later, following the U.S. Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee's 1970 publication of
The Amerasia Papers... with an introduction by Dr. Anthony Kubek, Service created files for topics and individuals to sort information relevant
to the cases, and into these he added his own summaries and working notes, as well as correspondence, official reports, and
newspaper and magazine clippings.
Classified documents found in the collection were sent to the State Department for review; all were declassified and returned,
and have been integrated into this series. Entire files that were sent have been stamped with the applicable declassification
code; folders used when only a portion of the file contents were classified and sent for review have also been retained in
the collection, since they too bear the applicable declassification stamps. These retain the original folder number with an
added designation of "a" and are filed immediately after the folder in which the documents were originally filed.
4.1
RESEARCH FILES
1941-1987
4.1.1
Indices, Notes and Summaries
1950,
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 57
Chronology of events, 1941-1945
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 58
Identification of documents found in Jack Service's office and apartment
n.d.
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 3
Carton 1, Folder 60
Notes on Jack Service reports
n.d.
Carton 1, Folder 61
Excerpts from Jack Service memos
n.d.
Box 1 (card file)
Loyalty Security Board documents
1950
Scope and Content Note
Index to transcript of Tydings Committee Hearing, 1950, with emphasis on cases of J. Service and other State Dept. Officers
(excluding J.Service, Loyalty Security Board)
Box 2 (card file)
Loyalty Security Board testimony
1950
Scope and Content Note
Index to transcript of State Dept. Loyalty Security Board relating to J. Service, as printed In v.2, Tydings Committee Hearings,
1950
4.1.2
China Reports
1941-1945
Carton 2, Folder 1
China Report for General Stilwell [declassified]
1943 Sept. 14
Scope and Content Note
[Quoted in Esherick,
Lost Chance in China, p. 88]
Carton 2, Folder 2
China Report for General Stilwell
1943 Nov. 3
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of unclassified document
Carton 2, Folder 3
U.S. Army Observer Section
1944 July 28-Aug. 3
Scope and Content Note
Reports 1, [2], 5 [declassified] [Published in Esherick,
Lost Chance in China, p. 178, 289, 266]
Carton 2, Folder 4
China Reports, Nos. 13-19, 21
1945 March 16-21
Carton 2, Folder 4a
Reports 13, 16, 17, 19, 21 [declassified]
Scope and Content Note
[Reports no. 13-19, published in Kubek (1970), Senate doc., pp. 1409-1418, 1423-1427, 1433-1439]
[Report no. 21 published in Esherick,
Lost Chance in China, p. 38, 42]
China Reports and Despatches [Photocopies of unclassified documents]
Carton 2, Folder 5
Nos. 214, 721, and 729, with enclosures
1941-1942
Carton 2, Folder 6
Nos. 1224, 1241, and 1248 enclosures [only]
1943 May-June
Carton 2, Folder 7
Nos. 1410, 1473, 1482, [no #], and 1483, with enclosures
1943 July-Aug.
Carton 2, Folder 8
Nos. 1483, 1493, and 1563, with enclosures
1943 Aug.-Sept.
Carton 2, Folder 9
Nos. 1636, 1640, 1740, and 1747, with enclosures
1943 Sept.-Oct.
Carton 2, Folder 10
No. 1957 enclosure [only]
1943 Dec.
Carton 2, Folder 11
[No #], Nos. 2118, 2162, 2172, 2207, [no #], and 2297, with enclosures
1944 Feb.-March
Carton 2, Folder 12
Nos. 2302, 2303, 2322, 2349, [no #], [no #] 2399, 2461, and 2617
1944 March-May
Carton 2, Folder 12a
Nos. 2302, 2303, 2322, 2461, 2617 [declassified]
Carton 2, Folder 14
U.S. Dept. of State. China Branch, Office of the Chief Washington, D.C. Debriefing Reports
1944 Nov. 8
Scope and Content Note
Interview with Jack Service [Photocopy of unclassified documents]
4.1.3
Subject and People Files
1941-1987
Oversize Box 1, Folder 7
Clippings relating to Amerasia case
1950
Carton 2, Folder 18
Chinese reaction to
Amerasia
1945
Carton 2, Folder 19
Relations with the press
1944-1956
Carton 2, Folder 20
Dept. of State
1941-1954
Scope and Content Note
Regulations and Procedures, and Foreign Service manual
Carton 2, Folder 21
News despatch from H. R. Isaacs, Chunking to
Newsweek
1945 Feb. 15
Carton 2, Folder 22
Press wireless from Teddy White to Time, N.Y.
1945 Feb. 17
Carton 2, Folder 23
New China News Agency, Yenan English service broadcast, article by M. Lindsay
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 25
Foreign Service Association
1950 March-April, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Regarding "loyalty program," including remarks of Herve J. L'Heureux, Chairman of Executive Committee, at monthly luncheon
Carton 2, Folder 29
American Institute of Pacific Relations,
Far Eastern Survey, White Paper on China (vol. XVIII, no. 18)
1949 Sept.
Oversize Box 1
Clipping relating to fall of China
1949
Carton 2, Folder 30
What We Saw in China by 15 Americans Published by Weekly Guardian Associates, N.Y.
1952
Carton 2, Folder 31
China lobby
1952-1969,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 32
Secretary of State, Dean Acheson
1950-1965
Carton 2, Folder 33
Holmes Alexander
1954-1955
Oversize Box 1, Folder 9-10
Article, "Why We Lost China," in the
Saturday Evening Post, and clippings
1950
Col. David D. Barrett
1953; 1964-1987
Carton 2, Folder 35-36
Dixie Mission: the U.S. Army Observer Group in Yenan, 1944
Carton 2, Folder 35-36
Regarding Dixie Mission (photocopies)
1944-1945,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 35a
August 3, 1945 document [declassified]
Carton 2, Folder 37
Blumenthal testimony
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 38
Senator Bridges' papers
1952 March
Scope and Content Note
"Transcript of hearing, State, Justice, Commerce, and Justice Sub-Committee of Appropriations..."
Carton 2, Folder 39
Louis Budenz' testimony
1950,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 41
Thomas Corcoran
1950-1986
Carton 2, Folder 42
President's Secretary's Files
1945
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies from Harry S. Truman Library
Carton 2, Folder 43-50
Lauchlin Currie
1941-1944 July
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from John Davies and John K. Fairbank, and reports from Jack Service
Carton 2, Folder 44-48 a
[Selected items from files; declassified]
"Young Generals Group" (Feb. 10, 1944), published in Esherick,
Lost Chance in China, pp. 116-118
[Item] 2, from "Miscellaneous News Items" (April 4, 1944) published in Esherick, p. 98
"Situation in Sinkiang" (April 7, 1944) published in Esherick, pp. 121-129
Carton 2, Folder 51
John Davies
1943-1951
Scope and Content Note
Includes memorandum and correspondence by and to John Davies and John Carter Vincent
Carton 2, Folder 51 a
[Selected items; declassified]
Carton 2, Folder 52
Congressman George A. Dondero
1945-1949
Carton 2, Folder 53
John Fairbank
1944 Aug.
Scope and Content Note
Includes report from Jack Service [declassified], Excerpts published in Kubek (1970), Senate doc., pp. 575-591; Whole text
published in Institute of Pacific Relations, pt. 3 (1955)
Carton 2, Folder 55
Senator Homer Ferguson
1951
Carton 2, Folder 57
Hobbs Congressional Committee
1946
Carton 2, Folder 58
J. Edgar Hoover
1950-1975
Carton 2, Folder 59
Stanley K. Hornbeck
n.d
Scope and Content Note
[Regarding memo of] July 27, 1944 From John Service File, Box 381, Stanley K. Hornbeck Papers (Source not identified)
Carton 2, Folder 60
General Patrick J. Hurley
1945-1963
Carton 2, Folder 60 a
[Selected items; declassified]
Carton 2, Folder 61
Congressman Walter Judd
1949-1951
Carton 2, Folder 64
Emmanuel S. Larson
1946-1981
Oversize Box 1, Folder 11
Carton 2, Folder 68
General Douglas MacArthur
1942-1951,
n.d.2
Carton 2, Folder 69
Senator Joseph McCarthy
1950-1954
Oversize Box 1, Folder 12
Drew Pearson
1944-1968
Scope and Content Note
Articles and clippings
Carton 2, Folder 73
Philip Sprouse [declassified]
1943 May 31
Carton 2, Folder 74-75
Lt. Col. Harley C. Stevens
1945-1946
Carton 2, Folder 74 a
[Selected items; declassified]
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 4
Chunking Directory and Map of Chunking City
1943
Carton 2, Folder 76
General Joseph Stilwell
1945-1946,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 79
John Carter Vincent
1952-1972,
n.d
Carton 2, Folder 80
Albert C. Wedemeyer
1945-1971
Carton 2, Folder 82
"The Shocking Story of the Amerasia Case," by Frederick Woltman, Scripps-Howard Newspapers
1950
Newsclippings relating to:
Carton 2, Folder 86
Hiram Bingham
1951-[1956]
Carton 2, Folder 87
Loyalty review cases
1951-1957
Oversize Box 1, Folder 13
Loyalty review cases
1952-1958
Carton 2, Folder 88
Loyalty review case, Herbert Norman
1957
4.2
ATTORNEY FILES
1945-1963
Box 9
Correspondence with attorneys
Box 9, Folder 1-10
Charles E. Rhetts
1952-1957
Box 9, Folder 11
Charles E. Rhetts and Joseph L. Rauh
1957-1963
Box 9, Folder 12
Equitable Life Assurance Society
1952
Scope and Content Note
Regarding rent refusal, N.Y.
Box 9, Folder 13
Legal defense funds
1945-1962
Series 5
SCHOLARLY CAREER
1951-1996
Physical Description:
Box 12; Carton 3, folders 1-36; Oversize Box 1, folders 14-26
Arrangement
Divided into five sub-series: University of California, Berkeley; Essays, Books and Articles; Speeches, Interviews, and Appearances;
Consulting and Travel; and Miscellany.
5.1
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
1964-1973
Physical Description:
Box 12, folders 1-2
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Except for a tribute noting many important events during Service's years at UC, only a few clippings regarding his appointment,
and ephemera relating to his retirement dinner document Service's work at the Center for Chinese Studies.
Center for Chinese Studies
Box 12, Folder 1
Clippings regarding appointment
1964-1965
5.2
ESSAYS, BOOKS AND ARTICLES
1964-1987
Physical Description:
Box 12, folders 3-25; Oversize Box 1, folders 14-19
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes papers written for his political science and history classes at UC Berkeley, articles published in journals and newspapers,
and a review. Of particular interest are the files of correspondence relating to his response to Anthony Kubek's report, which
Service expanded into the monograph,
The Amerasia Papers: Some Problems in the History of US-China Relations, and his article,
Lost Chance in China, published in the
Foreign Service Journal.
Box 12, Folder 3
"The Boxer Rebellion"
1964 Jan.
Scope and Content Note
Paper for Political Science 216, U.C. Berkeley
Box 12, Folder 4
"The Failure of Constitutionalism in China"
1964 May
Scope and Content Note
Masters essay, Dept. of Political Science, U.C. Berkeley
Box 12, Folder 5
"China as an Example for Modern Civil Service Reform"
1964 May
Scope and Content Note
Paper for Political Science 183, U.C. Berkeley
Box 12, Folder 6
"Opium and Nationalism: The Case of Szechwan," Paper for History 294, U.C. Berkeley
1965 Jan.
Box 12, Folder 7
"Twenty-five years after the Amerasia Case: Myths, scholarship, and a few facts"
[1970]
Box 12, Folder 7
"Memorandum: a partial examination of one aspect of many gross errors contained in "The Amerasia Papers"
1970-1971
Scope and Content Note
[collected and edited by Dr. Anthony Kubeck]
Box 12, Folder 8
Typescript, Sept. 18, 1970, and cover letter, Feb. 25, 1971
1970-1971
Scope and Content Note
From Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. to Counsel for the Sub-Committee on Constitutional Amendments, enclosing letter from
Jack Service to Senator Eastland
Box 12, Folder 9
Correspondence relating to publication
1970-1971
Box 12, Folder 10
"A communication to the Editor,
Journal of Asian Studies"
[1970]
Box 12, Folder 11
Correpondence, articles, and clippings relating to Dr. Anthony Kubek
1970-1979
Oversize Box 1, Folder 14
Box 12, Folder 12
The Amerasia Papers: Some Problems in the History of US-China Relations
1971
Oversize Box 1, Folder 15
Box 12, Folder 15
"China After Twenty-Six Years: The Return of a Native"
1972 Jan.
Scope and Content Note
In
New York Times
Oversize Box 1, Folder 16
Oversize Box 1, Folder 17
Miscellaneous newspaper articles by Jack Service
1972
Box 12, Folder 16
"The Craft of the Political Reporter Abroad"
1973 June
Scope and Content Note
Published in
Nieman Reports (v. XXVII, no.2)
Box 12, Folder 17-21
"Lost Chance in China"
1974-1998
Scope and Content Note
Article published in
Foreign Service Journal
Reviews and publicity
1975-1976
Box 12, Folder 23
[on] Chou-En-Lai
1976 Jan.-Feb
Oversize Box 1, Folder 18
"Chou En-lai, as Seen by an Old China Hand"
1976 Jan. 16
Scope and Content Note
Article published in
Los Angeles Times
Oversize Box 1, Folder 19
"Recollections of Talks with Mao in Renan in 1944"
1976 Sept.
Scope and Content Note
Article published in
New York Times
Box 12, Folder 24
"Profile: China in Transition"
1987 Nov./Dec.
Scope and Content Note
Article in the World, Journal of the Unitarian Universalists Association (v.1, no. 6)
Box 12, Folder 25
Review of Fires of the Dragon: Politics, Murder, and the Kuomintang, by David E. Kaplan
n.d.
5.3
SPEECHES, INTERVIEWS AND APPEARANCES
1968-1996
Physical Description:
Box 12, folders 26-32; Carton 3, folders 1-21; Oversize Box 1, folders 20-24
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes commentary and clippings relating to interviews and speeches, which Service increasingly gave in the years following
his testimony before the Fulbright Hearings of the U.S. Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations in 1971-1972 and again in
1974-1975.
Box 12, Folder 26
Panelist, "The Dilemna of the Rejected Liberal"
1968 Nov. 24
Box 12, Folder 27
"Remarks," World Affairs Council, San Francisco
1971 Aug. 31
Box 12, Folder 28
[Reply to] remarks of M. Stanton Evans on "Spectrum"
[1971]
Scope and Content Note
Broadcast on CBS Radio, Aug. 14, 1971
Box 12, Folder 29-30
U.S. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, "Fulbright hearings"
1971-1972
Oversize Box 1, Folder 20
Correspondence, testimony, and clippings
Oversize Box 1, Folder 21
"Back from China" in California Monthly
1972 Jan./Feb.
"Mr. and Mrs. John Service--Old China Hands" in Parade
1972 Feb.
Box 12, Folder 31
[Interview], Chinese Foreign Policy, Berkeley, Calif. Willard Junior High School newspaper
1972 May 6
Box 12, Folder 32
Lecture, "The New Sino-U.S. Political Economic Environment", U.C. Berkeley
1972 June 20
Carton 3, Folder 1
U.S. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations "Fulbright hearings"
1974-1975
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and testimony
Carton 3, Folder 2
"Remarks," United States-China People's Friendship Association, Annual convention, San Francisco
1975 Aug. 31
Carton 3, Folder 3
"The Shanghai Communique: U.S.-China Relations Since Nixon's Visit," Annenberg Auditorium, Stanford University
1975 Nov. 7
Oversize Box 1, Folder 22
Oversize Box 1, Folder 23
[Interview], "A Conversation: How it Looks to an Old China Hand," editorial staff,
The Sun (Baltimore)
1975 Dec. 1
Carton 3, Folder 4
"In Memory of Premier Chou En-Lai"
1976 Jan. 24
Carton 3, Folder 5
"Sino-American Relations," Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies and World Affairs Council, Monterey, Calif.
1976 Feb.
Oversize Box 1, Folder 24
Interview, "John S. Service: Old China Hand Talks of Mao, McCarthy and China Now," by Ray Riegart, Berkeley Barb
1976 Aug. 20-26
Carton 3, Folder 6
"The Role of Chou En-Lai in Restoring China to her Position in the World"
[1976]
Carton 3, Folder 7
[Appearance], Southern Oregon State University Ashland, Ore.
1978
Carton 3, Folder 8
"The State Dept. and China Policy: A Look Back," Stanford University
1979 April
Carton 3, Folder 9
"China in the Interdependent World," Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1979 May 13
Carton 3, Folder 10
"Remarks," China and the U.S. Look to the 80s; U.S.-China Friendship Exposition
1980 Aug. 30
Carton 3, Folder 11
"China After Mao," Merritt College, Oakland, Calif.
1981 March
Carton 3, Folder 12
Long March, Concluding dinner
1984 June
Scope and Content Note
hosted by by Hu Yaobang at Zhong Nan Hai, [Beijing]
Carton 3, Folder 13
"Long March" 50 years later, slide presentations
1984 Sept., Nov.
Scope and Content Note
Notes and publicity
Carton 3, Folder 14
U.S.-China People's Friendship Association, Portland, Ore.
1985 Feb.
Carton 3, Folder 15
[Speech], Washington Seminar on U.S.-China Relations
1985 April 29
Carton 3, Folder 16
[Interview], concerning Long March trip
1985 Dec.
Carton 3, Folder 17
[Interview], "The Un-Americans," Timewatch, BBC
1991 June
Carton 3, Folder 18
"Stilwell Day,"
1996 Oct. 5
Scope and Content Note
greeting from John S. Service, Monterey, Calif.
Carton 3, Folder 19
Lecture and slide show presentation for
Scope and Content Note
Introduction to Asian Culture Class, Sonoma State University
Carton 3, Folder 20
[Interview], in "Dreams of China," KQED
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 21
Panelist, "China: the Country that Walks on Two Legs," Peninsula Section,
World Affairs Council, Menlo Park, Calif.
n.d.
5.4
CONSULTING AND TRAVEL
1971-1994
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 22-36; Oversize Box 1, folder 25-26
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Carton 3, Folder 22
The Dixie Mission: Treatment (Bible) of Story for a film story by Irina Somerton, Zephyr Productions and Somerton Productions
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 23-25
Vladimirov diaries project
1973-1976,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with Doubleday, report and notes on manuscript, reviews of Russian and U.S. editions
Carton 3, Folder 26
Miles, M.E., A Different Kind of War
1975-1979,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with Michael Schaller, comments on articles, notes, review
Carton 3, Folder 27
Sun, Shirley, "Stilwell-in-China"
1990-1994
Scope and Content Note
Documentary film project, sponsored by the American Asian Cultural Exchange
Oversize Box 1, Folder 25
Clippings concerning trip to China
1971-1972
Oversize Box 1, Folder 26
Clippings concerning trip to China, with delegation of former U.S. Army
Observers Group
1974 May
Carton 3, Folder 31-34
Long March notebooks and notes
1984 June
5.5
MISCELLANY
1965-1990s
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 37-47; Oversize Box 1, folders 27-33
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists chiefly of articles and newspapers clippings relating to China, diplomatic policy, and foreign relations.
Carton 3, Folder 37
"CPC Central Committee Directive on 1944 U.S. Mission to Yenan," by K. Kukushkin
1972 March
Carton 3, Folder 38
Articles and clippings relating to diplomatic policy and foreign service
1972-1978
Carton 3, Folder 39
Articles and clippings relating to "Old China Hands"
1971-1994
Carton 3, Folder 40
Articles and clippings relating to China scholars 1971
Carton 3, Folder 41
Clippings relating to U.S.-China foreign policy
1966-1978
Oversize Box 1, Folder 27-30
Clippings regarding U.S.-China foreign relations
1971-1990
Carton 3, Folder 42
Clippings relating to Nixon's trip to China
1972
Carton 3, Folder 43
Articles relating to U.S.-China friendship
1979-1998
Carton 3, Folder 44-45
Articles and clippings about China
1970s-1990s
Oversize Box 1, Folder 31-32
Clippings relating to China, Mao
1970s-1990s,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 46
Yuen-Ren Chao
1975-1978,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 47
Clippings relating to the Otto Otepka case
1965-1972
Oversize Box 1, Folder 33
Clippings relating to the Otto Otepka case
1965-1972
Series 6
PERSONAL PAPERS
1925-1998
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 48-82; Carton 4, folder 1-16; Oversize Box 1, folders 34-40
Arrangement
Divided into four sub-series: Biographical Materials; Autobiographies; Awards and Honors; and Personal Memorabilia.
6.1
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
1945-1998
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 48-65; Oversize Box 1, folders 34-40
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically, and by format.
Scope and Content Note
A general biographical data file precedes the articles and clippings about Jack Service. Contains correspondence regarding
two oral history projects, including a transcript from one, followed by articles that mention Service.
Carton 3, Folder 48
Biographical data
1971-1993,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 49
Articles about Jack Service, published inThe American Foreign Service Journal and Foreign Service Journal
1945-1952
Carton 3, Folder 50
"25 Years Ago...," mention of Jack Service in the Foreign Service Journal
1964 Sept.
Carton 3, Folder 51
"Where are They Now: The Old China Hands," in Newsweek
1966 March 7
Carton 3, Folder 52
"Profiles" (Jack Service) by E. J. Kahn, Jr. in The New Yorker
1972 April 8
Oversize Box 1, Folder 34
Carton 3, Folder 53
The China Hands and What Befell Them, by E. J. Kahn, Jr., reviews
1975
Carton 3, Folder 54
"The Spy Who Came Home to the Cold," by James Peck in The Holy Cross Quarterly, v. 7, nos. 1-4
1975
Carton 3, Folder 55
John S. Service," by Joseph W. Esherick and Mark Selden in New China
1977 Summer
Oversize Box 1, Folder 35
"The Three Phases in the Life of John S. Service," by Mike Yuen in East/West
1978 Sept. 20
Carton 3, Folder 56
Articles and clippings about Jack Service
1976-1986
Oversize Box 1, Folder 36
Articles and clippings about Jack Service
1976-1986
Carton 3, Folder 57
Clippings with mentions of Jack Service
1972-1975
Oversize Box 1, Folder 37
Excerpt, Joe McCarthy and the Press, by Edwin R. Bayley
1981
Oversize Box 1, Folder 38
May, Gary. The Diplomatic Career of John Carter Vincent.
1979 Sept. 2
Scope and Content Note
Review by Joseph Lelyveld, N.Y. Times Book Review
Carton 3, Folder 58-59
Dulles Oral History Project, Princeton University
1966-1967
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and typed transcript of interview
Carton 3, Folder 60
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office
1979-1998
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regarding project
Carton 3, Folder 61
"The Amerasia Case from 1945 to the Present," by Philip J. Jaffe
1979 March
Carton 3, Folder 62-65
"Anatomy of a Fix; the untold story of the 'Amerasia' Case," by Harvey Klehr and Ronald Radosh, in The New Republic;
1986 April 21
Correspondence regarding accuracy;
1985-1990
Reviews of articles and other works; by Klehr and Radosh;
1988-1996
Review and response by Joe Esherick and Michael Parrish, with correspondence of Jack Service
1996-1998
Oversize Box 1, Folder 39
Clippings relating to U.S. foreign service
1967 Jan. 6
Scope and Content Note
[Interview with Paul R. Josselyn, U.S. Consul General to China, 1910-1948] by John Woolfenden, Monterey Peninsula Herald
Oversize Box 1, Folder 40
6.2
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS
1990-1998
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 66-82
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of two unfinished works relating to Service's life and career.
Carton 3, Folder 66
"How I Joined the Foreign Service"
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Master copy
Carton 3, Folder 68
With notes by Joel Wyman
1990 Sept. 9
Carton 3, Folder 69
With notes by Carolyn Wakeman
1990 Oct.
Carton 3, Folder 70-82
Unfinished Memoirs
1997-1998
6.3
AWARDS AND HONORS
1972-1994
Physical Description:
Carton 4, folders 1-9
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes a scrapbook, correspondence, remarks, published speeches, and clippings relating to Service's 1973 award from the
American Foreign Service Association, among others.
Carton 4, Folder 1
American Foreign Service Association,"China Hands" luncheon
1973 Feb. 23
Scope and Content Note
"Record" [scrapbook]
Carton 4, Folder 3
"Remarks," by John S. Service
1973 Jan. 30
Carton 4, Folder 4
Program and publicity
1973 Jan. 30
Carton 4, Folder 5
Published speeches and commentary
1973
Carton 4, Folder 7
Chinese Culture Foundation Distinguished Service/Cultural Award
1986 Nov. 13
Carton 4, Folder 8
US-China Peoples Friendship Association Koji Ariyoshi Award, Seattle, Wash.
1993 Sept.
Carton 4, Folder 9
Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) Foreign Service Cup Award
1994
6.4
PERSONAL MEMORABILIA
1925-1988
Physical Description:
Carton 4, folders 10-16
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains school records, an early travel diary, marriage documents, some correspondence and invitations, and miscellaneous
ephemera.
Carton 4, Folder 10
Diplomas, degrees, and miscellaneous school records
1925-1985
Carton 4, Folder 11
Diary, "Jack's World Tour" journal and notes
1926-1927
Correspondence during employment
1952-57
Sale of Sarco stock
1958-1964
Carton 4, Folder 15
Invitations to state receptions, Washington, D.C.
1979-1988
Series 7
FAMILY PAPERS
1928-1999
Physical Description:
Boxes 10-11; Carton 4, folders 17-49; Oversize Box 1, folder 41; Oversize Folder 5
Arrangement
Divided into two sub-series: Correspondence, and Family History.
Scope and Content Note
7.1
CORRESPONDENCE
1928-1999
Physical Description:
Boxes 10-11
Arrangement
Arranged by family member, and then chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence from Jack Service's mother, brother, wife, in-laws, and sons, as well as letters he wrote to specific
family members. Beginning in 1970, Service began to keep copies of all of the letters he addressed to "Dear Family."
Box 10, Folder 1
Letters from Grace Service (mother)
1950-1953
Box 10, Folder 2
Letters from Richard Service (brother) and Helen
1945-1998
Box 10, Folder 3-4
Letters from Esta Service (sister-in-law)
1945-1998
Box 10, Folder 5
Letters from Fred H. McNair (uncle)
1945-1957
Box 10, Folder 6-7
Letters from Caroline Schultz Service (wife)
1950-1951,
1974-1997
Box 10, Folder 8
Letters from Edward H. and Katherine Schulz
1950-1971
Scope and Content Note
(Caroline's parents)
Box 10, Folder 9-10
Letters from Robert Service (son) and Pamela
1975-1983
Box 10, Folder 11
Letters to Edward H. and Katherine Schulz
1932-1951
Box 10, Folder 12
Letters to Hubert Elwin Service (uncle)
1928-1930
Box 10, Folder 13
Letters to and from Philip Service (son)
1960-1961,
1983
Box 10, Folder 14
Letters to and from Katherine Schulz Bruce
1936,
1950
Scope and Content Note
(Caroline's sister)
Box 10, Folder 15
Miscellaneous family letters
Box 11, Folder 1-16
Letters "to family"
1970-1999
7.2
FAMILY HISTORY
1945-1998
Physical Description:
Carton 4, folders 17-49; Oversize Box 1, folder 41; Oversize Folder 5
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Chiefly consists of memoirs written by his mother, Grace Service, during her years in China, which Jack Service edited for
publication beginning in 1980. Includes correspondence related to publication and with family members, notes, corrected typescripts,
publicity and reviews, and fan mail, along with some miscellaneous family materials.
Golden Inches," unpublished autobiography of Grace Service
Carton 4, Folder 17
Correspondence with Bancroft Library
1980
Carton 4, Folder 18
Correspondence with publishers
1988-1993
Carton 4, Folder 19
Notes from Grace's diaries
[1987-1988?]
Carton 4, Folder 20-30
Jack Service's typescript, working copy
Carton 4, Folder 32-38
Copy-edited manuscript
1989
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 5
Carton 4, Folder 40-42
Publicity and reviews
1989-1990
Oversize Box 1, Folder 41
Carton 4, Folder 44
Complimentary and review copies distribution list
[1989]-1992
Carton 4, Folder 45
Correspondence with family and friends regarding manuscript
1987-1990
Carton 4, Folder 46
Royalty statements
1993-1998
Carton 4, Folder 49
"The John Service Cross," History 101 paper by James H. Service
1991
Scope and Content Note
(cousin's grandson)
