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Title: Jack Belden papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1989
Collection Number: 90020
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 boxes, 1 oversize box
(3.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, news dispatches, and other writings, relating primarily to the Sino-Japanese War, American military operations
in North Africa, France, Belgium and Germany, the occupation of Germany, and the publication of China Shakes the World. Includes
correspondence with Agnes Smedley.
Creator:
Belden, Jack, 1910-1989
Creator:
Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
The collection was acquired by the Hoover Instituion Archives in 1990.
[Identification of item], Jack Belden papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1910, February 3 | Born, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1926 | Graduated, Summit High School, New Jersey |
| 1931 | Graduated, Colgate University, New York |
| 1931-1933 | Seaman - Java, Phillippines, Germany, and South America |
| 1933 | Teacher, Peking University, China |
| Late 1930s | Reported on the Second Sino-Japanese War for the United Press International |
| Early 1940s | Covered Italy, North Africa, and Burma for Time and Life magazines |
| 1943 | Author, Retreat with Stilwell |
| Returned to the United States | |
| 1944 | Author, Still Time to Die |
| 1946 | Returned to China |
| 1949 | Author, China Shakes the World |
| 1989 June 3 | Died, Paris, France |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Jack Belden cover his career as an American journalist. He was a foreign correspondent in China during the Second
Sino-Japanese War; in China, Burma, North Africa, and Europe during World War II; and in China during the Civil War.
The materials, consisting of correspondence, news dispatches, writings, diary, and notes, relate primarily to the Second Sino-Japanese
War, American military operations in North Africa, France, Belgium, and Germany, the occupation of Germany, the publication
of China Shakes the World, and reviews of his writings. An insight into United States Army operations in Europe and the Far
East during World War II is also provided.
The Jack Belden papers were acquired originally in 1990. Incremental materials, received in 2008, have been added alphabetically
at the end of the register by the original series.
Arranged into seven series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Office File, Writings, United States Army File, Incremental
Material, and Oversize Material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
China -- History -- 1937-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
Military government
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North