Register of the Jack Belden papers

Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

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

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

The collection was acquired by the Hoover Instituion Archives in 1990.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Jack Belden papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

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.

Arrangement

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

Biographical File 1943, undated

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, diary, and identification cards, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 1, folder 1

Clippings about Jack Belden's injury sustained in Oran, Western Algeria, and from Who's Who in the East 1943, undated

box 1, folder 2

Diary undated

box 1, folder 3

Identification cards issued by British forces, and United States Army Forces in the Middle East, Cairo, Egypt 1943

box 1, folder 4

Miscellany 1943, undated

Correspondence 1940-1984, undated

Scope and Contents note

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

box 1, folder 5

Unidentified 1951-1984, undated

box 1, folder 6

Ackarman, Laura V. 1944

box 1, folder 7

Amalia, Karl F. 1943

box 1, folder 8

Australia-China Society 1956

box 1, folder 9

Baker, Gladys 1940

box 1, folder 10

Berry, Bertha L. 1943, undated

box 1, folder 11

Brajbihari, Vijan 1954

box 1, folder 12

Brents, B. P. 1943

box 1, folder 13

Campbell, Kathleen 1950

box 1, folder 14

Canfield, Cass 1948-1950

box 1, folder 15

Chapman, H. Owen undated

box 1, folder 16

Colonel Unni Nayar Commemoration Volume Committee 1951

box 1, folder 17

Copps, Kenneth 1943

box 1, folder 18

Daily Worker undated

box 1, folder 19

Downs, K. T. 1943

box 1, folder 20

Dudley, Genevieve undated

box 1, folder 21

Ediciones Ló Negri 1954

box 1, folder 22

Finke, Mary Berkeley 1944

box 1, folder 23

Finnell, Peggie J. 1951

box 1, folder 24

Fry, Elisabeth D. 1950

box 1, folder 25

Gadsden, Jeanne? 1944

box 1, folder 26

Gilman, Labelle undated

box 1, folder 27

Gloonan, Marjorie 1943

box 1, folder 28

Gordey, Michel 1953

box 1, folder 29

Gray, Josephine undated

box 1, folder 30

Green, Eleanor B. undated

box 1, folder 31

Groom, Bessie 1949

box 1, folder 32

Hanneman, Erma 1943

box 1, folder 33

Harper & Brothers 1948

box 1, folder 34

Hart, John N. 1960, undated

box 1, folder 35

Hirschtick, A. B. 1943

box 1, folder 36

Howard, Ruth H. 1944

box 1, folder 37

Hughes, Carol 1943

box 1, folder 38

Kenfield, Lu 1943

box 1, folder 39

Kennedy, Kathleen 1944

box 1, folder 40

Koo, T. T. 1980

box 1, folder 41

Leonhardy, Hans 1959

box 1, folder 42

Lifschutz, Anne 1943

box 1, folder 43

Lumbert, Hortense 1944

box 1, folder 44

McAllister Carver, Laura 1950

box 1, folder 45

McDonald, Thomas H. 1944

box 1, folder 46

Manning, James Leeds, Mrs. 1950, undated

box 1, folder 47

Marshall, Ann N. 1944

box 1, folder 48

Meijer, Elizabeth T. undated

box 1, folder 49

Morehouse, Harold, Mrs. 1943

box 1, folder 50

Nagler, Rudyard undated

box 1, folder 51

Patrick, Jim 1951

box 1, folder 52

Raburn, R. W. undated

box 1, folder 53

Rajalingam, S. Durai 1960

box 1, folder 54

The Reporter 1949

box 1, folder 55

Rood, Andra de 1943

box 1, folder 56

Ruth, Harry S. 1943

box 1, folder 57

Sanders, Jessie undated

box 1, folder 58

Schumacher, Joachim 1950

box 1, folder 59

Sharper, Frida 1945

box 1, folder 60

Shepard, Chas D. 1944

box 1, folder 61

Smedley, Agnes 1947-1950, undated

box 1, folder 62

Smith, Laura 1944

box 1, folder 63

Snow, Ed 1962

box 1, folder 64

Sommers, Martin 1948

box 1, folder 65

Spradling, Ernie 1943

box 1, folder 66

Stilwell, Theodore R. 1943

box 2, folder 1

Suggett, Allen Holman 1950

box 2, folder 2

Thatcher, Blanche M. 1943

box 2, folder 3

Time (magazine) 1943

box 2, folder 4

Tischner, Paul 1944

box 2, folder 5

Traverse, Virginia 1944

box 2, folder 6

Tully, Betty undated

box 2, folder 7

Van Winkle, Howard 1951

box 2, folder 8

Vincent, Ruth B. 1944

box 2, folder 9

Warren, Tully E. 1943

box 2, folder 10

Washburn, Ruth E. 1943, undated

box 2, folder 11

Wien, C. K. 1944

box 2, folder 12

Weiner, Jack, Mrs. 1944

Office File 1936-1945, undated

Scope and Contents note

Clippings and printed matter, newspaper dispatches, notes, and telegrams relating to Jack Belden's work as a war correspondent, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 2, folder 13-15

Clippings and printed matter 1936-1939

box 2, folder 16-20

Newspaper dispatches undated

box 3, folder 1-4

Newspaper dispatches (continued) undated

box 3, folder 5

Notes undated

box 3, folder 6

Telegrams 1945

Writings 1939-1949, undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript and printed copies of Jack Belden's writings and reviews of his books, arranged chronologically

box 3, folder 7

Fragment undated

box 3, folder 8

"In the Air" and "Japan's Drive on Hankow," undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript

Reviews

box 3, folder 9

"The New Fourth Army," circa 1939

Scope and Contents note

Includes a printed copy of the article

box 3, folder 10

Retreat with Stilwell and China Shakes the World 1949, undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript and printed copy

United States Army File 1944-1945, undated

Scope and Contents note

Citation, instructions, maps, memorandum, press release, report, statement, and statistical data, relating to strategic planning and operations, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 4, folder 1

Citation for War Department Distinguished Unit--16th U.S. Infantry Regiment and 1st U.S. Infantry Division undated

Instructions to U.S. military government officers relating to the military government in Germany undated

box 4, folder 2

Instructions to U.S. military government officers relating to the military government in Germany undated

box 4, folder 3

Maps undated

Scope and Contents note

12th Army group outline maps of France and Japan, including one reflecting the plan of Japanese operations against Hankow and action against Tienchiachen

box 4, folder 4

Memorandum and press release 1945

box 4, folder 5

Record of plan of war undated

box 4, folder 6

Report on coalition government, by Mao Tze-Tung (Mao, Zedong) undated

box 4, folder 7

Statement by Colonel Myers to Jack Thompson about the organization of the army security force and the headquarters security force (Palace Guard) and the operations in which they were involved 1944

box 4, folder 8

Statistical data on the German army undated

Incremental Material 1930s-1989, undated

Scope and Contents note

Biographical details, correspondence, reports, and writings received as increments to the collection, arranged chronologically by the original series

Biographical File 1989

box 4, folder 9

Biographical sketch probably written by Beatrice Weber in 1989 and introductory comments by R.K. McCabe circa 1989

box 4, folder 10

Obituaries 1989

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter to the editor from New York Times, 1989 June, and photocopies of all obituary messages

Correspondence 1988-1989

box 4, folder 11

Unidentified 1989-1990, undated

box 4, folder 12

Belden, David undated

box 4, folder 13

Buchman, A. H. 1989

box 4, folder 14

Christopher, Paul 1989

box 4, folder 15

Durdin, Tillman 1989

box 4, folder 16

McCabe, Robert 1988-1989

box 4, folder 17

McManus, Jason 1989

box 4, folder 18

Schaller, Michael 1989

box 4, folder 19

Timmerman, Kenneth 1989

box 4, folder 20

Weber, Beatrice 1989

Office File 1936-1941

box 4, folder 21-22

Reports on China relating to drug trade, criminal activities, political terrorism in Shanghai, and a recollection of pre-war Shanghai by M. C. Ford, correspondent and editor of the Shanghai Evening Post 1936-1941, undated

Writings 1939

box 4, folder 23

"The New Fourth Army," pamphlet 1939

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy

Oversize Material 1935-1944, undated

Scope and Contents note

Scrapbooks and writings by Jack Belden, arranged alphabetically by physical form

Scrapbooks 1935-1938

Scope and Contents note

Two volumes Writings by Jack Belden

box 5, folder 1-2

Scrapbooks 1935-1938

box 5, folder 3

"Sequel to Salerno," undated

box 5, folder 4

"Hey, Soldier, I'm Wounded!" Life 1943 September 27

Scope and Contents note

Includes an account and photocopies of photographs of the "Battle of Salerno"

box 5, folder 5

Miscellany 1944, undated

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies of a photograph of Jack Belden's injured leg, undated, and cover page of Life, 1944 March 20