Register of the Alexander Liosnoff papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Alexander Liosnoff papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-2005
Collection Number: 2005C19
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
44 manuscript boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(17.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The papers contain information on the Shanghai American School Association, American psychological warfare activities during
the Korean War, and the post-World War II American civil administration of the Ryukyu Islands, based in Okinawa, including
reversion to Japan in 1972. The materials were generally kept in the original order and arrangement of the creator.
Creator:
Liosnoff, Alexander, 1920-
Creator:
Ryukyu Islands (United States Civil Administration, 1945-1972)
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
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2005.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alexander Liosnoff papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
| 1920, May 7 |
Born, Harbin, Manchuria |
| 1938 |
Graduated, Shanghai American School |
| 1941 |
Graduated, University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| 1941-1943 |
Radio news reporter and editor, KMOX-CBS St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1943-1946 |
Drafted; Served in the U.S. Army in World War II |
| 1946-1950 |
Radio news reporter and editor, KLX-Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, and KGO-ABC, San Francisco, California |
| 1950-1951 |
Recalled to serve in the Korean War, GHQ Far East Command, duty with Psychological Warfare Branch G2 and Radio Pusan |
| 1951-1957 |
United States Army Seventh Psychological Operations Group and First Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group |
| 1957-1971 |
Chief, Information Division, Public Affairs Department, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa |
| 1971-1972 |
Director, Public Affairs Department, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa |
| 1972-1985 |
Consultant in public affairs, Bank of America Communications Department, San Francisco |
| 1985 |
Retired |
| 1989-1991 |
First president, Shanghai American School Association |
| 1989-1998 |
Newsletter editor, Shanghai American School Association |
Scope and Content of Collection
Acquired in 2005, the Alexander Liosnoff Papers contain information about the Shanghai American School Association, American
psychological warfare activities during the Korean War, and the post-World War II American civil administration of Okinawa
and the Ryukyu Islands, including reversion to Japan in 1972. Materials were kept in the original order and arrangement of
the creator.
The Korea Files document the Army's Psychological Operations, focusing on radio broadcasting to South and North Korea via Radio Pusan. Documents
collected include information gathered in both Korea and Tokyo on psychological warfare, the management of prisoners of war,
and propaganda leaflets.
Oversize Materials contains a photograph album about Korea.
The
Okinawa Files (U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands) include correspondence, reports, memoranda, press releases, press summaries, radio broadcast scripts, studies, reports, newsletters,
clippings, printed materials, and photographs, documenting the administration and local relationships of the public affairs
staff of the U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyus from 1957 to the reversion of the territory to Japan in 1972.
Oversize Materials include photographs and photograph albums documenting Okinawa.
Printed Matter contains numerous secondary sources on Okinawa.
Shanghai American School Association (SASA) Records are comprised of materials documenting the activities of Shanghai American School (SAS) alumni. Liosnoff served
as the founding president and newsletter editor from 1989-1998. Documents include information about the executive board, correspondence,
newsletters, and annual reunions.
Oversize Material includes a photograph album of SASA activities, while
Printed Matter contains published works of former SAS students.
The
Oral History Materials series includes an audio tape and transcript of an oral history interview with Alexander Liosnoff. Conducted by Brad Bauer,
Associate Archivist for Collection Development at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2005, the interview connects
the materials in the collections with the events in Liosnoff's life.
Arrangement
Organized into six series: Oral History Materials, Shanghai American School Association Records, Korea Files, Okinawa Files
(U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands), Oversize Materials, and Printed Matter.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Americans -- China
Prisoners of war
Shanghai (China)
Education -- China
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Radio broadcasting -- Korea (North)
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Propaganda
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Psychological aspects
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons
Ryukyu Islands -- History -- 1945-1972
Propaganda, American -- Korea (North)
United States. Army
Shanghai American School
Shanghai American School Association
Oral History Materials
2005
Scope and Contents note
Includes audio recording and transcript of a 2005 oral history interview with Alexander Liosnoff conducted by Brad Bauer,
the Hoover Institution Library & Archives Associate Archivist for Collection Development.
box 1, folder 1
Compact sound cassettes
2005 October 3
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 2005C119_a_0000077_a
Shanghai American School Association (SASA) Records
1935-2004
General note
See also Oversize Materials for a Photograph Album.
Scope and Contents note
Contains documentation on the school as well as records, correspondence, and newsletters of the association. Documents include
materials of the executive board, officers, and information about annual reunions. Arranged into groups by function.
box 2, folder 1
Administrative correspondence, American Consulate General, Shanghai
1997
box 2, folder 7
Activities
1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes Chinese mayor's visit to U.S.
box 2, folder 8-11
Liosnoff, Alexander
1979-2001
box 3, folder 1
Armstrong, Oscar
1989-2002
Scope and Contents note
Executive committee
box 3, folder 2
Arnold, Jack
1989-2004
Scope and Contents note
Executive committee
box 3, folder 3
Barr, Betty
1989-2003
Scope and Contents note
Shanghai news correspondent
box 3, folder 4
Belknap, Ted, officer
1990-1992
Scope and Contents note
Class of 1940 aide
box 3, folder 5
Campbell, Ruth Creighton
1992-2003
Scope and Contents note
Newsletter artist
box 3, folder 6
Cavanaugh, Jim
1989-1995
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1948-1951
box 3, folder 7
Gallimore, Bob
1989-1991
Scope and Contents note
Officer
box 3, folder 8
Harnsberger, Jim
1991-1995
Scope and Contents note
President, officer
box 3, folder 9
Hazzard, Mike
1986-1995
Scope and Contents note
Officer
box 3, folder 10
Heinrichsohn, Theodor (Teddy)
1992-2004
Scope and Contents note
President
box 3, folder 11
Hoffman, Jim
1989-1997
Scope and Contents note
Officer
box 3, folder 12
Jordan, Faison (Bill)
1989-1990
Scope and Contents note
Officer
box 4, folder 1
Jorgensen, Lorents (Larry)
1988-1998
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1940
box 4, folder 2
Karegeannes, Carrie
1992-2002
Scope and Contents note
Officer
box 4, folder 3-4
Krisel, Lionel
1977-1999
Scope and Contents note
President, treasurer
box 4, folder 5
Locke, Harriet
1995-1997
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1950 and later, Peace Corps
box 4, folder 6
McAllister, Mary Frances Espey
1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1927 and earlier
box 4, folder 7
McClure, George
1987-1997
Scope and Contents note
Officer
box 4, folder 8
McKeever, Susan L.
1986-1991
Scope and Contents note
Executive committee
box 4, folder 9
Mills, Angie
1989-2003
Scope and Contents note
News editor, class representative, 1942
box 4, folder 10
Namey, Mary W.
1986-1999
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1938
box 4, folder 11
Pryor, Lois
1991-2002
Scope and Contents note
Officer
box 4, folder 13
Stannard, Jean
1990-1998
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1941
box 5, folder 1
Walker, Millidge
1991-1998
box 5, folder 2
Wentworth, Phoebe
1988-2001
box 5, folder 3-4
Wiant, Al
1994-2003
Scope and Contents note
President
box 5, folder 6-8
Biographies
1986-2001, undated
box 6, folder 1
Barnett, A. Doak
1950-1996
box 6, folder 2
Crum, Guy and Bill
1966, 1991 1994
box 6, folder 5
Freeman Foundation, Houghton (Buck) Freeman
1987-2003
box 6, folder 6
Furnas, Wendell
2002-2003
box 6, folder 7
Greenhut, Barry
1993-1996
box 6, folder 8
Hanson, William L.
1990, 1996
box 6, folder 10
Horton, Dr. Tony
1990-2000
box 6, folder 13
Lilley, James R.
1989-2004
Scope and Contents note
Former Ambassador to China, includes micro cassette
box 6, folder 14
Montgomery, Ronald
1990-1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
box 7, folder 1
Noyes, Dorothy Stannard
1995-1998
box 7, folder 3
Peretz, Dwight I.
1994-1995
box 7, folder 5
Root, Kapsy Russel and Charles
1992-1999
box 7, folder 6
Roy, Ambassador J. Stapleton
1991-2003
box 7, folder 7
Schmid, Beth Louis
1988-1998
box 7, folder 10
Silver, Pat Dunn
1996-1997
box 7, folder 11
Smith, Huston
1982-1997
Scope and Contents note
Includes a photograph
box 7, folder 13
Stamps, George and Helen
1991
box 7, folder 14
Stimpson, Mary Bills
1994
box 7, folder 15
Stocker, Hugh Marion
1989-1990 1996
box 7, folder 16
Tappan, David S.
1989-1991 2002
box 7, folder 17
Wallace, Barbara Brooks
1994
box 7, folder 20
Wilson, Pete
1991
Scope and Contents note
Former Governor of California
box 7, folder 21
Class of 1938
1986-1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes yearbook copies and California license plate, SASA 38
box 7, folder 22
1986, Asilomar, California
1986
box 7, folder 23
1987, Hershey, Pennsylvania
1987
box 8, folder 1-6
1988, Santa Rosa, California
1987-1988
box 9, folder 1
1988, Santa Rosa, California
1988
box 9, folder 2
1989, 1994, Williamsburg, Virginia
1989, 1993-1994
Scope and Contents note
Includes micro cassette of Ambassador Lilley's speech in 1994
box 9, folder 3
1989 for post-war classes, Culver City, California
1989
box 9, folder 4
1990, Class of 1940, Washington, D.C.
1990
box 9, folder 5
1990, China Camp State Park, San Francisco, California
1990
box 9, folder 6-10
1991, San Diego, California
1991
box 9, folder 11
1992, Kansas City, Missouri
1992
box 9, folder 2
1994, Williamsburg, Virginia
General note
(see 1989 file)
box 9, folder 12
1997, Sarasota, Florida
1997
box 9, folder 13
2000, Roslyn, Virginia
2000
box 10, folder 1
2002, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2001-2002
box 10, folder 2-4
2003, Orlando, Florida
2002-2003
Scope and Contents note
Includes panel preparations
box 10, folder 5
Old China Hands Reunions
1990-1996, undated
Chronological Correspondence
box 12, folder 4-5
SASA News,
1989-Fall 2004
SASA Additional Materials
1938-2009
box 40, folder 1
Shanghai American School (SAS) diploma
1938
box 40, folder 2
SAS felt letters
circa 1938
box 40, folder 3
Appointment calendars
1995-1996
1998-2000
box 40, folder 6
SASA publications correspondence
1997-1998
box 47
SAS audio tape, G.H. Stocker
undated
box 40, folder 9
"China Memoirs," prepared for the SAS reunion
Oct-02
box 40, folder 10
Dripping with Nostalgia: China, 1900-1937, typescript by Hugh Stocker
1998
box 40, folder 11
Shanghai, by Harriet Sergeant
1991
box 40, folder 12-13
Supplementary materials to the Shanghai book by Lynn Pan
box 40, folder 14
Shanghai: A century of change in photographs 1843-1949 by Lynn Pan, reviews
2009
box 48
Shanghai: A century of change in photographs 1843-1949 by Lynn Pan
1995
Korea Files
1951-1962
General note
See also Oversize Materials for photograph album of Pusan, South Korea, and Japan, 1951-1957.
Scope and Contents note
consists of radio program scripts, interviews, reports, press releases, leaflets, flyers, and clippings about radio broadcasting,
prisoners of war, psychological warfare, and propaganda during the Korean War. Arranged by physical form.
box 15, folder 1
Psywar operations, programs
1951-1967
box 15, folder 2
Radio station HLKA, Pusan
1951-1952
box 15, folder 3
News commentaries scripts
1951-1956
box 15, folder 4
Prisoner of war taped interview transcripts
1952
box 15, folder 5
Major Joo Yong Bok
1952-1993
box 15, folder 6
Prisoner of war camps
1951-1956
box 15, folder 7
Official reports on prisoners of war
1953, 1956
box 15, folder 8
Press releases, and wire services teletypes
1952-1953
box 15, folder 9
Propaganda analyses
1954-1955
box 15, folder 10
Leaflets
1953-1954
Scope and Contents note
In Korean, Russian, and Japanese
box 15, folder 11-12
Leaflets, posters, and news sheets
circa 1951-1954
Scope and Contents note
In Korean and Russian
box 15, folder 13
Korean War armistice
1951-1954
box 15, folder 14
Survey of China mainland press source material
1953
box 15, folder 15
Korea, general publications
1951-1962
drawer L04
Korea, general publications (continued)
Korea Files Additional Materials
1937-2005
box 41, folder 1
Psywar Korea leaflets
1952-1953
box 41, folder 2-3
Psywar Korea press and analysis
1952-1955
box 41, folder 4
Korean War Speech materials
1952-2007
box 41, folder 5
John William (Bill) Powell
1952-1982
box 41, folder 6-7
Kenneth Wu (military interpreter) correspondence
1951-2005
box 41, folder 8
Japan collected materials
1945-1987
box 41, folder 9
China and Chinese language collected materials
1937-1953
box 41, folder 10
Military Intelligence Service Association of Northern California
1998-2006
box 41, folder 11
Freeman Foundation and Military Intelligence Association documentary
1965-2009
Okinawa Files (U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands)
1950-2001
General note
See also Oversize Materials for photographs and photo albums, and Printed Matter for secondary sources.
Scope and Contents note
includes briefings, treaties, agreements, reports, news releases, articles, speeches, surveys, correspondence, photographs,
and printed materials on the military, reversion process, politics, economics, history, social conventions, cultural arts,
and news media of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands. Photographs may be found throughout the series where noted. Arranged into
groups by subject.
box 16, folder 1
Briefings, treaties, and executive orders
1951, 1957-1971
box 16, folder 2
Briefings, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands
1960-1972, 1992, 1999
Scope and Contents note
Briefings and mission organization
box 16, folder 3
GRI (Government of the Ryukyu Islands)
1957-1972, 2000
box 16, folder 4
Legal documentation
1957-1973
box 16, folder 5
Fact sheets and fact books
1962-1963, 1972
box 17, folder 1
Okinawa Briefings
1962-1971
box 17, folder 2
U.S. - Japan mutual security policy
1955-1972, 1992, 1996-2000
box 17, folder 3
Geopolitical information, published Japanese opinions
1962-1973, 1996
box 17, folder 4
News conferences, interviews
1960-1970
box 17, folder 5
Special Action Committee on Okinawa (SACO) report
1996
box 17, folder 6
Organizational chart
1971
box 17, folder 7
Bases
1964-1972, 1990-2000
box 18, folder 1
Land acquisition
1955-1970
drawer L04
Land acquisition (continued)
box 18, folder 2
Image incidents
1959-1971, 1991-2000
box 18, folder 3
Gas and nuclear weapons
1965-1972, 1999
1945 Battle of Okinawa
1945-1967, 1987-2000
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
box 18, folder 4
Committees and commissions
1965-1971
box 18, folder 5
Agreements
1965-1974, 2000
box 19, folder 1
Cultural centers
1970-1972
box 19, folder 2
Bank of the Ryukyus
1960 1971-1972
box 19, folder 3
Articles on Reversion Actions
1961-1973
box 19, folder 5
G-8 Summit 2000
1999-2000
box 19, folder 7
Prime Minister Sato
1965-1973
box 19, folder 8
Masahide Ota writings and clippings
1965-1968, 1984, 1990-2001
box 19, folder 9
Masahide Ota visit to U.S. documentation
1998
box 20, folder 1-2
Masahide Ota correspondence
1967-2000
box 20, folder 3-4
Dr. Mikio Higa articles and correspondence
1962-2005
box 20, folder 5
President Eisenhower visit to Okinawa
19 June 1960
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
box 20, folder 6
Elections
1952-1970, 2000
box 20, folder 7
Messages from the U.S. High Commissioner to the Government of the Ryukyu Islands
1959-1968
box 20, folder 8
Senkaku Retto (in Japanese) or Diao-Yu Tai (in Chinese) Islands
1972-1974, 1982, 1990-2000
Political opinion publications
box 21, folder 1
Ryukyuan
1957-1972, 1989-1997
box 21, folder 6
U.S. financial contributions
1959-1971
box 22, folder 1
Bank of America
1972-1975
box 22, folder 3
Tourism
1960-2000, undated
box 22, folder 4
Busena Resort Corporation, Site of G-8 Summit
circa 2000
box 22, folder 7
N.S. Savannah
1956-1968
Scope and Contents note
Atomic powered merchant ship visit
box 22, folder 8
Junior Chamber International conference
1963
box 22, folder 9
Pacific Festival, Kyuyo Maru
1959-1960
box 23, folder 1
Hawaii immigration
1963-1965, 1982-2000
box 23, folder 2
Public health
1961 1971-1972
box 23, folder 3
Education and welfare
1962-1972, 1992, 2000
box 23, folder 4
University of the Ryukyus
1961-1962, 1972, 1992
box 23, folder 5
Golden Gate Club
1952-1969
box 23, folder 6
Culture
1960-1973, 1987-1995, 2000
box 23, folder 7
Cultural arts and dance
1958-1960, 1974-2000
box 24, folder 1
Crafts
1965-1971, 1997-2000
box 24, folder 2
Rites and festivals
1962-1971, 2000
U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) Public Affairs
box 24, folder 3
Policies and operations
1958-1972
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
box 24, folder 4
Projects
1951-1972
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
box 24, folder 5
News media correspondence
1958-1972
box 24, folder 6
General correspondence
1967-1996
box 25, folder 1-2
News media file
1953-1979
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
box 25, folder 3
Konnichi No Ryukyu (Ryukus Today) magazine
1957-1970
General note
See also Printed Matter.
box 25, folder 4
Bibliography, gazetteer
1923-2001, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes maps
box 25, folder 5
Commodore Perry, Dr. Bettelheim
1882-1937
Scope and Contents note
Photographic copies of historical correspondence
box 25, folder 6
Commodore Matthew C. Perry, U.S. Navy
1945-1971, 1987-1989
box 25, folder 7
General Historical
1945-2000
box 26, folder 1
General Historical
1945-2000
box 26, folder 2
Political surveys and polls
1958-1971
box 27, folder 8
Public Affairs Department, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyus
1960-1972, 1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs, reports, and clippings
box 28, folder 1
Ryukyu Press Group visits the government information office of China
1969
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
box 28, folder 2
High Commissioner and Civil Administrator speech texts
1960-1972
box 28, folder 3
Japanese views: Okinawa press translations
1961-1967
box 28, folder 4-5
News media
1950-1973, 1987-2000
box 28, folder 6-7
General
1957-1973, 1990-2004
box 29, folder 1-2
Invitations, letters, cards and notes
1969-1972
box 29, folder 3
Freimuth, Edward
1957-2001
box 29, folder 4
Kabira, Kiyoshi
1967-1984
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings
box 29, folder 5
Martin, James V.
1973-2004
Scope and Contents note
Political advisor to the U.S. high commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands
box 29, folder 6
Miyagi, Etsujiro
1973-1978, 1966
box 29, folder 7
Najkachi, Masao
1997-2003
Scope and Contents note
Includes photograph. See also Ota, Masahide
box 29, folder 8
Okinawan prefecture government scholars visit
1997
box 29, folder 10
Sutu, T. T., K. S. Hsia, W. Kuai
1973-1975
Scope and Contents note
Personal correspondence
box 29, folder 12
USCAR prints of economic situations
1950-1971
box 29, folder 13
Cultural, Educational, Social
1958-1965
box 29, folder 14
Visit by Chief Executive Jugo Thoma to the Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.
1958 June-July
box 30, folder 1-2
Okinawan Reversion clippings
1971-1972
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese and English
box 30, folder 3
Clippings
circa 1960-1999
box 30, folder 4
Japanese newspapers
1969-1973, 1993-1995
box 30, folder 5
Newspapers: Japanese Declare War, Japanese Surrender
1941-1945
box 30, folder 5
Directory of Key Ryukyuan Personnel, Research and Evaluation Division, Public Affairs Department, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, 1969
1969
box 30, folder 5
Government of the Ryukyu Islands: Biographical Information, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Liaison Department
1969
box 30, folder 5
Okinawa, Keystone of the Pacific
circa 1960s
box 30, folder 5
Home Safety Manual, Ryukyus command headquarters
circa 1960s
Scope and Contents note
In English and Japanese
box 30, folder 5
U.S. Forces Okinawa telephone directory
1972
box 51
News media: Foreign correspondents and Japanese editors and reporters, Okinawan editors, reporters
circa 1960-1970
box 51
Miscellaneous: government, economic, academic, social
circa 1960-1970
box 48
Memorabilia: Stone in memory of the dedication of the Samuel C. Oglesby Monument, Okinawa
November 26, 1968
Okinawa Files Additional Materials
1950-2008
box 42, folder 1
USCAR notebooks
1968-1971
box 42, folder 2
Small notebooks
circa 1969
box 42, folder 3
President Eisenhower visit to Okinawa photographs
19 June 1960
box 42, folder 6
U.S. and Japan Okinawa Reversion Agreement
1971
box 42, folder 7
USCAR in Okinawa collected materials
1972-2008
box 43, folder 1
Speeches and reference materials
1972-1992
box 43, folder 2
Correspondence and organizational documents
1972
box 43, folder 3-4
Okinawa culture articles and clippings
1959-2005
box 43, folder 5
Okinawa history and geography collected materials
1964-2004
box 43, folder 6-7
Battle of Okinawa collected materials
1945
1948-2007
box 43, folder 8
Commodore Perry and the Gokoku Temple Bell collected materials
1953-2004
box 43, folder 9
Senkaku Islands collected materials
2005
box 44, folder 1
Okinawa collected articles, reports, and writings
2005-2008
box 44, folder 2
The Ryukyuanist newsletter
2005
box 44, folder 3-5
News clippings, magazines, and printed materials on Okinawa
1960-2006
box 44, folder 6
U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands book, Dai Nippon Printing Co, Ltd. Tokyo, in Japanese
1955
box 44, folder 7
"Okinawa: Why Are We There?" Conference, Liosnoff's Speech for Informational Conference on Okinawa
circa 2000
box 47
"Okinawa: Why Are We There?" digital image slideshow, 6 CD-Roms
2005
box 47
Okinawa: 50 years of History after World War II video tape
circa 1995
Oversize Materials
1935-2004
General note
See also Shanghai American School Association Records, Korea Files, and Okinawa Files for additional information
Scope and Contents note
Contains photograph albums of the Shanghai American School Association, Korea, and Okinawa. Also contains photographs, awards,
certificates, maps, and printed matter. Arranged by physical form.
box 31
Shanghai American School
1935-1988
box 48
South Korea, Pusan, and Tokyo, Japan
1951-1957
box 48
End of World War II, 1945 to Visit of President Eisenhower to Okinawa
1960
box 50
Okinawa
1953-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes groups and individual portraits of visitors and staff as well as recent photographs
box 32
U.S. Civil Administrator Robert A. Fearey and U.S. High Commissioner General James B. Lampert
1972
Scope and Contents note
Signed portrait photographs
box 32
Commendation certificates
1970-1972
box 32
Maps, Philippines and Tokyo
circa 1944
box 32
"China's Reconstruction,"
North China Daily News
10 October 1936
box 46
A New Atlas of China: Land, Air, and Sea Routes, by Marthe Rajchman, John Day Company, New York
1941
Okinawa Files Additional Materials
box 46
Certificates of Appreciation from Okinawa
1962-1963
box 46
Okinawan License Plate
1965
box 46
Chieko Liosnoff certificate of appreciation, Okinawa
1972
Family Identification Documents
1918-1948
box 46
Abram Liosnoff, Chinese Pharmacy certifications in Russian and Chinese
1934
box 46
Abram Liosnoff, American Pharmacy certifications
1948
box 46
Olga Beilin, Jersey City evening school certificate
1917
box 46
Plain English Will transparencies
circa 1980
drawer L04
Blueprints, map, and poster
Printed Matter
1945-1996
General note
See also Shanghai American School Association Records, Korea Files, and Okinawa files for additional information
Scope and Contents note
Consists of collected secondary sources mirroring the topics of original documentation in the collection. Of particular note
are published works inscribed by authors and Okinawan political figures Masahide Ota and Mikio Higa, personal friends of Liosnoff.
Some materials are in Japanese or Chinese. Arranged by subject, and then sorted alphabetically by title.
Shanghai American School Association
1945-1996
box 33
110 Shanghai Road, Monica Highland, McGraw-Hill, New York
1986
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the authors: Carolyn See, Lisa See, and John Espey
box 33
Barney: Journals of Harry Virden Bernard, Barbara Bernard McGee and Ruth Dorval Jones, self published
1982
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 33
Bridges to Beginnings, A collection of poems, Agnes Nasmith Johnson, ROAD Publishers, Painter, Virginia
1996
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 33
Minor Heresies, John J. Espey, Alfred A. Knopf, New York
1945
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 33
Minor Heresies, Major Departures: A China Mission Boyhood, John Espey, University of California Press
1994
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 33
Strong Drink, Strong Language, John Espey, John Daniel and Company, Santa Barbara, California
1990
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 33
Four Working Papers on Propaganda Theory, U.S. Information Agency and Institute of Communication Research, University of Illinois
1955
box 33
Psychological Warfare, by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Infantry Journal Press, 1950. Inscribed by the author
box 33
Psychological Warfare, Theories and Application, by Huang Chi-hsing and Chen Ying-leu, translated by Lee Wah-chung, Chi Hsing Press Branch, Hong Kong, 1955, inscribed by
the author
Okinawa and the Ryukyus
1955-1996
Periodicals and Magazines
box 33
Life on Okinawa magazine
1965
box 33
Loo-Choo Independent Magazine
1993
box 34
Konnichi no Ryukyu (Today's Ryukyus)
1962-1968
Scope and Contents note
Incomplete serial, some in Japanese
box 34
Okinawa International: A monthly publication
August 1958
February 1959
June 1959
box 34
Okinawa Graph
1959-1992,
Scope and Contents note
selected issues
box 34
Operation Goodwill
circa 1971
box 34
Quarterly Report of the Okinawan Problems, no.2, 1967, no.4
1969
box 34
A Request, Ginowan City Hall
May 1998
box 34
Ryukyu, Executive Government of the Ryukyus
1955, 1958-1964
box 34
Shurei No Hikari, (Light of the land of courtesy)
1970-1971
Scope and Contents note
Incomplete run of periodical includes special reversion issue
box 35
Shurei No Hikari, (Light of the land of courtesy)
1972
Scope and Contents note
Incomplete run of periodical includes special reversion issue
box 35
This week on Okinawa
1959-1966
Scope and Contents note
Incomplete serial set
box 35
Welcome Okusan, Officers' Wives Club
1971
box 35
America We Have Seen, the Midori Kai, Okinawa Times
1955
box 35
A Brief Glimpse into Okinawa's Past, Shiko Sakumoto
circa 1960s
box 35
Economic Development Study: Ryukyu Islands, Daniel, Mann Johnson and Medenhall and Japan Economic and Engineering Consultants, Ltd.
1968
box 36
Expo '75 Bulletin
1972-1975
box 36
Okinawa, Okinawa Prefectural Industries, Promotion Corporation
1991
box 36
Okinawa Enno Hokoku (Okinawa Report), Kenjiro Hamanishi
1961
box 36
Okinawa History, Bijutsu Shukan design center
1972
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese
box 36
Okinawa Hokoku (Okinawa Report), Asahi Shimbun
2000
box 36
Okinawa Information Guide and Telephone Directory
1964-1971, undated
box 36
Okinawa Ken 37 years of history: Tenth Anniversary of Reversion, Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo, George H. Kerr, et al.
1982
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese
box 36
On the Threshold of the Closed Empire, Edward C. Bollinger, William Carey Library, Pasadena, California
1991
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 36
"Political Process of Okinawa Reversion,"
International Relations, No. 2
1974
box 37
Ten Year History of the Ryukyu Development Loan Corporation
1972
box 37
Tours of Okinawa: A Souvenir Guide to Places of Interest, U.S. Army Service Clubs Okinawa, Bridgway Press
1959
box 37
Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, v. IV
December 1927
box 37
True Okinawan Spirit: the Life of Kotaro Kokuba, Kyoh Katoh
undated
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, signed by Kotaro Kokuba
box 37
Researches in Ryukyuan Ancient History, Liang Chia-pin
1960
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 37
Reflections on the Okinawan Experience, ed. Ronald Y. Nakasone, Dharma Cloud Publishers, Fremont, California
1996
box 37
Ryukyu Development Loan Corporation Annual Report
1972
box 37
We Loved Every Minute: Or Life in "Western" Japan, Sanae Yamazaki, Pacific Stars and Stripes
1958
box 37
The Battle of Okinawa, Masahide Ota
1984
box 37
A Comparative Study of American and Japanese Cartoons: In relation to the humor involved, Masahide Ota
1965
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 37
The Heart of Okinawa, Masahide Ota
1974
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, inscribed by the author
box 37
Korenga Okinawa Senda (Okinawa War), Masahide Ota
1977
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese
box 37
Okinawa Kiyozetsu Suru (Okinawan People's Opinions), Masahide Ota
1965
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, inscribed by the author
box 38
Okinawa-no Minshu Ishiki (Okinawans' Thinking), Masahide Ota
1967
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, inscribed by the author
box 38
Minikui Nihonjin (Ugly Japanese), Masahide Ota
1970
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, inscribed by the author
box 38
Sensoto Kodomo (War and Children), Masahide Ota
1980
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese
box 38
"The Reversion Theme in Current Okinawan Politics," Mikio Higa,
Asian Survey, Institute of International Studies, University of California, v. VII number 3
March 1967
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, inscribed by the author
box 38
Higa Mikio Seishun Den (Mikio Higa's younger days)
1979
Scope and Contents note
Story with cartoons in Japanese
box 38
Political and Parties in Postwar Okinawa, Mikio Higa, University of British Columbia
1963
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 38
Politics and Parties in Postwar Okinawa, Mikio Higa, published in Japan by Choo-Koron Sha Inc.
1965
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, inscribed by the author
box 38
Jitsugyo-No-Hawaii, 30th anniversary addition: Featuring timely messages to Japanese people in Hawaii from Army, Navy and
civilian leaders
, ed. Tetsuo Toyama
1941
box 38
Prince Matsuyama Sho Jun's Memorial Works
undated
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese
box 39
China and the World Press, Hollington K. Tong
1948
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 39
China Anthology: Seventy Years of Shanghai Tiffin Perspectives, ed. Victor T.H. Tsuan and Charles C. M. Chung, Compass Books
1996
box 39
Chiang Kai-shek, Hollington K. Tong, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Tokyo
1953
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 39
Communist China in World Politics, Harold C. Hinton, Houghton Mifflin, Boston
1966
box 39
Dateline: China, the Beginnings of China's Press Relations with the World, Hollington K. Tong, Rockport Press, New York
1950
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
box 39
The Rise of Communism in China, 1920-1950, Wang Yah-kang, Chung Shu Publishing Co., Hong Kong
1951
box 39
Soviet Russia in China, Chiang Kai-shek, Farrar, Strauss and Cudahy Inc. New York
1957
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by Major General Hsiao Cheng-chih
box 39
Tentative list of the 1400 most frequently used Chinese characters
undated
Family Identification Documents
1915-1946
box 45, folder 1
Russian and Chinese passport
1915
1916
1946
box 45, folder 2
Identification documents, Russian, Chinese, and U.S.
1915-1946
box 45, folder 3
Russian portraits
circa 1915-1930
Plain Language Materials
1980-2008
box 45, folder 4
Plain English for lawyers
1981-1985
box 45, folder 5
Language (Plain) forms
1974-1980
box 45, folder 6-7
Bank of America Plain Language
1978-2008
box 45, folder 8
Guide to Plain Language
circa 1985
box 49
Material not yet described
