Register of the Alexander Liosnoff papers
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Konzak
Hoover Institution Archives
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Stanford University
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© 2007
Title: Alexander Liosnoff papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-2005
Collection Number: 2005C19
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
44 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 cubic foot box
(17.8 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.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Creator:
Liosnoff, Alexander, 1920-
Access
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alexander Liosnoff papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2005.
Accruals
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
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 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
Shanghai American School Association.
Shanghai American School.
United States. Army.
Americans--China.
Education--China.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Propaganda.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Psychological aspects.
Okinawa-ken (Japan)
Prisoners of war.
Propaganda, American--Korea (North)
Radio broadcasting--Korea (North)
Ryukyu Islands (United States Civil Administration, 1945-1972)
Ryukyu Islands--History--1945-1972.
Shanghai (China)
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 Archives Associate Archivist for Collection Development.
Box/Folder 1 : 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/Folder 2 : 1
Administrative correspondence, American Consulate General, Shanghai,
1997
Box/Folder 2 : 7
Activities,
1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes Chinese mayor's visit to U.S.
Box/Folder 2 : 8-11
Liosnoff, Alexander,
1979-2001
Box/Folder 3 : 1
Armstrong, Oscar,
1989-2002
Scope and Contents note
Executive committee
Box/Folder 3 : 2
Arnold, Jack,
1989-2004
Scope and Contents note
Executive committee
Box/Folder 3 : 3
Barr, Betty,
1989-2003
Scope and Contents note
Shanghai news correspondent
Box/Folder 3 : 4
Belknap, Ted, officer,
1990-1992
Scope and Contents note
Class of 1940 aide
Box/Folder 3 : 5
Campbell, Ruth Creighton,
1992-2003
Scope and Contents note
Newsletter artist
Box/Folder 3 : 6
Cavanaugh, Jim,
1989-1995
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1948-1951
Box/Folder 3 : 7
Gallimore, Bob,
1989-1991
Scope and Contents note
Officer
Box/Folder 3 : 8
Harnsberger, Jim,
1991-1995
Scope and Contents note
President, officer
Box/Folder 3 : 9
Hazzard, Mike,
1986-1995
Scope and Contents note
Officer
Box/Folder 3 : 10
Heinrichsohn, Theodor (Teddy),
1992-2004
Scope and Contents note
President
Box/Folder 3 : 11
Hoffman, Jim,
1989-1997
Scope and Contents note
Officer
Box/Folder 3 : 12
Jordan, Faison (Bill),
1989-1990
Scope and Contents note
Officer
Box/Folder 4 : 1
Jorgensen, Lorents (Larry),
1988-1998
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1940
Box/Folder 4 : 2
Karegeannes, Carrie,
1992-2002
Scope and Contents note
Officer
Box/Folder 4 : 3-4
Krisel, Lionel,
1977-1999
Scope and Contents note
President, treasurer
Box/Folder 4 : 5
Locke, Harriet,
1995-1997
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1950 and later, Peace Corps
Box/Folder 4 : 6
McAllister, Mary Frances Espey,
1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1927 and earlier
Box/Folder 4 : 7
McClure, George,
1987-1997
Scope and Contents note
Officer
Box/Folder 4 : 8
McKeever, Susan L.,
1986-1991
Scope and Contents note
Executive committee
Box/Folder 4 : 9
Mills, Angie,
1989-2003
Scope and Contents note
News editor, class representative, 1942
Box/Folder 4 : 10
Namey, Mary W.,
1986-1999
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1938
Box/Folder 4 : 11
Pryor, Lois,
1991-2002
Scope and Contents note
Officer
Box/Folder 4 : 13
Stannard, Jean,
1990-1998
Scope and Contents note
Class representative, 1941
Box/Folder 5 : 1
Walker, Millidge,
1991-1998
Box/Folder 5 : 2
Wentworth, Phoebe,
1988-2001
Box/Folder 5 : 3-4
Wiant, Al,
1994-2003
Scope and Contents note
President
Box/Folder 5 : 5
Witts, Pauline,
2003-2004
Box/Folder 5 : 6-8
Biographies,
1986-2001, undated
Box/Folder 6 : 1
Barnett, A. Doak,
1950-1996
Box/Folder 6 : 2
Crum, Guy and Bill,
1966, 1991 1994
Box/Folder 6 : 5
Freeman Foundation, Houghton (Buck) Freeman,
1987-2003
Box/Folder 6 : 6
Furnas, Wendell,
2002-2003
Box/Folder 6 : 7
Greenhut, Barry,
1993-1996
Box/Folder 6 : 8
Hanson, William L.,
1990, 1996
Box/Folder 6 : 10
Horton, Dr. Tony,
1990-2000
Box/Folder 6 : 11
Hsu, Ming Chen,
1990-2000
Box/Folder 6 : 13
Lilley, James R.,
1989-2004
Scope and Contents note
Former Ambassador to China, includes micro cassette
Box/Folder 6 : 14
Montgomery, Ronald,
1990-1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
Box/Folder 7 : 1
Noyes, Dorothy Stannard,
1995-1998
Box/Folder 7 : 3
Peretz, Dwight I.,
1994-1995
Box/Folder 7 : 5
Root, Kapsy Russel and Charles,
1992-1999
Box/Folder 7 : 6
Roy, Ambassador J. Stapleton,
1991-2003
Box/Folder 7 : 7
Schmid, Beth Louis,
1988-1998
Box/Folder 7 : 10
Silver, Pat Dunn,
1996-1997
Box/Folder 7 : 11
Smith, Huston,
1982-1997
Scope and Contents note
Includes a photograph
Box/Folder 7 : 13
Stamps, George and Helen,
1991
Box/Folder 7 : 14
Stimpson, Mary Bills,
1994
Box/Folder 7 : 15
Stocker, Hugh Marion,
1989-1990 1996
Box/Folder 7 : 16
Tappan, David S.
1989-1991 2002
Box/Folder 7 : 17
Wallace, Barbara Brooks,
1994
Box/Folder 7 : 20
Wilson, Pete,
1991
Scope and Contents note
Former Governor of California
Box/Folder 7 : 21
Class of 1938,
1986-1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes yearbook copies and California license plate, SASA 38
Box/Folder 7 : 22
1986, Asilomar, California,
1986
Box/Folder 7 : 23
1987, Hershey, Pennsylvania,
1987
Box/Folder 8 : 1-6
1988, Santa Rosa, California
1987-1988
Box/Folder 9 : 1
1988, Santa Rosa, California
1988
Box/Folder 9 : 2
1989, 1994, Williamsburg, Virginia,
1989, 1993-1994
Scope and Contents note
Includes micro cassette of Ambassador Lilley's speech in 1994
Box/Folder 9 : 3
1989 for post-war classes, Culver City, California,
1989
Box/Folder 9 : 4
1990, Class of 1940, Washington, D.C.,
1990
Box/Folder 9 : 5
1990, China Camp State Park, San Francisco, California,
1990
Box/Folder 9 : 6-10
1991, San Diego, California,
1991
Box/Folder 9 : 11
1992, Kansas City, Missouri,
1992
1994, Williamsburg, Virginia
General note
(see 1989 file)
Box/Folder 9 : 12
1997, Sarasota, Florida,
1997
Box/Folder 9 : 13
2000, Roslyn, Virginia,
2000
Box/Folder 10 : 1
2002, Gatlinburg, Tennessee,
2001-2002
Box/Folder 10 : 2-4
2003, Orlando, Florida,
2002-2003
Scope and Contents note
Includes panel preparations
Box/Folder 10 : 5
Old China Hands Reunions,
1990-1996, undated
Chronological Correspondence
Box/Folder 12 : 4-5
SASA News,
1989-Fall 2004
SASA Additional Materials,
1938-2009
Box/Folder 40 : 1
Shanghai American School (SAS) diploma,
1938
Box/Folder 40 : 2
SAS felt letters,
circa 1938
Box/Folder 40 : 3
Appointment calendars,
1995-1996, 1998-2000
Box/Folder 40 : 6
SASA publications correspondence,
1997-1998
Box 47
Reunion videos,
1994, 1998
Box 47
SAS audio tape, G.H. Stocker,
undated
Box/Folder 40 : 9
"China Memoirs," prepared for the SAS reunion,
Oct-02
Box/Folder 40 : 10
Dripping with Nostalgia: China, 1900-1937, typescript by Hugh Stocker,
1998
Box/Folder 40 : 11
Shanghai, by Harriet Sergeant,
1991
Box/Folder 40 : 12-13
Supplementary materials to the Shanghai book by Lynn Pan
Box/Folder 40 : 14
Shanghai: A century of change in photographs 1843-1949 by Lynn Pan, reviews,
2009
Box 41
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/Folder 15 : 1
Psywar operations, programs,
1951-1967
Box/Folder 15 : 2
Radio station HLKA, Pusan,
1951-1952
Box/Folder 15 : 3
News commentaries scripts,
1951-1956
Box/Folder 15 : 4
Prisoner of war taped interview transcripts,
1952
Box/Folder 15 : 5
Major Joo Yong Bok,
1952-1993
Box/Folder 15 : 6
Prisoner of war camps,
1951-1956
Box/Folder 15 : 7
Official reports on prisoners of war,
1953, 1956
Box/Folder 15 : 8
Press releases, and wire services teletypes,
1952-1953
Box/Folder 15 : 9
Propaganda analyses,
1954-1955
Box/Folder 15 : 10
Leaflets,
1953-1954
Scope and Contents note
In Korean, Russian, and Japanese
Box/Folder 15 : 11-12
Leaflets, posters, and news sheets,
circa 1951-1954
Scope and Contents note
In Korean and Russian
Box/Folder 15 : 13
Korean War armistice,
1951-1954
Box/Folder 15 : 14
Survey of China mainland press source material,
1953
Box/Folder 15 : 15
Korea, general publications,
1951-1962
Korea Files Additional Materials,
1937-2005
Box/Folder 41 : 1
Psywar Korea leaflets,
1952-1953
Box/Folder 41 : 2-3
Psywar Korea press and analysis,
1952-1955
Box/Folder 41 : 4
Korean War Speech materials,
1952-2007
Box/Folder 41 : 5
John William (Bill) Powell,
1952-1982
Box/Folder 41 : 6-7
Kenneth Wu (military interpreter) correspondence,
1951-2005
Box/Folder 41 : 8
Japan collected materials,
1945-1987
Box/Folder 41 : 9
China and Chinese language collected materials,
1937-1953
Box/Folder 41 : 10
Military Intelligence Service Association of Northern California,
1998-2006
Box/Folder 41 : 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/Folder 16 : 1
Briefings, treaties, and executive orders,
1951, 1957-1971
Box/Folder 16 : 2
Briefings, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands,
1960-1972, 1992, 1999
Scope and Contents note
Briefings and mission organization
Box/Folder 16 : 3
GRI (Government of the Ryukyu Islands),
1957-1972, 2000
Box/Folder 16 : 4
Legal documentation,
1957-1973
Box/Folder 16 : 5
Fact sheets and fact books,
1962-1963, 1972
Box/Folder 17 : 1
Okinawa Briefings,
1962-1971
Box/Folder 17 : 2
U.S. - Japan mutual security policy,
1955-1972, 1992, 1996-2000
Box/Folder 17 : 3
Geopolitical information, published Japanese opinions,
1962-1973, 1996
Box/Folder 17 : 4
News conferences, interviews,
1960-1970
Box/Folder 17 : 5
Special Action Committee on Okinawa (SACO) report,
1996
Box/Folder 17 : 6
Organizational chart,
1971
Box/Folder 17 : 7
Bases,
1964-1972, 1990-2000
Box/Folder 18 : 1
Land acquisition,
1955-1970
Box/Folder 18 : 2
Image incidents,
1959-1971, 1991-2000
Box/Folder 18 : 3
Gas and nuclear weapons,
1965-1972, 1999
1945 Battle of Okinawa,
1945-1967, 1987-2000
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
Box/Folder 18 : 4
Committees and commissions,
1965-1971
Box/Folder 18 : 5
Agreements,
1965-1974, 2000
Box/Folder 19 : 1
Cultural centers,
1970-1972
Box/Folder 19 : 2
Bank of the Ryukyus,
1960 1971-1972
Box/Folder 19 : 3
Articles on Reversion Actions,
1961-1973
Box/Folder 19 : 5
G-8 Summit 2000,
1999-2000
Box/Folder 19 : 7
Prime Minister Sato,
1965-1973
Box/Folder 19 : 8
Masahide Ota writings and clippings,
1965-1968, 1984, 1990-2001
Box/Folder 19 : 9
Masahide Ota visit to U.S. documentation,
1998
Box/Folder 20 : 1-2
Masahide Ota correspondence,
1967-2000
Box/Folder 20 : 3-4
Dr. Mikio Higa articles and correspondence,
1962-2005
Box/Folder 20 : 5
President Eisenhower visit to Okinawa,
19 June 1960
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
Box/Folder 20 : 6
Elections,
1952-1970, 2000
Box/Folder 20 : 7
Messages from the U.S. High Commissioner to the Government of the Ryukyu Islands,
1959-1968
Box/Folder 20 : 8
Senkaku Retto (in Japanese) or Diao-Yu Tai (in Chinese) Islands,
1972-1974, 1982, 1990-2000
Political opinion publications
Box/Folder 21 : 1
Ryukyuan,
1957-1972, 1989-1997
Box/Folder 21 : 6
U.S. financial contributions,
1959-1971
Box/Folder 22 : 1
Bank of America,
1972-1975
Box/Folder 22 : 3
Tourism,
1960-2000, undated
Box/Folder 22 : 4
Busena Resort Corporation, Site of G-8 Summit
circa 2000
Box/Folder 22 : 7
N.S. Savannah,
1956-1968
Scope and Contents note
Atomic powered merchant ship visit
Box/Folder 22 : 8
Junior Chamber International conference,
1963
Box/Folder 22 : 9
Pacific Festival, Kyuyo Maru,
1959-1960
Box/Folder 23 : 1
Hawaii immigration,
1963-1965, 1982-2000
Box/Folder 23 : 2
Public health,
1961 1971-1972
Box/Folder 23 : 3
Education and welfare,
1962-1972, 1992, 2000
Box/Folder 23 : 4
University of the Ryukyus,
1961-1962, 1972, 1992
Box/Folder 23 : 5
Golden Gate Club,
1952-1969
Box/Folder 23 : 6
Culture,
1960-1973, 1987-1995, 2000
Box/Folder 23 : 7
Cultural arts and dance,
1958-1960, 1974-2000
Box/Folder 24 : 1
Crafts,
1965-1971, 1997-2000
Box/Folder 24 : 2
Rites and festivals,
1962-1971, 2000
U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) Public Affairs
Box/Folder 24 : 3
Policies and operations,
1958-1972
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
Box/Folder 24 : 4
Projects,
1951-1972
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
Box/Folder 24 : 5
News media correspondence,
1958-1972
Box/Folder 24 : 6
General correspondence,
1967-1996
Box/Folder 25 : 1-2
News media file,
1953-1979
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
Box/Folder 25 : 3
Konnichi No Ryukyu (Ryukus Today) magazine,
1957-1970
General note
See also Printed Matter.
Box/Folder 25 : 4
Bibliography, gazetteer,
1923-2001, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes maps
Box/Folder 25 : 5
Commodore Perry, Dr. Bettelheim,
1882-1937
Scope and Contents note
Photographic copies of historical correspondence
Box/Folder 25 : 6
Commodore Matthew C. Perry, U.S. Navy,
1945-1971, 1987-1989
Box/Folder 25 : 7
General Historical,
1945-2000
Box/Folder 26 : 1
General Historical,
1945-2000
Box/Folder 26 : 2
Political surveys and polls,
1958-1971
Box/Folder 27 : 8
Public Affairs Department, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyus,
1960-1972, 1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs, reports, and clippings
Box/Folder 28: 1
Ryukyu Press Group visits the government information office of China,
1969
Scope and Contents note
Includes photographs
Box/Folder 28 : 2
High Commissioner and Civil Administrator speech texts,
1960-1972
Box/Folder 28 : 3
Japanese views: Okinawa press translations,
1961-1967
Box/Folder 28 : 4-5
News media,
1950-1973, 1987-2000
Box/Folder 28 : 6-7
General,
1957-1973, 1990-2004
Box/Folder 29 : 1-2
Invitations, letters, cards and notes,
1969-1972
Box/Folder 29 : 3
Freimuth, Edward,
1957-2001
Box/Folder 29 : 4
Kabira, Kiyoshi,
1967-1984
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings
Box/Folder 29 : 5
Martin, James V.,
1973-2004
Scope and Contents note
Political advisor to the U.S. high commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands
Box/Folder 29 : 6
Miyagi, Etsujiro,
1973-1978, 1966
Box/Folder 29 : 7
Najkachi, Masao,
1997-2003
Scope and Contents note
Includes photograph. See also Ota, Masahide
Box/Folder 29 : 8
Okinawan prefecture government scholars visit,
1997
Box/Folder 29 : 10
Sutu, T. T., K. S. Hsia, W. Kuai,
1973-1975
Scope and Contents note
Personal correspondence
Box/Folder 29 : 12
USCAR prints of economic situations,
1950-1971
Box/Folder 29 : 13
Cultural, Educational, Social,
1958-1965
Box/Folder 29 : 14
Visit by Chief Executive Jugo Thoma to the Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.,
1958 June-July
Box/Folder 30 : 1-2
Okinawan Reversion clippings,
1971-1972
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese and English
Box/Folder 30 : 3
Clippings,
circa 1960-1999
Box/Folder 30 : 4
Japanese newspapers,
1969-1973, 1993-1995
Box/Folder 30 : 5
Newspapers: Japanese Declare War, Japanese Surrender,
1941-1945
Directory of Key Ryukyuan Personnel, Research and Evaluation Division, Public Affairs Department, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, 1969
1969
Government of the Ryukyu Islands: Biographical Information, U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, Liaison Department,
1969
Okinawa, Keystone of the Pacific,
circa 1960s
Home Safety Manual, Ryukyus command headquarters,
circa 1960s
Scope and Contents note
In English and Japanese
U.S. Forces Okinawa telephone directory,
1972
News media: Foreign correspondents and Japanese editors and reporters, Okinawan editors, reporters,
circa 1960-1970
Miscellaneous: government, economic, academic, social,
circa 1960-1970
Memorabilia: Stone in memory of the dedication of the Samuel C. Oglesby Monument, Okinawa,
November 26, 1968
Okinawa Files Additional Materials,
1950-2008
Box/Folder 42 : 1
USCAR notebooks,
1968-1971
Box/Folder 42 : 2
Small notebooks,
circa 1969
Box/Folder 42 : 3
President Eisenhower visit to Okinawa photographs,
19 June 1960
Box/Folder 42 : 6
U.S. and Japan Okinawa Reversion Agreement,
1971
Box/Folder 42 : 7
USCAR in Okinawa collected materials,
1972-2008
Box/Folder 43 : 1
Speeches and reference materials,
1972-1992
Box/Folder 43 : 2
Correspondence and organizational documents,
1972
Box/Folder 43 : 3-4
Okinawa culture articles and clippings,
1959-2005
Box/Folder 43 : 5
Okinawa history and geography collected materials,
1964-2004
Box/Folder 43 : 6-7
Battle of Okinawa collected materials,
1945, 1948-2007
Box/Folder 43 : 8
Commodore Perry and the Gokoku Temple Bell collected materials,
1953-2004
Box/Folder 43 : 9
Senkaku Islands collected materials,
2005
Box/Folder 44 : 1
Okinawa collected articles, reports, and writings,
2005-2008
Box/Folder 44 : 2
The Ryukyuanist newsletter,
2005
Box/Folder 44 : 3-5
News clippings, magazines, and printed materials on Okinawa,
1960-2006
Box/Folder 44 : 6
U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands book, Dai Nippon Printing Co, Ltd. Tokyo, in Japanese,
1955
Box/Folder 44 : 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.
Shanghai American School,
1935-1988
South Korea, Pusan, and Tokyo, Japan,
1951-1957
End of World War II, 1945 to Visit of President Eisenhower to Okinawa,
1960
Okinawa,
1953-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes groups and individual portraits of visitors and staff as well as recent photographs
U.S. Civil Administrator Robert A. Fearey and U.S. High Commissioner General James B. Lampert,
1972
Scope and Contents note
Signed portrait photographs
Commendation certificates,
1970-1972
Maps, Philippines and Tokyo,
circa 1944
"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
Box 46
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
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.
Box 33
Shanghai American School Association,
1945-1996
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
Barney: Journals of Harry Virden Bernard, Barbara Bernard McGee and Ruth Dorval Jones, self published,
1982
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
Bridges to Beginnings, A collection of poems, Agnes Nasmith Johnson, ROAD Publishers, Painter, Virginia,
1996
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
Minor Heresies, John J. Espey, Alfred A. Knopf, New York,
1945
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
Minor Heresies, Major Departures: A China Mission Boyhood, John Espey, University of California Press,
1994
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
Strong Drink, Strong Language, John Espey, John Daniel and Company, Santa Barbara, California,
1990
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
Four Working Papers on Propaganda Theory, U.S. Information Agency and Institute of Communication Research, University of Illinois,
1955
Psychological Warfare, by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Infantry Journal Press, 1950. Inscribed by the author
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
Life on Okinawa magazine,
1965
Loo-Choo Independent Magazine,
1993
Box 34
Konnichi no Ryukyu (Today's Ryukyus),
1962-1968
Scope and Contents note
Incomplete serial, some in Japanese
Okinawa International: A monthly publication,
August 1958, February 1959, June 1959
Okinawa Graph,
1959-1992,
Scope and Contents note
selected issues
Operation Goodwill,
circa 1971
Quarterly Report of the Okinawan Problems, no.2, 1967, no.4,
1969
A Request, Ginowan City Hall,
May 1998
Ryukyu, Executive Government of the Ryukyus,
1955, 1958-1964
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
This week on Okinawa,
1959-1966
Scope and Contents note
Incomplete serial set
Welcome Okusan, Officers' Wives Club,
1971
America We Have Seen, the Midori Kai, Okinawa Times,
1955
A Brief Glimpse into Okinawa's Past, Shiko Sakumoto,
circa 1960s
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
Okinawa, Okinawa Prefectural Industries, Promotion Corporation,
1991
Okinawa Enno Hokoku (Okinawa Report), Kenjiro Hamanishi,
1961
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
Okinawa History, Bijutsu Shukan design center,
1972
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese
Okinawa Hokoku (Okinawa Report), Asahi Shimbun,
2000
Okinawa Information Guide and Telephone Directory,
1964-1971, undated
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
On the Threshold of the Closed Empire, Edward C. Bollinger, William Carey Library, Pasadena, California,
1991
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
"Political Process of Okinawa Reversion,"
International Relations, No. 2,
1974
Box 37
Ten Year History of the Ryukyu Development Loan Corporation,
1972
Tours of Okinawa: A Souvenir Guide to Places of Interest, U.S. Army Service Clubs Okinawa, Bridgway Press,
1959
Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, v. IV,
December 1927
True Okinawan Spirit: the Life of Kotaro Kokuba, Kyoh Katoh,
undated
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, signed by Kotaro Kokuba
Researches in Ryukyuan Ancient History, Liang Chia-pin,
1960
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
Reflections on the Okinawan Experience, ed. Ronald Y. Nakasone, Dharma Cloud Publishers, Fremont, California,
1996
Ryukyu Development Loan Corporation Annual Report,
1972
Sightseeing Okinawa,
1971
We Loved Every Minute: Or Life in "Western" Japan, Sanae Yamazaki, Pacific Stars and Stripes,
1958
The Battle of Okinawa, Masahide Ota,
1984
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
The Heart of Okinawa, Masahide Ota,
1974
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, inscribed by the author
Korenga Okinawa Senda (Okinawa War), Masahide Ota,
1977
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese
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
Minikui Nihonjin (Ugly Japanese), Masahide Ota,
1970
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese, inscribed by the author
Sensoto Kodomo (War and Children), Masahide Ota,
1980
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese
"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
Higa Mikio Seishun Den (Mikio Higa's younger days),
1979
Scope and Contents note
Story with cartoons in Japanese
Political and Parties in Postwar Okinawa, Mikio Higa, University of British Columbia,
1963
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
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
Jitsugyo-No-Hawaii, 30th anniversary addition: Featuring timely messages to Japanese people in Hawaii from Army, Navy and
civilian leaders
, ed. Tetsuo Toyama,
1941
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
China Anthology: Seventy Years of Shanghai Tiffin Perspectives, ed. Victor T.H. Tsuan and Charles C. M. Chung, Compass Books,
1996
Chiang Kai-shek, Hollington K. Tong, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Tokyo,
1953
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by the author
Communist China in World Politics, Harold C. Hinton, Houghton Mifflin, Boston,
1966
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
The Rise of Communism in China, 1920-1950, Wang Yah-kang, Chung Shu Publishing Co., Hong Kong,
1951
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
Tentative list of the 1400 most frequently used Chinese characters,
undated
Family Identification Documents,
1915-1946
Box/Folder 45 : 1
Russian and Chinese passport,
1915, 1916, 1946
Box/Folder 45 : 2
Identification documents, Russian, Chinese, and U.S.,
1915-1946
Box/Folder 45 : 3
Russian portraits,
circa 1915-1930
Plain Language Materials,
1980-2008
Box/Folder 45 : 4
Plain English for lawyers,
1981-1985
Box/Folder 45 : 5
Language (Plain) forms,
1974-1980
Box/Folder 45 : 6-7
Bank of America Plain Language,
1978-2008
Box/Folder 45 : 8
Guide to Plain Language,
circa 1985
