Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Laurence Maxon Wiig collection
- Dates:
- 1942-1988
- Creators:
- Wiig, Laurence Maxon
- Abstract:
- Writings, correspondence, and photocopies of United States Army Psychological Warfare Branch, Office of War Information, State Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda and reports, relating to activities of the Japanese-American Koji Ariyoshi as an American psychological warfare specialist and liaison with Chinese communist forces during World War II, as a Smith Act case defendant in Hawaii in 1951, and subsequently as president of the Hawaii-China People's Friendship Association.
- Extent:
- 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Laurence Maxon Wiig collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Writings, correspondence, and photocopies of United States Army Psychological Warfare Branch, Office of War Information, State Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda and reports, relating to activities of the Japanese-American Koji Ariyoshi as an American psychological warfare specialist and liaison with Chinese communist forces during World War II, as a Smith Act case defendant in Hawaii in 1951, and subsequently as president of the Hawaii-China People's Friendship Association.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1994.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Communism -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
Japanese Americans
World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects
Propaganda, American -- Japan
Internal security -- United States - Names:
- Wiig, Laurence Maxon
Ariyoshi, Koji, 1914-1976 - Places:
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
United States -- Armed Forces
Hawaii
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-02 09:15:23.953411
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Laurence Maxon Wiig collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563