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  • Title: Daniel B. Luten Jr. papers
    Date (inclusive): 1931-1964
    Collection Number: 80064
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes (2.4 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: American demographer and technical adviser to the chief, Natural Resources Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan, 1948-1950. Materials include writings, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to natural resources and population in Japan, and the question of birth control.
    Creator: Luten, Daniel B., 1908-
    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

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Daniel B. Luten Jr. Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Biographical Note

    1908, March 15 Born, Indianapolis, Indiana
    1929 B.A. Darthmouth College
    1933 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
    1935-1961 Research Chemist, Development Supervisor, Shell Oil Company adn Shell Development Company, Martinez and Emeryville, California
    1948-1950 (on leave) Technical Advisor to the Chief, Natural Resources Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan
    1962-1975 Lecturer, University of California Berkeley

    Scope and Content of Collection

    American demographer and technical adviser to the chief, Natural Resources Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan, 1948-1950. Materials include writings, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to natural resources and population in Japan, and the question of birth control.

    Arrangement

    Arranged into four series: Correspondence, Subject File, Press Comments of demographic, economic and political problems of Japan, and Press comments of demographic, economic and political problems of the countries other than Japan.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Military government
    Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
    Birth control -- Japan
    Natural resources -- Japan
    Japan -- Population
    Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers