Register of the Robert Edward Ward papers

Finding aid prepared by Jessica Lemieux

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: Robert Edward Ward papers

Date (inclusive): 1942-1987

Collection Number: 87014

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English and Japanese

Physical Description: 53 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 7 card file boxes, 1 oversize folder (32.5 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Reports, studies, memoranda, minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, and other printed matter, relating to area studies and foreign language studies in the United States, education to promote international understanding, and American-Japanese cultural relations.

Creator: Ward, Robert E., 1916-2009

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 1987.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert Edward Ward papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Robert Ward was born in San Francisco in 1916. He earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford in 1936. During World War II, Ward was recruited by the Naval Intelligence Service, attended the Navy Language School in Colorado and became a Japanese translator on General Douglas MacArthur's staff. He received the Legion of Merit award for his service. Following the end of the war, Ward returned to his studies and earned a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 1948.

Dr. Ward joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1948, where he taught political science, directed the Center for Japanese Studies, and served terms as President of the American Political Science Association and the Association for Asian Studies. He was also a member of the national council of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1968-1973.

Ward accepted a position at Stanford in 1973, where he founded the Center for Research in International Studies, precursor to the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He served as Director for the Center from 1973-1987. He was also a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution. Ward advocated for International Studies and Education, serving on the Presiden'ts Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies from 1978-1979. He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Social Science Research Council, and of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. He was a member of the American Panel of the United States-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON). In 1984 he received the Order of the Sacred Treasure from the government of Japan.

Ward retired from Stanford in 1987, and died on December 7, 2009.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Robert Ward papers is comprised of three series: Committees and Associations, Research Materials, and Subject File.

The Committees and Associations series contains correspondence, pamphlets, meeting minutes, and reports reflecting Ward's involvement with scholarly associations and his advocacy work for federal funding of International Studies education. Ward held leadership positions in both local and national educational associations and also worked to further connections between the United States and Japan. The files are arranged alphabetically according to association name.

The Research Materials and Drafts include notes, correspondence, bibliographies, a card file, preliminary drafts of books, and photocopies of original documents relating the political structure of the Japanese government and the United States occupation of Japan post World War II. The series was maintained in original order.

The Subject File contains reports, pamphlets, clippings, correspondence, and other printed matter relating to area studies and foreign language studies in the United States, education to promote international understanding, and American-Japanese cultural relations. It is arranged into published and unpublished material, then alphabetically by subject.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

International education

Intellectual cooperation

Area studies -- United States

Language and languages -- Study and teaching

United States -- Relations -- Japan

Japan -- Relations -- United States

United States. President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies

Japan-United States Friendship Commission

Committees and Associations 1959-1987

American Council on Education 1981-1984

box 1

Commission on International Education 1981-1984

box 2, folder 1-3

International Studies meeting, 8 November 1982 1982

box 2, folder 4-5

Lambert report 1984

box 2, folder 6-7

Conference on Innovative Curricula in International Studies 1981-1983

Association for Asian Studies 1959-1974

box 2, folder 8

1960 Annual Meeting, Panel on Japanese Constitution 1959-1960

box 2, folder 9

Presidential Commission on Professional Needs and Development. "The Funding of Asian Studies Programs in the United States." 1974

Association of American Universities 1982-1986

box 3

Department of Defense - University Forum 1982-1986

box 4, folder 1-2

Department of Defense - University Forum 1984-1986

box 4, folder 3

Legislative Proposal to create a National Foundation for Foreign Languages and International Studies 1986

box 4, folder 4-5

Research on Language and Area Studies (RLAS) Steering Committee 1983-1984

box 4, folder 6-10

Better Utilization of International Skills Task Force 1982-1983

box 5, folder 1-7

Better Utilization of International Skills Task Force 1982-1984

Bay Area and the World Project 1981-1985

box 6, folder 1-5

Correspondence 1982-1983

box 6, folder 6

Higher Education Survey 1982

box 6, folder 7

Proposal for 1983/1984 1983

box 6, folder 8

Final Report to the Hewlett Foundation 1985

box 7, folder 1

Final Conference Proceedings 1984

box 7, folder 2

Educating for International Competence: A Curriculum Survey of Bay Area Universities 1984

box 7, folder 3

Philanthropy and International Affairs 1984

box 7, folder 4

Foreign Language and International Studies in Selected Bay Area High Schools 1983

box 7, folder 5

Dollars, Francs, and Yen: International Banks and World Banking in the San Francisco Bay Area 1983

box 7, folder 6

The World's Students in Bay Area Universities 1983

box 7, folder 7

International Business Education in Bay Area Universities 1983

box 7, folder 8

Japan: A Profile of Ties with the San Francisco Bay Area 1983

box 7, folder 9

Republic of China (Taiwan): A Profile of Ties with the San Francisco Bay Area 1983

box 7, folder 9

Hong Kong: A Profile of Ties with the San Francisco Bay Area 1983

box 7, folder 10

San Francisco's Foreign Consulates: A Profile of What They Are, What They Do, and How They Affect the Bay Area 1982

box 7, folder 11

Analysis of International News Coverage by News Media 1982

Japan-United States Friendship Commission 1975-1984

box 7, folder 12-15

Correspondence 1976-1984

box 8, folder 1-2

Correspondence 1981-1982

box 8, folder 3

Act correspondence 1975-1976

box 8, folder 4

Library Advisory Committee 1978-1980

box 8, folder 5

Regional programs 1980

box 8, folder 6

Proposed abolition of by OMB 1981

box 8, folder 7-8

Tokyo, November 1980 1980-1981

box 8, folder 9

Tokyo, January 1982 1981-1983

National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies 1981-1986

box 8, folder 10

Task force to establish a council 1982-1983

box 8, folder 11

Beal Meeting 1982

box 9, folder 1-6

Correspondence 1981-1986

box 9, folder 7

Report of the Task Force on National Manpower Targets 1981

box 9, folder 8

Conference: Development and Utilization of International Skills, March 11, 1982 1981-1982

box 10, folder 1-2

Conference: Development and Utilization of International Skills, March 11, 1982 1981-1982

box 10, folder 3

National Foundation for Foreign Languages and International Studies 1986-1987

President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies 1974-1980

box 10, folder 4-5

Advanced Training and Research 1978-1979

box 10, folder 6

Arms Control Education and Academic Study Centers 1979

box 10, folder 7

Background Papers and Studies 1979 November

box 10, folder 8-9

Basic Documents 1978-1980

box 11, folder 1

Business and Trade Needs 1978-1979

box 11, folder 2

Business 1979-1980

box 11, folder 3-8

Correspondence and notes 1972-1979

box 12, folder 1-3

Correspondence and notes 1978-1979

box 12, folder 4

Developments and Prospects 1980

box 12, folder 5

Ethnic, Bilingual undated

box 12, folder 6-7

Follow-up Activities 1980

box 12, folder 8-9

International Education Language Materials 1974-1979

box 12, folder 10

Libraries undated

box 12, folder 11

Meetings 1979

box 13, folder 1-3

Personal and Institutional Representation 1978-1979

box 13, folder 4

Press Notices 1980

box 13, folder 5-9

Reports and Statements to the Commission 1974-1979

box 14, folder 1-2

Reports and Statements to the Commission 1974-1978

box 14, folder 3

Undergraduate 1979

Seven Springs group 1976-1977

box 14, folder 4

Agenda undated

box 14, folder 5-10

Correspondence 1976-1977

box 15, folder 1-3

Correspondence 1976-1977

box 15, folder 4

Draft of working paper 1977

box 15, folder 5

"National Needs for International Education" draft undated

box 15, folder 6

Kissinger-Matthews meeting 1976

box 15, folder 7-8

University of California system Foreign Language Committee 1982

box 16, folder 1-2

University of California system Foreign Language Committee 1981-1982

Research Materials and Drafts 1942-1978

Scope and Contents

Consists of notes, clippings, statistical tables, academic papers by others, and drafts of Ward's own analyses, reflecting Ward's interest in Japanese reconstruction post World War II.

Also contains correspondence and drafts related to writing articles and books.

Research Correspondence and notes regarding Japan 1947-1963

box 17, folder 1

Peter Duus correspondence 1959-1961

box 17, folder 2

Political Modernization of Japan project 1958-1960

box 17, folder 3

Political Modernization of Japan bibliographic leads 1961, undated

box 17, folder 4

National Archives correspondence regarding "Political Occupation of Japan" 1958-1962

box 17, folder 5

SCAP materials, Department of State 1955-1960

box 17, folder 6

SCAP materials, Library of Congress 1953-1958

box 17, folder 7

SCAP materials, Department of the Army 1947-1960

box 17, folder 8

Mrs. Frank R. McCoy correspondence 1959

box 17, folder 9

Johns Hopkins University Operations Research Office 1959

box 17, folder 10

Constitutional Investigation Committee 1958-1961

box 17, folder 11

Alfred R. Hussey correspondence 1957-1960

box 17, folder 12

Cyrus R. Peake corrrespondence 1956

box 17, folder 13

Battastini notes 1958

box 17, folder 14

Milo Rowell correspondence 1957-1958

box 17, folder 15

SCAP Civil Historical section 1955, undated

box 18, folder 1

Ballentine Occupation project 1953

box 18, folder 2

Sato, Isao 1963

Japanese Constitution and Government 1942-1978

box 18, folder 3-4

Miscellaneous papers on Constitution in ARH collection 1946, undated

box 18, folder 5

Commission on the Constitution 1962-1964

box 18, folder 6-7

Civil Service 1949-1964, undated

box 19, folder 1

Civil Service 1963-1964

box 19, folder 2-4

Local Government 1950-1966

box 57, folder 2-3

Basic Documents album 1945-1949

box 57, folder 4-7

Album of Organizational Charts Regarding Japanese Government undated

box 19, folder 5-7

Election Materials 1960-1964, undated

box 57, folder 1

Table of Conservative Party Voting Strength by Election Districts: Japan 1947-1955 undated

box 57, folder 8-9

Rolled tables of japanese election information undated

drawer F08

Rolled tables of japanese election information (continued)

box 20, folder 1

U.S. Advisory Committee on Postwar Foreign Policy 1942

box 20, folder 2-3

Constitution (Rowell, Mike) 1968

box 20, folder 4

Council on Foreign Relations, War and Peace Studies 1977

box 20, folder 5

Truman Library photocopies 1978

box 20, folder 6-8

SCAP photocopies 1946-1956

box 20, folder 9

SCAP Organization 1950-1951

Postwar Planning Agencies 1942-1949

box 21, folder 1

Finding aids undated

box 21, folder 2

SCAP basic documents 1943-1945

box 21, folder 3-5

State War Navy Coordinating Committee (SWNCC) 1945-1948

box 21, folder 6-7

Committee on Post War Programs (PWC) 1944

box 21, folder 8

H documents 1944

box 21, folder 9

P documents and minutes 1942-1944

box 21, folder 10

EP documents (Economic Policy) 1943

box 21, folder 11-12

T documents 1942-1945

box 21, folder 13

T minutes 1943

box 22, folder 1

S documents and minutes 1942-1943

box 22, folder 2

Blacklist and campus 1945

box 22, folder 3

War Department messages 1945-1949

box 22, folder 4

Joint Chiefs of Staff directives to SCAP 1945-1946

box 22, folder 5

Far Eastern Commission (FEC) papers 1946

box 22, folder 6

Van Slyke document undated

box 22, folder 7

Notter correspondence 1939-1940

box 22, folder 8

CAC documents 1944-1945

box 22, folder 9

PR documents 1945

box 22, folder 10

CAD-O14 file 1944-1945

box 22, folder 11

Joint Civil Affairs Commission (JCAC) documents 1945

box 22, folder 12

Joint War Plans Committee (JWPC) papers 1945

box 22, folder 13

Office of Strategic Services (OSS) papers 1945

Occupation 1945-1971

box 23, folder 1-2

Military Government 1946-1962

box 23, folder 3

Occupation materials in Western languages 1977

box 23, folder 4

Japanese on the American occupation 1969

box 23, folder 5

Policy and Practice 1949-1952

box 23, folder 6

Structure, Mission, Staff 1945-1968

box 23, folder 7

Nishihara notes on SCAPIN and SCAPIN-A 1965

box 23, folder 8

Manuscript ideas and notes 1969-1977

box 23, folder 9

Manuscript chapters I-II 1965-1969

box 23, folder 10

Planning for Defeat (Chapter III) 1969-1970

box 23, folder 11

Manuscript chapters III-V 1966-1971

Card file undated

Scope and Contents

Contains research notes regarding Japan after World War II.

box 50

I-A Pre-surrender planning

box 51

I-B Pre-surrender planning

box 51

II The occupation

box 52

II The occupation (continued)

box 52

III Reforms: general, constitution

box 52

IV Reforms: Purge, Parties and Elections, Osaka notes

box 53

IV Reforms: Purge, Parties and Elections, Osaka notes (continued)

box 53

V Reforms: civil service

box 54

V Reforms: civil service (continued)

box 54

VI Reforms: decentralization, civil code, conclusions

box 54

VII Interviews

box 55

VII Interviews (continued)

box 55

VIII Kempo Chosakai

box 56

IX Monographs

Subject File 1943-1987

Unpublished material 1943-1987

California 1979-1986

box 24, folder 1

California's International Trade 1981-1982

box 24, folder 2-4

California Pacific Rim Task Force 1979-1986

Education 1965-1987

box 24, folder 5

General 1978

box 24, folder 6

American Council of Learned Societies Annual Report 1971-1972

box 24, folder 7

American Science Manpower 1968

box 24, folder 8-9

Foreign Languages 1975-1984

box 25, folder 1-3

Foreign Languages 1978-1985

box 25, folder 4

Selected Items on Government-Sponsored Social Science Research 1965-1966

box 25, folder 6-7

U.S. Department of Education, Title VI 1973-1983

box 26, folder 1-4

U.S. Department of Education, Title VI 1973-1983

box 26, folder 5-8

U.S. Department of Education, Title VI National Resource Centers 1973-1983

box 27, folder 1

U.S. Department of Education, Title VI National Resource Centers 1976-1987

International Education 1960-1986

box 27, folder 2-7

General 1960-1984

box 28, folder 1-5

General 1977-1984

box 28, folder 6

Area Studies 1975-1979

box 28, folder 7

Change: the Magazine of Learning 1980

box 28, folder 8

Council of Learning Conference Planning kit 1981

box 29, folder 1

Department of Education 1980

box 29, folder 2

Department of State 1976-1980

box 29, folder 3

Employment 1977-1979

box 29, folder 4

Exchange Programs 1979-1980

box 29, folder 5

Financial 1975-1981

box 29, folder 6

Foreign Affairs Research 1979

box 29, folder 7

Foreign Language 1976-1986

box 29, folder 8

International Communication Agency 1980

box 29, folder 9-12

Legislation 1977-1982

box 30, folder 1

Legislation 1980

box 30, folder 2

Other Universities 1985-1986

box 30, folder 3

Precollegiate and Community 1978, undated

box 30, folder 4

Student Exchanges 1985

box 30, folder 5

United States Congress 1978

International Studies 1957-1987

box 30, folder 6-11

General 1967-1979

box 31, folder 1-6

General 1974-1986

box 31, folder 7

ACLS-SSRC Joint Committee on Eastern Europe 1979

box 31, folder 8

An Analysis of Stanford Area Studies Programs, 1963-1983 1983

box 31, folder 9

Area Studies 1974

box 32, folder 1

Area Studies (continued) 1974

box 32, folder 2-7

Asian Studies 1957-1978

box 33, folder 1

Asian Studies - "Regional International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis: South Asia" by Professor Stephen P. Cohen 1981

box 33, folder 2

Berkeley-Stanford Program on Soviet International Behavior 1985-1986

box 33, folder 3

Bibliography on International Studies RCN 6905 1979

box 33, folder 4

Comparative politics 1971

box 33, folder 8

Conference on Innovative Curricula in International Studies 1982

box 33, folder 6

Council on Foreign Relations undated

box 33, folder 7

FAR Horizons 1973-1977

box 33, folder 8

Federal support 1980

box 34, folder 1

Ford Foundation Report 1979

Foreign Area Fellowship Program in Africa 1971

Foreign Area Fellowship Program in Asia 1972

Foreign Language 1986

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) program, Department of Education 1982

box 34, folder 9

Government-sponsored research on foreign affairs 1978

box 34, folder 10

International Exchange 1971

box 34, folder 10

Japan 1984

box 35, folder 1-8

Japanese Studies 1972-1987

box 36, folder 1

Need for Education Reform 1977-1983

box 36, folder 2

Pacific Rim 1984-1987

box 36, folder 3

Problems 1967

box 36, folder 4

Research 1966-1972

box 36, folder 5-6

Russian Studies 1971-1982

box 36, folder 7

Social Sciences 1971

box 36, folder 8

U.S. Congress 1978

Japan 1943-1972

box 36, folder 9

Bibliographies album undated

box 36, folder 10-11

Constitution 1946-1972

box 37, folder 1-5

Constitution 1946-1965, undated

box 37, folder 6

Foreign Service list 1946-1947

box 37, folder 7

Hussey papers 1962

box 37, folder 8

MacArthur 1946-1970

box 57, folder 10

Maps undated

Language of Material: Japanese.

drawer F08

Maps (continued)

box 38, folder 1-4

Occupation in retrospect 1946-1968

box 38, folder 5-8

Occupation study by T. A. Bisson undated

box 38, folder 9

SCAP personnel 1950, 1969

Sound recordings 1964-1967, undated

box 59, folder 1

Okazaki's article (or memoirs) from Gaikō Jihō, for Professor Ward, dictated by Nishihara 1964 February-May

Physical Description: 9 dictation belts

box 59, folder 2

Asahi Shinbun July 17-Aug. 22, 1945; Belts 1-7 and 27-28 1964 October 8

Physical Description: 9 dictation belts

box 59, folder 3

Asahi Shinbun 1945 August-December; Belt 8-13 1964

Physical Description: 6 dictation belts

box 59, folder 4

Asahi Shinbun 1945 August 27; Belt 14-26 1964

Physical Description: 12 dictation belts

box 59, folder 5

A brief history of the Local Government Council, to Dr. Ward fom Masa 1966 July 13

Physical Description: 2 dictation belts

box 59, folder 6

The Impact of Japanese private proposals on the MacArthur Draft and the Government Draft, for Dr. Ward from M. Nishihara 1967 March 31

Physical Description: 5 dictation belts

box 59, folder 7

Two news articles from the Nippon Times June 20, 1946 and January 28, 1946; for Dr. Ward from Masa Nishihara 1967 May 1

Physical Description: 2 dictation belts

box 59, folder 8

On Possible Impacts of Private Proposals on the Constitution of Japan, For Dr. Ward from Masa Nishihara 1967 May 8

Physical Description: 5 dictation belts

box 59, folder 9

On political parties in early Japan, source: Masumi Junnosuke, Seitōshirou. Tokyo: Tokyo University Press, 1965, volume I. up to page 197 undated

Physical Description: 4 dictation belts

box 39, folder 1

Staging and Termination 1964-1969

box 39, folder 2-4

Translations by Masa Nishihara 1967-1968

box 39, folder 5-8

United States 1943-1956

box 16, folder 3-5

United States 1943-1956, undated

Printed Matter 1947-1987

box 45

Comparative Public Administration 1952-1962

Education and Academia 1947-1985

box 40

Education 1961-1985

box 41

Education 1961-1985

box 41

ACLS newsletter 1961-1981

box 41

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) publications 1947-1973

box 42

International Education 1966-1987

box 43

International Education 1966-1987

box 44

International Education 1966-1987

box 46

International Student Exchanges 1971-1987

International Studies 1951-1987

box 47

Asian Studies 1959-1987

box 45

Foreign Policy 1975-1983

box 48

Japanese Studies 1970s-1980s

box 49

Japanese Studies 1970s-1980s

box 58

Japanese Studies 1970s-1980s

box 44

Language Studies and Area Studies 1951-1986

box 60

Language Studies and Area Studies 1951-1986

box 45

Latin American Studies 1971, undated

box 45

Library resources 1975-1979

box 61

Program brochures and course catalogs from other universities 1980s

box 62

Program brochures and course catalogs from other universities 1980s

box 45

Russian Studies 1983