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Title: Willys Ruggles Peck papers
Date (inclusive): 1902-1952
Collection Number: 53005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 envelope
(5.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diary and other writings, correspondence, memoranda, biography, and clippings, relating to Chinese foreign relations, domestic
politics in China, and the Japanese occupation in Bangkok, Thailand, during World War II.
Creator:
Peck, Willys Ruggles, 1882-1952
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1953
[Identification of item], Willys Ruggles Peck Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of the Collection
The Willys Ruggles Peck papers include correspondence and writings related to the life and career of Willys Peck in China
as American Consul General in Nanking. Included are many family letters, but also letters between Peck and fellow diplomats,
including John V.A. MacMurray, Stanley Hornbeck, and Nelson T. Johnson, spanning a time period basically from 1900 to the
end of World War II.
Includes a report and photo album by American Vice Consul Lincoln C. Reynolds (Peck's son-in-law) in Nanking on his trip to
the Sino-Japanese war front, March 12-15, 1932.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Diplomats -- United States
China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- East Asia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Thailand
Thailand -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Thailand
United States. Department of State