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Title: Freda Utley papers
Date (inclusive): 1886-1978
Collection Number: 78056
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
87 manuscript boxes, 11 envelopes
(37.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and printed matter, relating to social and political conditions in Russia, Japan, and China in the
interwar period; the Sino-Japanese conflict; World War II; American relations with China; Germany in the post-World War II
reconstruction period; social and political developments in the Middle East; and anti-communism in the United States.
Creator:
Utley, Freda, 1899-1978
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 37 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
Literary rights held by Jon B. Utley. For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.
[Identification of item], Freda Utley Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1898, Jan. 23 | Born, London, England |
| 1923 | B.A., London University |
| 1925 | M.A., London University |
| 1926-1928 | Research fellow, London School of Economics |
| 1928 | Joined British Communist Party. Marriage to Arcadi Berdichevsky |
| 1930 | Took up residence in Soviet Union |
| 1931 | Author, Lancashire and the Far East. Membership in British Communist Party lapsed |
| 1932-1936 | Senior scientific worker, Institute of World Economy and Politics, Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| 1936 | Author, Japan's Feet of Clay |
| Arrest and disappearance of husband. Return to England. | |
| 1938 | War correspondent in China. Author, Japan's Gamble in China |
| 1939 | Author, China at War. Took up residence in United States |
| 1940 | Author, The Dream We Lost |
| 1941-1945 | Economic consultant, Starr, Park and Freeman Company, New York |
| 1945-1946 | War correspondent in China |
| 1947 | Author, Last Chance in China |
| 1948 | Author, Lost Illusion (revised version of The Dream We Lost) |
| 1949 | Author, The High Cost of Vengeance |
| 1950 | Naturalized as citizen of United States |
| 1950-1954 | Testified against Owen Lattimore |
| Anti-communist witness, various Congressional hearings. | |
| 1951 | Author, The China Story |
| 1957 | Author, Will the Middle East Go West? |
| 1970 | Author, Odyssey of a Liberal |
| 1978, Jan. 21 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Anti-communist movements -- United States
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Middle East -- Politics and government
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany
Japan -- Politics and government -- 1912-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936
China -- Politics and government