Register of the Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton papers
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Title: Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton papers
Date (inclusive): 1916-1957
Collection Number: XX079
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, memoranda, correspondence, lectures, press releases, and printed matter, relating to American foreign policy toward
China, Japan, and other government officials concerning economic and political conditions in Japan and Manchuria, 1933-1934.
Creator:
Hamilton, Maxwell McGaughey, 1896-1957
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Maxwell McGaughey Hamilton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
Biographical Note
| 1896, December 20 |
Born, Tahlequah, Oklahoma |
| 1918 |
Litt. B., Princeton University |
| 1920-1924 |
Student interpreter in U.S. Legation in China |
| 1924-1927 |
U.S. Consular Service in China |
| 1927-1931 |
Assigned to Division of Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
| 1931-1937 |
Assistant Chief, Division of Far Eastern Affairs |
| 1937-1943 |
Chief, Division of Far Eastern Affairs |
| 1943-1944 |
Minister Counselor in U.S. Embassy in U.S.S.R. |
| 1944 |
Special Assistant to Secretary of State |
| 1945-1947 |
U.S. Minister to Finland |
| 1949 |
Appointed chairman, Far Eastern Commission |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Diplomats -- United States
China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949
Finland -- Foreign relations -- United States
Japan -- Politics and government -- 1912-1945
Manchuria (China) -- Economic conditions
Manchuria (China) -- Politics and government
United States -- Foreign relations -- Finland
United States. Department of State
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE, (?)
1916-1921
Scope and Contents note
Register of correspondence between U.S. Legation in China and Chinese Foreign Ministry, 1916-1921 (?), in Chinese with English
translation.
box 1
Register of correspondence between U.S. Legation in China and Chinese Foreign Ministry, (?) in Chinese, with English translation
1916-1921
TRIP TO FAR EAST, DIARY AND REPORTS
1933-1934:
Scope and Contents note
Diary and reports of visit to Japan, China, Hong Kong, and the Philipines, September 1933 -February 1934, undertaken by Maxwell
H. Hamilton as a U.S. State Department official, arranged as listed.
box 1
Diary of visit to Japan, China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, undertaken for U.S. State Department, with summaries of interviews
with U.S. and foreign officials and other individuals. Includes indexes to interviews
September 1933-February 1934,
box 1
Reports of findings on political and economic conditions in the Far East, resulting from visit to Japan, China, Hong Kong,
and the Philippines, with cover letter to Cordell Hull, March 20, 1934
September 1933-February 1934
LECTURES
1932-1944
Scope and Contents note
Copies of lectures delivered by Maxwell M. Hamilton, arranged chronologically.
box 1
"China in 1931," Army War College
April 5, 1932
box 1
"Recent Developments in China," Army War College
March 9, 1933
box 1
"The Situation in the Far East," Army War College
January 12, 1935
box 1
"The Far East," Army War College, Dcember
10
1935
box 1
"The Far Eastern Situation," Army War College
January 7, 1937
box 1
"The Situation in the Far East," Army War College
January 10, 1938
box 1
"The Situation in the Far East," Army War College
January 6, 1939
box 1
"The Situation in the Far East," Army War College
January 9, 1940
box 1
"Coordination between the Political and Military Branches of the Government - with Special Reference to Activities in the
Field," Army and Navy Staff College
December 30, 1944
SUBJECT FILE
1917-1957
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, press releases, clippings, newsletters, maps, and printed matter, arranged alphabetically
by subject.
box 1
Bibliographies on Far East and U.S.S.R.
box 1
Life under communism series
1953
box 2
Foreign Relations
1952-1957
box 2
Great Britain, Foreign Policy on U.S.S.R.
1946-1951
box 2
India, Politics and Society
1940
box 3
Peace Treaty and U.S. Security Treaty
1951-1952
box 3
Relations with U.S.S.R.
1955-1956
box 3
Conference Proceedings
1957
box 4
Letter to Joseph C. Grew
July 28, 1939
DECLASSIFIED RECORDS
1950
Scope and Contents note
Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover.
box 4
2011 September release of records
1950
Scope and Contents note
Memos and reports relating to Pacific area matters
