Preliminary Inventory of the Charles Andrew Willoughby papers
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Case
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Charles Andrew Willoughby papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1961
Collection Number: 61013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope, 1 phonorecord
(2.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Drafts, reports, correspondence, newsletters, and printed matter, relating to the World War II campaigns of General Douglas
MacArthur in the Pacific, the Richard Sorge espionage case, the anti-communist movement in the United States, Cold War defense
needs of the United States, and Japanese rearmament
Creator:
Willoughby, Charles Andrew, 1892-1972
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 1961.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charles Andrew Willoughby papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Major general, United States Army; chief of intelligence, Army Forces in the Far East, 1941-1951.
1892: Born, Heidelberg, Germany
1910: Immigrated to the United States; enlisted in the United States Army, 5th Infantry
1914: Received his Bachelor of Arts, Gettysburg College; commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Officers' Volunteer Corps
of the United States Army
1917: Joined the American Expeditionary Force as a Captain
1936: Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
1942: Named Chief of Staff for Intelligence under General MacArthur's staff for the Southwest Pacific Area
1951: Retired from the military
1972: Died, Naples, Florida
Scope and Content of Collection
Drafts, reports, correspondence, newsletters, and printed matter, relating to the World War II campaigns of General Douglas
MacArthur in the Pacific, the Richard Sorge espionage case, the anti-communist movement in the United States, Cold War defense
needs of the United States, and Japanese rearmament
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings
Anti-communist movements -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
Officers
Japan -- Defenses
United States -- Defenses
Espionage, Russian -- East Asia
United States. Army
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Sorge, Richard, 1895-1944
box 1, folder 1
Army and Navy Legion of Honor membership announcement
1950
box 1, folder 2
Honorary dinner menu
1950
box 1, folder 3
National Sojourners honorary membership certificate
undated
The Anti-Communist Movement File
1945-1962
Legal Documents
1958, 1960
box 1, folder 4
Un-American Committee Hearings
1958, 1960
box 1, folder 5-8
American Mercury,
1957-1960
box 1, folder 10
The Weekly Crusader,
1961-1962
World War II - Southwest Pacific Area Campaign
1944-1946
box 1, folder 13-14
"Index to ATIS Publications,"
1946
box 2, folder 1-2
"Index to ATIS Publications,"
1946
box 2, folder 3
"The Return Of Mac Arthur,"
undated
Research Reports
1944-1945
box 2, folder 4
"Allied Prisoners of War In Japanese Hands - Allied Translator and Interpreter Section South West Pacific Area,"
1945
box 2, folder 4
"Defects Arising From The Doctrine of "Spiritual Superiority" As Factors In Japanese Military Psychology - Allied Translator
and Interpreter Section South West Pacific Area,"
1945
box 2, folder 4
"The Exploitation of Japanese Documents - Allied Translator and Interpreter Section South West Pacific Area,"
1944
box 2, folder 5
"Japanese violations of the laws of war - Allied Translator and Interpreter Section South West Pacific Area,"
1945
box 2, folder 5
"The Pearl Harbor Operation - Allied Translator and Interpreter Section South West Pacific Area,"
1945
box 2, folder 6
Foreign Intelligence Digest
1957-1961
Richard Sorge Espionage Case
box 3, folder 1
"A Partial Documentation of the Sorge Espionage Case,"
1950
Richard Sorge Case Drafts
box 3, folder 3
Notes prepared by Richard Sorge in lieu of a statement - Tokyo District Criminal Court
box 3, folder 4
Soviet American Spy Ring Part II: Smedley and Associates - 1 Complete Manuscript
box 3, folder 5
Soviet American Spy Ring Part II: Smedley and Associates - 1 Incomplete Manuscript
General note
Part 1 Missing (only 4 typed copies made of part 1)
box 3, folder 6
The Sorge Espionage Case - Shanghai - Tokyo - New York
1941-1951
onsite digital
General Willoughby sound recording
1951 September 4
Access note
Use copy reference number: 61013_a_0002844
Scope and Contents note
Willoughby speaks on the future of Japan and what it means for the future of Asia and the Pacific area. 1 sound disc
envelope mA
2 sheets of reproductions of photographs and drawings of General Charles A. Willoughby; 12 photographs of guests at a dinner
given by General Willoughby in honor of Harold H. Fisher, Directory of the Hoover Institution at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo,
Japan
1950 January 23
box 4
Album fB: photographs taken by U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific, 1947, of Japanese paintings exhibited at the Ueno Museum,
Tokyo depicting scenes of Japanese military and naval forces in action in China and the pacific
1937-1945
