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  • Title: Stanley Kuhl Hornbeck papers
    Date (inclusive): 1900-1966
    Collection Number: 67008
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 565 manuscript boxes, 19 card file boxes, 9 oversize boxes, 9 oversize folders, 23 envelopes, 5 phonotape reels, 18 phonorecords, memorabilia (300.7 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, writings, reports, studies, dispatches and instructions, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, and sound recordings relating to American foreign relations in China, Japan, and other areas of East Asia, political conditions in China and Japan, and Dutch-American relations.
    Creator: Hornbeck, Stanley Kuhl, 1883-1966
    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 1967.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Stanley Kuhl Hornbeck papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Note

    Some of the documents from this collection were published in 1981 as part of the Hoover Archival Documentaries series in The Diplomacy of Frustration: The Manchurian Crisis of 1931-1933 as Revealed in the Papers of Stanley K. Hornbeck.

    Biographical Note

    1883 May 4 Born, Franklin, Massachusetts
    1903 A.B., University of Denver
    1904-1907 Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University
    1907 B.A., Oxford University
    1907-1909 Fellow and Instructor, political science, University of Wisconsin
    1909-1913 Instructor in Chinese Government Colleges
    1911 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
    1914-1917 Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, political science, University of Wisconsin
    1921-1924 Technical Expert, Office of Economic Advisor, U.S. Department of State
    1928-1937 Chief, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    1937-1944 Adviser on Political Relations, U.S. Department of State
    1944 Director, Office of Far Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    1944 Special Assistant to Secretary of State
    1944 Member, American Delegation to Dumbarton Oaks Conference
    1944-1947 Ambassador to the Netherlands

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, writings, reports, studies, dispatches and instructions, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, and sound recordings relating to American foreign relations in China, Japan, and other areas of East Asia, political conditions in China and Japan, and Dutch-American relations.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    Sound recordings
    China -- Politics and government -- 20th century
    Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
    United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
    China -- Foreign relations -- United States
    United States -- Foreign relations -- China
    Diplomats -- United States
    Japan -- Politics and government -- 1912-1945
    East Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States
    United States -- Foreign relations -- East Asia
    Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- United States
    United States -- Foreign relations -- Netherlands
    United States. Department of State
    Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964