Preliminary Inventory to the Hubert Gregory Schenck papers
1916 | Enlisted in the U.S. Army |
1897 September 24 | Born, Memphis, Tennessee |
1920-1921 | Geologic aide, Division of Mines, Philippines |
circa 1916-1919 | Served in the Coast Artillery Corps |
1923 | M.A., geology, University of Oregon |
1922 | A.B., geology, University of Oregon |
1924 | Married Inga Bergstrom, Berkeley, California |
1926 | Ph.D., geology, University of California, Berkeley |
1924-1927 | Instructor, field geology course, Stanford |
1926 | Appointed to teaching staff as instructor, Stanford University |
1933-1934 | Advanced Fellow at the Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium, Commission for the Relief of Belgium Educational Foundation |
1935 | Associate professor, Stanford University |
1927 | Assistant professor, Stanford University |
1937-1938 | Paleontologist in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, Amiranian Oil Company |
circa 1943-1945 | Served in military government posts in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan |
circa 1943 | Commissioned as a major in the U.S. Army, trained for Civil Affairs duties |
1940 | Professor of Geology, Stanford University |
1951 | Promoted to colonel |
circa 1954-1960 | Returned to Stanford University on a part-time basis |
1960 June 19 | Died, Stanford, California |
1951-1954 | Chief, Mutual Security Mission and Economic Cooperation Administration in Taiwan |
1945-1951 | Chief, Natural Resources Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
CORRESPONDENCE 1943-1960
Chang, T. K., Chinese Consul General in Washington, D.C. 1957
Chutter, Reginald 1954-55
Foreign government offices, China 1954-1960
Foreign government offices, Japan 1952-59
Ying-ch'in Ho 1953 April 9
Schenck, W. E. 1952-56
Shen, Sampson C. 1956-58
Shiah, C. P. 1956-57
Stach, Leo W. 1955
General
1943-47
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
OFFICE FILES 1945-1955
Mutual Security Mission to China
Airgrams, circulars, dispatches, memoranda 1952-53
Airgrams, circulars, dispatches, memoranda 1952-53
Airgrams, circulars, dispatches, memoranda 1952-53
Narrative Industrial Progress Report 1953 June/July
Reports 1953
SPEECHES, WRITINGS AND RELATED MATERIAL 1944, undated
Addresses and statements
Bibliography
Civil affairs, bibliography, manuscripts, articles, clippings, etc.
Geographic References in Harvard Libraries on Japan Proper, mimeographed report, Cambridge 1944
Natural Resources, mimeographed copy
SUBJECT FILE 1942-1959
Civil affairs, Philippines, report on 1945
Government organizations - UN educational, scientific, and cultural organizations
Hoover Institute and Library Program on Overseas Development - ICA/University Contract Orientation Program Report 1955 June 25-December 31
Japan 1949-1951, undated
Agriculture
America-Japan Society, special bulletin 1951
American Institute of Crop Ecology 1951
Clippings
Criminal statistics 1949
Economy
Education
Fiscal statutes
Fisheries
Foreign affairs
Forestry 1949
History
Import and export statistics 1950
Insurance yearbook 1949
Libraries
Milk production
Miscellany
Natural resources
Oil production
Population
Postal services
Statistics
Toa Kenkyusho (East Asia Research Institute)
Key Laws, Decrees and Regulation Issued by the Axis in Occupied Europe, report by the Board of Economic Warfare, Blockade and Supply Branch, Reoccupation Division 1942 December
Korea
Micronesian anthropology, interim reports of a coordinated investigation, Pacific Science Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. 1947-48
Military Government in Bangkok, Thailand - A Survey, An Estimate of the Situation, and a Plan, U.S. military report 1943
National resources - conservation
Natural resources - population
Non-scientific organizations
Ryukyu Islands
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, General Headquarters
Military Intelligence Section, General Staff, Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, Reports 1946
Civil Information and Education Section, Media Analysis Division, Reports, Radio and Press Analyses 1946
Taiwan
Agriculture and livestock production
Alkali production
Aluminum production
Cement industry
Coal industry
Copper industry
Crop reporting
Economic development
Education programs
Electric power
Exports
Fertilizer industry
Financial statistics
Fisheries
Forestry
Four Year Plan
Highway Bureau
Imports
Industrial development
Industrial development
Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction
Limestone
Low-cost housing project (Keelung)
Monetary indices
Natural gas production
Natural resources
Oil production
Power companies
Public health
Railroads
Salt production
Statistics, general
Sugar production
Tea statistics
Textile production
Tobacco production
Trade
Trade
Technical Cooperation Program
U.S. Army, Pacific Air Command, Advanced Echelon 1946
U.S. Army Forces, Pacific and Allied Officers, Southwest Pacific Area, General Headquarters, Roster of Officers 1945
U.S. Department of Defense, organization plan
U.S. Department of Interior
Bureau of Mines
General information
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific), Headquarters 1945
University organizations - Institute of Marine Resources, University of California 1959
MISCELLANY 1953, undated
Clippings dealing with H. G. Schencks' military, academic, and political careers
Memorabilia collected by H. G. Schenck
Fraleigh, Albert S., A Report on the Historical Collection of the Academia Sinica and Suggestions for Improving Its Present Condition, Taiwan 1953 July 17
Oversize map of Korea
Bank of Taiwan, Taiwan Financial Statistics Monthly, 1960 March
Geographic terminology index cards
Schenck, Hubert G.
"Impact of Science in East Asia," reprint, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume XIV, No. 7 1958
"Petroleum Exploration Policy in Taiwan," 1957 April 30
Schenck, Hubert G. and Chutter, R. F.
"Formosan Foreign Trade and Natural Resources Development," bibliography
"Taiwan Trade and Natural Resources Development"
Taiwan Sugar (Taipei) 1960 April
Timoshenko, V. P., "Soviet Agricultural Policy and the Nationalities Problem in the USSR," reprint, Institute for the Study of the USSR Conference, New York 1956 April 28-29
MISCELLANY 1945-1950, 1954
Allied Powers Supreme Commander, General Headquarters. Natural Resources Section 1945-1950
Press clippings, volumes 1-3 1945-1950
Press clippings, volumes 1-3 1945-1950
Allied Powers Supreme Commander, General Headquarters, Proclamations 1-3 (never used)
Enomoto, Juji, "Books Used by the Japanese Navy for Teaching of International Law," Tokyo 1945 November 30
Miyazaki, General S., Personal Experiences During the Solomon Campaign, 1946
Thomas, Elbert D., two letters, to Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Schenck, dealing with U.S. foreign policy vis-a-vis Japan 1941, 1949
Raper, Arthur F., evaluation of TA program in Taiwan, Taipei 1954
Wu, Kuo-Chen, letter to the National Assembly of China and four letters to Chiang Kai-Shek 1954
DIARIES 1951-1953
U.S. Army, Far East Command, General Headquarters, Office of the Engineer, "Report of Reconnaissance of the Coronet Operation," 1946 March 1-2
Booklets of maps of Tokyo 1854-1861
30 photos of agriculture in Japan undated
51 photos of agriculture in Taiwan undated
54 photos of fisheries in Japan undated
16 photos of forestry in Japan undated
15 photos of forestry in Taiwan undated
37 photos of mineral resources in Japan undated
26 photos of mineral resources in Taiwan undated
11 photos of a crop collection project and of Japanese farmers belonging to the Omaki agricultural co-op 1948
2 albums containing 74 photos concerning the Taiwan Ship Building Corporation undated
1 album containing 161 photos of Lt. Colonel H. G. Schenck on a Japanese whaling expedition in the Antarctic undated
1 album containing 76 photos of damage caused by typhoons Faye and Judith to Japanese farmlands, forests, villages, and towns undated
1 album containing 197 photos relating to mining and geology in Japan, including their mineral resources and solid fuels undated
1 album containing 152 photos of oil fields, steel and iron works, chemical industries, and coal mines in Japan undated
1 album containing 39 photos of the reconstruction project of pier No. 10, Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan, completed April 1952 circa 1952
1 album containing 36 photos concerning a Taiwan salt factory undated
1 album containing 29 photos taken at Tienlun, Taiwan at the time of the inaugural ceremony of the Power Station and 9 photos taken at the Peipu Steam Power Plant 1952 September 21-22
1 album containing 23 photos of Admiral Radford Party taken at Sun Moon Lake, presented by the Taiwan Power Company undated
1 album containing 33 photos of a pictorial review of the interconnection of the Eastern and Western Power Systems, presented to Dr. Hubert G. Schenck, Chief of ECA China Mission, by the Taiwan Power Company 1952 January
1 album containing 117 photos of Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Schenck while visiting the Taiwan Power Company 1952
1 album containing 84 photos of a pictorial account of the Rehabilitation and Development of Telecommunication Service in Taiwan through the aid extended by the MSA under Dr. Schenck's support undated
1 album containing 204 photos of the visit of Dr. Hubert G. Schenck and party to the Kaohsiung cement plant in Taiwan undated
1 album containing 9 photos of Dr. Hubert G. Schenck, Chief of the MSA China Mission, visiting the Kao-Hsiung ammonium sulfate works in Taiwan undated
18 photos of Dr. Hubert G. Schenck's visit to Kao-Hsiung ammonium sulfate works in Taiwan undated
30 photos of a duck netting party at the Imperial Hunting Preserve, Japan undated
80 photos concerning forestry, lead and gold mines, agricultural land, preparation of fish for the markets, and industry in Korea undated
12 photos of ruins in Manila, Philippines 1945 March
243 photos of a duck and mist netting party in Japan undated
1 album containing 65 photos of the construction of the Hsi-Lo Bridge, Yun-Lin Hsin District, Formosa 1952
9 photos of the primitive farming techniques used in Japan 1945
4 photos of Emperor and Empress Hirohito inspecting the NRS exhibit in Tokyo 1950
12 photos of Emperor and Empress Hirohito as they attend Arbor Day Ceremonies at Ome, Tokyo prefecture, Japan 1948-1949
16 photos of Lt. Colonel H. G. Schenck and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey on a tour of Japan 1951 July 12
8 photos of Colonel Hubert G. Schenck and dignitaries, including Herbert Hoover 1946
7 photos of Colonel Hubert G. Schenck receiving the order of the Auspicious Star, featuring Ambassador V. K. Wellington Koo, Mrs. Ingrid Schenck Beach, and Major General W. C. Chase, Chief of MAAG (Formosa) 1954 May 28
6 photos of Colonel H. G. Schenck in an airplane fight with Mr. Nemoto, Minister of A.G. and F.O. 1951 August 8
4 photos of the Governor of Kumamoto who called on Colonel Schenck to make reports on hydro-electric power projects 1949 December 10
9 photos of General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway and party during a tour of Japan's farming communities 1951 September 20
10 photos of Major General Robert B. McClure as he officiated at inaugural ceremonies in Okinawa 1950 November 21
7 photos of coal mining in Taiwan showing coal washeries, beehive cooking oven, and coal and coke transportation systems undated
30 photos of quarantine quarters and docker's living conditions, as well as new housing prepared for the dockers, Taiwan 1953 May
13 photos of damaged farmland after a typhoon in Japan undated
38 photos of Colonel H. G. Schenck presenting certificates of achievement to visiting consultants to the Natural Resources Section, Tokyo, Japan 1951
31 photos of Colonel H. G. Schenck, Chief of the Natural Resources Section, inspecting different plants throughout Japan undated
127 photos of Mr. H. G. Schenck and Admiral Radford inspecting the Taiwan Power Plant 1952
173 photos of Colonel H. G. Schenck's travel through Japan undated
2 photos of the launch of the Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship undated
20 miscellaneous photos undated
12 prints of farewell and return ceremonies of whaling expeditions in Japan, in which Hubert G. Schenck participated as Head of the Natural Resources Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Command for the Allied Powers; 2 prints of an economic mission in Japan 1948-1949