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Title: Norwood F. Allman papers
Date (inclusive): 1929-1987
Collection Number: 87042
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
26 manuscript boxes, 4 envelopes
(11.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, radio broadcast transcripts, memoranda, reports, notes, biographical card files, and
clippings relating to conditions in China (especially in Shanghai) before and after 1949, American-Chinese relations, and
American intelligence activities in China during World War II. Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Allman, Norwood F. (Norwood Francis), 1893-1987
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Digitized version of some records available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1987.
[Identification of item], Norwood F. Allman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
| 1893, July 24 | Born, Union Hall, Virginia |
| 1916 | Law degree, University of Virginia |
| 1916 | Student interpreter at U.S. Legation, Peking, China |
| 1916-1923 | Served in Consulates in Antung, Tientsin, Tsinan, Tsingtao, Chungking, and Shanghai |
| 1923-1941 | Member, Shanghai Volunteer Corps |
| 1924 | Resigned from consular service |
| 1924-1933 | Honorary Consul for Mexico in Shanghai, China |
| 1924-1950 | Practiced law in Shanghai, China |
| 1927-1935 | Instructor at Comparative Law School of China, Soochow University, Shanghai, China |
| 1937-1941 | Editor and publisher, Shen Pao, Shanghai, China |
| 1940-41 | Member, Shanghai Municipal Council |
| 1941-42 | Interned at Stanley (Japanese) Prison Camp, Hongkong |
| 1942-45 | Chief, Far East Section, Secret Intelligence Branch, U.S. Office of Strategic Services |
| 1943 | Author, Shanghai Lawyer |
| 1948-49 | Editor and publisher, The China Press, Shanghai, China |
| 1950, October | Left Shanghai for the United States |
| 1954-56 | Associate Editor, Business International, New York City |
| 1961-64 | Far East Editor, Broadcast Editorial Reports, New York City |
| 1987, April 30 | Died, Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
Americans -- China
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
China -- History -- 1949-1976
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Secret service -- United States
Shanghai (China)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
United States. Office of Strategic Services