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Title: Joseph Earle Jacobs papers
Date (inclusive): 1909-1971
Collection Number: 69071
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, reports, and printed matter relating to various aspects of American diplomacy, especially reconstruction
in Korea, mutual security programs in Europe after World War II, the Italian communist movement, the Philippine independence
movement, and the Shanghai riot of May 30, 1925.
Creator:
Jacobs, Joseph Earle, 1893-1971
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 3 may not be used without the permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1969.
[Identification of item], Joseph Earle Jacobs papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1893 October 31 | Born, Johnston, South Carolina |
| 1913 | A.B., College of Charleston |
| 1915 November 5 | Student interpreter in China and detailed to Peking |
| 1917-1918 | Vice Consul, Foochow |
| 1918 | Vice Consul and interpreter, Shanghai |
| 1918-1925 | American Assessor, International Mixed Court, Shanghai |
| 1919-1920 | Judge, Consular Court, District of Shanghai |
| 1921 | Appointed Consul |
| 1924 | Reclassified as foreign service officer |
| 1925 May-December | Administrative Consul, Shanghai |
| 1926 | Technical Adviser to American Commissioner on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in China |
| 1926-1928 | Consul, Yumanfu, China |
| 1928-1930 | Consul, Shanghai |
| 1929 December-1930 February | Representative of American Minister to China in negotiations with regard to the Provisional Court, Shanghai |
| 1930 August 23 | Married Elizabeth McNutt |
| 1930-1934 | Duty, Far Eastern Division, Department of State |
| 1935-1936 | Foreign Service Inspector |
| 1936-1940 | Chief, Office of Philippine Affairs, Department of State |
| 1937 | Member, Joint Committee of Experts on Philippine Affairs |
| 1940-1945 | Counselor of Legation, Cairo, Egypt |
| 1945 January | Attached to Political Adviser, Allied Headquarters, Mediterranean Command, Caserta, Italy |
| 1945 May-1946 November | American Representative to Albania |
| 1947-1948 | Political Adviser to the Commanding General in Korea |
| 1947 November | Career Minister, U.S. Foreign Service |
| 1948 | Adviser, Far Eastern Affairs, 3rd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Paris |
| 1948-1949 | U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia |
| 1949 | Awarded Patriotic Civilian Service Medal by Department of the Army |
| 1949-1955 | Minister to American Embassy, Rome - special assistant for Mutual Defense Assistant Program |
| 1953 | LL.D., College of Charleston |
| 1955-1957 | U.S. Ambassador to Poland |
| 1971 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, correspondence, reports, and printed matter relating to various aspects of American diplomacy, especially reconstruction
in Korea, mutual security programs in Europe after World War II, the Italian communist movement, the Philippine independence
movement, and the Shanghai riot of May 30, 1925.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Foreign relations
Diplomats -- United States
Communism -- Italy
Nationalism -- Philippines
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Korea (South)
Textile Workers' Strike, Shanghai, China, 1925
United States. Department of State