Register of the Payson J. Treat papers

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Title: Payson J. Treat papers
Date (inclusive): 1855-1973
Collection Number: 60003
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 65 manuscript boxes, 7 envelopes, 1 album box, 1 oversize folder, 4 scrolls, 6 hair pins, 1 utensil (28.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, interviews, copies of diplomatic records, speeches, writings, notes, photographs, maps, memorabilia, and printed matter, relating to the diplomatic history of Japan, China, and other countries of the Far East. Includes a pamphlet collection on World War I
Creator: Treat, Payson J. (Payson Jackson), 1879-1972
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1960.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Payson J. Treat Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Payson J. Treat 1879-1972

1879, November 12 Born, New York City, New York
1903 A.B. Wesleyan University.
1903 A.M., Columbia University.
1905-45 Instructor and Professor, Stanford University.
1910 Ph.D., Stanford University.
1910 Author, The National Land System, 1785-1820.
1917 Author, Early Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Japan, 1853-1865.
1921 Author, Japan and the United States, 1853-1921.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918
Japan -- Foreign relations
China -- Foreign relations
East Asia -- Foreign relations

 

Correspondence File 1898-1970

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence with colleagues, friends, and family, including Ephraim D. Adams, Herbert C. Hoover, Stanley K. Hornbeck, Yamoto Ichihashi, David Starr Jordan, Thomas F. Millard, Willys Peck, E.B. Treat (father), and others, arranged chronologically.
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Letters sent 1907-1912

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Letters received, A-Z 1910-1912

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Letters sent 1913

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Letters received, A-F 1913

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Letters received, G-Z 1913

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Letters sent 1914-1915

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Letters received, A-M 1914-1915

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Letters received, N-A 1914-1915

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Correspondence, A-Z 1916

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1916-1917

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Correspondence, A-Z 1916-1917

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Correspondence, A-D 1918

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Correspondence, E-Z 1918

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Letters sent 1919-1920

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Letters received, A-F 1919-1920

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Letters received, G-Z 1919-1920

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Letters sent 1921

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Letters received while in China 1921

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Letters received, A-M 1921

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Letters received, N-Z 1921

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Correspondence, A-Z 1922-1923

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Correspondence, A-G 1923-1924

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Correspondence, H-Z 1923-1924

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Correspondence, A-Z 1925

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Correspondence, A-Z 1926

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Correspondence, A-Z 1927

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1928 January-September

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Correspondence, A-Z 1928 January-September

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Correspondence, A-Z 1928 October-1929 June

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Correspondence, A-Z 1929 July-December

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1930

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Correspondence, A-M 1930

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Correspondence, N-Z 1930

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1931

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Correspondence, A-Z 1931

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Correspondence, A-F 1932

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Correspondence, G-Z 1932

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Correspondence, A-Z 1933

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Correspondence, A-Z 1934

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Correspondence, A-M 1935

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Correspondence, N-Z 1935

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Correspondence, A-Z 1936

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1937

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Correspondence, A-Z 1937

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1938

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Correspondence, A-M 1938

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Correspondence, A-Z 1938

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Correspondence, A-Z 1939

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1940

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Correspondence, A-Z 1940

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1941

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Correspondence, A-O 1941

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Correspondence, P-Z 1941

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1942

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Correspondence, A-Z 1942

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1943

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Correspondence, A-J 1943

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Correspondence, K-Z 1943

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1944

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Correspondence, A-Z 1944

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1945

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Correspondence, A-Z 1945

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1946

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Correspondence, A-Z 1946

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1947

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Correspondence, A-Z 1947

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1948

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Correspondence, A-L 1948

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Correspondence, M-Z 1948

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1949

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Correspondence, A-Z 1949

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1950

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Correspondence, A-Z 1950

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1951

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Correspondence, A-Z 1951

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1952

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Correspondence, A-M 1952

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Correspondence, N-Z 1952

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1953

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Correspondence, A-Z 1953

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1954

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Correspondence, A-Z 1954

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1955

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Correspondence, A-J 1955

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Correspondence, K-Z 1955

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1956

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Correspondence, A-Z 1956

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1957

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Correspondence, A-Z 1957

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1958

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Correspondence, A-J 1958

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Correspondence, K-Z 1958

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1959

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Correspondence, A-Z 1959

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1960

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Correspondence, A-Z 1960

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1961

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Correspondence, A-J 1961

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Correspondence, K-Z 1961

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1962

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Correspondence, A-Z 1962

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1963

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Correspondence, A-Z 1963

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1964

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Correspondence, A-G 1964

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Correspondence, H-Z 1964

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1965

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Correspondence, A-Z 1965

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1966

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Correspondence, A-Z 1966

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1967

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Correspondence, A-H 1967

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Correspondence, I-Z 1967

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1968

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Correspondence, A-Z 1968

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1969

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Correspondence, A-Z 1969

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Correspondence, miscellaneous 1970

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Correspondence, A-Z 1970

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Correspondence with father (E.B. Treat) 1898-1911

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Correspondence with father (E.B. Treat) 1912-1921

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Correspondence between Prof. and Mrs. Treat and Prof. and Mrs. Yamoto Ichihashi 1942-1945

 

Speeches and Writings 1905-1968

Scope and Contents note

Speeches, articles, book reviews, classroom lectures and lecture notes, and clippings, arranged as listed.
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Alien Land Legislation

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America's View of Japanese

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Awakened Orient

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Awakening of the Orient, Opportunities and Responsibilities for San Francisco and California

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California and the Japanese

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China and Japan

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China and Korea, 1885-1894

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Constitution Making in China

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Cosmopolitanism in California

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David Starr Jordan

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Early Japanese Foreign Relations

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Early Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations

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Far East

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Foundations of American Policy in the Far East

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Friendship of Japan and the United States

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Good Offices of the United States during the Sino-Japanese War

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Intellectual Bond between Japan and the United States

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Japan, America, and the Great War

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Japanese in California

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Japanese in Manchuria

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Mikado's Ratification of the Foreign Treaties

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National Land System 1785-1820

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Need of the Orient

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New Indian Councils

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New Lights of Japanese History

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Philippine Independence

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Possibilities and Facts

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Shanghai, January 28, 1932

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Stanford Anecdote

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Status of the Slave in the Law Courts

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Thomas Welton Stanford, An American Pioneer in Australia

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Weekly war reviews

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Book reviews 1910-1916 1922-1923 1929-1945

 

Classroom lectures and lecture notes

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History of land systems

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United States history 1783-1844

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Bibliography and criticism

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History of Japan

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History of the Far East

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History of the Far East

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Clippings

 

Subject File 1865-1973

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, lists, interviews, maps, clippings, and printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Adams, Ephraim Douglas

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American Committee for Non-participation in Japanese Aggression

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American Historical Association, program 1915

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Asia, clippings 1922 1924-1925

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Asiatic Society of Japan

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Atom bomb, decision to drop on Japan

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Australia, clippings 1922

 

Bibliography

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Correspondence with libraries

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Correspondence with libraries

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Lists

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Biographical file

 

China

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General

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Canton Christian College 1924

Access

Box FH3 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

Separated Materials

Material from Box 42 was removed and placed in Box FH3 for mold remediation treatment.
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Clippings 1921-1924

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Clippings 1925-1926

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Money

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Industrial cooperatives

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Relations with Japan

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Relief

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Riots of 1925

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Shanghai incident of May 30, 1925

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Shanghai incident of 1932

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Shantung Province, Chinese memorandum claiming restitution of German properties

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United States relations 1911-1940

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United States relations since 1941

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University of China

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Weale, Putnam, Report on a Confidential Mission to Canada, England, and the United States in 1921

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Chinese-Japanese studies in the United States

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Civil War letters

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Colton's Atlas of the Union 1965

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Far East, Clippings and maps

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Franklin, Benjamin

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Harris, Townsend

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Henry, James M

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Honors and awards

 

Hoover, Herbert C.

 

Oral history interviews with H.C. Hoover

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April 8, 1933

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August 25, 1940

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August 21, 1945

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Clippings

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Huston, Jay Calvin

 

Japan

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General

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Clippings scrapbook 1907-1908

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Clipping scrapbook 1919-1923

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Clippings 1921-1926

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Economy

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Expedition to Formosa

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Manchurian question

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Shantung Province

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United States relations

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Japanese in California

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Japanese in California

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Japanese in the United States

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Jordan, David Starr

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Korea, independence movement 1919-1920

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Mannix, W.F., Memoirs of Li Hung Chang

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Maps, miscellaneous

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Matsuoka, Y.

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Memorabilia

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Miscellaneous clippings

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Pearl Harbor investigation

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President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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Reprints of published articles given to P.J. Treat by friends and colleagues

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Sheppard, Eli T.

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Shibusawa, Viscount E.

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Sierra Club

 

Sun Yat-Sen

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Letter (holograph, signed) by Sun Yat-Sen to President Harding May 5, 1921

General Physical Description note: (with typed copy).
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Letter of Alexander Baxter, Acting President of Canton Christian College, to C.K. Edmunds, President of Canton Christian College, concerning the visit of Sun Yat Sen December 22, 1923

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Clippings

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Travel brochures for Japan and China 1920-1921

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Trip to the Far East 1912

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Trip to the Far East 1921-22

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Trip, miscellaneous notes

 

Research File 1855-1939

Scope and Contents note

Manuscripts, reports, correspondence, notes, copies of diplomatic records, and other research materials, which P.J. Treat either acquired from private sources or copied from holdings at the Library of Congress and the National Archives. Arranged alphabetically by the source of the material.
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Bailey, Leonard W., Historical Development of the Modern Chinese Navy

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Clyde, Paul H., Attitudes and Policies of George F. Seward, American Minister at Peking, 1876-1880

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Kinney, Charles Bishop (South Manchuria Railway Co.), first-hand reports on the political, military, and economic situation in Manchuria 1934-1939

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Kinney, Henry W. (South Manchuria Railway Co.), first-hand reports on the political, military, and economic situation in Manchuria 1927-1936

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Loughborough, William B., The Boyhood of Anson Burlingame on the Western Reserve, 1820-40

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Ming, Lewis, American Interest in the Far Eastern Crisis

 

Pruyn, Robert H (Minister to Japan)

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Letters received relating to action in the Straits of Siminosaki against Daimio Chosu 1864

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Extracts of letters from R.H. Pruyn to his wife from Japan 1862-1865

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Pryor, Helen B., letters from medical doctors in China concerning events in Nanking during 1937-1938

 

Sheppard, Eli T. (selected copies of papers at the Library of Congress)

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Copies of diplomatic records relating to E.T. Sheppard's activities in the U.S. Foreign Service 1877-1880

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Letters of Dr. S. Wells Williams, the Legation Secretary, to E.T. Sheppard 1873-1876

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Notes on Americans in the Far East

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Letters of Frederick F. Low, U.S. Minister at Peking to E.T. Sheppard 1872-1874

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Letters sent and received by E.T. Sheppard 1874-1876

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Manuscript entitled General Grant in the Orient

 

U.S. State Department records (selected copies of diplomatic records relating to the Far East deposited at the National Archives)

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Directions for copying documents and a list of finding aids

 

China

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Rockhill's memo on the open door policy 1899

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Register of instructions 1895-1905

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Register of despatches 1895-1905

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1971-1979

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1880-1885 1894-1906

 

France

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1898-1900

 

Germany

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1898-1904

 

Great Britain

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Register of despatches and instructions 1895-1905

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Despatches 1898-1904

 

Hawaii

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1897-1898

 

Japan

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Consular appointments 1859-1894

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Report to Townsend Harris concerning the commercial treaty 1855

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Treaties

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Miscellaneous reports of the Diplomatic Bureau

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Register of despatches and instructions

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1865-1872

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1873-1881

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1882-1890

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1891-1894

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Despatches relating to the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of 1894

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Despatches, instruction, etc. 1895-1899

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1900-1905

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1906

 

Korea

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Register of despatches and instructions 1883-1905

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1883-1905

 

Russia

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Despatches, instructions, etc. 1879-1905

 

Pamphlets and Printed Matter 1914-1923

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets and other printed matter relating to World War I, arranged alphabetically by author or title.
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List of pamphlets and printed matter, arranged alphabetically by author or title

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A-D

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E-P

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R-Z

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Government publications

 

Photographs

envelope A

6 photos (negatives) of Joseph Stalin undated

envelope B

13 photos of Manchurian government officials 1930s

envelope C

32 photos of daily life and cultural sites in Manchuria, China, and Japan undated

envelope D

35 photos of P.J. Treat with his wife during trips to Japan with friends and colleagues, and receiving an award 1920-1935

envelope E

1 rare Japanese print from a copper plate undated

envelope mF

3 oversize photos of P.J. Treat with colleagues including Ephraim D. Adams and Yamoto Ichihashi, of the negotiators of the Russo-Japanese treaty in 1905, and of a Chinese execution undated

envelope G, fG

219 photos in 1 album and 79 loose photos pertaining to P.J. Treat's trip to the Far East 1930s

 

Increment February 1985

Scope and Contents note

Mimeographed correspondence, book reviews, and ethnological studies of the Philippines, 1910-1912, by Otley C. Beyer; and a mimeographed transcript of a speech by D. R. Williams, 1926, relating to legal protection of Americans residing in China
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Mimeographed correspondence, book reviews, and ethnological studies of the Philippines, by Otley C. Beyer; and a mimeog aphed transcript of a speech by D. R. Williams, relating to legal protection of Americans residing in China 1910-1912 1926

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Materials not yet described

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Materials not yet described

box FH14

Materials not yet described

Access

Box FH14 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.