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  • Title: Richard C. Wilson papers
    Date (inclusive): 1941-1972
    Collection Number: 72057
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes, 6 card file boxes, 4 envelopes (2.9 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, American Red Cross reports, card files on individuals, club membership lists, and printed matter, relating to the personal experiences of former residents of the Far East, as reported in the monthly newsletter, The Far Easterner; and to Japanese internment camps, 1941-1942
    Creator: American National Red Cross
    Creator: Wilson, Richard C., 1902-1972

    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 1972.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Richard C. Wilson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1902, September 25 Born, Waverly, Kansas
    1922-1924 Reporter, Kansas City Star
    1924-1929 United Press Bureau Chief, Oklahoma City, Lincoln, and Dallas
    1929-1932 United Press Bureau Chief, Mexico City
    1932-1934 United Press Hollywood feature writer and subsequently assigned to San Francisco as cable editor to handle news of Japanese invasion of Manchuria
    1934-1936 United Press Bureau Chief, Honolulu
    1936-1941 United Press Manager for Southeast Asia, Manila
    1941-1942 Interned in Japanese internment camp
    1942 Coordinator of U.S. propaganda program in Mexico, U.S. State Department
    1944-1948 Public Relations Adviser, C.V. Starr and Co.
    1948-1953 Advertising Director, Manila Chronicle
    1953-1972 Editor, Far Easterner
    1972 Died

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
    Journalists
    World War, 1939-1945 -- East Asia
    East Asia -- Emigration and immigration