Preliminary Inventory to the Hubert Gregory Schenck papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Hubert Gregory Schenck papers
Date (bulk): 1945-1960
Collection Number: 50007
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
27 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 8 album boxes, 35 envelopes, 1 oversize folder
(22.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, reports, clippings, maps, and photographs relating to the Allied occupation
of Japan, relations between Taiwan and the United States, and economic conditions in Japan and Taiwan.
Creator:
Schenck, Hubert G. (Hubert Gregory), 1897-1960
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Access
Boxes 30-44 closed to researchers while undergoing digitization. Estimated end date: August 29, 2025. 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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1950, with increments received in 1957, 1959, 1977 and 1996.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hubert Gregory Schenck papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
| 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
Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, reports, clippings, maps, and photographs relating to the Allied occupation
of Japan, relations between Taiwan and the United States, and economic conditions in Japan and Taiwan.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Military government
Taiwan -- Economic conditions
Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
Technical assistance, American -- Asia
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1989
United States. Army
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
United States. Foreign Operations Administration
box 1
Chang, T. K., Chinese Consul General in Washington, D.C.
1957
box 1
Chutter, Reginald
1954-55
box 1
Foreign government offices, China
1954-1960
box 1
Foreign government offices, Japan
1952-59
box 1
Ying-ch'in Ho
1953 April 9
box 3
Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, General Headquarters, Natural Resources Section, Tokyo, Japan
1945-1951
Scope and Contents note
Conference minutes, memoranda, pamphlets, reports, and other materials.
box 4
Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, General Headquarters, Natural Resources Section, Tokyo, Japan
1945-1951
Scope and Contents note
Conference minutes, memoranda, pamphlets, reports, and other materials.
Mutual Security Mission to China
box 5
Airgrams, circulars, dispatches, memoranda
1952-53
box 6
Airgrams, circulars, dispatches, memoranda
1952-53
box 7
Airgrams, circulars, dispatches, memoranda
1952-53
box 8
Narrative Industrial Progress Report
1953 June/July
box 9
U.S. Foreign Operations Administration
1954-55
Scope and Contents note
Leaflets, memoranda, studies, and other materials.
SPEECHES, WRITINGS AND RELATED MATERIAL
1944
undated
box 9
Civil affairs, bibliography, manuscripts, articles, clippings, etc.
box 10
Geographic References in Harvard Libraries on Japan Proper, mimeographed report, Cambridge
1944
box 10
Government Organizations, Pacific Science Board
General Physical Description note: typescript
box 10
Natural Resources, mimeographed copy
box 10
Petroleum Exploration Policy in Taiwan
General Physical Description note: typescript
box 10
Technical Cooperation at the Crossroads
General Physical Description note: typescript
box 10
Civil affairs, Philippines, report on
1945
box 10
Government organizations - UN educational, scientific, and cultural organizations
box 10
Hoover Institute and Library Program on Overseas Development - ICA/University Contract Orientation Program Report
1955 June 25-December 31
box 11
America-Japan Society, special bulletin
1951
box 11
American Institute of Crop Ecology
1951
box 12
Import and export statistics
1950
box 13
Toa Kenkyusho (East Asia Research Institute)
box 14
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
box 14
Micronesian anthropology, interim reports of a coordinated investigation, Pacific Science Board, National Research Council,
Washington, D.C.
1947-48
box 14
Military Government in Bangkok, Thailand - A Survey, An Estimate of the Situation, and a Plan, U.S. military report
1943
box 14
National resources - conservation
box 15
Natural resources - population
box 15
Non-scientific organizations
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, General Headquarters
box 15
Military Intelligence Section, General Staff, Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, Reports
1946
box 16
Civil Information and Education Section, Media Analysis Division, Reports, Radio and Press Analyses
1946
box 16
Agriculture and livestock production
box 18
Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction
box 18
Low-cost housing project (Keelung)
box 20
Technical Cooperation Program
box 21
U.S. Army, Pacific Air Command, Advanced Echelon
1946
box 21
U.S. Army Forces, Pacific and Allied Officers, Southwest Pacific Area, General Headquarters, Roster of Officers
1945
box 21
U.S. Department of Defense, organization plan
U.S. Department of Interior
box 21
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific), Headquarters
1945
box 21
University organizations - Institute of Marine Resources, University of California
1959
box 21
Clippings dealing with H. G. Schencks' military, academic, and political careers
box 21
Memorabilia collected by H. G. Schenck
box 21
Fraleigh, Albert S.,
A Report on the Historical Collection of the Academia Sinica and Suggestions for Improving Its Present Condition, Taiwan
1953 July 17
INCREMENT
1956-1960
General
Received in November 1977.
box 22
Bank of Taiwan,
Taiwan Financial Statistics Monthly,
1960 March
box 22
Geographic terminology index cards
box 22
"Impact of Science in East Asia," reprint,
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume XIV, No. 7
1958
box 22
"Petroleum Exploration Policy in Taiwan,"
1957 April 30
Schenck, Hubert G. and Chutter, R. F.
box 22
"Formosan Foreign Trade and Natural Resources Development," bibliography
box 22
"Taiwan Trade and Natural Resources Development"
box 22
Taiwan Sugar (Taipei)
1960 April
box 22
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
box 23
Press clippings, volumes 1-3
1945-1950
box 24
Press clippings, volumes 1-3
1945-1950
box 24
Correspondence in regard to the publication of Edward A. Ackerman's book
Japanese Natural Resources by SCAP, Tokyo
1950
Scope and Contents note
States the position of SCAP regarding population control in Japan.
box 24
Allied Powers Supreme Commander, General Headquarters, Proclamations 1-3 (never used)
box 24
Allied Powers Supreme Commander, General Headquarters. Government Section,
1947
Scope and Contents note
Memorandum, letter, and refutation of memorandum regarding Tanzan Ishibashi and his status under SCAPIN 550, Tokyo.
box 24
Enomoto, Juji, "Books Used by the Japanese Navy for Teaching of International Law," Tokyo
1945 November 30
box 24
Miyazaki, General S.,
Personal Experiences During the Solomon Campaign,
1946
box 24
Thomas, Elbert D., two letters, to Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Schenck, dealing with U.S. foreign policy vis-a-vis Japan
1941
1949
box 24
Raper, Arthur F., evaluation of TA program in Taiwan, Taipei
1954
box 24
Wu, Kuo-Chen, letter to the National Assembly of China and four letters to Chiang Kai-Shek
1954
box 25
1951 November 12-December 31
Scope and Contents note
Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover.
box 25
1952 January 1-April 30
Scope and Contents note
Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover.
box 25
1952 May 1-June 30
Scope and Contents note
Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover.
box 26
1952 July 1-September 30
Scope and Contents note
Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover.
box 26
1952 October 1-December 31
Scope and Contents note
Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover.
box 26
1953 January 1-April 30
Scope and Contents note
Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover.
box 29
1953 May 1-June 30
Scope and Contents note
Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover.
box 29
1953 July 1-August 21
Scope and Contents note
Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover.
box 27
U.S. Army, Far East Command, General Headquarters, Office of the Engineer, "Report of Reconnaissance of the Coronet Operation,"
1946 March 1-2
box 28
Booklets of maps of Tokyo
1854-1861
Language of Material: Japanese.
PHOTOGRAPHS
1945-1954
undated
General Physical Description note: 3,368 photos / 34 envelopes / 20 albums
box 30, folder 1
Photographs of agriculture in Japan
1945-1951
Physical Description: 30 photographic prints
box 30, folder 2
Photographs of agriculture in Taiwan
1952
Physical Description: 51 photographic prints
box 30, folder 3
Photographs of fisheries in Japan
1946-1948
Physical Description: 54 photographic prints
box 30, folder 4
Photographs of forestry in Japan
undated
Physical Description: 16 photographic prints
box 30, folder 5
Photographs of forestry in Taiwan
undated
Physical Description: 15 photographic prints
box 30, folder 6
Photographics of mineral resources in Japan
undated
Physical Description: 37 photographic prints
box 30, folder 7
Photographs of mineral resources in Taiwan
undated
Physical Description: 26 photographic prints
box 30, folder 8
Photographs of a crop collection project and of Japanese farmers belonging to the Omaki agricultural co-op
1948
Physical Description: 12 photographic prints and 4 negatives
box 30, folder 9
Photographs of Mr. Norris E. Dodd, Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1949 March 17
Physical Description: 3 photographic prints
Scope and Contents note
Depicts Dodd arriving in Tokyo, Japan and being greeted by Colonel Sidney L. Huff, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur,
and Lt. Colonel H. G. Schenck.
box 34, folder 1-2
Albums concerning the Taiwan Ship Building Corporation
undated
Physical Description: 74 photographic prints
box 34, folder 3
Album with photographs of Japan
undated
Physical Description: 153 photographic prints
Scope and Contents note
Relates to industrial crops, special products such as silk and cotton, soils survey and irrigation, crop collection and distribution,
agricultural education and research, livestock, fertilizers, and fisheries.
box 35
Album concerning Japan's agriculture
undated
Physical Description: 219 photographic prints
Scope and Contents note
Relates to land reclamation and use, farming methods and equipment, food crop culture, and industrial crop culture.
box 36, folder 1
Album with photos of Lt. Colonel H. G. Schenck on a Japanese whaling expedition in the Antarctic
undated
Physical Description: 161 photographic prints
box 36, folder 2
Album with photographs of damage caused by typhoons Faye and Judith to Japanese farmlands, forests, villages, and towns
undated
Physical Description: 76 photographic prints
box 37, folder 1
Album with photographs relating to forestry in Japan
undated
Physical Description: 232 photographic prints
Scope and Contents note
Includes forest types, lumber production and utilization, flood damage and soil erosion control and forest protection and
reforestation.
box 37, folder 2
Album with photographs of the Angaur and Ryukyus regions of Japan
undated
Physical Description: 135 photographic prints
Scope and Contents note
Relates to fisheries, forestry, mining and geology, transportation, and miscellaneous industries. Also incudes photos of Lt.
Colonel H. G. Schenck and his staff in Tokyo.
box 38, folder 1
Album with photographs relating to fisheries in Japan
undated
Physical Description: 155 photographic prints
Scope and Contents note
Depicts fishing gear, methods and vessels, marine and special products, aquiculture, fish processing, preparation and distribution,
fisheries research, fisheries facilities, and whaling.
box 38, folder 2
Album with photographs relating to mining and geology in Japan, including their mineral resources and solid fuels
undated
Physical Description: 197 photographic prints
box 39
Album with photographs of oil fields, steel and iron works, chemical industries, and coal mines in Japan
undated
Physical Description: 152 photographic prints
box 40, folder 2
Album with photographs of the reconstruction project of pier No. 10, Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan, completed April 1952
circa 1952
Physical Description: 39 photographic prints
box 41, folder 1
Album with photographs of a Taiwan salt factory
undated
Physical Description: 36 photographic prints
box 41, folder 2
Album with photographs taken at Tienlun, Taiwan at the time of the inaugural ceremony of the Power Station and at the Peipu
Steam Power Plant
1952 September 21-22
Physical Description: 38 photographic prints
box 40, folder 1
Album with photographs of Admiral Radford Party taken at Sun Moon Lake, presented by the Taiwan Power Company
undated
Physical Description: 23 photographic prints
box 42, folder 2
Album with photographs 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
Physical Description: 33 photographic prints
box 43, folder 1
Album with photos of Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Schenck visiting the Taiwan Power Company
1952
Physical Description: 117 photographic prints
box 43, folder 2
Album with photographs 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
Physical Description: 84 photographic prints
box 44, folder 2
Album with photographs of Dr. Hubert G. Schenck and party visiting the Kaohsiung cement plant in Taiwan
undated
Physical Description: 204 photographic prints
box 44, folder 1
Album with photographs of Dr. Hubert G. Schenck, Chief of the MSA China Mission, visiting the Kao-Hsiung ammonium sulfate
works in Taiwan
undated
Physical Description: 9 photographic prints
envelope mCC
18 photos of Dr. Hubert G. Schenck's visit to Kao-Hsiung ammonium sulfate works in Taiwan
undated
box 31, folder 1
Photographs of a duck netting party at the Imperial Hunting Preserve, Japan
undated
Physical Description: 30 photographic prints
box 31, folder 2
Photographs of forestry, lead and gold mines, agricultural land, preparation of fish for the markets, and industry in Korea
undated
Physical Description: 80 photographic prints
box 31, folder 3
Photographs of ruins in Manila, Philippines
1945 March
Physical Description: 12 photographic prints
box 31, folder 4
Photographs of a duck and mist netting party in Japan
undated
Physical Description: 243 photographic prints
box 42, folder 1
Album with photographs of the construction of the Hsi-Lo Bridge, Yun-Lin Hsin District, Formosa
1952
Physical Description: 65 photographic prints
box 32, folder 1
Photographs of the primitive farming techniques used in Japan
1945-1949
Physical Description: 9 photographic prints
box 32, folder 2
Photographs of Emperor and Empress Hirohito inspecting the NRS exhibit in Tokyo
1950
Physical Description: 4 photographic prints
box 32, folder 3
Photographs of Emperor and Empress Hirohito as they attend Arbor Day Ceremonies at Ome, Tokyo prefecture, Japan
1948-1949
Physical Description: 12 photographic prints
box 32, folder 4
Photographs of Lt. Colonel H. G. Schenck and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey on a tour of Japan
1951 July 12
Physical Description: 16 photographic prints
box 32, folder 5
Photographs of Colonel Hubert G. Schenck and dignitaries, including Herbert Hoover
1946
Physical Description: 8 photographic prints
box 32, folder 6
Photographs 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
Physical Description: 7 photographic prints
box 32, folder 7
Photographs of Colonel H. G. Schenck in an airplane fight with Mr. Nemoto, Minister of A.G. and F.O.
1951 August 8
Physical Description: 6 photographic prints
box 32, folder 8
Photographs of the Governor of Kumamoto who called on Colonel Schenck to make reports on hydro-electric power projects
1949 December 10
Physical Description: 4 photographic prints
box 32, folder 9
Photographs of General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway and party during a tour of Japan's farming communities
1951 September 20
Physical Description: 9 photographic prints
box 32, folder 10
Photographs of Major General Robert B. McClure as he officiated at inaugural ceremonies in Okinawa
1950 November 21
Physical Description: 10 photographic prints
box 32, folder 11
Photographs of coal mining in Taiwan showing coal washeries, beehive cooking oven, and coal and coke transportation systems
undated
Physical Description: 7 photographic prints
box 32, folder 12
Photographs of quarantine quarters and docker's living conditions, as well as new housing prepared for the dockers, Taiwan
1953 May
Physical Description: 30 photographic prints
box 32, folder 13
Photographs of damaged farmland after a typhoon in Japan
undated
Physical Description: 13 photographic prints
box 32, folder 14
Photographs of Colonel H. G. Schenck presenting certificates of achievement to visiting consultants to the Natural Resources
Section, Tokyo, Japan
1951
Physical Description: 38 photographic prints
box 32, folder 15
Photographs of Colonel H. G. Schenck, Chief of the Natural Resources Section, inspecting different plants throughout Japan
undated
Physical Description: 31 photographic prints
box 33, folder 1
Photographs of Mr. H. G. Schenck and Admiral Radford inspecting the Taiwan Power Plant
1952
Physical Description: 127 photographic prints
box 33, folder 2
Photographs of Colonel H. G. Schenck's travel through Japan
undated
Physical Description: 173 photographic prints
envelope mZZ
2 photos of the launch of the Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship
undated
box 33, folder 3
Photographs 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; photographs of an economic
mission in Japan
undated
Physical Description: 14 photographic prints
box 33, folder 4
Miscellaneous photos
1948-1949
Physical Description: 20 photographic prints
