Noble, Harold Joyce, 1903-1953

Harold Joyce Noble, 1903-1953, was born in Korea of American missionary parents, and returned to that country in 1926 in order to gather materials for his 1931 University of California doctoral dissertation, "Korea and her Relations with the United States before 1895." He later became Professor of History at the University of Oregon, and in 1946 was a foreign correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post. In 1948 he was appointed a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, and the following year was named First Secretary of the American Embassy at Seoul, a position he held until 1951.

From the description of Harold Joyce Noble papers, circa 1930-1947. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26872656