John Hall Paxton papers 1920-1961

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John Hall Paxton papers 1920-1961

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Correspondence, writings, photographs and printed materials of John Hall Paxton, American foreign service officer. The papers reflect primarily Paxton's service in China from 1925 to 1949, broken only by a year in Teheran in 1943. He made a dramatic escape from China (1949) and returned to the United States. He broadcast for the Voice of America, and returned as Consul to Isfahan, Iran in 1951, where he died in 1953.His papers include reports on Chinese economic and political conditions, memoranda on Nanking and the Nationalist takeover in 1927; an account of the U.S.S. Panay incident in 1937, to which he was an eyewitness; a record of his internment in Nanking by the Japanese in 1942, and articles and letters on his escape from China in 1949. An unpublished manuscript, Consul to Sinkiang, is among the papers, as are extensive collections of photographs of China and Iran. Correspondents include Everett Drumright, Margaret Mackiernan, wife of Douglass Mackiernan, and Willys Peck.

9 linear feet (22 boxes, 1 folio)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350672

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Anderson, Hilda

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Paxton, Vincoe.

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Drumright, Everett.

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Consular officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph William Ballantine : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122440630 American diplomat; special assistant to the secretary of state, 1945-1947. From the description of Joseph Ballantine papers, 1909-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870018 ...

Paxton, John Hall, 1899-1952.

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John Hall Paxton: American foreign officer; vice-consul in Nanking, 1925-1929; various posts in China, 1930-1942; in 1937 was aboard the U.S.S. Panay when it was bombed by the Japanese; served in Teheran in 1943; returned to China as cultural attacheĢ, 1944-1946; consul to Sinkiang, 1946-1949; escaped over Himalayas in 1949; broadcast for Voice of America until 1951; consul to Isfahan, 1951-1953. From the description of John Hall Paxton papers, 1920-1961 (inclusive). (Unknown). World...

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Peck, Willys Ruggles, 1882-1952.

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American diplomatic and consular official in China, 1906-1926 and 1931-1940; minister to Thailand, 1941-1942. From the description of Willys Ruggles Peck papers, 1911-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868898 ...

Mackiernan, Margaret.

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Paxton, Una.

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