Stanford Listening Post Records, 1940-1945

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Stanford Listening Post Records, 1940-1945

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Correspondence, transcripts of radio broadcasts, study papers, notes, and card indexes, relating to radio broadcasts from east and southeast Asia

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Hoover Institution Archives

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Hoover Institution Archives

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United States. Office of War Information

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Stanford Listening Post.

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Historical Note The Stanford Listening Post was established in the Archives Division of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace in 1940 for the purpose of recording and studying radio broadcasts from the Far East. The Rockefeller Foundation granted $8,250 to cover the costs of equipment, supplies, and salaries for receiving, recording, and transcribing trans-Pacific broadcasts. Recording began in mid-September 1940 and continued ...