Photographs from the George Atcheson papers [graphic]. ca. 1925-ca. 1955.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Photographs from the George Atcheson papers [graphic]. ca. 1925-ca. 1955.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/745059890

Includes snapshots, portraits and press photographs taken of George Atcheson, Jr. throughout his career, including during his service in pre-World War II China and post-World War II Japan. Also includes photographs of associated figures such as Douglas MacArthur, Chiag Kai-shek, Patrick J. Hurley and Harry S. Truman; as well as numerous photographs of Atcheson's son George Atcheson, III taken throughout his life, including while a student at the University of California, Berkeley and while serving in the military during the Korean War. Also includes commercial photographs and postcards of views taken in China and Japan; a set of postcards reproducing woodcut prints of Hiroshige; and a cigarette case owned by George Atcheson, Jr.

1 box and 1 oversize folder (ca. 100 photographic prints and postcards) : b&w and color ; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.

UC Berkeley Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8118793

UC Berkeley Libraries

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qd0tr8 (person)

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt28bd (person)

Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zs2x45 (person)

Chinese political and military leader; head of state, 1928-1949; president of Taiwan, 1949-1975. From the description of Chiang Kai-shek diaries, 1917-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872867 1909-1911 served in the Japanese army; 1911 founding member of the Kuomintang; 1913-1916 participated in revolution against Yuan Shikai; 1923 commandant of military academy at Whampoa; ?1925 commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army; 1927-1937 leader of th...

Atcheson, George, 1896-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nc730d (person)

Denver-born George Atcheson, Jr. entered the State Department as a student interpreter at the Peiping Legation and specialized in Far Eastern affairs. As second secretary of the Nanking Embassy, he was aboard the gunboat Panay when it was bombed and sunk by the Japanese in 1937. Two years later he was recalled to Washington for a stint on State's Far Eastern desk and returned to China as embassy counselor in Chungking in 1943. A career diplomat, he served in a variety of capacities before and af...