Stanford University, American Studies Seminars in Japan, records, 1950-1981 (inclusive), 1950-1960 (bulk).

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Stanford University, American Studies Seminars in Japan, records, 1950-1981 (inclusive), 1950-1960 (bulk).

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Records, 1950-60, consist mostly of correspondence but also include memoranda, reports, financial documents, syllabi, bibliographies, clippings, and several photograph albums. Some of the materials relate to seminars held in Kyoto, 1951-52. There is one file on establishing an American Studies Program at Stanford, 1953. Collection includes extensive correspondence of Hideo Kishimoto, 1952-60, with some typescript articles and talks. Other correspondents include Claude Buss, John D. Goheen, J. E. Wallace Sterling, George H. Knoles, George H. Kerr, Shinzo Kaji, Morton G. White, and Perry Miller. The collection also includes the BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, Nov. 4, 1981, with recollections of the seminars by its participants.

2.25 linear feet.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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White, Morton Gabriel, 1917-....

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Kerr, George H., 1911-

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American historian; vice consul, Taipei, Formosa, 1945-1947. From the description of George H. Kerr papers, 1943-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867210 Biographical Note 1911 Nov. 7 Born 1935 1937 Student, Japan ...

Goheen, John D.

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Professor of philosophy at Stanford University from 1950 to 1972. Goheen, who earned his Ph.D. at Harvard, taught at Harvard and Queens College (New York) before coming to Stanford. He was instrumental in setting up the university's study centers in Japan and Taiwan in the 1960s. From the description of John D. Goheen papers, 1936-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 701211556 Biographical/Historical Sketch John D. Goheen...

Knoles, George Harmon

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Knoles earned his Ph.D. in history at Stanford in 1939 and then joined the History Department as instructor. In 1951 he became a full professor and later held the Margaret Byrne Professorship in History. He taught at overseas campuses in Britain, France, Germany, and Japan; served as department chair; and directed the Institute of American History at Stanford. From the description of George Harmon Knoles papers, 1926-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122383574 ...

Miller, Perry, 1905-1963

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Miller taught American history and literature at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Perry G.E. Miller, 1942-1965 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77063252 ...

Buss, Claude Albert.

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Kishimoto, Hideo, 1903-1964

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Sterling, J. E. Wallace (John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985

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J. E. Wallace Sterling was president of Stanford University from 1949 to 1968. During his 19 years in office, Stanford's endowment nearly doubled, the faculty increased 170 percent, graduate programs were improved, major building plans were completed, the Medical School was moved to campus from San Francisco, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was built. After his retirement in 1968, Sterling was named University Chancellor. From the description of J. E. Wallace Sterling Spee...

Kaji, Shinzō, 1905-

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Stanford University. American Studies Seminars in Japan.

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The American Studies Seminars in Japan were jointly sponsored by Stanford and the University of Tokyo and partially funded by the Ford Foundation. The seminars, held in the summers of 1950 to 1956, were taught by American scholars in various fields for students at the University of Tokyo. Among the seminar organizers were Hideo Kishimoto and Shinzo Kaji of the University of Tokyo and George Harmon Knoles and John D. Goheen of Stanford. From the description of Stanford University, Ame...