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Harold Joyce Noble papers , 1918-1948
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Welch, Herbert, 1862-1969; Noble, Harold Joyce, 1903-1953
- Title
- Harold Joyce Noble papers
- Dates
- 1918-1948 (inclusive)19181948
- Quantity
- 0.5 linear feet, (1 container) : 1 manuscript box
- Collection Number
- Ax 160
- Summary
- Harold Joyce Noble (1903-1953) was a history professor at the University of Oregon who specialized in Far Eastern affairs and who also worked as a foreign correspondent and served as First Secretary of the American Embassy at Seoul, South Korea. The collection (1918-1948) contains minutes, reports, correspondence, and other documents reporting conditions and events in South Korea and Japan and activities of the agencies Noble worked with.
- Repository
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University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
- Additional Reference Guides
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- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Harold Joyce Noble (1903-1953) was born in Korea, and educated at the University of California. He became a professor of history at the University of Oregon beginning in 1931. He specialized in Far Eastern affairs.
"In 1946, he 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."
[Source: Finding aid for the Harold Joyce Noble collection at UC Berkely, Bancroft Library: Harold Joyce Noble papers, circa 1930-1947, BANC MSS Z-Z 147.]
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection (1918-1948) records regarding conditions and events in South Korea and Japan, and activities of the agencies Noble worked with.
Material within the collection includes:
minutes of the 7th, 8th, and 9th meetings of the American Red Cross, Japan Chapter, in Tokyo, on June 26, July 16, and September 6, of 1918. Also includes copies of reports by Bishop Herbert Welch to R. S. Curtice, Seoul, Korea, on conditions at Harbin, 1918;
records, including letters, documents, copies of reports, and telegrams, of H. J. Noble as chairman of the Russian Refugee Relief Committee (Foreign) in Seoul, Korea, 1922-1923;
documents relating to Korean affairs in 1946, and the American occupation of Japan in 1947. The documents originate from when Noble was foreign correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post in 1946, and chief of the Publications Branch, Civil Intelligence Section, G.H.Q., Far East Command, Tokyo, 1947-1948.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College teachers--Oregon--Eugene
- Foreign correspondents--United States
- Historians--United States
- History teachers--Oregon--Eugene
- Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952
- Journalists--United States
Personal Names
- Noble, Harold Joyce, 1903-1953
Corporate Names
- American Red Cross. Japan Chapter
- University of Oregon
Geographical Names
- Harbin (China)--History--20th century
- Harbin (China)--Social conditions--20th century
- Japan--Foreign Relations--United States
- Japan--History--1912-1945
- Japan--Social conditions--20th century
- Korea
- Korea--Foreign Relations--United States
- Korea--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1948
- Korea--History--Japanese occupation, 1910-1945
- Korea--Social conditions--20th century
- United States--Foreign Relations--Japan
- United States--Foreign Relations--Korea
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Reports
