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Frank Williston papers, 1827-1972

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Williston, Frank Goodman, b. 1899
Title
Frank Williston papers
Dates
1827-1972 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.8 cubic feet, (7 boxes)
Collection Number
Mss.020
Summary
Frank Williston was a specialist in Far Eastern affairs, particularly Japan and China, who taught at the College of Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) before World War II. This collection contains materials on the political, historical and economic conditions in China, Japan, Manchuria, Malaya, Burma, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Southeast Asia. It also contains correspondence pertaining to the Nanking Theological Seminary during the Nanjing Massacre in December 1937. The collection contains publications, reprints, pamphlets, reports, correspondence, maps, a transcript and a manuscript.
Repository
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections

Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner St.
CMB1021
Tacoma, WA
98416-1021
Telephone: 2538792669
archives@pugetsound.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to researchers by appointment.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Biographical Note

Frank Goodman Williston was born 1899. He was a specialist in Far Eastern affairs, particularly Japan and China, who taught at the College of Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) before World War II. He earned his masters degree (1926) and PhD (1935) from the University of Chicago. Most of his academic career was at the University of Washington. In the 1950s and 1960s he broadcast a weekly radio program for KUOW (Seattle) dealing with events in the Far East.

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Content Description

The Frank Williston papers contain single issues of magazines, guide books, booklets, and pamphlets on China, Japan, Manchuria, Malaya, Burma, Korea, and the Southeast Asia region. The materials are mainly on the political, historical and economic conditions. In addition, the collection contains maps.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Puget Sound.

Preferred Citation

[Name of document, date.] Frank Williston papers Mss.020. University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections. Tacoma, Washington.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by format.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • I: Pamphlets, 1909-1972

    The Pamphlets series contains printed material, including tourist information and political pamphlets.

  • II: Papers, 1827-1966

    The Papers series contains both written and printed material, including maps of Asia, as well as reports and correspondence.

    • Description: "Appeal by the Chinese Govt"
      Dates: 1932
      Container: Box 7, Folder 1
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: "Asian Journey"
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 4, Folder 4
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: "Bibliography of Material About Thailand in Western Languages"
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 4, Folder 5
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: "Crisis in China"
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 4, Folder 6
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Frank Williston United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrative (UNRRA)

      Materials related to Williston's time working for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrative (UNRRA) in Asia after the end of WWII.

      Dates: 1945-1946
      Container: Box 7, Folder 2
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Frank Williston United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrative (UNRRA) Reports & Correspondence
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box 4, Folder 8
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Frank Williston United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrative (UNRRA) Reports
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box 7, Folder 3
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: "Interviews Concerning the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam"
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: "The Korean's and Their Culture"
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 5, Folder 2-3
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: "Korea's Pop. and Labor Force"
      Dates: 1925-1946
      Container: Box 7, Folder 4
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: Asia (General)
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 4-5
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: Asian Language
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 6
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: China
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 7
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: India
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 5, Folder 8
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: Indonesia
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 1
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: Japan
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 2
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: Large

      A series of oversized, rolled maps of various Asian countries.

      Dates: Undated
      Container: Oversize 1
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: Malaya/Singapore
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 3
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Maps: Philippines
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 4
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Thailand/Siam/Vietnam
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 5
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Nanking Letters

      The Nanking letters are a series of circular letters written by Christian missionaries teaching in seminaries during the Japanese Invasion of Nanking during December 1937-January 1938.

      Dates: 1937-1938
      Container: Box 6, Folder 6
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: "New York Christian Advocate"

      This item is a large bound volume of the weekly newspaper.

      Dates: 1827-1830
      Container: Oversize 2
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Notes and Reports, Japan & China
      Dates: 1880-1956
      Container: Box 7, Folder 5
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Petition in Favor of War in Vietnam
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 7
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Photographs/Post Cards
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 8
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: US Army News Bulletin: Nanking, China
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box 6, Folder 9
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966
    • Description: Vietnamese Safe Conduct Passes
      Dates: Undated
      Container: Box 6, Folder 10
      Location: II: Papers, 1827-1966

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Subject Terms

  • Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937

Personal Names

  • Bates, M. Searle, (Miner Searle), 1897-1978
  • McCallum, J. H., Reverend, (James H.)
  • Osgood, Cornelius, 1905-1985
  • Price, Frank W, (Frank Wilson), 1895-1974
  • Sone, Hubert L.

Corporate Names

  • Jinling da xue.
  • Jinling shen xue yuan.
  • Shufeldt Mission to Korea (1880-1882).
  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

Geographical Names

  • Beijing (China)
  • East Asia--History
  • Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)
  • Southeast Asia--History
  • Thailand

Finding aid prepared by Kara E. Flynn
2014

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