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Charles P. Rockwood papers of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Pacific Northwest Division, 1945-1951
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rockwood, Charles P., 1917-1970
- Title
- Charles P. Rockwood papers of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Pacific Northwest Division
- Dates
- 1945-1951 (inclusive)19451951
- Quantity
- 2.52 cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 3078 (Accession No. 3078-001)
- Summary
- Papers of the Executive Director of Pacific Northwest Division of American Institute of Pacific Relations
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Open to all users.
Material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was an international, private, nonpartisan organization, founded in Honolulu in 1925 for the stated purpose of sponsoring research and publication on the problems of the Pacific Area, in the fields of economic, social, political, diplomatic, and cultural issues. The IPR described itself as standing for freedom of "scientific inquiry" and "broad hospitality to conflicting points of view." The American Institute of Pacific Relations was one of eleven autonomous national institutes which comprised the IPR. Other national IPR institutes were located in Australia, Canada, China, France, India, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United Kingdom.
Located in New York, the American Institute of the IPR was financed in large part by contributions from the Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations as well as from business and private contributions. The Institute exerted a powerful influence on informed thinking dealing with the Pacific area through its international conferences and its publications, Far Eastern Survey, Pacific Affairs, and Far East Digest. Under attack throughout the 1940's and 50's for alleged Communist sympathies, the American Institute was twice investigated by Congressional committees. The Institute tried to maintain a political middle ground and repeatedly emphasized the objective nature of its research.
Headquartered in Seattle, The Pacific Northwest Division of the IPR, of which Charles Rockwood was Executive Director from 1947-1950, was a select group of prominent leaders from the business, professional and academic communities. An autonomous division, its conservative Board of Trustees was sometimes critical of the Institute's national leadership, while supportive of the Institute's principles. The papers reveal a close association between the research program of the IPR and the University of Washington, especially the Far East Institute. The Institute's research was particularly directed at the problems affecting trade with the Far East and the Pacific fisheries industry. In addition to research the Institute sponsored regional conferences and brought speakers before its membership.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This accession contains files of Charles Rockwood, executive director of the Pacific Northwest Division of the Institute of Pacific Relations from 1947-1950. The papers document the years 1945-1951. The correspondence is grouped by officer and further arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Charles Rockwood's correspondence comprises the largest group. Other primary groups include Minutes, Conferences and Conventions, subject files and the papers of several IPR committees. The World Affairs Council of Seattle files are composed of representatives of five member organizations: the IPR, the United Nations Association, the China Club, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
Charles P. Rockwood papers of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Pacific Northwest Division. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 9 series:
- Administration
- Budget and finance committee
- Executive committee
- Function committee
- Membership committee
- Nominating committee
- Program committee
- Research Committee
- World Affairs Council, Seattle
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administration, 1946-1951Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Organization |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Members |
undated |
1/2 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
General
correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/3 | Allen, Edward W. |
1946-1949 |
1/4-5 | Allen, Raymond B. |
1947-1950, undated |
1/6-8 | Fuller, Richard E. |
1946-1951 |
1/9-11 | Little, Herbert |
1946-1948 |
1/12 | Oliver, Robert T. |
1950 |
Rockwood, Charles
P. |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/13-14 | Allen, Edward
Weber |
1947-1950 |
1/15 | American Friends Service
Committee |
1948-1950 |
1/16 |
Arizona Daily Star (William
Mathews) |
1949 |
1/17 | Australian Institute of
International Affairs |
1947-1950 |
1/18 | A, Miscellaneous |
undated |
1/19 | Bayne, Bishop Stephan
F. |
1949-1950 |
1/20 | Blakemore, Thomas
L. |
1947-1950 |
1/21-22 | Borg, Dorothy |
1947-1949 |
1/23 | British Columbia, University,
International Studies (Soward, F.H.) |
1949-1950 |
1/24 | B, Miscellaneous |
undated |
1/25 | Canadian Institute of
International Affairs (Simon, J.P.) |
1947-1950 |
1/26 | Carter, Edward C. |
1947-1949 |
1/27 | China Club,
Seattle |
1947 |
1/28 | China Institute in
America |
1949 |
1/29 | Clise, J.W. and
Company |
1949-1950 |
1/30 | Corbett, Elliot
R. |
1949 |
1/31 | Crown Zellerbach
Corporation |
1947-1949 |
1/32 | C, Miscellaneous |
undated |
1/33 | East and West
Association |
1948-1950 |
1/34 | D-E,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
1/35 | Far East-America Council of
Commerce and Industry |
1948-1949 |
1/36 |
Far East Trader
|
1947-1948 |
1/37 |
Far Eastern Survey
|
1947-1950 |
1/38 | Fuller, Richard
E. |
1949-1950 |
1/39 | F, Miscellaneous |
undated |
1/40 | Green, Joshua |
1950 |
1/41 | G, Miscellaneous |
undated |
1/42 | Herber, John P. |
1947-1949 |
1/43-49 | Holland, William
L. |
1947-1950 |
2/1 | Holman, Frank E. |
1948-1949 |
2/2 | Huff, Raymond J. |
1947-1950 |
2/3 | H, Miscellaneous |
undated |
2/4 | India, Government Information
Services |
1949 |
2/5 | Institute of International
Education |
1947-1950 |
2/6-7 | Institute of Pacific
Relations, Inland Empire Branch |
1947-1950 |
2/8-21 | Institute of Pacific
Relations, New York office |
1947-1950 |
2/22 | I, Miscellaneous |
undated |
2/23 | Jacobs, Mary Jane |
1948-1950 |
2/24 | Jessup, Philip C. |
1947-1950 |
2/25 | Jones, Nad |
1949 |
2/26-27 | J-K,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
2/28-45 | Lane, Clayton |
1948-1950 |
2/46 | Lett, Sherwood |
1947-1948 |
2/47 | Lilenthal,
Phillip |
1947-1949 |
3/1-3 | Little, Herbert
S. |
1947-1948 |
3/4-6 | Loomis, Charles |
1947-1950 |
3/7 | L, Miscellaneous |
undated |
3/8-22 | Martin, Charles
E. |
1947-1950 |
3/23 | M, Miscellaneous |
undated |
3/24 | Netherlands,
Consulate |
1949-1950 |
3/25 |
Newsweek (Edward Barrett,
Editor) |
1947 |
3/26 | N, Miscellaneous |
undated |
3/27 | Odegard, Peter |
1947-1950 |
3/28 | Oregon Higher Education
System |
1949 |
3/29 | Pakistan Embassy, Ahmad
Ansari |
1949-1950 |
3/30 | Portland Committee on Foreign
Relations |
1950 |
3/31 | Preston, Howard
H. |
1947-1950 |
3/32-33 | P-R,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
3/34 | Schoenfeld, L.
Kenneth |
1948-1949 |
3/35 | Seattle,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
3/36 | Shoemaker, Henry
F. |
1949-1950 |
3/37 | Street, William
S. |
1949 |
3/38-39 | S, Miscellaneous |
undated |
3/40 | Taylor, George |
1947-1949 |
3/41 | T, Miscellaneous |
undated |
3/42 | United States
Army |
1947-1950 |
3/43-44 | United States, State
Department, Public Liaison Division |
1947-1950 |
3/45 | United States,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
3/46 | U, Miscellaneous |
undated |
World Affairs Council,
Northern California |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/47 | Cook, Howard |
1948-1950 |
3/48-49 | Rauch, Laura |
1947-1949 |
3/50-54 | Staley, Eugene |
1947-1949 |
3/55 | Miscellaneous |
1947-1949 |
Box/Folder | ||
3/56 |
Vancouver News Herald
|
1948-1949 |
3/57 | Van Mook, H.J. |
1949 |
3/58 | Washington State |
1949 |
3/59 | Williston, Frank |
1947 |
3/60 | Yale-In-China
Association
See also: Clise, J.W.
|
1947-1949 |
3/61-62 | V-Z,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
Minutes |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/1 | Board of Directors |
1947 |
4/2-4 | Board of Trustees |
1947-1950 |
4/5 | General Membership
Meetings |
1947-1948 |
Box/Folder | ||
4/6 | Legal documents -
lease |
1947 September 9 |
4/7 | Reports |
1947 |
Speeches and writings |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/8 | Fields, John, "Political
Factors in Far Eastern Trade" |
1947 November 15 |
4/9 | Hancher, Virgil, "A Journey to
India" |
1950 January 22 |
4/10-11 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
News releases |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/12-13 | New York office |
1949-1950, undated |
4/14-16 | Pacific Northwest
Division |
1947-1950 |
4/17 | Rockwood, Charles P. to
Daily Journal of Commerce
|
1948 |
Conferences and
conventions |
||
Canadian Institute of
International Affairs 15th Annual Study Conference, Vancouver |
1948 June 18-20 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/18-19 | General
correspondence |
1948 |
4/20 | Miscellaneous |
1948 |
Institute of Pacific Relations
India-America Conference, New Delhi |
1949 December 12-22 | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/21-22 | General
correspondence |
1949 |
4/23 | Miscellaneous |
1949 |
Institute of Pacific Relations
Northwest 12th Annual Regional Conference, Seattle |
1949 November | |
Box/Folder | ||
4/24 | Historical
features |
1949-1950 |
4/25-31 | General
correspondence |
1949-1950 |
4/32 | Agendas |
1949-1950 |
4/33 | Reports |
1949-1950 |
4/34 | News releases |
1949-1950 |
4/35 | List of
participants |
1949-1950 |
4/36 | Miscellaneous |
1949-1950 |
Box/Folder | ||
4/37 | Institute of Pacific 13th
Annual Regional Conference, Vancouver, B.C. |
1950 November 18-19 |
4/38 | Institute of Pacific Relations
11th Annual Conference, Lucknow, India |
1950 October 13-15 |
4/39 | Pacific Northwest Trade
Association 19th General Conference, Victoria, B.C. |
1948 April 26-27 |
4/40 | United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference, Seattle |
1949 April 10-12 |
4/41 | World Affairs Council of
Northern California, San Francisco |
1947 March 6 |
Box/Folder | ||
4/42 | Clippings |
undated |
Ephemera |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/43 | World Affairs Council. Northern
California |
1947-1950 |
4/44 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
4/45-47 | Invitations |
1947-1949, undated |
Lists |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/48 | Books |
undated |
Names |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/49 | Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle |
undated |
4/50 | Seattle Committee on Foreign
Relations |
1948 |
4/51-52 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
4/53 | Periodicals and
newsletters |
1949 |
Box/Folder | ||
5/1 | Business cards |
undated |
5/2 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Subject series |
||
Business Executive
Seminars |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/3-4 | General
correspondence |
1947-1948 |
5/5-6 | Invitations |
1947-1950 |
5/7 | Lists -
Attendance |
undated |
5/8 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
5/9 | Carter, Edward C. Honorary
Dinner, New York |
1949 March 15 |
Institute of Pacific Relations,
Annual Dinner |
1950 March 6 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/10 | Biographical or historical
features - Speakers |
undated |
5/11-12 | General
correspondence |
1950 |
5/13 | Speeches and
writings |
undated |
5/14 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Institute of Pacific Relations,
Hawaii Group |
1948-1949 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/16 | Japan Institute of Pacific
Studies |
1949-1950 |
5/17 | Research funding |
1949 |
"Soviet Union in the World
Today," Lecture Series, Seattle |
1949 March-April | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/18-20 | General
correspondence |
1948-1949 |
5/21 | Ephemera |
1948-1949 |
5/22 | Miscellaneous |
1948-1949 |
Speakers |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/24 | Stenhouse, John |
1949 |
United States House Committee
on Un-American Activities |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/25 | General
correspondence |
1947-1950 |
5/26 | Speeches and
writings |
undated |
5/27 | News releases |
1950, undated |
5/28 | Radio releases |
undated |
5/29 | Clippings |
undated |
University of Washington Adult
Education Division |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/30 | General
correspondence |
1947-1949 |
5/31 | Reports |
1948-1949 |
5/32 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Budget and Finance Committee, 1947-1950Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General
correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/33 | Allen, Raymond B. |
1948-1949 |
5/34 | Fuller, Richard E. |
1947-1949 |
5/35 | Knox, Jean |
1947 |
5/36-40 | Little, Herbert S. |
1947-1949 |
Rockwood, Charles
P. |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/41 | Griffin, Eldon |
1947-1948 |
5/42-44 | Little, Herbert
S. |
1947-1950 |
5/45-46 | Seattle Trust and Savings
Bank |
1947-1950 |
5/47 | University of Washington
Accounting Department |
1948-1949 |
5/48 | University of Washington
Adult Education Division |
1949-1950 |
5/49 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Financial records |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/50 | Budget |
1947-1950 |
5/51 | Membership
contributions |
1944-1949 |
5/52-53 | Statements |
1945-1950 |
Executive Committee, 1947-1950Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General
correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/1 | Allen, Raymond B. |
1948-1950 |
6/2 | Fuller, Richard E. |
1950 |
6/3 | Little, Herbert S. |
1947 |
6/4 | Rockwood, Charles
P. |
1947-1950 |
Box/Folder | ||
6/5-6 | Minutes |
1947-1950 |
Function Committee, 1948Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
6/7 | General
correspondence |
1948 |
6/8 | Minutes |
1948 |
6/9 | Reports |
undated |
Membership Committee, 1947-1950Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General
correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/10 | Allen, Raymond B. |
1948-1949 |
6/11 | Dederer, Michael |
1947-1949 |
Rockwood, Charles
P. |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/12 | Allen, Edward W. |
1947-1949 |
6/13 | A-B,
Miscellaneous |
1949-1950 |
6/14 | Clise, Charles F. |
1949-1950 |
6/15 | C, Miscellaneous |
undated |
6/16 | Dederer, Michael |
1947-1948 |
6/17 | D-F,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
6/18 | Fuller, Richard
E. |
1947-1949 |
6/19 | Green, Joshua |
1949-1950 |
6/20 | G, Miscellaneous |
undated |
6/21 | Herber, John P. |
1949-1950 |
6/22 | H-I,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
6/23 | Libby, Mcneil and
Libby |
1949-1950 |
6/24-25 | J-M,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
6/26 | New England Fish
Company |
1949-1950 |
6/27 | Parsons, Reginald |
1947-1949 |
6/28 | P-R,
Miscellaneous |
1949-1950 |
6/29 | Schoenfeld,
Kenneth |
1948-1949 |
6/30 | Stimson, Mrs.
Thomas |
1948-1949 |
6/31-33 | S-Y,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
6/34 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Lists |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/35 | Members |
1950 |
6/36 | Prospective members |
undated |
6/37 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
6/38 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Nominating Committee, 1948-1950Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General
correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/39 | Allen, Raymond B. |
1948 |
6/40 | Little, Herbert S. |
1947 |
Rockwood, Charles
P. |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/41 | Campbell, Roy E. |
1948-1950 |
6/42-43 | B-P,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
6/44 | Street, William |
1948-1949 |
6/45 | S-W,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
6/46 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
6/47 | Reports |
1948-1949 |
6/48 | News releases |
undated |
6/49 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Program Committee, 1948-1950Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General
correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/50 | Allen, Edward W. |
1950 |
6/51 | Allen, Raymond, B. |
1948-1949 |
6/52 | Bayne, Stephan |
1949-1950 |
6/53 | Rockwood, Charles
P. |
1948-1950 |
6/54 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
6/55 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Research Committee, 1948-1950Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
General
correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/56 | Allen, Raymond, B. |
1948-1949 |
Rockwood, Charles
P. |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/57-58 | Swygard, Kline R. |
1948-1950 |
6/59-62 | A-S,
Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
6/63 | Taylor, George |
1948-1950 |
6/64 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
6/65 | Minutes |
1948-1949 |
6/66 | Speeches and writings |
1950, undated |
6/67 | Lists - Projects |
undated |
World Affairs Council, Seattle, 1948-1950Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
6/68 | General
correspondence |
1950 |
6/69 | Minutes |
1948-1950 |
6/70 | Ephemera |
1948-1950 |
6/71 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Congresses and conventions
- Eastern question (Far East)-- Societies, etc
- Pan-Pacific relations--Societies, etc
Personal Names
- Rockwood, Charles P., 1917-1970--Archives
Corporate Names
- Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council. Pacific Northwest Division
- World Affairs Council of Seattle
Geographical Names
- East Asia--Commerce--United States
- Northwest, Pacific--Societies, etc
- Seattle (Wash.)--Societies, etc
- United States--Commerce--East Asia
- Washington (State)--Societies, etc
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Minutes
- Press releases
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Writings
Occupations
- Executives
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Allen, Edward Weber, 1885-1976--Correspondence
- Allen, Raymond B. (Raymond Bernard), 1902-1986--Correspondence
- Carter, Edward C. (Edward Clark), 1878-1954--Correspondence
- Fuller, Richard E. (Richard Eugene), 1897-1976--Correspondence
- Herber, John Phillip--Correspondence
- Holland, W. L. (William Lancelot), 1907- --Correspondence
- Lane, Clayton, 1895- --Correspondence
- Little, Herbert S. (Herbert Satterthwaite), 1902-1972--Correspondence
- Martin, Charles E. (Charles Emanuel), 1891-1977--Correspondence
- Taylor, George Edward, 1905-2000--Correspondence
Corporate Names
- Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council. Pacific Northwest Division (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)