Frank Williston papers
Mss.020
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Collection materials are in English.
2.8 cubic feet
7 boxes
1827-1972
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.
Williston, Frank Goodman, b. 1899
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.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Puget Sound.
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.
[Name of document, date.] Frank Williston papers Mss.020. University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections. Tacoma, Washington.
Collection is arranged by format.
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
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.
Jinling shen xue yuan.
Shufeldt Mission to Korea (1880-1882).
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Jinling da xue.
Beijing (China)
East Asia--History
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)
Southeast Asia--History
Thailand
Maps
Missionaries
Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937
Pamphlets
I
1909-1972
The Pamphlets series contains printed material, including tourist information and political pamphlets.
General
1
1
1942-1961
Asian Language Pamphlets
1
2
Undated
American Navy in the Pacific
1
3
1909-1935
Burma
1
4
1948-1954
Burma
1
5
1943-1962
Burma
1
6
1949-1959
China
1
7
1916-1961
China
2
1
1932-1966
China
2
2
1926-1972
Indonesia/Malaya
2
3
1955-1957
Indonesia/Malaya
2
4
1954-1961
Japan
2
5
1924-1957
Japan (Guidebook)
3
1
1929
Japan
3
2
1925-1939
Japan
3
3
1932-1946
Sino-Japenese War
3
4
1926-1953
Sino-Japenese War
4
1
1927-1947
Thailand/Siam
4
2
1951-1958
Vietnam
4
3
1956-1965
Papers
II
1827-1966
The Papers series contains both written and printed material, including maps of Asia, as well as reports and correspondence.
"Appeal by the Chinese Govt"
7
1
1932
"Asian Journey"
4
4
Undated
"Bibliography of Material About Thailand in Western Languages"
4
5
1960
"Crisis in China"
4
6
1962
Frank Williston United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrative (UNRRA)
7
2
1945-1946
Materials related to Williston's time working for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrative (UNRRA) in Asia after the end of WWII.
Frank Williston United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrative (UNRRA) Reports & Correspondence
4
8
1946
Frank Williston United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administrative (UNRRA) Reports
7
3
1946
"Interviews Concerning the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam"
5
1
1966
"The Korean's and Their Culture"
5
2-3
1950
"Korea's Pop. and Labor Force"
7
4
1925-1946
Maps: Asia (General)
5
4-5
Undated
Maps: Asian Language
5
6
Undated
Maps: China
5
7
Undated
Maps: India
5
8
Undated
Maps: Indonesia
6
1
Undated
Maps: Japan
6
2
Undated
Maps: Large
1
Undated
A series of oversized, rolled maps of various Asian countries.
Maps: Malaya/Singapore
6
3
Undated
Maps: Philippines
6
4
Undated
Thailand/Siam/Vietnam
6
5
Undated
Nanking Letters
6
6
1937-1938
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.
"New York Christian Advocate"
2
1827-1830
This item is a large bound volume of the weekly newspaper.
Notes and Reports, Japan & China
7
5
1880-1956
Petition in Favor of War in Vietnam
6
7
Undated
Photographs/Post Cards
6
8
Undated
US Army News Bulletin: Nanking, China
6
9
1948
Vietnamese Safe Conduct Passes
6
10
Undated