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Title
Robert Kleiman papers
Type
Mixed Material
Collection
Subject
Kleiman, Elnora H., 1917-1998--Correspondence. (LCSH)
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Marquardt, Frederic S. (Frederic Sylvester), 1905---Correspondence. (LCSH)
Monroe, Barbara R.--Correspondence. (LCSH)
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973
Shulman, Marshall Darrow--Correspondence. (LCSH)
China. Lu jun
United States. Army. Army, 6th
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater
United States. Office of War Information
Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area
Zhongguo guo min dang
Free Philippines (Manila, Philippines : Airborne ed.)
Leyte-Samar free Philippines
Leyte shimbun
Manila free Philippines
Leyte-Samar bulletin
Voice of freedom (Radio program)
Voice of victory
Chinese--Philippines--Luzon (LCSH)
Guerrillas--Philippines--Luzon (LCSH)
Japanese--Philippines (LCSH)
Journalism (LCSH)
Kachin (Asian people)--Burma (LCSH)
Propaganda, American (LCSH)
Propaganda, American--Asia (LCSH)
Propaganda, American--Europe (LCSH)
Propaganda, American--Philippines (LCSH)
Propaganda, Japanese--Philippines (LCSH)
Psychological warfare (LCSH)
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Burma (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Burma (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--China (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--East Asia (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--India (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Japan (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--Oceania (LCSH)
World War, 1939-1945--United States (LCSH)
Assam (India)--History (LCSH)
Burma--History--1824-1948 (LCSH)
China--History--1937-1945 (LCSH)
Europe--Colonies--Asia (LCSH)
Europe--Foreign relations--1945 (LCSH)
Europe--Foreign relations--United States (LCSH)
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947 (LCSH)
Leyte Island (Philippines)--History (LCSH)
Manila (Philippines)--History (LCSH)
New Guinea--History--20th century (LCSH)
Philippines--History--1898-1946 (LCSH)
Philippines--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 (LCSH)
Philippines--Newspapers (LCSH)
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989 (LCSH)
United States--Foreign relations--Europe (LCSH)
Yan'an Shi (China)--History (LCSH)
Journalists.
Content
text (txt)
Note
language: Collection material in English and Japanese, with Burmese, Kachin, Shan, and other ethnic Asian languages.
Summary
Correspondence; memoranda; interrogations of prisoners of war; reports; propaganda material including leaflets, newspapers, printed matter, and ephemera; newsletters; newspaper clippings; and other papers relating chiefly to Kleiman's service with the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) during World War II and pertaining to psychological warfare and the use of propaganda in East Asia. Documents his activities in the China-Burma-India Theater, U.S. Army, and in the Allied Forces South West Pacific Area while attached to to the headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur and to the 6th Army, U.S. Army. Pertains to his work particularly in Burma; Assam (India); Leyte Island and Manila (Philippines), New Guinea, and Yan'an Shi (Yenan, China). Includes Kleiman's intelligence reports pertaining to a tour of Eddie Rickenbacker through the Assam area; to Burmese reconstruction and attitudes of Kachins and refugee resettlement; to the Lu jun, the army of the Zhongguo guo min dang (the Chinese communist party also known as the Kuomintang); and to Chinese guerrilla organizations on Luzon. Also includes Yenan Reports of Francis McCracken Fisher, chief of the China Division, OWI; material pertaining to the Voice of Freedom radio broadcast; issues of the propaganda newspapers and bulletins produced in the Philippines including the Free Philippines (Manila, Philippines : Airborne ed.), Leyte-Samar Bulletin, Leyte-Samar Free Philippines, Leyte Shimbun, Manila Free Philippines, and Voice of Victory; material concerning Japanese propaganda in the Philippines; discussions on the phrasing of propaganda to ensure that conquered peoples understood the Americans were freeing them from the Japanese and not from European colonial rule; and propaganda in the European theater. Also includes material reflecting Kleiman's work as a journalist before and after the war, especially concerning United States-European relations in the postwar year. Correspondents include Frederic S. Marquardt, Barbara R. Monroe, Marshall Darrow Shulman, and Kleiman's first wife, Elnora H. Kleiman
Origin Date(s)
1935-1983
(bulk 1943-1945)
Authorized Access Point
Kleiman, Robert, 1918-2004 Robert Kleiman papers
Collection Arrangement
Collection Organization: Arranged largely according to the groupings established by Kleiman: biographical information, correspondence, Office of War Information files, research files, submissions for awards, and writings, and therein alphabetically by type of material or topic