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Frank Williston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-020

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

  • Creation: 1827-1972

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to researchers by appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

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

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.

Extent

2.8 Cubic Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

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.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by format.

Title
Guide to the Frank Williston papers
Status
Completed
Author
Kara E. Flynn
Date
2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Collins Memorial Library
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Tacoma 98416-1021 United States us