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Contains 22 Results:

Carl Irving Wheat correspondence

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 8811
Abstract

California historian and lawyer Carl Irving Wheat (1892-1966) was born in Holliston, Massachusetts on December 5, 1892. The Carl Irving Wheat correspondence (1938-1945) contains correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera related to the publication of Chinese Ambassador Hu Shih's speech, "China, too, is Fighting to Defend a Way of Life."

Dates: 1938 - 1945

Calligraphic manuscript of the book's Chinese title brushed by Hu, Undated

 Item — Box: 1 , Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Calligraphic manuscript of the book's Chinese title brushed by Hu.

Dates: Undated

Original manuscript, Undated

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Original 37-leaf manuscript of Hu's speech. Includes handwritten and typed pages, with his annotations and revisions.

Dates: Undated

Between Wheat and Hu and influential Washington figures, 1942-09-19 - 1943-02-12

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from FDR and members of his administration.

Dates: 1942-09-19 - 1943-02-12