Inventory of the Joseph A. Cranston Papers
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Inventory of the Joseph A. Cranston Papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2009
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Elizabeth Konzak.
© 2009 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Joseph A. Cranston papers
Dates: 1943-1945
Collection Number: 74051
Creator: Cranston, Joseph A., 1898-1973.
Collection Size:
1 manuscript box, 3 envelopes, 1 album box
(1 linear foot)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Awards, citations, correspondence, clippings, orders, printed matter, reports, and photographs, relating to American military
activities in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph A. Cranston papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1974.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
Brigadier general, United States Army; commanding general, Services of Supply, Intermediate Section, China-Burma-India Theater,
1943-1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Awards, citations, correspondence, clippings, orders, printed matter, reports, and photographs, relating to American military
activities in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Army--Officers.
United States. Army--Service Forces.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--East Asia.
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.
Box 1
Awards, citations, correspondence, clippings, orders, printed matter, and reports, relating to American military activities
in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.
Box 1
Declassified records
1944
Scope and Content Note
Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover
Box 1
2011 July release of record
May 1944
Scope and Content Note
Air movement tables for Chinese troops
Envelopes A,B,C
156 prints of typical construction at United States Army Installations of the Intermediate Section of the India-Burma Theater,
1943-1944
Album fD
Photo album containing 148 prints of individual and group shots of Brigadier General Cranston while Commanding General of
Intermediate Section, China-India-Burma Theater; various shots of interest in India, Burma; aerial views of China; and photos
of General Cranston with military and civilian personalities including Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander (British).
South East Asia,
1944
