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Title: Daniel B. Luten Jr. Papers
Dates: 1931-1964
Collection number: 80064
Creator:
Luten, Daniel B., 1908-
Collection Size:
6 manuscript boxes
(2.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: American demographer and technical adviser to the chief, Natural Resources Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander
for the Allied Powers, Japan, 1948-1950. Materials include writings, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, clippings, and
other printed matter, relating to natural resources and population in Japan, and the question of birth control.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research. Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice.
Audiovisual materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film.
Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be
made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please
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[Identification of item], Daniel B. Luten Jr. Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1980
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.
| 1908, March 15 | Born, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 1929 | B.A. Darthmouth College |
| 1933 | Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1935-1961 | Research Chemist, Development Supervisor, Shell Oil Company adn Shell Development Company, Martinez and Emeryville, California |
| 1948-1950 (on leave) | Technical Advisor to the Chief, Natural Resources Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan |
| 1962-1975 | Lecturer, University of California Berkeley |
Scope and Content of Collection
American demographer and technical adviser to the chief, Natural Resources Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander
for the Allied Powers, Japan, 1948-1950. Materials include writings, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, clippings, and
other printed matter, relating to natural resources and population in Japan, and the question of birth control.
Arranged into four series: Correspondence, Subject File, Press Comments of demographic, economic and political problems of
Japan, and Press comments of demographic, economic and political problems of the countries other than Japan.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
Birth control--Japan.
Military government.
Natural resources--Japan.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Japan--Population.