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Title: James Harold Shoemaker Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1924-1983
Collection number: 84046
Creator:
Shoemaker, James Harold, 1897-1983
Extent:
14 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope
(6.76 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, orders, manuals, printed matter, and photographs,
relating to economic warfare during World War II, the bombing of Japan, American military
government in Japan and Korea, and the economy of Hawaii.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], James Harold Shoemaker Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1984.
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 Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
United States. Board of Economic Warfare.
United States Strategic Bombing Survey.
Military government.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
Hawaii--Economic conditions.
Japan.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
Korea.
Korea--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1948.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Armed Forces.
Economists.
| 1897 September 10 | Born, Dubuque, Iowa |
| 1918 | B.A., State College, Iowa |
| 1920-1923 | Faculty member, Nagasaki College, Japan |
| 1924 | M.A., University of Iowa, Iowa |
| 1924-1928 | Instructor, Department of Economics, Brown University, Rhode Island |
| 1928-1931 | Faculty member, Harvard University, Massachusetts |
| 1931-1945 | Professor of Economics, Brown University |
| 1933, 1935 | Research Analyst, Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor (summer months) |
| 1939 | Author, Labor in the Territory of Hawaii, 1939 |
| 1939, 1947, 1949 | Director of Economic Survey of Hawaii, Bureau of Labor Statistics, sponsored by the United States Congress |
| 1940-1943 | Consultant, Office of Export Control, United States Government |
| 1941-1942 | Deputy Director, Far Eastern Division, United States Government |
| 1942-1943 | Director, Enemy Potential Division, Office of Economic Warfare, United States Government |
| 1942-1945 | Lieutenant Colonel, War Department, Military Government Division, United States Government |
| 1945-1946 | Colonel, United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Japan |
| 1946 | Dean, Business School, University of Hawaii |
| 1946 | Major General (assimilated rank), United States Navy mission in Japan |
| 1946-1947 | Chairman, National Economic Board, United States Military Government in South Korea |
| 1946-1949 | Chairman, Economic Department, University of Hawaii |
| 1947 | Author, The Economy of Hawaii in 1947 |
| 1948-1949 | Director, Program Coordinator Division, National Security Resources Board, Executive Office of the President of the United States |
| 1949-1968 | Vice President and Director of Business Research, Bank of Hawaii |
| 1950-1953 | Consultant, National Security Resources Board (summer months) |
| 1954? | Member, United States Civil Service Commission |
| 1958, 1965 | Member, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Mission |
| 1958-1960, 1963-1965 | President, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council |
| 1958-1970 | Trustee, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Hawaii |
| 1959 | Member, Trade missions to Peru and Equador, Trade Development Bureau, United States Department of Commerce |
| 1960 | Honorary LL.D degree, University of Hawaii |
| 1960-1965 | President, University of Hawaii Foundation |
| 1966 | Member, Trade missions to Guyana, Surinam and Netherlands Antilles, Trade Development Bureau, United States Department of Commerce |
| 1966-1967 | Director, surveys for airlines serving Hawaii |
| 1967, 1970 | Consultant and Coordinator for Rehabilitation, Government of Alaska |
| 1968-1969 | Vice President, University of Alaska |
| 1970-1971 | Consultant on economy of Alaska, Government of Alaska |
| 1971 | Author, Growth Potential of the Interiors of Alaska |
| 1983 June 14 | Died, Pine Bluff, Arkansas |