Joshua B. Powers collection, 1876-1969

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Summary

Creators:
Powers, Joshua B. and Lea, Ethel
Abstract:
Correspondence, telegrams, biographies, articles, pamphlets, clippings, writings, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Homer Lea, military adviser to Sun Yat-sen and author of The Valor of Ignorance, and to the revolutionary movement in China, circa 1900-1920. Includes writings and correspondence of Homer Lea, Ethel Lea, and Joshua B. Powers.
Extent:
7 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders (4.9 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joshua B. Powers collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, telegrams, biographies, articles, pamphlets, clippings, writings, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Homer Lea, military adviser to Sun Yat-sen and author of The Valor of Ignorance, and to the revolutionary movement in China, circa 1900-1920. Includes writings and correspondence of Homer Lea, Ethel Lea, and Joshua B. Powers.

Biographical / historical:
Joshua B. Powers
Date Event
1892 August 25
Born, Owensboro, Kentucky
1911-1913
Student, University of Texas
1926-1972
Author, <emph render="italic">Argentina's New Freedom</emph>
Recipient, U.S. Cabot award, Columbia University; Commendator Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile); Official Ordem Cruzeiro Do Sul (Brazil); gold medal, Pan American Society
Manager, United Press Association, Buenos Aires; chairman of Joshua B. Powers, Inc.; representative of newspapers in foreign countries
Representative, <title render="italic">La Prensa</title>, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and other publications, New York City
Homer Lea
Date Event
1876 November 17
Born, Denver, Colorado
1894-1896
Student, Occidental College, Los Angeles
1897-1900
Student, Stanford University
1900-1901
Lieutenant-General, Imperial Reform Army, China, under Kang Yu Wei, Grand President, Chinese Empire Reform Association
1900
Undertook relief of Kwang Hsu, Emperor of China
1902-1904
Organized Chinese military schools in U.S. and Chinese Imperial Army (C.I.A.)
1908
Author, The Vermillion Pencil
1909
Author, The Valor of Ignorance
1910-1912
Military adviser to Sun Yat-Sen
1912
Author, The Day of the Saxon
1912
Died
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1968.
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into six series: Correspondence of Homer Lea and Ethel Lea (Mrs. Homer Lea), Correspondence of Joshua B. Powers and Albert H. Powers, Collected Writings of Homer Lea, Collected Writings of Joshua B. Powers, Subject File, Miscellany, and Photographs.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joshua B. Powers collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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