Preliminary Inventory of the G. William Gahagan Papers, 1941-1954
Processed by Hoover Institution staff; machine-readable finding aid created by
Brooke Dykman Dockter
Hoover Institution Archives
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Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Preliminary Inventory of the G. William Gahagan Papers, 1941-1998
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Stanford University
- Stanford, California 94305-6010
- Phone: (650) 723-3563
- Fax: (650) 725-3445
- Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives/
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution staff
- Encoded by:
- Brooke Dykman Dockter
© 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: G. William Gahagan Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1941-1998
Collection Number: 75057
Creator:
Gahagan, G. William, 1912-
Collection Size:
6 manuscript boxes, 8 motion picture film reels
(3.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Photographs, maps, motion picture film, and miscellany, relating to Office of War
Information analysis of Japanese propaganda, and preparation of American propaganda
during World War II. Includes a few examples of postwar American anti-communist
propaganda.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
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], G. William Gahagan Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Access Points
Propaganda, Anti-communist.
Propaganda, American.
Propaganda, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Japan.
United States--Foreign relations.
Moving-pictures.
United States. Office of War Information.
Collection Contents
Reel 1
"Point Rationing of Foods," United States Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures, 1 reel, 16 mm.
Reel 2
"The Liberation of Rome," United States Army Pictorial Service, in collaboration with British Service Unites, 1 reel, 16 mm.
Reel 3
"Fury in the Pacific," United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, 1 reel, 16 mm.
Reel 4
"The Fighting Lady: A Drama of the Pacific," Twentieth Century Fox, color, 2 reels, 16 mm.
Reel 5
"Japanese Sign Final Surrender," United Newsreel #171-B, 1 reel, 16 mm., with English transcript
Reel 6
"Japanese Shipping Paper," United Newsreel #169, 1 reel, 16 mm., with Japanese transcript. Includes "China's Premier, T. V.
Soong, Visits United States," "Allies Reveal Details of Radar," and "Atomic Bomb Secrets to Be Closely Guarded"
Reel 7
"San Francisco, 1945: The United Nations Conference on International Organization, April 25th -June 26th," United Films, 1 reel, 16 mm.
Reel 8
"Arturo Toscanini conducting Music of Giuseppe Verdi with the NBC Symphony, Jan Peerce and the Westminster Choir," 1 reel,
16 mm.
