Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Yeaton, Ivan D.
- Abstract:
- Memoirs, reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders and citations, charts, and photographs relating to Ivan D. Yeaton's military career; Soviet military strength in 1941; Soviet-American relations, 1941-1949; organization of American military intelligence during World War II; lend-lease operations; American relations with the Chinese communists, 1944-1946; and the inspection of United States Army procurement contracts, 1952-1953.
- Extent:
- 8 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 7 envelopes (4.5 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ivan D. Yeaton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Memoirs, reports, memoranda, correspondence, orders and citations, charts, and photographs relating to Ivan D. Yeaton's military career; Soviet military strength in 1941; Soviet-American relations, 1941-1949; organization of American military intelligence during World War II; lend-lease operations; American relations with the Chinese communists, 1944-1946; and the inspection of United States Army procurement contracts, 1952-1953.
- Biographical / historical:
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Date Event 1919-1920 Lieutenant, American Expeditionary Force Siberia1939-1941 Military attaché, Moscow1942 Promoted to Colonel, U.S. Army1942-1945 Specialist, Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff1945 Chief of Intelligence, Headquarters, China Theater1945-1946 Commanding officer, Yenan Observer Group, Shensi Province1946 Assistant military attaché, Shanghai1947 Assistant Director of Counter Intelligence, General Headquarters, Far East Command, Tokyo1948-1949 Chief, Psychological Warfare Section, Plans and Operations Division, General Staff1949-1950 Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Intelligence, Sixth Army, Headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco1952-1953 Chief, Detroit Field Office, Army Inspector General - Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1976, with an increment received in 1980.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
Communism -- China
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
Procurement
Military attachés - Names:
- United States. Army
United States. Observer Mission to Yenan, 1944-1945 - Places:
- Soviet Union -- Armed Forces
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Box 9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ivan D. Yeaton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563