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Title: Eugene H. (Hoffman) Dooman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1973
Collection number: 76052
Creator:
Dooman, Eugene H., 1890-
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope
(0.9 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Manuscripts of writings, transcripts of speeches, correspondence, diaries, and printed
matter, relating to U.S. foreign policy in the Far East, U.S. Japanese relations, the
decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and Allied policy regarding the occupation of
Japan.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Eugene H. Dooman Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1976.
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.
United States. Dept. of State.
United States. Embassy (Japan)
Atomic bomb.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
East Asia.
East Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
Japan.
Japan--Foreign relations--United States.
Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Armed Forces.
United States--Foreign relations--East Asia.
United States--Foreign relations--Japan.
Diplomats--United States.
Nuclear energy.
| 1890, March 25 | Born, Osaka, Japan |
| 1911 | B.A., Trinity College |
| 1912 | Appointed student interpreter in Japan |
| 1915 | Vice-Consul, Kobe, Japan |
| 1921 | Assistant Japanese secretary, Tokyo |
| 1924 | Foreign Service officer |
| 1926 | Japanese Secretary and Second Secretary, Tokyo |
| 1931 | First Secretary, London |
| 1936 | Consul-General, London |
| 1937-1941 | Counsellor of Embassy, Tokyo |
| 1942 | Returned to State Department, Washington, D.C. |
| American Minister and Charge d'Affaires, Moscow | |
| 1943 | Returned to United States to help organize the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) |
| 1944 | Appointed Special Assistant to Former Ambassador Joseph C. Grew |
| Chairman of the Far East Sub-Committee of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee | |
| 1945 | Advisor on Far East Affiars, Potsdam Conference |
| 1944-1945 | Advisor on Japanese affairs to Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. |
| 1969 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Manuscripts of writings, transcripts of speeches, correspondence, diaries, and printed matter, relating to U.S. foreign policy
in the Far East, U.S. Japanese relations, the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and Allied policy regarding the occupation
of Japan.