Partial Inventory of the Wilbur J. Peterkin Papers

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1 No online items Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Archives Staff. Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, (650) ,

2 Title: Wilbur J. Peterkin papers Date (inclusive): Collection Number: Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 11 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes, 1 album box, 3 motion picture film reels, 1 microfilm reel, 2 videotape cassettes, memorabilia(4.5 linear feet) Abstract: Diary transcripts, letters, reports, maps, photographs, motion picture film, and memorabilia, relating to Chinese communist forces and the Japanese occupation of China during World War II. Includes weapons, clothing and equipment used by Chinese communists during World War II. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Peterkin, Wilbur J., Access Collection is 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 For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Wilbur J. Peterkin papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in Accruals 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 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. Scope and Content of Collection Diary transcripts, letters, reports, maps, photographs, motion picture film, and memorabilia, relating to Chinese communist forces and the Japanese occupation of China during World War II. Includes weapons, clothing and equipment used by Chinese communists during World War II. Biographical Note Wilbur Peterkin was a Colonel in the United States Army. He served as the Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of the United States Army Observer Group, more commonly referred to as the Dixie Mission, with Chinese communist forces in Yenan, China, Subjects and Indexing Terms United States. Army. United States. Observer Mission to Yenan, Communism--China. Guerrillas--China. Motion pictures. Sino-Japanese Conflict, Video tapes. World War, China. Box 1-4 Not yet described Box 5 Photographs

3 Photographs Box/Folder 5 : 1 September December 1943 Box/Folder 5 : 2 January February 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 3 March May 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 4 June July 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 5 August 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 6 September 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 7 October 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 8 November 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 9 December 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 10 January February 1945 Box/Folder 5 : 11 March June 1945 Box/Folder 5 : 12 July September 1945 Box/Folder 5 : 13 Post-1945 Box/Folder 5 : Undated, likely Box/Folder 5 : 16 Maps and Outline of Voyage, circa 1945 Box/Folder 5 : 17 Small photo album, Box/Folder 5 : 18 Time"Specially printed for members of the U.S. armed forces overseas" December 10, 1945 Box/Folder 5 : 19 Larger photographs, July December 1944; pictures of maps, circa 1944 Box/Folder 5 : 20 Peterkin: "Inside China: An Eyewitness Account of America's Mission in Yenan," preliminary draft, 1992 Box/Folder 5 : 21 Photo negatives, circa 1944, 1978 Box/Folder 5 : 22 Color photo slides, Mixed materials A 92 photographs depicting W. J. Peterkin's activities as executive and commanding officer of the U.S. Observer Mission to the Chinese Communists, Includes prints of Communist Chinese leaders and views of Yenan. Mixed materials fb Photo album of 245 prints of China, Nigeria, and India at the time of World War II, undated Mixed materials C 66 prints depicting the International Peace Hospital with the Chinese communist forces,

4 Photographs Box/Folder 8 : 1 Color Photo Slides, undated Box/Folder 8 : 2 Photos of Yenan, Box/Folder 8 : 3 Photos, undated Box/Folder 8 : 4 Photos and Negatives of Kweilin, 1944 Box/Folder 8 : 5 Photos and Negatives, undated Box/Folder 8 : 6 Photo Booklet, undated Box 6 Correspondence, Box/Folder 6 : 1 July 1943-August 1943 Box/Folder 6 : 2 September 1943 Box/Folder 6 : 3 October 1943-December 1943 Box/Folder 6 : 4 January 1944-February 1944 Box/Folder 6 : 5 March 1944 Box/Folder 6 : 6 April 1944 Box/Folder 6 : 7 May 1944 Box/Folder 9 : 1 June 1944 Box/Folder 9 : 2 July 1944 Box/Folder 9 : 3 August 1944-September 1944 Box/Folder 9 : 4 January 1945-February 1945, April 1945 Box/Folder 9 : 5 May 1945-July 1945 From Peterkin, Wilbur, to Peterkin, Dorothy, Box/Folder 7 : 1 October-November 1943, 1943 Box/Folder 7 : 2-3 November 1943, 1943 Box/Folder 7 : 4-5 December 1943, 1943 Box/Folder 7 : 6-7 January 1944, 1944 Box/Folder 10 : 1 February-March 1944, 1944 Box/Folder 10 : 2 July 1944, 1944 Box/Folder 10 : 3 August 1944, 1944 Box/Folder 10 : 4 September 1944, 1944 Box/Folder 10 : 5 October 1944, 1944 Box/Folder 10 : 6 November-December 1944, 1944 Box/Folder 10 : 7 January-February 1945, 1945 Box/Folder 10 : 8 March 1945, 1945 Box/Folder 10 : 10 June 1945, 1945 Box/Folder 10 : 11 July 1945, 1945 Box/Folder 11 : 1 August 1945, 1945 Box/Folder 11 : 2 September 1945, 1945 Box/Folder 11 : 3 General Correspondence to Peterkin, Dorothy, 1945,

5 Correspondence, From Peterkin, Wilbur, to Peterkin, Dorothy, Box/Folder 11 : 4 From Schick, Frances to Peterkin, Dorothy, 1945, 1945 Box/Folder 11 : 5 From Peterkin, Wilbur to Peterkin, Anne, 1944, 1944 Box/Folder 7 : 2 To Peterkin, Dorothy, July 1945, 1945 Film shelf Motion picture films 1944 China U.S.A.O.S., Film shot by Wilbur J. Peterkin while stationed in China during World War II. 16mm, color and black and white, silent. Roll 2. Detailed contents list below. Use copy reference number: 76018_f_ October 5, 1944 Occasion of Legion Merit for Colonel Barrett Chu Teh, Mao Tse Tung, Ludden, Barrett, and members of Mission General Bergin- who presented Legion of Merit Gunther Stein - Brooks Atkinson in door of plane Yeh Chien Ying, Madam Chu Teh February 5, 1945 Colonel Morris DePass February 11, 1945 Chinese New Year and band with gifts for mission April 18-20, 1945 Trip to Yenchang oil fields; Peterkin, Lt. Col Dexheimer and Colonel Andrus and Mr. Yellachich Oil wells pumped by man-power Road cave in. 25 fords in about 69 miles. May 1945 Lt. Happe (knit cap) and Sgt. White going to Varoff Field Chinese weather observers and radio operators to be flown behind Japanese lines. Tai Hang. Yenan Water system June 1945 Orderlies planting vegetables after drough Hsiao Ping photographer Mr. Wu head of photography March 23, 1945 Chungking Threshing rice March 25, 1945 Convoy Chunking-Yenan, 4 3/4 tons with 1 ton trailers and one jeep with trailer. Personnel Peterkin, Captain Pomeranze, MC, Catain William Glei, Captain Eaton, Lt. Proccino, Lt. Hauck, Sergeant Sevia Thorne OSS, Sgt. Richards, Corporal Peel, Lt. Happe Lt. Hauck and Lt. Proccanino Captain Pomeranze with dark glasses Sgt. Thorne with dark glasses Lt. Happe eating apple Captain Glei no shirt eating apple April 2, 1945 City of Paochi - camped on airfield Kuo Min Tang soldier

6 Motion picture films 1944 Peterkin and camel - Yenan June 27, 1945 B25 Lt. Happe and Sgt. White return from Varoff Field July 4, 1945 Signal flare caught on telephone wire across river Civilian William Taylor captured on Wake Island escaped from Japanese in North China and rescued by guerrillas July 5, 1945 Political meeting with KMT, KCT, and other political parties Yeh Chien Ying, Chun Yi, Mao Tse Tung, Madam Chou En Lai, etc. Peterkin and laborers at Yenan airfield Lt. Klein with young art student from Yu Lin Art Academy September 3, 1945 Victory parade in Chungking Victory Arch Chungking September 13, 1945 Approach to Hause # 15, Peterkin's billet. View from window of House #15 Mission to Yenan, Roll 5 circa Film shot by Wilbur J. Peterkin while stationed in China during World War II. 16 mm, black and white, silent. Roll 5. Use copy reference number: 76018_f_ Motion picture film Film shelf Dixie Compound, Roll 4 circa Film shot by Wilbur J. Peterkin while stationed in China during World War II. 16mm, color, silent. Roll 4. Use copy reference number: 76018_f_ Microfilm cabinet Microfilm reel Microfilm Reel 1 U.S. Military Observers in Yenan, China collected reports microfilm reel, (bulk ) Includes four volumes of collected administrative and other reports concerning the Yenan Observer Group (Code Name: Dixie Mission; File No. Geog V China 334--Dixie Mission). The Yenan Observer Group arrived in Yenan, China, on July 22, The volumes were regraded unclassified by the Secretary of the Army in Volume 1 index: Army Ground Forces Resources Technical Staff; Air Ground Aid Service Section, American--Communist Relations, Colonel Dave Barrett's Reports, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Maps, Charts, Foreign Economics Administration, Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley Volume 2 index: Illustrations, Maps of areas, Interviews with Lt. George I. Nakamura, Nationalist--Communist Relations, Naval Intelligence, Operations Conditions, Order of Battle Section, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Office of War Information (OWI), Personalities Involved, Propaganda Volume 3 index: Preliminary Story, Tenth Weather Squadron Detachment, Twentieth Bomber Command, Wind-Up Of Mission, Colonel Yeaton, Yensig Section (Proposed), china Theater Political History (by Fenton Keyes), G-5 Clandestine Branch History Excerpts Volume 4 is not indexed