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1 No online items Processed by Laura Ward; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box Los Angeles, CA URL: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

2 Collection number: 629 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Contact Information Manuscripts Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box Los Angeles, CA Telephone: 310/ (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) spec-coll@library.ucla.edu URL: Processed by: Laura Ward, January 2003 English translation of Japanese language materials by: Harumi Ziegler, January 2003 Encoded by: Caroline Cubé Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, May The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: H. Arthur Steiner Papers, Date (inclusive): Collection number: 629 Creator: Steiner, H. Arthur, Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)2 oversize boxes11 map folders Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California Abstract: H. Arthur Steiner ( ) was a Marine corps officer during World War II and a professor of international relations and political science at UCLA. His areas of expertise were in India and China. The collection is composed of documents relating to Steiner's service as an operations officer during World War II. Included are U.S. military maps, intelligence photographs, photograph albums documenting Saipan operations, military proclamations and military pamphlets and ephemera, as well as Japanese language material. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Restrictions on Access 629 2

3 COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Additional Physical Form Available A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact: Public Services Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box Los Angeles, CA Telephone: 310/ (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) spec-coll@library.ucla.edu Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of University Archives, UCLA / unknown. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], H. Arthur Steiner Papers (Collection 629). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: Biography Professor and World War II Marine corps officer H. Arthur Steiner was born in Steiner completed his B.A. and M.A. degrees at UCLA in the late 1920s and received his Ph.D. from Berkeley in 1930, specializing in the field of international relations. He taught political science and international law first at the University of Michigan and returned to teach at UCLA in Apart from his wartime service Steiner stayed in residence at UCLA until his retirement at the end of the 1960s. He was chosen as Political Science Professor of the Year by the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society in Steiner left his position as associate professor at UCLA in 1942 to serve as a captain in the Marine corps. He served in the World War II Marshall and Gilbert islands campaigns, and participated in the fighting on Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. He was attached as operations officer to the staff of Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, commander of all Marine forces in the Pacific area, and his responsibilities included maintaining front line contacts and conducting aerial reconnaissance of landing beaches. In March of 1945 he was awarded a letter of commendation from Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz for his work collecting and evaluating information of technical value during the Marianas Islands campaign. Steiner also served at Iwo Jima. Steiner first visited India and China as a Marine Corps officer and later made these regions his area of expertise. His authored works include Communist China in the world community (1961), Principles and problems of international relations (1940), Government in fascist Italy (1938), and the lecture series Mussolini's Italy ( ). He edited Chinese communism in action (1953), Maoism: a sourcebook; selections from the Writings of Mao Tse-tung (1952), American Academy of Political and Social Science Report on China (1951), Significant Supreme court decisions, (1937), and edited and translated Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party, adopted by the Seventh National Party Congress, Yenan, June 11, 1945 (c1949). Steiner also contributed to the published works The international position of Communist China, political and ideological directions of foreign policy. Thirteenth conference, Institute of Pacific Relations, Lahore, Pakistan, February, 1958 (1958), and Local government in Europe (c1939). In the late 1950s and in the 1960s Steiner was described as an old China hand. He never mastered the Chinese language, but was selected by his peers to participate in the formation of the Joint Committee on Contemporary China of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies. Arthur Steiner was married to Lois Steiner; the couple lived in Los Angeles. He was Professor Emeritus at UCLA when he died in Scope and Content The collection is composed of documents relating to professor and Marine corps officer H. Arthur Steiner's service as an operations officer during World War II. Included are U.S. military maps, intelligence photographs, photograph albums documenting Saipan operations, military proclamations and military pamphlets and ephemera, as well as Japanese language material. Also included are clippings taken from several Los Angeles area newspapers documenting Steiner's military service and commendation in March of 1945 by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Maps

4 2. Photographs. 3. Photograph albums. 4. Japanese language material. 5. Printed material (including military proclamations, military pamphlets and ephemera, and newspaper clippings). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. H. Arthur Steiner--Archives. Maps Adipose Atoll Box 1 Adipose atoll - Sheet 2, 1943 December. Box 1 [No title], 1943 December. Nautical map. Box 1 Receptacle Island, 1944 January 1. Aguijan Island Box 2 Aguijan photomap, 1944 May. Apamama Atoll Box 3 Chart of Apamama atoll with M Square, 1943 October. Nautical map. Grid overprint. Carillon Atoll Box 4 Cecil and Carter Islands, 1944 January 12. Carillon Special Maps 629 4

5 Carillon Atoll Box 4 Special maps, 1944 January. Sheets 1-3,5,6,12,14-16,26-28,30,31,33,34. Note 2 copies of sheet 3. Box 4 Berlin and Beverly Islands, 1944 January 6. Box 4 Landing beach sketch of Abraham and Albert, and Alexander and Allen Islands, 1944 January 5. Box 4 Chauncey Island, 1944 January 9. Box 4 Anthony, Anton and Andrew Islands, 1944 January 6. Box 4 Burlesque and Camouflage Islands, n.d. Physical Description: Box 4 Carlson and Carlos Islands, 1943 December 29. Box 4 Burlesque Island, 1944 January 5. Physical Description: Operations map. Box 4 Benson Island, 1944 January 9. Box 4 Blakenship and Burnet Islands, 1944 January 10. Box 4 Arlington Island, 1944 January 6. Box 4 Carlos Island, 1944 January 8. Box 4 Buster and Byron Islands, 1944 January

6 Carillon Atoll Box 4 Carlson Island, 1944 January 8. Box 4 Bennett Island, 1944 January 9. Box 4 Jacob Island, 1944 January 5. 2 Situation maps. Box 4 Abraham, Albat and Allen Islands, 1943 December Situation maps. Box 4 Burlesque and Camouflage Islands, 1943 December 24. Box 4 Burton Island, 1944 January 10. Box 4 Archie Island, 1944 January 6. Beach Studies Box 4 Burlesque and Camouflage atoll, 1943 December 4. Box 4 Carillon atoll, 1943 December 4. Carillon Atoll[?] Box 4 Fragile Island, 1944 February. Chichi Jima Box 5 Chichi Jima Fortress firing plan, n.d. [post-1941 November?]

7 Chichi Jima Box 5 Chichi Jima Special Maps, 1944 December. Sheets 1-3. Cordial Atoll Box 6 [Cordial atoll], n.d. Physical Description: 3 maps. Topographic maps[?]. Box 6 Daughter Island, 1943 November 24. Box 6 Beach study, Cordial atoll, 1943 November 17 & 24. Sheets 2 and 3. Note No sheet 1. Box 6 Cordial atoll, 1943 December. Box 6 Daughter and Ethel Islands, 1943 December 30. Guam Island Box 7 Agat Bay, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Ritidian Point, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Uruno Point, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Tumon Bay, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Santa Rosa, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Apra Harbor, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Pagat Point, 1942 January

8 Guam Island Box 7 Port Merizo, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Talofofo Bay, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Port Inarajan, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Agara Bay, 1942 January 1. Box 7 Island of Guam, 1944 April. Box 7 Island of Guam, 1944 May. Physical Description: Navigation/topographic map. Box 7 G-2 Situation map no.1, Guam Island, 1944 May 9. Situation maps. Sheets 1-4. Box 7 G-2 Situation map no.1, 1944 May 9. Sheets 1-2. Box 7 Guam, 1944 May. Physical Description: Topographic maps. Sheets 5 and 6 of 11. Guam Island - Marianas Islands Box 7 G-2 Situation map no.1. Marianas Islands, 1944 May 9. Sheets 1 and 2. Haha Jima Box 5 Haha Jima special map, 1944 December. Sheets 1-4. Iwo Jima 629 8

9 Iwo Jima Box 5 Iwo Jima photo map, 1944 November. Sheets 1-4. Box 5 Iwo Jima place name map, 1945 February 21. With marginalia. Box 5 Iwo Jima place name map no.2, [1945?]. Box 5 Iwo Jima special air and gunnery target map, n.d. Physical Description: With marginalia and waxpaper cover. Box 5 Iwo Jima special air gunnery and target map, 1944 November. With marginalia. 2 sheets. Box 5 Iwo Jima enemy defense installations, n.d. Physical Description: Box 5 Iwo Jima enemy defense installations, 1945 February 19-March 19. Box 5 Enemy defense installations, 1945 February 19-March 19. Map packet. Box 5 Iwo Jima photo map, 1944 November. Box 5 Iwo Jima special map, 1944 November. Box 5 Japanese positions on Iwo Jima, n.d. Physical Description: Box 5 Block houses, 1945 February 19-March 19. Map packet. Box 5 Anti-aircraft devices, 1945 February 19-March 19. Map packet

10 Iwo Jima Box 5 Covered artillery, 1945 February 19-March 19. Map packet. Box 5 Arcs of fire for casemated coastal defense guns, 1945 February 19-March 19. Map packet. Box 5 Mine situation map, 1945 February 19-March 19. Map packet. Box 5 Enemy units and uncaptured enemy positions, Iwo Jima, 1945 March 5. Japan Box 8, Folder 1 Kagoshiwa, Kyushu, Japan, 1944 December 26. Box 8, Folder 2 Tokyo Harbor, Japan, 1945 March 11. Box 8, Folder 3 Nagoya Harbor, Honshu, Japan, 1945 March 9. Box 8, Folder 5 Kure area, Honshu, Japan, n.d. Physical Description: Box 8, Folder 6 Osaka Harbor, Honshu, Japan, 1945 May 10. Box 8, Folder 7 Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan, 1945 April 14. Box 8, Folder 8 Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, 1944 November 17. Box 8, Folder 9 Kiirun Harbor, Formosa, [Japan?], 1944 September 9. Box 8, Folder 10 Asebo Ko-Kyushu, Japan, 1945 April

11 Japan Japan? Box 3 Nagoya Naiko, n.d. Physical Description: Navigation/situation map. Box 8, Folder 4 Shimonoseki strait and vicinity, 1944 June 18. Japanese Map Box 9 Pacific rim, n.d. Physical Description: Air and sea navigation. 2 maps. Box 9 [No title], n.d. Physical Description: Box 9 [No title], n.d. With photos. Box 9 [No title], n.d. Physical Description: Hand-drawn with notes. Box 9 [Iwo Jima?], n.d. Physical Description: Box 9 [No title], n.d. Physical Description: Hand-inked with photos. Kourbash Box 3 Kourbash sheet, 1943 October. Large Area Map Box 10 Chishima - Retto - East Asia and North Pacific, Long range air navigation chart. Box 10 Operational airfields of the Western Pacific, 1944 April Special maps. Box 10 Japan - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart

12 Large Area Map Box 10 San Francisco - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart. Box 10 Airfields map east asia coast, 1945 March 1. Physical Description: Navigation/situation map. Large Area Maps Box 10 Aleutian Islands - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart. Box 10 Marquesas Islands - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart. Box 10 Central China - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart. Box 10 Philippine Islands - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart. Box 10 Marshall Islands - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart. Box 10 South China Sea - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart. Box 10 Hawaiian Islands - East Asia and North Pacific, Physical Description: Long range air navigation chart. Longsuit Box 3 Longsuit sheet 1, 1943 September. Makin Atoll Box 3 Makin atoll with M Square, 1943 October. Nautical map. Grid overprint. Marianas Islands Box 7 G-2 Situation map no.1, Marianas Islands, 1944 May 9. Situation maps. Sheets

13 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Box 1 Kwajalein Atoll - Kwajalein Island, 1944 January 18. Physical Description: Red overprint. Box 1 Enwetok Atoll - Engebi Island, 1944 January 26. Box 1 Kwajalein Atoll - Kwajalein Island, 1944 January 10. Muko Jima Box 5 Muko Jima special map, 1945 January. Rota Island Box 11 Island of Rota, 1944 April. Physical Description: Navigation/topographic map. Box 11 Rota Island, 1944 April. Special air and gunnery map. Sheets 1-4. Saipan - Tinian Box 2 Saipan - Tinian area, 1944 April. Navigation/situation/topographic map[?]. Box 2 Special map for advance planning, Saipan - Tinian area, 1944 March. Box 2 Special air & gunnery target map, Saipan. Tinian area, 1944 April. Special maps. Sheets 1-9. Box 2 Saipan - Tinian area, 1944 May. Navigation/situation/topographic map[?]. Sheets

14 Saipan Island Saipan Island Box 2 G-2 Situation map no.2, Saipan Island May 6. Situation maps. Sheets 1-5. Note 2 copies of sheets 1,3 and 4. Box 2 Saipan photomap, 1944 May. Sheets 1-5. Box 2 G-2 Situation map no.2, 1944 May 6. Sheets 2 and 5. Saipan Island - Marianas Islands Box 2 G-2 special map no.2, Magicienne Bay, 1944 April 18. Box 2 G-2 special map no.1, Charan-Kanoa Area, landing obstacles (Northern section), 1944 May 7. Box 2 G-2 special map no.1, Charan-Kanoa Area, landing obstacles (Southern section), 1944 May 7. Box 2 G-2 special map no.3, Magicienne Bay, 1944 April 18. Sundance Atoll Box 12 Sundance special map, 1944 January. Sheets 3-7. Box 12 Sundance atoll, 1944 January. Nautical map

15 Sundance Atoll Box 12 Sundance atoll, 1944 January 1. Physical Description: Operations map. Tarawa Atoll Box 3 Tarawa atoll with M Square, 1943 October. Nautical map. Grid overprint. Tinian Island Box 2 G-2 Situation map no.1. Tinian Island, 1944 May 6. Sheets Box 2 Tinian photomap, 1944 May. Sheets 1-3. Photographs [Unidentified Place] Box 14, Folder 20 Aerial views, n.d. Physical Description: 2 black and white prints. Box 14, Folder 21 Military personnel souvenir photos, n.d. Physical Description: 2 black and white prints. Ailinglapalap Box 14, Folder 27 Aerial view, landscape, 1944 January 20. Bali Island Box 14, Folder 14 Civilian and landscape scenes, 1932 January 13 and n.d. Physical Description: 10 black and white prints. Carillon Atoll Box 13, Folder 1 Aerial beach study, n.d. Physical Description: Strip of 4 black and white prints

16 Photographs Corregidor Island - Philippines Corregidor Island - Philippines Box 14, Folder 22 Aerial view of Fort Drum, n.d. Ebon Box 14, Folder 31 Aerial view, landscape, 1943 December 16. Eniwetok Atoll Box 14, Folder 9 Aerial views, landscape and military scenes, 1944 January 31-February 1. Physical Description: 10 black and white prints. Iwo Jima Box 14, Folder 2 Landscape and military scenes, 1945 February 24 and n.d. Physical Description: 9 black and white prints. Box 14, Folder 5 Air & gunnery target folder, 1944 December 15. Physical Description: 25 black and white photo and situation map prints in folder. Box 14, Folder 8 Submarine mosaic of Mt. Surabachi, n.d. Physical Description: Mounted black and white prints. Jaluit Island Box 14, Folder 7 Aerial views, 1943 November 23. Physical Description: 3 black and white prints. Java - Batavia Box 14, Folder 1 Civilian and landscape scenes, 1932 and n.d. Physical Description: 14 black and white prints. Kiirun Box 14, Folder 26 Aerial view, n.d. Korea - Keito Box 14, Folder 29 Civilian scene, Prior

17 Photographs Korea - Keito Kure Box 14, Folder 28 Aerial view of Kure area, n.d. Kwajaleina Island Box 14, Folder 23 Aerial view, n.d. Kyushu Box 14, Folder 12 Aerial views, 1944 October 6. Physical Description: 2 black and white prints. Labuan Island Box 14, Folder 32 Civilian scene, n.d. Maleolap Box 14, Folder 13 Aerial views, landscape and military scenes, 1944 January Physical Description: 15 black and white prints. Nauru Island Box 14, Folder 18 Aerial views, 1944 February 5. Physical Description: 3 black and white prints. Okinawa Box 14, Folder 17 Aerial views, landscape and military scenes, 1944 October 10. Physical Description: 15 black and white prints. Palau Island Box 13, Folder 2 Aerial study, Palau Island, 1944 July 26. Physical Description: Strip of 22 black and white prints. Box 14, Folder 6 Aerial views, 1944 March 30. Physical Description: 4 black and white prints

18 Photographs Porcelain Island Porcelain Island Box January 5. Physical Description: Operations Box January 5. Box 4 Nautical map, 1944 January. Sheets 1 and 3. Note 2 copies of sheet 1. Box 14, Folder 24 Aerial view, 1944 January 31. Physical Description: 1 black and print. Saipan Box 14, Folder 10 Military field scenes of Saipan operations, 1944 June 27 and n.d. Physical Description: 45 black and white prints, with & with out typescript captions. Box 14, Folder 19 Invasion of Saipan Island, 1944 June 15. Physical Description: 7 black and white prints. Saipan - Saigon Box 14, Folder 4 Civilian scenes, n.d. Physical Description: 2 black and white prints. Saipan Island Box 14, Folder 3 Aerial views, 1944 February 23. Physical Description: 5 black and white prints. Sumatra - Medan Box 14, Folder 33 Civilian scene, Prior Truk Box 14, Folder 15 Aerial views, landscape and military scenes, 1944 April 29-August 6. Physical Description: 14 black and white prints

19 Photographs Truk Box 14, Folder 16 Civilan scene, n.d. Ulithi Island Box 14, Folder 11 Aerial views, 1944 March 31. Physical Description: 2 black and white prints. Wake Island Box 14, Folder 25 Aerial view, 1944 March 12. Woleai Box 14, Folder 30 Aerial view, 1944 April 1. Photograph Album Saipan Box 15 Amphibious Operations (On Land) - Saipan Island, 1944 June 15. Physical Description: 91 black and white photos and album. Photos transferred from album to binder. Box 15 Amphibious Operations (At Sea) - Saipan Island, 1944 June 15. Physical Description: 67 black and white photos and album. Photos transferred from album to binder. Japanese Language Materials Box 16, Folder 1 Road repairs maps - Saipan (Japanese), n.d. Physical Description: 3 hand-drawn maps and envelope Box 16, Folder 2 Condom, n.d. Physical Description: 1 condom in envelope. Box 16, Folder 3 Outline for traffic control - Tokyo (Japanese), Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folder April 10. Note of Salary Payments from Government (Japanese) Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folder May 25. Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folder May 25. Physical Description: 1 piece

20 Japanese Language Materials Box 16, Folder April 10. Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folder 8 Field service code (Japanese), Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folder 9 Laws of military training (Japanese), Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folders Army regulations (Japanese), Physical Description: 2 pieces. Box 16, Folder 12 Nautical almanac (Japanese), Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folder 13 Reference for basic army field construction (Japanese), Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folder 14 Letter (Japanese), 1950 December 9[?]. Physical Description: 1 leaf and envelope. Box 16, Folder 15 Nautical chart/navigation aid/pilot guide (Japanese), Physical Description: 1 piece. Box 16, Folder 16 Stock certificates, bond certificate, insurance receipt, business earnings statement (Japanese), 1931 November August 20. Physical Description: 7 pieces. Printed Material Steiner Box 14, Folder 36 Newspaper clippings, 1945 March Physical Description: 5 pieces. U.S. Military Box 14, Folder 34 Military pamphlets and ephemera, 1944 June June 25 and n.d. Physical Description: 4 pieces. Box 14, Folder 35 Military proclamations, n.d. Physical Description: 10 pieces in envelope