Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989

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Orientalist, author, educator, and historian; died 1989.

From the description of Owen Lattimore papers, 1907-1997 (bulk 1950-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983405

Biographical Note

  • 1900, July 29: Born, Washington, D.C.
  • 1913 - 1914 : Attended College Classique Cantonal, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1915 - 1919 : Attended St. Bees School, Cumberland, England
  • 1920: Engaged in export-import business in Shanghai, China
  • 1921: Assistant editor of newspaper in Tientsin, China
  • 1922 - 1926 : Employed by Arnold & Co., Tientsin and Peking, China
  • 1926: Married Eleanor Holgate of Evanston, Ill.
  • 1926 - 1927 : Traveled with his wife by rail and camel from Peking, China, through Inner Mongolia, the Etsin Gol, the Black Gobi, and Kashmir, Pakistan, to Bombay, India, then by ship to Italy
  • 1928 - 1929 : Attended Harvard Graduate School, Cambridge, Mass., and Harvard-Yenching Institute, Yenching, China
  • 1929 - 1930 : Researched in Manchuria under Social Sciences Research Council
  • 1930 - 1931 : Researched in Peiping, China, under Harvard-Yenching Institute, Yenching, China
  • 1931 - 1933 : Researched under J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, N.Y.
  • 1934 - 1937 : Field work in Mongolia and research in Peiping, China, under Institute of Pacific Relations
  • 1934 - 1941 : Editor, Pacific Affairs
  • 1938 - 1963 : Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
  • 1939 - 1953 : Director, Walter Hines Page School of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
  • 1941 - 1942 : Political advisor to Chiang Kai-shek
  • 1942 - 1944 : Director, Pacific Operations, United States Office of War Information
  • 1945 - 1946 : Member, United States Reparations Mission to Japan
  • 1950: Chief, United Nations Technical Aid Exploratory Mission to Afghanistan
  • 1951: Investigated by Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a communist sympathizer and Soviet spy; indicted on seven counts of perjury
  • 1955: Perjury indictments dismissed by United States District Court
  • 1958 - 1959 : Visiting lectureships, Vlieme Section, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, France
  • 1963 - 1970 : Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, England
  • 1965: Chichele Lecturer, Oxford University, Oxford, England
  • 1982: Visiting Professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
  • 1989, May 31: Died, Providence, R.I.

From the guide to the Owen Lattimore Papers, 1907-1997, (bulk 1950-1989), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Homer D. Crotty papers and addenda, 1859-2011 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department
referencedIn Nelson T. Johnson Papers, 1916-1955, (bulk 1922-1954) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Luther W Youngdahl papers., 1923-1968. Minnesota Historical Society
referencedIn Harris, Norman Wait, 1846-1916. Norman Wait Harris Memorial Foundation lectures records, 1906-1972. Northwestern University
referencedIn General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. John Carter Vincent's Security Case Files National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Francis Bowes Sayre Papers, 1861-1967, (bulk 1915-1961) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
creatorOf Bishko, Charles Julian. Papers of Julian Bishko, 1930-1989. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Boas, George, 1891-1980. George Boas papers, 1920-1980. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Dobie, Charles Caldwell, 1881-1943. Charles Caldwell Dobie papers, circa 1905-1943. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Lockwood, William W. (William Wirt), 1906-1978. William W. Lockwood papers, 1919-1977 (bulk 1938-1961) Princeton University Library
referencedIn Schoerner, Otto Frederick. Papers of Otto Frederick Schoerner, 1949-2006. Billy Graham Archive & Research Center
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950. Isaiah Bowman papers, 1904-1951. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Institute of Pacific Relations. Institute of Pacific Relations records, 1927-1962. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Owen Lattimore Papers, 1907-1997, (bulk 1950-1989) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Charles Caldwell Dobie Papers, [circa 1905-1943] Bancroft Library
referencedIn Arnoni, M. S. (Menachem S.), 1922-1985. Menachem Arnoni collection, 1961-1968. Boston University. School of Medicine
referencedIn Ehrmann, Henry Walter, 1908-. Henry W. Ehrmann papers, 1932-1998. University at Albany, University Libraries
referencedIn Institute of Pacific Relations Records, 1927-1962. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Papers of Ida Pruitt, 1850s-1992 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Schiller, A. Arthur, 1902-1977. Papers, 1897-1977. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955. Bernard De Voto papers, 1918-1955 (bulk 1944-1951). Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [APR. 22] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Andrews, Robert Armstrong, 1905-. Correspondence, 1949-1961. Dartmouth College Library
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referencedIn Luther Carrington Goodrich Papers, 1890-1991. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Roy Chapman Andrews papers, 1987 Accession, 1920-1947 (bulk 1934-1944) American Museum of Natural History
referencedIn Schumpeter, Elizabeth Boody. Papers, 1938-1953 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Norman Wait Harris Lecture Series, 1906-2007 Northwestern University Archives
referencedIn John Collier papers, 1910-1987 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Lamb, Helen Boyden. Papers, 1937-1975 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr. collection on Muslims in China, 1858-1984. Harvard University, Yenching Library, CJK RCON
creatorOf Jackson, Joseph Henry, 1894-1955. Joseph Henry Jackson papers, circa 1931-1955. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Boris Souvarine papers, 1915-1984 (inclusive), 1940-1984 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Nelson T. Johnson Papers, 1916-1955, (bulk 1922-1954) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Pease, Marion O. Marion O. Pease papers, 1946-1963. University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [DEC. 22] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Judd, Walter Henry, 1898-. Walter H. Judd papers, 1921-1993 (bulk 1940-1980). Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Arthur Frederick and Mary Clabaugh Wright papers, 1928-1982, 1951-1977 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Ruth Fischer papers, 1925-1961 (inclusive) 1940-1961 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn John Collier papers Yale University Library
creatorOf Institute of Pacific Relations. Institute of Pacific Relations records, 1922-1959. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hamilton Library
referencedIn Youngdahl, Luther W., 1896-1978. Luther W. Youngdahl papers, 1923-1968. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. Records Relating to Owen Lattimore National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Pruitt, Ida. Papers, 1850s-1992 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1925-1997 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn A. Arthur Schiller Papers, 1897-1977. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers of Helen Boyden Lamb, 1937-1975 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers, 1918-1955 (inclusive), 1944-1951 (bulk) Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Joseph William Ballantine Papers, 1909-1970 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn American Civil Liberties Union. American Civil Liberties Union Washington, D.C., office records, 1948-1970. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Papers of John K. Fairbank, 1933-1991 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984. Papers, 1918-1984. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Jaffe, Philip J. (Philip Jacob), 1895-1980. Philip J. Jaffe papers, 1920-1980. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Collier, John, 1884-1968. John Collier papers, 1910-1987 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Emanuel Celler Papers, 1924-1973, (bulk 1945-1973) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers of Drew Pearson. Files from the Merry-Go-Round Farm, 1919-1969 Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Lovejoy, Arthur O. (Arthur Oncken), 1873-1962. Arthur O. Lovejoy papers, 1872-1963. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Papers, 1938-1953 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS {APR. 26] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Jaffe, Philip J. (Philip Jacob), 1895-1980. Papers, 1920-1980. Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989. Papers. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Brown, W. Norman (William Norman), 1892-1975. Papers, 1912-1975. University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center
referencedIn Guérard, Albert Léon, 1880-1959. Albert Léon Guérard papers, 1909-1959. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Ballantine, Joseph, b. 1888. The reminiscences of Joseph Ballantine, 1961, [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Walter H. Judd papers., 1921-1993 (bulk 1940-1980). Minnesota Historical Society
referencedIn Colegrove, Kenneth Wallace, 1886-1975. Kenneth W. Colegrove Papers, 1912-1954. Northwestern University
referencedIn Emma (Moffat) McLaughlin Papers, 1927- 1967 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Fred C. Kelly Papers, 1867-1966 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Joseph William Ballantine Papers, 1909-1970 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Goodrich, L. Carrington (Luther Carrington), 1894-. L. Carrington Goodrich papers, 1890-1991. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956 Houghton Library
referencedIn Scott Millross Buchanan papers, 1911-1972. Houghton Library
referencedIn Wright, Arthur Frederick, 1913-. Arthur Frederick and Mary Clabaugh Wright papers, 1932-1977 (inclusive), 1951-1977 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Yong-jeung Kim papers, 1906-1994, bulk 1940-1975 Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn George Gaylord Simpson Papers, 1918-1984 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Hugh Hawkins Papers, 1914-2012, 1950-1990 Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 10] National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Papers of Drew Pearson. 1915 - 1969. Files from the Georgetown Office and Residence Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
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correspondedWith Barrett, Robert LeMoyne, b. 1871 person
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correspondedWith Buchanan, Scott Millross, 1895-1968 person
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correspondedWith Casseres, Isabel person
associatedWith Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981. person
correspondedWith Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 person
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associatedWith Nef, Evelyn Stefansson, 1913- person
correspondedWith Nef, John Ulric, 1899- person
correspondedWith Newman, Robert P. person
correspondedWith Newman, Robert P. person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Mongolia
United States
China
United States
Japan
United States
Mongolia
China
Subject
Communism
Communism
Internal security
Internal security
Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics
Sino
Subversive activities
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
Authors
Educators
Historians
Orientalists
Activity

Person

Birth 1900-07-29

Death 1989-05-31

Britons

English

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