]> rg.08.010 Records of Walter Hines Page School of International Relations 1923-1955 08.010 Charles Russell, James Stimpert, Aravinda Pillalamarri. The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 USA Phone: (410) 516-8323
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Marius Stan Finding aid written in English Records of Walter Hines Page School of International Relations 1923/1955 Record Group Number 08.010 The Ferdinand Hamburger ArchivesThe Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University Contact Information The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8323 Charles Russell, James Stimpert, Aravinda Pillalamarri. Marius Stan

©2005 The Johns Hopkins University

 Descriptive Summary Record Group Number 08.010 Records of Walter Hines Page School of International Relations 1923-1955 The Walter Hines Page School of International Relations, The Johns Hopkins University The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University 2.33 cubic feet (7 document cases), plus 1 bound volume English The records of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations range in date from 1923 to 1955 and are subdivided as follows: Subgroup 1: Establishment of Page School, 1923-1929 Subgroup 2: Administrative Records, 1924-1955 Series 1: Advisory Board Minutes, 1924-1933 Series 2: J.V.A. MacMurray, Director, 1930-1933 Series 3: F.S. Dunn, Executive Secretary, 1930-1938 Series 4: Owen Lattimore, Director, 1931-1955 Subseries 1: Administrative and Financial, 1931-1953 Subseries 2: Subject Files, 1945-1953 Subseries 3: Correspondence, 1943-1952 Subseries 4: Curricular Files, 1940-1955 Subgroup 3: Owen Lattimore, Personal Materials, 1950-1953 Administrative Information Provenance

Most of the records in subgroups 1, 2 (series 2, 3, 4) and 3 were deposited in the University Library by the Page School and later transferred to the Archives. Owen D. Young's financial commitment (subgroup 1) was transferred by the Office of the Treasurer. Subgroup 2 (series 1) was transferred by the Department of Special Collections of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library.

Accession Number

77.1, 77.38, 81.44

 Use Restrictions

Education records in subgroup 2 (series 4, subseries 2 and 4), as defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, are restricted. For details, see Regulations Governing Access to Restricted Records, at the front of each binder.

Preferred Citation

The Ferdinand Hamburger Archives of The Johns Hopkins University, Record Group Number 08.010, Walter Hines Page School of International Relations, subgroup number and title, series number and title, subseries number and title, file title and inclusive dates.

History

The Walter Hines Page School of International Relations was formed through the actions of George L. Radcliffe (President of the Alumni Association) as a memorial to Walter Hines Page (Fellow in Greek, 1876-1878), one of the first Johns Hopkins Fellows and a successful career diplomat. A luncheon held in New York, in April 1924, launched plans to form the school and raise an endowment. Owen D. Young served as chairman of the fundraising board, and secured an initial gift from Edward W. Bok to allow the school to open immediately. Despite the poor performance of fundraising activities, John Van Antwerp MacMurray was selected as the first director and took office in February 1930, with the school officially opening in October of the same year. The school was established to support research in foreign relations and policy, granting degrees only in conjunction with the Social Sciences or Humanities groups of the Faculty of Philosophy.

Frederick Sherwood Dunn took over the directorship as executive secretary in 1933 when MacMurray took a leave of absence to re enter the diplomatic corps. Dunn served in this capacity until 1935. Owen Lattimore was appointed director in 1938. Lattimore himself was on leave from 1941 to 1944 to serve as an advisor to Chiang kai Shek and the United States Government. Lattimore returned to the School in 1944 and worked vigorously to develop its programs.

In 1947, John DeFrancis was appointed assistant professor, and in conjunction with the History, Geography, Political Science, and Political Economy departments, the school increased its activities, centering on Lattimore's area of specialty, the Far East, China and Mongolia. During the next few years the school was successful and productive, only to be cut short in 1951 by Senator Joseph McCarthy's accusation that Lattimore was the "top Soviet agent in this country," and by the investigations of Senator Tydings' Foreign Relations Subcommittee and Senator McCarran's Internal Security Subcommittee. When a federal grand jury indicted Lattimore on seven counts of perjury in December 1952, the Trustees granted him leave of absence with pay. Hopkins was severely criticized in some quarters for not firing Lattimore outright, prior to any guilty verdict; see the records of the Office of the President, series 1, file number 902, for correspondence on this matter.

While Lattimore was officially on leave of absence, the University acquired the School of Advanced International Studies, an independent institution located in Washington, DC. On April 16, 1953, President Detlev W. Bronk announced a reorganization of the University, "to simplify Johns Hopkins' academic structure;" this simplification included disbanding the Page School, which had suffered a decrease in contributions due to its close association with Lattimore.

The charges against him dropped, Owen Lattimore returned in 1955 to teach in the Department of History until 1963, when he left the University to set up a new Department of Chinese Studies at Leeds University in England.

Bibliography: French, John C. A History of the University Founded by Johns Hopkins. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1946, pp. 240-243. Rohr, Charles J. "The Walter Hines Page School of International Relations," The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine 20 (November 1931):23-31.

Subgroup 1: Establishment of Page School, 1923-1929 Establishment of Page School Establishment of Page School, 1923-1929

Subgroup 1, Establishment of the Page School, 1923-1929, contains the earliest records of the School, including reminiscences of Walter Hines Page by his classmates, collected by former Registrar Thomas Randolph Ball. Also in this subgroup are correspondence and accounting records of the Endowment Fund, correspondence on the search for a director, proposals regarding the emphasis and direction of the School, and records concerning Owen D. Young's pledge of financial support. Files in this subgroup are arranged in alphabetical order.

Box Folder Contents 1 1 Ball, T. R.--Reminiscences, 1923-1924 1 2 Correspondence, 1925 1 3 Endowment Fund--J. H. Hallowell--Press release, Pamphlets, Accounting record, 1924-1926 1 4 Endowment Fund--J. H. Hallowell--Correspondence with Donors, 1924-1926 1 5 ________. 1 6 Latan‚, J. H.--Candidates for the Director, 1924 1 7 Latan‚, J. H.--Proposals for School, 1924-1926 1 8 Latan‚, J. H.--Speeches and Press Clippings, 1923-1925 1 9 Willoughby, W. W.--Advisory Board, 1925-1926 1 10 Young, Owen D.--Financial Commitment, 1929 Subgroup 2: Administrative Records, 1924-1955 Advisory Board Minutes Advisory Board Minutes, 1924-1933

Subgroup 2, Administrative Records, is divided into four series. Series 1, Advisory Board Minutes, consists of one bound volume of minutes, 1924-1933. This volume also includes information on the background and founding of the Page School, as well as Minutes of the school's Advisory Board. Typescripts of letters between University President Frank J. Goodnow and Franklin D. Roosevelt, dated 1924, are also included, relating to fundraising. A printed copy of an address by Owen D. Young, in charge of raising an endowment for the Page School, is also present; the address was given at Hopkins on February 23, 1925.

Box Folder Contents Vol. 1 Minutes of Advisory Board of the Page School, 1924-1933. (Also includes information on the founding of the Page School.), J.V.A. MacMurray, Director J.V.A. MacMurray, Director, 1930-1933

Subgroup 2, series 2, J.V.A. MacMurray, 1930-1938, consists of two folders of administrative records generated by John Van Antwerp MacMurray during his tenure as Page School Director, and a set of responses to a circular letter sent out by President Joseph S. Ames.

Box Folder Contents 1 11 Administrative Records, 1930-1933, 1 12 Ames, J. S.--Circular Letter, 1932, F.S. Dunn, Executive Secretary F.S. Dunn, Executive Secretary, 1930-1938

Subgroup 2, series 3, F.S. Dunn, 1930-1938, consists of two folders of records created by Frederick Sherwood Dunn, Page School Director. The file contains a partial manuscript of a book by Dunn and a file of correspondence and administrative records.

Box Folder Contents 1 13 Administrative Records, 1934-1935 1 14 Protection of Nationals, 1930-1938 Owen Lattimore, Director Owen Lattimore, Director, 1931-1955

Subgroup 2, series 4, Owen Lattimore, Director, dates from the period 1931 to 1955 and has been further subdivided into four subseries. Subseries 1, Administrative and Financial, 1931-1953, includes correspondence with the University Treasurer, a copy of the director's report, and a set of recommendations given by Lattimore in 1953. Files in this subseries are arranged in alphabetical order.

Subgroup 2, series 4, subseries 2, Subject Files, 1945-1953, consists of personal and official correspondence, written and received by Lattimore. While most of this subseries deals with Lattimore's administrative and scholarly responsibilities, there is also correspondence concerning a family of Mongolian exiles which Lattimore helped support. This subseries is arranged in alphabetical order.

Subgroup 2, series 4, subseries 3, Correspondence, spans the years 1946 to 1952. Materials in this subseries primarily concern solicitations and arrangements for speaking engagements, to which Lattimore responded. For some reason, there are also a few subject files relating to various topics in Lattimore's area of interest. The subseries has been arranged in alphabetical order by letter, with the subject files in alphabetical order at the end.

Subgroup 2, series 4, subseries 4, Curricular Files, 1940-1955, consists of student records, class lists, syllabi, and reading lists. Files in this subseries are arranged in alphabetical order.

Administrative and Financial, 1931-1953 Box Folder Contents 1 1 China--Statements and Policies, 1940-1948 1 2 DeFrancis, John--Committee on International Studies, 1953 1 3 Personnel, 1946-1951 1 4 Publications--Descriptive Brochures, 1931-1937 1 5 Reports of the Director, 1933-1952 1 6 Treasurer's Office Correspondence, 1946-1953 Subject Files, 1945-1953 Box Folder Contents 1 1 7 American Council of Learned Societies, 1945-1952 1 8 American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1946 1 9 American Geographical Society, 1946-1951 1 10 American Philosophical Society, 1947-1952 1 11 Asia Institute, 1945-1950 1 12 Brookings Institution, 1948 1 13 Byers, John G., 1951-1952 1 14 Chinese Embassy, 1950-1953 1 15 Candidates for Scholarships, 1951 (Confidential) 1 16 Carnegie Corporation, 1945-1952 1 17 Council on Foreign Relations, 1946-1952 1 18 Displaced Persons, 1950-1951 2 1 Far Eastern Association, 1949-1951 2 2 Far Eastern Study Group of the Council on Foreign Relations, 1946-1950 2 3 Fisher, Thomas R., 1951 2 4 Ford Foundation, 1952 2 5 Foreign Service Institute, 1948-1951 2 6 Guggenheim Foundation, 1946-1951 2 7 Hangin, John, 1949-1952 2 8 Immigration and Naturalization, U.S. Department of, 1949-1952 2 9 Institute of Current World Affairs, 1950-1951 2 10 International Film Foundation, 1947 2 11 Lattimore--Miscellaneous Publications, 1951 2 12 Mongols, 1948-1952 2 13 Mongols--Expenses, 1949 2 14 Mongols--Interviews and Publications, 1948-1949 2 15 Onun, Peter, 1950-1951 2 16 Rockefeller Foundation, 1946-1950 2 17 Second National Conference on the Study of World Areas, 1950 2 18 Social Sciences Research Council, 1945-1952 (Confidential) 2 19 Southern Asia Conference, 1949 2 20 When Japan Has a Treaty, 1951 2 21 Confidential Student Records Correspondence, 1943-1952 Box Folder Contents 3 1 A, Correspondence, 1946-1952 3 2 B, Correspondence, 1946-1952 3 3 C, Correspondence, 1946-1952 3 4 D, Correspondence, 1946-1952 3 5 E, Correspondence, 1946-1952 3 6 F, Correspondence, 1946-1952 3 7 G, Correspondence, 1946-1952 3 8 H, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 1 I, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 2 J, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 3 K, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 4 L, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 5 M, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 6 N, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 7 O, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 8 P, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 9 R, Correspondence, 1946-1952 4 10 S (Sakamoto-Sloane), Correspondence, 1946-1952 5 1 S (Smith-Swope), Correspondence, 1946-1952 5 2 T, Correspondence, 1946-1952 5 3 U, Correspondence, 1946-1952 5 4 V, Correspondence, 1946-1952 5 5 W (Wagner-Weeks), Correspondence, 1946-1952 5 6 W (Weigert-Wykoff), Correspondence, 1946-1952 5 7 Y-Z, Correspondence, 1946-1952 5 8 Czechoslovakia, 1947-1948 5 9 Completed Lectures, 1949 5 10 India, 1943, 1949-1950 5 11 Lattimore: Bibliography, Biography, Fulbright Application, 1951 5 12 Lectures (Refused), 1949-1950 5 13 Lectures, 1945-1946 5 14 Sinkiang Refugees, 1950-1951 5 15 Telberg, George, 1950-1952 5 16 Tibetan Project, 1950 Curricular Files, 1940-1955 Box Folder Contents 6 1 Bibliography and Reading Lists, 1950-1955 6 2 Catalogue Description, 1951 6 3 Class List--McCoy College, 1951 6 4 Examinations, 1952 6 5 Lecture Outline and Related Materials: Political Problems of the Orient, 1940- 6 6 Student Evaluations, 1946-1947 (Confidential) 6 7 Syllabi, 1947 Subgroup 3: Owen Lattimore, Personal Materials, 1950-1953 Personal Materials Personal Materials, 1950-1953

Subgroup 3, Owen Lattimore, Personal Materials, 1950-1953, consists of documents and excerpts of documents either defending or accusing Owen Lattimore. Also included in this subseries are several public statements and addresses Lattimore made in response to the charges against him. This subgroup is arranged in alphabetical order.

Box Folder Contents 1 8 Lattimore the Scholar, 1953 1 9 Excerpts from Various Communications.... 1 10 Excerpts from Letters Included with this Exhibit.... 1 11 Statement of Owen Lattimore before Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 2, 1950 1 12 Statement by Owen Lattimore, April 6, 1950 1 13 Address by Owen Lattimore at JHU, June 28, 1950 1 14 News Release, April 1, 1950 1 15 Point Four and the Third Countries, April 15, 1950 1 16 East and West Association Biography of Owen Lattimore, c. 1950 1 17 Fact Sheets concerning Owen Lattimore 1 18 Pivot of Asia--Jacket Biography, March 1950 1 19 Address to JHU Faculty, May 16, 1950 1 20 Comparison of McCarthy and Kohlberg 1 21 Further Testimony by Owen Lattimore 1 22 Statement by Senator McCarran, March 21, 1952