International Institute of Rural Reconstruction records, 1914-2018

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Series IX Y. C. James Yen's Notes on Meetings


Subseries IX.1 U.S., China, & the Philippines, 1944-1960

Note: Copies chronologically arranged.



Box 96 Confidential Interviews, July 28, 1944-March31, 1946


Box 96 Yen-Interviews List


Box 96 Interviews, 1944-1946


Box 96 Confidential-Last Days in China, April 1949-July 1949



Box 97 Confidential Interviews with Various People Re: China, January 1950-October 1950


Box 97 Interviews, January 1950-June 1951


Box 97 Interviews in the Philippines, February-March, 1952 2 copies, February-March, 1952


Box 97 Interviews in the U.S.-Interviews and Talks on International Committee, December 1950-December 1951


Box 97 Interviews in the U.S., January 1950-June 1951 Note: Not complete, January 1950-June 1951


Box 97 Interviews in the U.S., January 1952-December 1952


Box 97 Interviews in the U.S., January -December 1953 and July 1954, January -December 1953, July 1954


Box 97 Interviews in the U.S., 1956


Box 97 Interviews in the U.S., 1957 and 1958, 1957, 1958



Box 98 Interviews in the U.S., 1959


Box 98 Interviews in the U.S., 1960


Box 98 Interviews in the U.S., 1961


Box 98 Interviews in the U.S., 1962


Box 98 Interviews in the U.S., 1963


Box 98 Interviews ( Duplicate)


Box 98 "Meet the Press" [Interview], Philippines, 1968


Subseries IX.2 U.S.A., 1950s-1960s


Note: Copies alphabetically arranged



Box 99 Adams, Sherman, 8/4/55


Box 99 Aid -- General, 1/15/63, 7/22/69


Box 99 Aldrich, Malcolm, 7/5/62


Box 99 Altschul, Dr. Frank, 2/4/64


Box 99 Amberson, Dr. William, 11/30/61


Box 99 Araneta, Amado, 10/4/62, 5/18/64


Box 99 Avery, Sewell, 1/14/59


Box 99 Barnes, Joseph, 2/27/51, 3/21/51, 10/15/58


Box 99 Benton, Eilliam, 6/24/60


Box 99 Bewkes, Dr. Eugene G., 5/25/64


Box 99 Bodet, Dr. Jaime Torres (UNESCO), 5/2/52


Box 99 Bolling, Dr. Landrum, 6/15/60


Box 99 Bosch, Juan, 12/28/62


Box 99 Bowles, Chester, 2/26/51, 12/10/57, 12/3/63


Box 99 Brown, James, 10/29/59


Box 99 Bunche, Ralph, 2/26/53


Box 99 Busch, Noel, 10/26/59, 11/27/59, 1960


Box 99 Busenberg, Robert, 3/26/63


Box 99 CARE, 12/1/61


Box 99 Caluza, Celedonio, 1962


Box 99 Chang, H. C., 3/1/53


Box 99 Chicago Trip, November -December 1962


Box 99 Cincinnati Trip, November 2-4, 1966


Box 99 Clark, Garvey, 10/5/73


Box 99 Commonwealth Fund (M. Wooster Roger Crane), 10/1/62


Box 99 Cooper, Harry, 2/8/62


Box 99 Cousins, Norman, 7/17/51


Box 99 Culbertson, Robert, 12/20/62


Box 99 Cunningham, Merrimon, 4/14/64


Box 99 Davidson, Carter, 1/12/63


Box 99 Dickenson, Ray, 10/2/62


Box 99 Diez-Hochleitner, Ricardo, 6/17/63


Box 99 Ensminger, Douglas, 5/9/63


Box 99 Escudero, manuel, 3/1/61


Box 99 Espy, Willard, 3/27/51, 4/6/51


Box 99 Feliciano, Gregorio and Pacita, 1963-1965


Box 99 Field, Marshall, 4/16/59


Box 99 Field, Mrs. Ruth, 11/58, 12/10/58, 4/24/59, 10/26/59


Box 99 Fisher, Sterling, 4/20/59


Box 99 Fisher, Mrs. Welthy, 5/29/63


Box 99 Forkner, Dr. Claude, 2/3/61, 2/21/61, 2/9/62


Box 99 Freeman, Mansfield, 7/19/50


Box 99 Funston, Keith, 12/14/59


Box 99 Gamble, Sidney, 12/12/57, 1/12/61, 6/11/62, 6/5/63


Box 99 Gardner, John W., 10/27/61, 1/8/62


Box 99 Garrison, Lloyd, 12/8/59



Box 100 Garside, Dr. B.A., 3/14/61


Box 100 Grant, John P., 10/14/53


Box 100 Grant, William T., 6/22/60


Box 100 Gregory, Amos, See Stanley Kresge


Box 100 Gremillion, Monsignor Joseph, 5/25/64


Box 100 Hall, Clarence, 5/18/60


Box 100 Hamilton, Charles, Jr., 12/23/63


Box 100 Hamilton, Fowler, 5/24/63


Box 100 Hamilton, Edward, 5/26/69


Box 100 Hamilton, Richard, 6/7/55


Box 100 Harrar, Dr. J. George, 11/13/61, 12/9/65


Box 100 Harrison, Anne Blaine (Mrs. Gilbert), 10/25/57, 10/23/59, 5/5/60


Box 100 Hartwell, Mrs. Anne, 2/14/62


Box 100 Hauck, Dr. Arthur, 4/7/61, 3/26/63, 7/23/64


Box 100 Haussermann, John, 2/8/63


Box 100 Heinz, H.J., 11/18/63


Box 100 Hebard, Roy F., 3/8/63


Box 100 Higgins, Theodore, 2/3/61


Box 100 High, Stanley, 9/26/56


Box 100 Hill, Dr. F. F. (Ford Foundation), 6/21/61, 10/10/61


Box 100 Hoffman, Paul, 11/21/63


Box 100 Hyde, James, 6/22/62, 6/26/62


Box 100 ICA Southeast Asia Group, 3/8/61


Box 100 Irving Trust Boad Picnic/Outing, 5/14/64


Box 100 Janow, Seymour, AID (See Washington Trip, January 30-February1, 1962


Box 100 Johnston, Noel, Conversation with Dr. Sparks, 1/19/60


Box 100 Josephs, Devereux C., 1/8/61


Box 100 Judd, Congressman Walter H., 3/10/55, 6/1/55, 7/12/55, 5/6/60


Box 100 Kaltenborn, Hans, 6/5/51


Box 100 Kaplan, J. M., 5/5/63


Box 100 Kilpatrick, Dr. William, /010/1956


Box 100 Lane, C. C., See Lindsley-2/17/66


Box 100 Lamb, Edward, 9/21/65


Box 100 Langlie, Governor Arthur B., 12/20/63


Box 100 Lasker, Mrs. Mary, 12/18/63


Box 100 Lassiter, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick, 9/22/64


Box 100 Laubach, Frank, 6/24/52


Box 100 Lederer, W. J.


Box 100 Leidesdorf, Samuel D., 6/25/63


Box 100 Luce, Henry, 7/20/62


Box 100 Ludlum, Dr. Robert, 12/1/59


Box 100 Maier, John, 2/7/66


Box 100 Mann, Thomas, 6/11/64


Box 100 Marshall, James, 3/29/51


Box 100 Martinez, Mrs. Josega, 8/7/64


Box 100 May, Stacy, 2/27/61


Box 100 May er, Albert, 1/15/60


Box 100 McCormick, Fowler, 8/30/51-6/6/63


Box 100 McCracken, Dr. Robert, 1/27/58


Box 100 McDermott, Dr. Walsh, 6/30/64


Box 100 Menapage, Robert B., Inter-American Dev. Bank


Box 100 Merchant, Livingston T., 1/6/50


Box 100 Meredith, C. W., 6/26/63


Box 100 Michener, James, 9/17/53


Box 100 Milbank, Sam, 1/9/63


Box 100 Miller, Irwin, 2/24/66


Box 100 Minary, John (William Paley Foundation), 10/7/64


Box 100 Moe, Dr. Henry Allen, 2/12/64


Box 100 Moore, Mrs. Maurice, 3/9/61


Box 100 Morrison, Dr. Robert S., 7/1/64


Box 100 Moscoso, Teodoro (Alliance for Progress, WDC), 1963



Box 101 Moseman, Dr. Albert H., 4/16/64


Box 101 Mott, C.S. (&Frank Manley), 10/1/62


Box 101 Paley, William, 1/14/64


Box 101 Pandit, Madame Vijaya Lakshmi, 7/20/51


Box 101 Parran,Dr. Thomas (Avalon Foundation), 6/6/61, 6/15/61


Box 101 Parvin, Albert, 6/16/61


Box 101 Peace Corps Contacts (Van Dyne, Robert Bryan), 4/20/61


Box 101 Perkins, Milo, 6/11/64


Box 101 Phillips, Ellis L., Jr., 3/9/66


Box 101 Pittsburgh Trip [Dinner Hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Fred Foy], 6/1/66


Box 101 Pryor, Sam (PAA), 1/14/63


Box 101 PRRM (Philippine ?Rural Reconstruction Movement), Colleagues, 1962


Box 101 Price, Harry, 3/7/61-5/1/65


Box 101 Rehnborg, Carl, 3/29/59


Box 101 Reisner, John, 4/24/56


Box 101 Romulo, Carlos P., 6/6/52, 10/10/56


Box 101 Roosevelt, Mrs. Eleanor, 2/5/46-12/4/59


Box 101 Roosevelt, William, See Joseph Donner, 10 22 65


Box 101 San Francisco Trip, 1945 Oct-November 1953, 1945


Box 101 San Francisco Women's Committee, November 23, 1953


Box 101 Scaife Family, (Ford, McMichael Collins, 12/11/67-2/1/68


Box 101 Sheil, Bishop Bernard J., May 15-21, 1955


Box 101 Shriver, Sargent, 1/30/62


Box 101 Sky Club Lundheon, Hosted by Dr. Frank Sparks, 8/12/64


Box 101 Smith, E. P. Tatum, 9/28/66


Box 101 Staples, Eugene S., 1/4/67


Box 101 Stevenson, Adlai, 4/27/59


Box 101 Stevenson, William, 6/24/60


Box 101 Straight, Michael, 6/2/55


Box 101 Streeter, Frank (John Hay Whitney Foundation)-5/19/64


Box 101 Taft, Charles, 6/22/61, 2/14/68-4/7/75


Box 101 Teaf, Dr. Howard, 5/1/61


Box 101 Tinker, Edward, 12/4/63


Box 101 Tower, George (Northfield Mines), 1/22/63


Box 101 Tragen, Irving (AID), 8/14/64


Box 101 Wolman, Sacha, 1/16/63


Box 101 Waddington, Ralph H., 12/2/65


Box 101 Washington Trip (Meetings with Justice Douglas, Sargent Shriver and Haddad, Teodoro Moscoso Fowler Hamilton George Greco, January -February1962


Box 101 Watson, Thomas J., Jr., 4/12/61


Box 101 Watkins, Mary, 12/7/60


Box 101 Watts, Edward E., 9/25/58


Box 101 Watts, Ridley, 1964-1965


Box 101 Weaver, Paul, 10/30/59


Box 101 Willson, Robert (Richard King Mellon Foundation), 6/18/63


Box 101 Wilson, Howard, 1951


Box 101 Wilson, Thomas, 4/5/62


Box 101 Woodbury, C.D., 3/26/59


Box 101 World Neighbors, John Peters & Louis Gehring, 1955 1956, 1955, 1956


Box 101 Yale Dinner, 1/11/63


Box 101 Zurcher, Dr. Arnold (Sloan Foundation), 11/15/61


Subseries IX.3 Various People


Note: Y. C. James Yen's notes on meetings with Pearl Buck re. the book "Tell The People," with J. P. McEvoy on Reader's Digest article, "China's Teacher Extraordinary," and with R.W. Roskeller on Yen's work in China



Box 102 Materials on "Tell the People", 1944 Note: Dictated by Dr. Yen, 1944


Box 102 Conversation between Pearl S. Buck (Mrs. Richard J. Walsh) and Dr. Yen, June 11, 1944


Box 102 Pearl S. Buck, "Tell the People-Mass Education in China", 1945 2 copies, 1945


Box 102 "Tell the People" -- Comments, 1943-1946


Box 102 J. P. McEvoy, Letter to Dr. Yen (letter of agreement) and notes, July 2, 1943


Box 102 J. P. McEvoy, Interview of Dr. Yen, December 17, 1953 2 copies, December 17, 1953


Box 102 Yen-McEvoy Conference #1 & 2, December 18, 1953 December 21, 1953, December 18, 1953, December 21, 1953



Box 103 J. P. McEvoy, Interview of Dr. Yen, July 26-27, 1954


Box 103 J. P. McEvoy, Correspondence and notes, 1955


Box 103 J. P. McEvoy, "Jimmy Yen and the People's Crusade", Draft copies


Box 103 "Jimmy Yen: China's Teacher Extraordinary" [Reader's Digest article]


Box 103 Dr. Yen and Dr. Richard W. Roskelley's Conversations, May 17, 1972-July 26, 1972


Subseries IX.4 Notes and Ideas



Box 104 Calligraphy by Dr. Yen of mixed sources with Yen's notations written in early 1940s.


Box 104 Yen's Notes, January 22, 1942 (Note: In Chinese), January 22, 1942


Box 104 Yen's Notes, May 4, 1942 (Note: In Chinese), May 4, 1942


Box 104 Yen's Lecture Notes, June 1942 (Note: In Chinese), June 1942


Box 104 Yen's Lecture Notes, October 3, 1942 (Note: In Chinese), October 3, 1942


Box 104 Yen's Notes, January 1943 Note: In Chinese, January 1943


Box 104 Yen's Lecture Notes, October 1946 (Note: In Chinese), October 1946


Box 104 Yen's Notes starting, October 27, 1946 (Note: In Chinese), October 27, 1946


Box 104 Yen's Notes starting, October 30, 1946



Box 105 Yen, Y. C. James, "The New Missionary", 1945 Article, 1945


Box 105 Yen, Y. C. James, "The Chinese Puzzle-Kuomintang vs. Communists", Article


Box 105 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes for Book, 1940-1955


Box 105 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes & Thoughts, 1955-1956


Box 105 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes (typewritten) Re: IMEM-MEM, 1955-56


Box 105 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes-Re ICMEM Future Program, Progress Reports etc, 1956-1958



Box 106 Yen, Y. C. JamesNotes on Mass Education Movement, 1958 2 copies, 1958


Box 106 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes re PRRM, IIRR PRRM, 1960s


Box 106 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes Re: IIRR Research, 1960-61


Box 106 Yen, Y. C. James, Scribblings, 1960s-80s


Box 106 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes Re: IIRR, 1960s 1976, 1960s, 1976



Box 107 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes, 5/60-1/66


Box 107 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes Re Cooperation with AID, 1962


Box 107 Yen, Y. C. James, Notes, 1980s


Box 107 Yen, Y. C. James, "A Plan of Revival"-Prepared for Annual Board Meeting, December 9, 1981


Subseries IX.5 Books with Dr. Yen's Personal Notations


Box 107 Norman Vicent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking


Box 107 Tell the People


Box 107 Rural Reconstruction, An idea whose time has come


Box 107 The Ting Hsien Experiment in, 1936


Subseries IX.6 On Proposed People's Film, People's Press, International University, 1940-1950



Box 108 People's Film (General File), 1945-1949


Box 108 Piel, David (Ram Film, Inc.), 1948


Box 108 Film Project-MEM-UNESCO


Box 108 List of Equipment & Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1946-49


Box 108 Estimated Budget for The Institute of Visual Education


Box 108 People's Press


Box 108 People's Press (General File), 1945-1947


Box 108 Engraving for Offset, January 1946


Box 108 Duplex brochures


Box 108 R. Hoe & Co., Inc., Machinery proposal, 1947


Box 108 R. Hoe & Co., Inc., Prospectus of machinery & equipment required for a, combined newspaper and magazine plant, 1945


Box 108 MIEHLE Printing Press, 1945


Box 108 Monotype, 1945-47


Box 108 Sheridan Co., 945



Box 109 International University, Ideas of an International University prepared by various people, 1945


Box 109 International University, International College of Rural Reconstruction, 1952-55


Box 109 International University, Budget for People's University, 1945-46