Alfred Rodman Hussey papers

LC control no.	mm 77057547
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Hussey, Alfred Rodman, d. 1964. » More like this
Main title	Alfred Rodman Hussey papers, 1944-1964 (bulk 1945-1948).
Description	12 microfilm reels.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Lawyer and government official. Born 1902.
Summary	Correspondence, memoranda, orders, reports, offical and unofficial policy papers, draft legislation, drafts of writings, clippings, and printed matter relating to Hussey's work with the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) Government Section during the Allied occupation of Japan following World War II and to the efforts of the Allies to reorganize Japanese government and society. The files contain detailed information on nearly every aspect of postwar Japan, especially the drafting of the Japanese constitution (Kenpō), the reorganization of the Diet (Kokkai), and policy proposals in the areas of labor, civil rights, the economy, labor, prostitution, and the Imperial household. Also includes some personal papers and correspondence of Hussey relating to his interests in civil rights and in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and his various writings. Correspondents include George Atcheson, Roger N. Baldwin, McGeorge Bundy, James F. Byrnes, Charles Louis Kades, Douglas MacArthur, Milo Rowell, Ray Sakakibara, Robert Edward Ward, Courtney Whitney, and Japanese government officials.
Notes	University of Michigan, Asia Library, Ann Arbor, Mich. Collection material in English. MSS57547
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010105> Reel list available in the Library of Congress; finding aid and document checklist on reel 1.
Acquisition source	Purchase, 1977.
Additional formats	Microfilm of originals in the Asia Library, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).
Subjects	Atcheson, George, 1896-1947--Correspondence. » More like this Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981--Correspondence. » More like this Bundy, McGeorge--Correspondence. » More like this Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972--Correspondence. » More like this Kades, Charles Louis, 1906---Correspondence. » More like this MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964--Correspondence. » More like this Rowell, Milo, 1903-1977--Correspondence. » More like this Sakakibara, Ray--Correspondence. » More like this Ward, Robert Edward--Correspondence. » More like this Whitney, Courtney--Correspondence. » More like this Japan. Kenpō (1946) » More like this Japan. Kokkai. » More like this United States. Central Intelligence Agency. » More like this Allied Powers (1919- ) » More like this Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Government Section. » More like this Civil rights. » More like this Civil rights--Japan. » More like this Labor--Japan. » More like this Prisons--Japan. » More like this Prostitution--Japan. » More like this Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. » More like this Japan--Economic conditions. » More like this Japan--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952. » More like this Japan--Social conditions. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--Japan. » More like this Lawyers. Public officials.
Local shelving no.	Microfilm 17,222-12P
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010105> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010105.3>