Hull, Cordell (former Secretary of State) - Def. Doc. No. 1500-L-6: Excerpts from Pearl Harbor Attack; Doc. No. 2007-B [1106]: Excerpts from Testimony of Secretary of State Hull Given Before the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack; No. 2007 (For the Defense) [Ex. 2840]: Excerpts requested and furnished for the defendants by order of court from the testimony of former Secretary of State Cordell Hull given at hearing held before the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, same being found in Volumes 7 and 9 of Report of Proceedings, IPS Document no. 2007; Document No. 2007: Excerpts from Vol. 7 Congress of the United States, Report of Proceedings, Hearing held before Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, S. Con. Res. 27, 23 November 1945
Scope and Contents
This collection was organized by Richard J. DeMartino during his tenure as one of the "historian advisors" to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East between 1946-1948.
The files contain excerpts of official documents, documents and DeMartino's handwritten notes. Excerpts from the Diary of Marquis Kōichi Kido are present in each file, as if DeMartino was using Kido's notes as a guide to the research he was working on. There are also many excerpts from Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States Japan: 1931-1941, Washinton: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1943, 2 v.
The collection was donated to the Law Library in the Summer of 2017. Prof. Jamie Sedwick of Acadia University in Nova Scotia contacted the Special Collections Department to alert us of the existence of the papers and asked if we were interested in them. The library immediately contacted Ms. Kathleen O’Shea, Mr. DeMartino's wife and after some negotiations the papers arrive to Charlottesville in September of 2017.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1936 - 1948
Creator
- From the Collection: DeMartino, Richard J., 1922-2013 (Person)
Language of Materials
English and Japanese
Extent
From the Collection: 14 Cubic Feet (34 archival boxes, plus some oversized items.)
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
archives@law.virginia.edu