No-Yong Park Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS P4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

No-Yong Park's personal legal and educational documents, some of his published books, as well as the manuscript "If America Topples," which was unfinished at the time of his death, and sound recordings.

Dates

1920-1976

Creator

Callan, Chinn, -2005 (Person)

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Conditions Governing Use

A number of materials in this collection are not available as digitized copies due to the personal information included in them.

Biographical Note

Born of Korean refugees in Manchuria during the Japanese invasion of Korea, No-Yong Park (1899-1976) went to Europe for a Western education. He later relocated to the U.S., earning an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. From 1940 through 1974, he was a Social Science faculty member at what is now Truman State University. Park was a popular lecturer, scholar and writer. He was nationally known as an expert on China and East-West relations. His books include An Oriental View of American Civilization (1934), Retreat of the West: The White Man's Adventure in Eastern Asia (1937), Chinaman's Chance: An Autobiography (1940), The White Man's Peace: An Oriental View of Our Attempts at Making World Peace (1948), A Squint-Eye View of America (1951), and Long Time No See: Lectures (1967).

Extent

0.2 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is organized into five series.

Administrative / Biographical, 1977-2006
Legal and Educational Documents, 1920-1981
Works of No-Yong Park, 1929-1984
Miscellaneous Items, 1973-1994
Sound Recordings, 1949-1974

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a bequest to Truman State University by the Will of Chinn Callan (Chin-Lan Park), No-Yong Park's daughter, at the request of her father in 2006.