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Ward, Erastus

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Helen Mears Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-210
Abstract Helen Mears was a writer and journalist, especially interested in Japan and Asia. Mears first traveled to China in 1925 and ten years later Mears spent nine months in Japan. Out of the trip to Japan she published two books and a series of essays that appeared in The New Yorker. Mears traveled throughout Asia, the Soviet Union, Europe, and parts of South America. After World War II Mears traveled again to Japan served in an official capacity as a member of the U.S. labor advisory committee....
Dates: 1862-1981; Majority of material found within 1935-1955