Miriam S. Farley Explained

Miriam S. Farley
Birth Name:Miriam Southwell Farley
Birth Date:January 13, 1907
Birth Place:Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Date:March 4, 1975 (age 68)
Death Place:Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation:Political scientist, editor, writer
Known For:Work on Far Eastern relations and Japanese postwar labor
Notable Works:"America's Stake in the Far East"

Miriam Southwell Farley (January 13, 1907 – March 4, 1975) was an American political scientist on the staff of the Institute of Pacific Relations. She was editor of Far Eastern Survey in the 1940s. From 1956 through the 1960s, she was managing editor at Indiana University Press.

Early life and education

Farley was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Wilkes-Barre and Susquehanna,[1] the daughter of Joseph Waldron Farley and June Wynona Southwell Farley. Her father died in 1915. Her grandfather Harvey N. Farley served a term in the Pennsylvania legislature.[2] She graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1923,[3] where she excelled in Latin, and from Mount Holyoke College in 1927.[4] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She pursued further studies in international relations with Parker Moon at Columbia University.[5]

Career

Farley was a research associate at the Institute of Pacific Relations beginning in 1933.[6] [7] She was editor of Far Eastern Survey in the 1940s. Her conclusions about Japan's wartime economic status were regularly summarized and reported in newspapers.[8] [9]

In 1940, she spoke at an alumnae conference at Mount Holyoke College.[10] In 1945, she spoke on a panel of Far East experts at Wellesley College.[11] After World War II, she worked in the Occupation government in Japan. She testified before a Senate subcommittee in 1952, and "vigorously denied" any pro-Communist bias in her editorial work.[12] [13]

Farley moved to Indiana in the 1950s. She started as a production editor at Indiana University Press in 1956.[14] In 1967 she spoke about Chinese history at a local League of Women Voters meeting in Indiana.[15]

Publications

In addition to her many contributions to Far Eastern Survey, Farley's research appeared in the journals Current History, Pacific Affairs, and The New York Review of Books.

Personal life

Farley died in 1975, at the age of 68, in Bloomington, Indiana. She left behind a legacy of scholarly contributions to political science and a body of work that continues to inform studies of U.S.–Asia relations.

Notes and References

  1. News: March 22, 1927 . Miriam Farley is Honored at Mt. Holyoke College . Wilkes-Barre Times Leader . 12 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Harvey N. Farley . 2024-11-16 . PA House Archives Official Website.
  3. News: June 15, 1923 . Senior First Honor Students at Wyoming Seminary . The Times Leader . 8 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Prizes and Awards . Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly . 99.
  5. Book: Holland, William Lancelot . Remembering the Institute of Pacific Relations: The Memoirs of William L. Holland . 1995 . RYUUKEISYOSYA . 978-4-8447-6381-9 . 80 . en.
  6. News: September 29, 1954 . Both Parties Get Blame . Tri-City Herald . 23 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: November 7, 1939 . Japan Needs Labor . The Buffalo News . 31 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: January 11, 1940 . Foresees Harmful Results if U.S. Hits Trade Blow at Japan . Dunkirk Evening Observer . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: April 1, 1940 . Peace in Pacific Seen Dependent on Trade Betterment for Japan . The Morning Union . 7 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: November 9, 1940 . Mt. Holyoke: Discuss Far East Before Alumnae; Three Speakers Tell How to Defend Democracy . The Morning Union . 11 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: October 15, 1945 . Far Eastern Experts at Wellesley College . The Boston Globe . 28 . Newspapers.com.
  12. Book: United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Institute of Pacific Relations: Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-second Congress, First[-second] Session ]. 1952 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 4445-4455. en.
  13. News: April 6, 1952 . Mrs. Lattimore Fails to Clarify Two Statements . Palladium-Item . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: Parker . Jack T. . January 13, 1957 . Venture in Books . Indianapolis Star . 128, 129 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: April 1, 1967 . League of Women Voters Presents Slate of Officers . The Noblesville Ledger . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  16. Farley . Miriam S. . 1934 . Russia Warms to the League . Current History (1916-1940) . 40 . 4 . 402–409 . 2641-080X.
  17. Farley . Miriam S. . 1935 . The Current Boom in the Japanese Steel Industry . Far Eastern Survey . 4 . 2 . 9–13 . 10.2307/3021583 . 0362-8949.
  18. Farley . Miriam S. . 1935 . Japan as a Consumer of American Cotton . Far Eastern Survey . 4 . 13 . 97–101 . 10.2307/3022038 . 0362-8949.
  19. Farley . Miriam S. . 1935 . Sugar -- A Commodity in Chaos . Far Eastern Survey . 4 . 22 . 172–178 . 10.2307/3022855 . 0362-8949.
  20. Farley . Miriam S. . 1936 . Philippine Independence and Agricultural Readjustment . Far Eastern Survey . 5 . 8 . 71–77 . 10.2307/3023137 . 0362-8949.
  21. Book: Farley, Miriam Southwell. . America's stake in the Far East . Institute of Pacific Relations. . 1937 . American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations.
  22. Han-seng . Chen . Farley . Miriam S. . 1937 . Railway Strategy in China, New Style . Far Eastern Survey . 6 . 15 . 165–173 . 10.2307/3021310 . 0362-8949.
  23. Farley . Miriam S. . 1937 . Japan's Unsolved Tenancy Problem . Far Eastern Survey . 6 . 14 . 153–159 . 10.2307/3022167 . 0362-8949.
  24. News: Japan's Tenant Farmers . Intelligencer Journal . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  25. Book: Farley, Miriam Southwell . American Far Eastern policy and the Sino-Japanese war . 1938 . American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations . Studies of the Pacific ;no. 1 .
  26. Farley . Miriam S. . 1938 . War and the Japanese Budget . Far Eastern Survey . 7 . 8 . 85–89 . 10.2307/3023269 . 0362-8949.
  27. Book: Farley, Miriam Southwell. . The problem of Japanese trade expansion in the post-war situation . 1939 . International secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations . I. P. R. inquiry series.
  28. Farley . Miriam S. . 1939 . The Impact of War on Japan's Foreign Trade . Far Eastern Survey . 8 . 11 . 123–128 . 10.2307/3022383 . 0362-8949.
  29. Farley . Miriam S. . 1939 . The National Mobilization Controversy in Japan . Far Eastern Survey . 8 . 3 . 25–30 . 10.2307/3021865 . 0362-8949.
  30. Farley . Miriam S. . 1939 . Japan between Two Wars . Far Eastern Survey . 8 . 21 . 243–248 . 10.2307/3021655 . 0362-8949.
  31. Farley . Miriam S. . 1941 . America Maneuvers in Asia . Far Eastern Survey . 10 . 13 . 148–155 . 10.2307/3021920 . 0362-8949.
  32. Farley . Miriam S. . 1942 . Strategic Imports from Southeast Asia . Far Eastern Survey . 11 . 1 . 12–16 . 10.2307/3022416 . 0362-8949.
  33. Farley . Miriam S. . 1942 . India: A Political Primer . Far Eastern Survey . 11 . 8 . 94–101 . 10.2307/3022289 . 0362-8949.
  34. Farley . Miriam S. . 1945 . The Simla Conference . Far Eastern Survey . 14 . 16 . 220–224 . 10.2307/3022514 . 0362-8949.
  35. Farley . Miriam S. . 1947 . Labor Policy in Occupied Japan . Pacific Affairs . 20 . 2 . 131–140 . 10.2307/2752314 . 0030-851X.
  36. Farley . Miriam S. . 1950 . Crisis in Korea . Far Eastern Survey . 19 . 14 . 149–156 . 10.2307/3023718 . 0362-8949.
  37. Farley . Miriam S. . 1950 . Crisis in Korea: Second Phase . Far Eastern Survey . 19 . 20 . 214–219 . 10.2307/3024506 . 0362-8949.
  38. Farley . Miriam S. . 1950 . Japan and the West . Pacific Affairs . 23 . 1 . 77–82 . 10.2307/2753757 . 0030-851X.
  39. Farley . Miriam S. . 1952 . Japan and US: Post-Treaty Problems . Far Eastern Survey . 21 . 4 . 33–38 . 10.2307/3023791 . 0362-8949.
  40. Singh . Vishal . October 1956 . Asia and Africa: United States Relations with Southeast Asia with Special Reference to Indochina, 1950–1955. By Miriam S. Farley. (New York, Institute of Pacific Relations, 1955). . India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs . en . 12 . 4 . 478–479 . 10.1177/097492845601200426 . 0974-9284.
  41. Farley, Miriam S. United States Relations With Southeast Asia With Special Reference to Indochina 1950–1955 (New York: American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1955).
  42. Farley, Miriam S. "Kierkegaard in English" New York Review of Books (July 28, 1966).

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