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Miriam S. Farley
A young white woman with wavy hair cut in a short bob with a sidepart; she is wearing a dark jacket over a light-colored blouse.
Miriam S. Farley, from the 1927 yearbook of Mount Holyoke College
Born
Miriam Southwell Farley

January 13, 1907
Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 4, 1975 (age 68)
Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation(s)Political scientist, editor, writer
Known forWork on Far Eastern relations and Japanese postwar labor
Notable work"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

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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,[1] and from Mount Holyoke College in 1927.[4] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[1] She pursued further studies in international relations with Parker Moon at Columbia University.[5]

Career

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Farley was a research associate at the Institute of Pacific Relations beginning in 1933.[5][6][7] She was editor of Far Eastern Survey in the 1940s.[8] Her conclusions about Japan's wartime economic status were regularly summarized and reported in newspapers.[7][9][10]

In 1940, she spoke at an alumnae conference at Mount Holyoke College.[11] In 1945, she spoke on a panel of Far East experts at Wellesley College.[12] 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.[8][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

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In addition to her many contributions to Far Eastern Survey, Farley's research appeared in the journals Current History,[16] Pacific Affairs,[17][18] and The New York Review of Books.[19]

  • "Russia Warms to the League" (1934)[16]
  • "The Current Boom in the Japanese Steel Industry" (1935)[20]
  • "Japan as Consumer of American Cotton" (1935)[21]
  • "Sugar: A Commodity in Chaos" (1935)[22]
  • "Philippine Independence and Agricultural Readjustment" (1936)[23]
  • America's Stake in the Far East (1937)[24]
  • "Railway Strategy in China, New Style" (1937, with Chen Han-seng)[25]
  • "Japan's Unsolved Tenancy Problem" (1937)[26][27]
  • American Far Eastern policy and the Sino-Japanese war (1938)[28]
  • "War and the Japanese Budget" (1938)[29]
  • The problem of Japanese trade expansion in the post-war situation (1939)[30]
  • "The Impact of War on Japan's Foreign Trade" (1939)[9][31]
  • "The National Mobilization Controversy in Japan" (1939)[7][32]
  • "Japan Between Two Wars" (1939)[33]
  • "America Maneuvers in Asia" (1941)[34]
  • "Strategic Imports from Southeast Asia" (1942)[35]
  • "India: A Political Primer" (1942)[36]
  • "The Simla Conference" (1945)[37]
  • "Labor Policy in Occupied Japan" (1947)[17]
  • "Crisis in Korea" and "Crisis in Korea: Second Phase" (1950)[38][39]
  • Aspects of Japan's Labor Problems (1950)
  • "Japan and the West" (1950)[18]
  • "Japan and US: Post-Treaty Problems" (1952)[40][41]
  • United States Relations With Southeast Asia With Special Reference to Indochina 1950–1955 (1955)[42]
  • "Kierkegaard in English" (1966)[19]

Personal life

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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.

References

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