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Title: Howard Rex Cottam papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1980
Collection number: 84028
Creator:
Cottam, Howard Rex, 1910-1984.
Collection Size: 18 manuscript boxes (7.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and photographs, relating to
agriculture in the United States; American trade and foreign relations with Brazil and
Kuwait; and food aid, agricultural development, and foreign investment in developing
countries.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Howard Rex Cottam papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1984.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
United States. Dept. of State.
Agriculture.
International relief.
Developing countries.
Brazil.
Brazil--Foreign relations--United States.
Kuwait.
Kuwait--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--Brazil.
United States--Foreign relations--Kuwait.
Diplomats--United States.
| 1910, July 27 | Born, St. George, Utah |
| 1932 | A.B., Brigham Young University |
| 1934, Aug. 30 | Married Katherine Stokes |
| 1938 | Ph.B., University of Wisconsin |
| 1941 | Ph.D., University of Wisconsin |
| 1942-44 | Agricultural economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, War Food Administration, New York City |
| 1944-46 | Agricultural economist, U.S. Embassy, Paris |
| 1946-47 | Agricultural attache, U.S. Embassy, Rome |
| 1947-50 | First Secretary and Consul, U.S. Embassy, Rome |
| 1950-52 | Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Rome |
| 1952-53 | National War College |
| 1953-55 | Counselor, U.S. Embassy, The Hague
Deputy director, U.S. Operation Mission, The Netherlands |
| 1956-60 | Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Rio de Janiero
Director, U.S. Operation Mission, Brazil |
| 1960-63 | Deputy assistant secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. |
| 1963-69 | U.S. Ambassador, Kuwait |
| 1969-74 | North American Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |