Victor Hoo papers, 1931-1972

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Hoo, Victor, 1894-1972
Abstract:
Diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, reports, memoranda, and photographs relating to Chinese political events and foreign relations, international diplomatic conferences, Sino-Soviet relations, and the United Nations.
Extent:
9 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 envelope, 1 sound tape reel (3.7 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and French
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Victor Hoo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of Victor Chi-tsai Hoo consist of diaries, correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, reports, memoranda, and photographs relating to Chinese political events and foreign relations, international diplomatic conferences, Sino-Soviet relations, and the United Nations.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1894 November 16
Born, Washington, D.C.
1905
Graduated from Kaiser Primary School, St. Petersburg, Russia
1912
Graduated from Annen Schule, St. Petersburg
1916
Licencie en Droit, University of Paris Law School
1918
Docteur en Droit, University of Paris Law School
1919
Assistant Secretary, Chinese Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference
1920
Technical Member, Chinese Delegation to the International Finance Conference, Brussels
Member, Chinese Delegation to the Conference of Associations for the League of Nations, Brussels, Belgium
1921
Technical Delegate, Chinese Delegation to the Conference for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children, Geneva, Switzerland
1921-1924
Second Secretary, First Secretary, and Charge d'Affaires, Chinese Legation, Berlin, Germany
1925-1927
Technical Expert to the Sino-Soviet Conference and Assistant Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Served in the Tariff Conference in Beijing as assistant director of the Treaty Department
Returned to China
1926
Secretary of Cabinet
Sectional Chief, Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1927
Assistant Director of the Treaty Department
1928
Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government
Secretary, Reorganization Commission
Counsellor, Shanghai City Government
1930-1931
Director, Department of Asiatic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1931
Secretary General, Chinese Delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations
Technical Advisor, Chinese Delegation to the Sino-Soviet negotiations on the Chinese Eastern Railway
1932
Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs
Charge d'Affaires in Switzerland
Director, Permanent Office of the Chinese Delegation to the League of Nations
1933-1942
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Bern, Switzerland
1937-1942
Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Social Questions
1942-1945
Returned to China and served as vice-minister of foreign affairs
1944
Delegate, Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks Conferences
1945
Technical Expert, Sino-Soviet Conference for the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance
Secretary-General, Chinese Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco
1945-1946
Substitute Delegate, Executive Committee, Preparatory Commission and General Assembly, United Nations, London
1946
Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations, in charge of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories
1947
Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)
1948
Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations, Temporary Commission on Korea (UNTCOK)
1955-1962
Under-Secretary for Conference Services, United Nations
1962-1972
Commissioner for Technical Co-Operation, United Nations
1972
Died
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Victor Hoo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563