Register of the Victor Hoo Papers, 1931-1972

Processed by Linda Bernard; machine-readable finding aid created by Brooke Dykman Dockter

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Phone: (650) 723-3563

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Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Register of the Victor Chi-tsai Hoo Papers, 1931-1972

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Processed by:: Linda Bernard
Date Completed:: 1995
Encoded by:: Brooke Dykman Dockter

Descriptive Summary

Title: Victor Hoo Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1931-1972

Collection Number: 77046

Creator: Hoo, Victor, 1894-1972

Collection Size: 8 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 envelope, 1 phonotape reel (3.5 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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.

Language: English and French.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Victor Chi-tsai Hoo Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1977.

Accruals

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.

Access Points

United Nations.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

China.

China--Foreign relations.

China--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

China--Foreign relations--Switzerland.

China--Politics and government--1912-1949.

Soviet Union.

Russia (Federation)

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--China.

Switzerland.

Switzerland--Foreign relations--China.

Diplomats--China.

Phonotapes.

Biographical Note

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	Member, Chinese Delegation to the Conference of Associations for the League of Nations, Brussels, Belgium
	Technical Member, Chinese Delegation to the International Finance Conference, Brussels
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	Returned to China
	Served in the Tariff Conference in Peking as assistant director of the Treaty Department
	Technical Expert to the Sino-Soviet Conference and Assistant Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1926	Sectional Chief, Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Secretary of Cabinet
1927	Assistant Director of the Treaty Department
1928	Counsellor, Shanghai City Government
	Secretary, Reorganization Commission
	Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government
1930-1931	Director, Department of Asiatic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1931	Technical Advisor, Chinese Delegation to the Sino-Soviet negotiations on the Chinese Eastern Railway
	Secretary General, Chinese Delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations
1932	Director, Permanent Office of the Chinese Delegation to the League of Nations
	Charge d'Affaires in Switzerland
	Representative, League of Nations Advisory Committee on Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs
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	Secretary-General, Chinese Delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco
	Technical Expert, Sino-Soviet Conference for the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance
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

Series Description

Box 1

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1947-1972

Scope and Content Note

Clippings, photographs, and tribute, arranged alphabetically by physical form

Boxes 1-2

CORRESPONDENCE, 1931-1971

Scope and Content Note

Mainly letters and telegrams, arranged chronologically

Boxes 3-4

DIARIES, 1937-1971

Scope and Content Note

Arranged chronologically

Boxes 4-6

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1932-1972

Scope and Content Note

Broadcast transcripts, interviews, notes, speeches, and writings, arranged chronologically

Boxes 6-8

SUBJECT FILE, 1931-1960

Scope and Content Note

Mainly correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, and speeches, including by Victor Hoo, arranged alphabetically by subject

Box 8

TRIP REPORTS, 1963-1971

Scope and Content Note

Arranged chronologically

Box 9

CARD FILE, 1954-1972

Scope and Content Note

Mainly speeches, arranged chronologically

Tape cabinet

PHONOTAPE, 1963

Scope and Content Note

"People at the United Nations," interview of Victor Hoo, 1963 September 14

Photo file

PHOTOGRAPHS, 1940s-1960s

Scope and Content Note

36 prints depicting Victor Hoo, alone and with others, especially at United Nations functions and meetings, 1940s-1960s

Container List

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1947-1972

Loose scrapbook sheets of mainly clippings and photographs

Box 1, Folder 1

1947-1949

Folder 2

1963-1971

Folder 3

Tribute, 1972

CORRESPONDENCE, 1931-1971.

Additional Note

Includes correspondence with Ralph Bunche, C. L. Hsia, V. K. Wellington Koo, Trygve Lie, T. Y. Lo, William E. Rappard, Syngman Rhee, David Rockefeller, Nelson A. Rockefeller, T. V. Soong, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Adlai E. Stevenson, Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, U. Thant, Tsune-chi Yu. Includes some documents, particularly on the League of Nations

Box 1, Folder 4

1931

Folder 5

1932

Folder 6

1933

Folder 7

1934

Folder 8

1935

Folder 9

1936

Folder 10

1937

Folder 11

1938

Box 2, Folder 1

1939

Folder 2

1940

Folder 3-4

1941

Folder 5-6

1942-1945

Folder 7-11

1946

Folder 12

1947

Folder 13

1949-1952

Folder 14

1962-1965

Folder 15

1971

DIARIES, 1937-1971

Box 3, Folder 1

1937 July 20-1945 September 21

Folder 2

1946 April 24-1949 December 30

Folder 3

1950 January 12-1951 July 12

Folder 4

1951 July 18-1953 March 22

Folder 5

1953 March 29-1954 March 3

Folder 6

1954 April 9-1958 May 24

Box 4, Folder 1

1958 July 11-1962 December 16

Folder 2

1966 October 22-1972 March 1

Folder 3

1967 February 23-1971 March

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1932-1972

General

Box 4, Folder 4

Undated

Folder 5

1932

Folder 6

1933

Folder 7

1934

Folder 8

1935

Folder 9

1937

Folder 10

1938

Folder 11

1939

Folder 12

1940

Folder 13

1943

Folder 14

1944

Folder 15-16

1945. Includes Chunking lectures

Box 5, Folder 1

1945. Includes Chunking lectures

Folder 2

1946

Folder 3

1947

Folder 4

1948

Folder 5

1949

Folder 6

1950

Folder 7

1951

Folder 8

1952

Folder 9

1953-1955

Folder 10

1957-1959

Folder 11

1960-1969

Folder 12

1970-1972

Official

Box 6, Folder 1

1963-1964

Folder 2

1965-1967

Folder 3

1968-1971

SUBJECT FILE, 1931-1960.

Additional Note

Mainly correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, and speeches, including by Victor Hoo

China

Box 6, Folder 4-6

General, 1941-1945

Foreign relations

Folder 7

Argentina, 1945

Folder 8

Dominican Republic, 1945

Folder 9

Soviet Union, 1945-1946

Box 7, Folder 1

Confucianism

Folder 2

Narcotics, 1931-1952

Folder 3

Trusteeships and non-self-governing territories, 1942-1960

Folder 4-8

United Nations, 1944-1946. Includes documents relating to the Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks conferences, as well as to the United Nations Conference on International Organization

Box 8, Folder 1-4

United Nations

Folder 5

Miscellany

TRIP REPORTS, 1963-1971

Box 8, Folder 6

1963-1964

Folder 7

1968-1971

CARD FILE, 1954-1972.

Box 9

Mainly speeches

PHONOTAPE, 1963.

tape-cabinet Tape cabinet

"People at the United Nations," interview of Victor Hoo, 1963 September 14

PHOTOGRAPHS, 1940s-1960s.

photo-file Photo file

36 prints depicting Victor Hoo, alone and with others, especially at United Nations functions and meetings, 1940s-1960s. See also BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL

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