Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biographical Notes
Descriptive Summary
Title: Arthur N. Young Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1982
Collection number: 66005
Creator:
Young, Arthur N. (Arthur Nichols), 1890-
Extent:
Collection Size:
119 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope, 1 oversize box, 1 album box, 1 phonotape cassette
55.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Diary, correspondence, reports, studies, statistical summaries, financial statements, press releases, clippings, and ephemeral
publications, relating to the European financial crisis following World War I, the work of the Reparations Commission in formulating
the Dawes Plan in 1924, and the economic and financial situation in China, 1929-1946
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
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copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
Users must sign a statement agreeing to the conditions of use set down by A. N. Young
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arthur N. Young Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1966.
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
Inter-Allied Commission for Reparations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States. Dept. of State
Finance--China
Finance--East Asia
Finance--Europe
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--Reparations
China
China--Economic conditions--1912-1949
East Asia
Europe
Germany
Germany--Economic conditions--1918-1945
United States--Foreign relations
Economists
Biographical Notes
Arthur N. Young (Arthur Nichols)
| 1890, Nov. 21 |
Born, Los Angeles, California |
| 1910 |
A.B., Occidental College |
| 1937 |
LL.D., Occidental College |
| 1911 |
A.M., Princeton University |
| 1914 |
Ph.D., Princeton University |
| 1927 |
LL.B., George Washington University |
| 1915 |
Married Ellen May Bailey |
| 1912-13 |
Professor of Economics, Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina |
| 1915-17 |
Instructor of Economics, Princeton University |
| 1916 |
Author,
The Single Tax Movement in the United States
|
| 1918 |
Author,
Finances of the Federal District of Mexico
|
| 1918 |
Adviser on taxation, Mexican Government |
| 1918 |
Trade expert, War Trade Board |
| 1919 |
Trade Commissioner to investigate financial conditions in Spain for U.S. Department of Commerce |
| 1919-20 |
Economist in office of foreign trade adviser, Department of State |
| 1920-21 |
Financial adviser to Government of Honduras |
| 1920 |
Author,
Spanish Finance and Trade
|
| 1921-22 |
Financial expert, Department of State |
| 1922-28 |
Economic adviser, Department of State |
| 1924 |
Associate of American observer with Reparations Commission, Paris, during preparation of Dawes Plan |
| 1924-26 |
Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee on Oil Pollution of Navigable Waters |
| 1926 |
Delegate to International Conference on Oil Pollution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1927 |
Expert attending World Economic Conference, Geneva |
| 1929 |
Expert on public credit, Commission of Financial Experts of Chinese Government |
| 1929-46 |
Financial adviser Chinese Government and Central Bank of China |
| 1931 |
Member, Chinese Flood Relief Commission |
| 1933 |
Expert, Chinese Economic Mission, Washington, D.C. |
| 1936 |
Member of committee on establishment of Central Reserve Bank |
| 1937-45 |
Director, China National Aviation Corporation |
| 1940 |
Vice-president, Chinese-American Institute of Cultural Relations |
| 1942 |
Vice-chairman, United China Relief Coordinating Committee |
| 1943 |
Chairman, American Relief and Red Cross in China |
| 1944 |
Trustee, China Foundation |
| 1944 |
Adviser, Chinese Government Commission of Relief and Rehabilitation |
| 1944 |
Member of Chinese delegation to Bretton Woods Financial Conference |
| 1947 |
Author,
China's Economic and Financial Reconstruction
|
| 1953 |
Author,
Saudi Arabian Currency and Finance
|
| 1951-52 |
Director, Point IV program in Saudi Arabia and financial adviser to Saudi Arabia |
| 1957-58 |
Financial Consultant, International Cooperation Administration |
| 1958-59 |
Lecturer, Occidental College |
| 1962-63 |
Consultant on taxation in Argentina |
| 1971 |
Author,
China's Nation-Building Effort, 1927-37; The Financial and Economic Record
|