Robert Allen Griffin papers, 1942-1971

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Summary

Creators:
Griffin, R. Allen (Robert Allen), 1893-1981 and Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn), 1883-1966
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, photographs, and printed matter, relating to American technical and economic assistance missions to China and Southeast Asia.
Extent:
13 manuscript boxes, 3 envelopes (5.7 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Robert Allen Griffin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1893, September 27
Born, Kansas City, Missouri
1917
B. A., Stanford University
1917-1919
Military service
1919
Reporter, Portland Oregonian and Portland Journal, Portland, Oregon
1919-1920
Secretary to First Polish Minister to U.S., Prince Lubormirski
1920-1921
Director, Polish Bureau of Information
1921
Manager, American Polish Chamber of Commerce
1922
Founder and publisher, Monterey Peninsula Herald, Monterey, California
1935
Founder of radio station, KDON, Del Monte, California
1941-1945
Military service
1942
Co-author, The School of the Citizen Soldier
1948-1949
Deputy Chief, U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration, China
1950
Chief, U.S. Department of State Economic Mission to Southeast Asia
1950-1951
Director, U.S. Economic Cooperation Admnistration, Far East Program Division
1951-1952
Special Representative of the Far East, U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration and Mutual Security Agency
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1975.
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], Robert Allen Griffin 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
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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