Howard Palfrey Jones papers, 1930-1978

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Summary

Creators:
Jones, Howard Palfrey, 1899-1973
Abstract:
Writings, correspondence, reports, research files, studies, and printed matter relating to public finance and post-war reconstruction in Germany, 1945-1951, and to American relations with Indonesia and other areas of East Asia. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
128 manuscript boxes, 3 card file boxes, 3 cubic foot boxes, 5 envelopes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 motion picture film reels, 12 phonotape reels, transmissive media (63.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Howard Palfrey Jones papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Writings, correspondence, reports, research files, studies, and printed matter relating to public finance and post-war reconstruction in Germany, 1945-1951, and to American relations with Indonesia and other areas of East Asia.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1899 January
Born, Chicago, Illinois
1921
B.Litt., Columbia University, New York
1923-1925
Manager and Editor, Evansville, Indiana Press
1925-1927
Instructor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1927-1929
Editor-in-Chief, Nellis Newspaper Chain, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
1931-1939
Editor, National Municipal Review, New York
1931-1938
Executive Director, National Municipal League, New York
1934-1938
Director of Research, New York State Commission on Revision of Tax Laws, New York
1933-1939
Lecturer, Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York
1934-1935
Lecturer, New York Institute of Banking, New York
Lecturer, Graduate School, New York University, New York
1938-1942
Civil Service Commissioner, New York State
1943
Deputy Comptroller, New York State
1943-1947
Major to Colonel, General Staff Corps, U.S. Army
1950-1951
Director, Berlin Element, U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, Berlin
1951-1954
Counsellor of Embassy and Chargé d'Affaires of American Embassy, Taipeh, Taiwan
1954-1955
Chief of Mission, U.S. Economic Aid Mission to Indonesia
1955-1958
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Far East
1958-1965
United States Ambassador to Indonesia
1965-1968
Chancellor, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
1968-1973
Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford, California
1969-1972
Trustee, Christian Science Publishing Society, Boston, Massachusetts
1971
Author, Indonesia: The Possible Dream
1973 September
Died, Atherton, California
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1974, with an increment received in 1982.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Boxes 44, 82, 121, and FH24 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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], Howard Palfrey Jones 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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