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Title: Raymond Albert Wheeler Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1898-1977
Collection Number: 78062
Creator:
Wheeler, Raymond Albert, 1885-1974
Collection Size: 45 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 5 motion picture film reels, 6 phonotape reels, 26 envelopes, 2 album
boxes (29 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, diaries, memoranda, maps, motion picture film, phonotapes, and photographs,
relating to military engineering; the Panama Canal; World War I; American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater
during World War II; construction of the Stilwell Road; the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, 1945; clearance and
widening of the Suez Canal, 1956-1957; development of the Lower Mekong River Basin; and engineering projects involving the
World Bank.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
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
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Users must agree to submit writings for publications based on the collection to Virginia M. Talley for review.
[Identification of item], Raymond Albert Wheeler papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1978.
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, diaries, memoranda, maps, motion picture film, phonotapes, and photographs,
relating to military engineering; the Panama Canal; World War I; American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater
during World War II; construction of the Stilwell Road; the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, 1945; clearance and
widening of the Suez Canal, 1956-1957; development of the Lower Mekong River Basin; and engineering projects involving the
World Bank
United States. Army--Officers.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Military engineering.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
World War, 1939-1945--Engineering and construction.
Africa.
China.
Egypt.
Mekong Valley.
Panama.
Panama Canal.
Stilwell Road.
Suez Canal (Egypt)
United States--Armed Forces.
Vietnam.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Engineers.
Moving-pictures.
Phonotapes.
| 1885 July 31 | Born, near Peoria, Illinois |
| 1911 | B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point, New York |
| 1911-1912 | Construction engineer, Isthmian Canal Commission, Canal Zone, Panama |
| 1912 | Married Olive May Keithley, Peoria, Illinois |
| 1913 | Graduated from Army School of Engineering, Washington, D.C. |
| 1917-1919 | Commanded the Regiment in the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse Argonne offensives, and the March into Germany with the Army of Occupation |
| 1919 | Served with the American Peace Commission in Italy |
| 1920-1921 | Engineer Instructor, the Infantry School, Camp Benning, Georgia |
| 1922-1926 | Assistant Engineer Commissioner, Washington, D.C. |
| 1926 | Elected honorary member, American Institute of Architects |
| 1927 | Graduated from Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
| 1927-1930 | Assistant Engineer of Maintenance, Panama Canal, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone |
| 1935-1936 | Chief Regional Engineer, Work Projects Administration, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1936 | United States Representative, International Navigation Congress, Brussels |
| 1937 | Graduated from Army War College, Washington, D.C. |
| 1937-1940 | Resident Member, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D.C. |
| 1940-1941 | Engineer of Maintenance, the Panama Canal, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone |
| 1941 | Assistant Chief of Staff, War Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1941-1942 | Member, United States military mission to Iran |
| 1942-1943 | Commanding General, Services of Supply, United States Army Forces, China-Burma-India Theater |
| 1944 | Principal Administrative Officer, Southeast Asia Command |
| 1944-1945 | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander and Chief Administrative Officer, Southeast Asia Command |
| 1945 | Commanding General, United States forces in India-Burma Theater |
| 1945-1949 | Chief of Engineers, United States Army, Washington, D.C. |
| 1949 | Retired from active service as Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers, United States Army |
| 1949-1964 | Engineering Adviser, World Bank |
| 1952-1960 | Represented the World Bank in negotiations between India and Pakistan over the use of waters of the Indus River |
| 1956-1957 | Head, United Nations Suez Canal Clearance Operations |
| 1957-1958 | Chief, Mekong River Survey Mission, Asia |
| 1958-? | Represented the World Bank in discussions with the Suez Canal Authority to study the prospects for the growth of, and to advise on the plans for improving, traffic in the Suez Canal |
| 1960-1963 | Worked on behalf of the United Nations on the public works construction program and transport system in Congo |
| 1960-1969 | Chairman, International Advisory Board for the Mekong Coordination Committee, representing, among others, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam |
| 1964-1971 | Member, Columbia Board of Revenue, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, Vancouver |
| 1974 February 8 | Died, Washington, D.C. |