Ray Lyman Wilbur papers, 1906-1964

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Creators:
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949 and Kelley, Ralph S.
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, pamphlets, other printed matter, and miscellanea relating to American and world politics, the administrations of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, development of natural resources in the United States, national health and other social problems, the Boy Scouts of America, and the death of President Warren G. Harding. Includes papers accumulated by R. L. Wilbur as a member and officer of the Institute of Pacific Relations relating to the study of political, social, and economic conditions in East Asia and of American foreign policy in East Asia.
Extent:
143 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 6 envelopes, 4 photo albums, 3 framed photographs, 4 sound discs, memorabilia (73.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ray Lyman Wilbur papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, pamphlets, other printed matter, and miscellanea relating to American and world politics, the administrations of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, development of natural resources in the United States, national health and other social problems, the Boy Scouts of America, and the death of President Warren G. Harding. Includes papers accumulated by R. L. Wilbur as a member and officer of the Institute of Pacific Relations relating to the study of political, social, and economic conditions in East Asia and of American foreign policy in East Asia.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1875 April 13
Born, Boonesboro, Iowa
1896-1897
Instructor, Physiology, Stanford University
1900-1903
Assistant Professor, Physiology, Stanford University
1909-1916
Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
1911-1916
Dean, Medical School, Stanford University
1912-1913
President, American Academy of Medicine
1916-1943
President, Stanford University
1917
Chief, Conservation Division, United States Food Administration
1917, 1941-1946
California State Council of Defense
1922-1924
Chairman, Survey of Race Relations on Pacific Coast
1922-1925
Council of Social and Health Agencies, San Francisco
1923-1924
President, American Medical Association
1925-1929
Chairman, Institute of Pacific Relations
1927-1939
San Francisco Community Chest
1928
United States delegate to the Sixth Pan-American Conference, Havana
1928-1929
California State Park Commission
1929-1931
Chairman, White House Conference on Child Health and Protection
1929-1933
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Author, Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Interior
Secretary, Department of the Interior
1930-1931
Chairman, National Advisory Commission on Illiteracy
1931
Author (with William Atherton DuPuy), Conservation
1933
Author (with Elwood Mead), Construction of Hoover Dam
Author (with Northcutt Ely), Hoover Dam Contracts
1936
Author, Stanford Horizons
1937
Author (with Arthur M. Hyde), Hoover Policies
1938
Author, March of Medicine
1939-1949
National Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America
1940
Author, Human Hopes
1940-1949
Health Commission, Boys Clubs of America
1944-1946
California State War Problems Board
1949 June 26
Died, Stanford, California
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box 146 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], Ray Lyman Wilbur 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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