Partial Inventory of the Frank A. Crampton papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Frank A. Crampton papers
Date (inclusive): 1924-1963
Collection Number: 80050
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, Chinese and Korean
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 3 album boxes, 5 envelopes, 6 oversize folders, 8 phonotape cassettes
(8.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches, statistics, printed matter, maps, and photographs, relating to revolutionary
events in Canton and Shanghai, 1924-1927, and to relief and economic reconstruction, especially mining operations in South
Korea after the Korean War.
Creator:
Crampton, Frank A.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Boxes 8 and 9 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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frank A. Crampton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
American mining engineer; advisor to the South Korean Ministry of Commerce and Industry, 1953-1954.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches, statistics, printed matter, maps, and photographs, relating to revolutionary
events in Canton and Shanghai, 1924-1927, and to relief and economic reconstruction, especially mining operations in South
Korea after the Korean War.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Engineers
Shanghai (China) -- History
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Civilian relief
Mines and mineral resources -- Korea (South)
Guangzhou (China) -- History
Korea (South) -- Economic conditions
box 1
Material not yet described
box 2
Material not yet described
box 3
Material not yet described
box 4
Material not yet described
box 5
Material not yet described
box 6
Material not yet described
envelope mA
4 prints of tin and tungsten mining operation in South Korea
circa 1953-1954
envelope B
1 print of Frank A. Crampton, and 2 prints and circa 25 negatives of faculty members at Canton Christian College performing
in a play
1925
envelope C
Circa 700 negatives (and a few prints) of revolutionary events in Canton
1924-1925
envelope D
Revolutionary events in Canton (continued)
1924-1925
envelope E
Circa 230 prints of revolutionary events in Shanghai
1927
album fF
Circa 400 prints of the Shameen massacre in Canton (1925), and of construction activities at Canton Christian College
1925-1926, undated
album fG
Circa 400 prints of revolutionary events in Canton
1924-1925
album fH
40 prints of the South Korean Air Force and South Korean aerial operations during the Korean War
1951-1953
box 8
Dictabelts
Scope and Contents
Box 8 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. Items would need to be reformatted before providing access.
box 9
Dictabelts
Scope and Contents
Box 9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. Items would need to be reformatted before providing access.
onsite digital
Frank Crampton dictation
1953 June 28
Access
Use copy reference number: 80050_a_0010497
Scope and Contents note
Note included with the accessioned cassette reads:
This tape is a transcription made from dictation on a dictabelt by Frank Crampton in Seoul, Korea, on June 28, 1953, after
a discussion with a Colonel Livingston and a Lt. Colonel Veatch (Veach).
This tape is a part of a larger picture developed in recording of a conference in July, 1953, and a conference in August,
1953. These conferences included representatives of the Utah Construction Company and of the Korea Tungsten Company, Mr. Crampton,
and in August conference, the Minister of Commerce and Industry of Korea.
onsite digital
Frank Crampton dictation
1953 July 2
Access
Use copy reference number: 80050_a_0010498
Scope and Contents note
Note accompanying the accessioned cassette reads:
Tape #1 comprises Belts 1, 2, and 3, dated July 2, 1953, by Frank Crampton's note on insert with dictabelts.
The conversation starts off abruptly with reference to a letter by Mr. Baker on the eighteenth (no month). Correspondence
contains a copy of a letter by Mr. Baker dated May 18, 1953.
map_case
Oversize material
Scope and Contents
Includes materials related to the rehabilitation of Seoul and Barts Hotel.
Declassified U.S. Government Records
circa 1953
Scope and Contents
Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Arranged chronologically by date
of release by Hoover.
box 7, folder 1-3
2015 May release of records
circa 1953
Scope and Contents
Consists of three reports: "Detailed Requirements Project of the Republic of Korea for ROK FY 1953-1954," "Justification for
Project of the Republic of Korea for ROK FY 1953-1954, Vol. II," and "Justification for Requirement of the Republic of Korea
for ROK FY 1953-1954 (Commodities & Services), Vol. II."
