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Title: Frank Upman papers
Date (inclusive): 1930-1974
Collection Number: 78030
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoirs, reports, and printed matter, relating to American politics, the growth of government bureaucracy and welfare programs, and communists in government
Creator: Upman, Frank, 1905-1976

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Frank Upman Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Frank Upman, 1905-1976

1905 February 13 Born in Washington, D.C.
1924 A.B. (Engineering), University of Virginia
1925-1933 Contractor, consulting airport engineer
1933-1934 Consultant, Assistant Deputy, and later Deputy Administrator, National Recovery Administration in charge of steel fabricating, construction and related codes. Also served as government representative on Code Authorities.
1934-1935 Administrator, State of Nevada, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and Work Projects Administration (WPA). Executive Secretary, Nevada State Board of Relief, Work Planning and Pension Control.
1936-1940 Consultant, Work Projects Administration, Washington, D.C.; Regional Engineer, New England area, Work Projects Administration; Chief of Training Program, Foreman Training, New York City; Coordinator of Public and Industrial Relations Activities, Work Projects Administration, New York City.
1940-1941 Acting Administrator, Federal Works Agnecy, Work Projects Administration for Connecticut.
1943-1944 Chief Liaison Officer, President's Committee for Congested Production Areas, Washington, D.C.
1945 Director of Transportation, Allied Control Commission, Italy.
1947-1948 Property and Supply Officer, Office of Administrators, General Review Board, War Assets Administration, Washington, D.C.
1949-1952 Consultant, National Security Resources Board, Executive Office of the President.
1953-1955 Liaison Assistant to the Chairman, Committee on Business Organization of the Department of Defense, Hoover Commission (Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government.
1955-1964 Executive Secretary, Committee of Hoover Commission Task Force Members.
1976 July 3 Died, Alexandria, Virginia

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Communism -- United States
Subversive activities -- United States
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Public welfare -- United States
Bureaucracy
United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-1955)
United States. War Assets Administration
United States. National Recovery Administration
United States. Work Projects Administration

 

Memoirs

Scope and Contents note

Unpublished memoirs, entitled FUBAB (Fouled Up Beyond All Belief), 23 chapters in 5 folders. Typescript (carbon copy).
box 1

FUBAB (Fouled up beyond all belief), 23 chapters in 5 folders, unpublished, typescript

General Physical Description note: (carbon copy).
 

Correspondence 1932-1973

Scope and Contents note

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
box 2

Andrews, George 1968-1969

 

Baring, Walter S. 1953-1970

 

Becket, John A. 1961

 

Bennett, Wallace F. 1973

 

Blough, Roger M. 1962

 

Byrd, Harry F., Jr. 1964-1973

 

Cerf, Bennett 1954

 

Coleman, Henry C. 1972

 

Cropp, Martha 1970

 

Curtis, Thomas B. 1964

 

Dominick, Peter H. 1973

 

Foreman, Ed 1964

 

Goldwater, Barry 1964

 

Hall, Durward G. 1963-1971

 

Hall, Joseph B. 1963-1964

 

Haydn, Hiram 1956

 

Hook, Charles R. 1954-1956

 

Hurley, Robert A. 1942

 

Irwin, O. W. 1933-1938

 

Irwin, Randall 1932

 

Johnson, R. W. 1933

 

King, Arthur F. 1954-1968

 

Knowland, William F. 1964, 1972

 

McNeil, Neil 1957

 

Metz, Kay 1960

 

Miller, Bernice 1956

 

Moreel, Ben 1956-1968

 

Mahoney, Joseph C. 1959, 1961

 

Paul, Willard S. 1962

 

Pirnie, Malcolm 1954

 

Rarick, John R. 1969

 

Redelius, Julius 1934

 

Robertson, Reuben B. 1955

 

Rogers, Paul G. 1964-1970

 

Rutledge, Edwin S. 1953

 

Shoemaker, Perry M. 1956-1972

 

Spang, Joseph P. 1962

 

Stewart J. Harold 1963

 

Thurmond, Strom 1965

 

Turner, W., Homer 1963

 

Watson, Albert 1965

 

Wedemeyer, A. C. 1968

 

Subject File 1933-1974

Scope and Contents note

Address list (card files), speeches, charts, correspondence, lists, and printed matter, arranged in alphabetical order by author, subject or title.
box 2

Allied Commission, Headquarters. Transportation Sub-Commission. Condition of UNRRA Supply-Warehouses at Naples. September 4, 1945

 

Byrd, Harry F. 1958

 

Ford, Gerald R., President, U.S. 1974

 

Hagerty, James C., Press Secretary to the President.

 

The White House.Immediate release. August 12, 1957.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Establishing a Career Executive Committee. August 12, 1957. Executive order.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Hall, Durward G., 7th District. Missouri. Your Congressman reports from Washington. No. 2 July 15, 1970.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Hood. Edwin M. 1963

 

Hook, Charles R. 1955-1963

 

Hoover, Herbert, President, U.S. 1955-1956

 

Hoover Commission Task Force Members, Committee of

 

General 1954-1964

 

Finances 1960-1964

 

Findings 1957

 

Hoover Tower,Pamphlet. n.d.,

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Laird, Melvin R., Secretary of Defense establishes equal opportunity education program in race relations for all members of the Armed Forces, March 5, 1971.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

O'Mahoney Amendment to H. R. 7665, Defense Department Appropriation Bill for fiscal year ending June 30, 1958. 1957.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Rarick, John R., of Louisiana, United Nations Organization Versus U.S.A.: A Case of Reappointment, extention of remarks. U.S. Congressional Record, Vol. 113, No. 21 February 13, 1967.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Roosevelt, Franklin D., President, U.S. Inaugural address March 4, 1933.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Theobald, Robert A., The final secret of Pearl Harbor, U.S. News and World Report, April 2, 1954.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Truman, Harry S., President, U.S., Executive order No. 10080 September 30, 1949.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

U.S. Comptroller General. Report to the Joint Economic Committee. Congress of the U.S. Failure to curtail operation at government expense of military commissary stores in Continental United States where adequate commercial facilities are available. April 1964.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

U.S. Congress. 88th., 1st Session. S. 1093 Bill. To establish a Federal policy concerning the termination, limitation or establishment of business-type operations of the Government which may be conducted in competition with private enterprise, and for other purposes. March 14, 1963.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

U.S. Department of Defense. Defense Department Appropriations, 1958, U.S. Congressional Record - Senate. pp. 9733-9764. July 2, 1957.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

War assets administration, September 5, 1946.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Westmoreland, General W. C., Address before Joint Session of Congress, April 28, 1967. News Release, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) April 28, 1967.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Miscellany 1939-1957

Scope and Contents note

Award (ballot form), conference program and a presentation program. All printed copies.
box 2

National Economic Council. Award to Business Leader, New York City n.d.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

USA Work Program (WPA). Presentation of Foremanship Training Certificates, Brooklyn, N.Y., April 17, 1939.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Washington Conference, National Citizens' Committee to Curb Inflation, Program. June 24-25, 1957.

General Physical Description note: Printed copy.
 

Unidentified material.