Inventory of the Frank H. Higgins papers
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Title: Frank H. Higgins papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1959
Collection Number: 69007
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 11 oversize boxes, 2 envelopes
(19.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, photographs, printed matter, and memorabilia relating to American defense policy.
Creator:
Higgins, Frank Henry, 1890-1973
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1969.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frank H. Higgins papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
United States assistant secretary of the army, 1954-1959.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers and materials (1917-1959) relating to the career of Frank H. Higgins especially pertaining to his appointments as an
Army Colonel, as assistant to the Chief of Ordnance, War Dept., 1942-1945; Chief of the Machinery and Equipment Section, Marshall
Plan, Paris, 1949-1950; Assistant Secretary of U. S. Army 1954-1959.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Economic assistance, American
United States -- Military policy
United States. Army
United States. Department of the Army
box 1
Papers and notebook pertaining to Col. Higgins' work in the Machinery and Equipment section ECA
1949-1950
"Cointra" - comercio industria y transportes, S.A. Puzol Valencia España 7-VI-1955
Scope and Contents note
Contains a photograph album.
Visit of the San Francisco Ordnance district
1955 August 4-5
Scope and Contents note
Contains an annotated, illustrated booklet.
Visit to Alco Products, Inc.
1956 February 8
Scope and Contents note
Contains a photograph album.
Visit to Fort Shafter, Hawaii
1956 April 14-18
box 2
Visit to Rossford Ordnance Depot
1956 November 28
Scope and Contents note
Contains an annotated, illustrated booklet.
Procurement conference, San Francisco
1957 December 9
Scope and Contents note
Contains an annotated photograph booklet with clippings.
Northrop Aircraft, Inc. Radioplane division Anaheim division
1957 December 11
CHIHOA collecting point (Acres of diamonds)
1956, 1958
Visit to Korea
1958 July 2-5
Scope and Contents note
Contains an illustrated, annotated booklet.
U. S. Army, Pacific Command
1958 July 16-18
Scoe and Contents note
Contains a memento illustrated booklet and material related to a visit to Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
Sons of the American Revolution brochure of Washington Day Luncheon
1959 February 21
box 2
Envelope of letters supplementing those in item 13 plus ephemeral memorabilia.
Presidio of San Francisco Headquarters Sixth Army.
Headquarters Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia
envelope A
8 photos of Col. Frank H. Higgins in Japan, Alabama, etc. and at a reception in his honor
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes photograph of Secretary of the Army W. M. Brucker.
envelope mB
4 photos of W. M. Brucker, Gen. Maxwell Taylor, and Gen. William Westmoreland
undated
Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents note
The first 12 volumes include correspondence, photographs, congratulatory letters, printed matter, and personal memorabilia
pertaining to Higgins' career. The dates are close approximations.
box 3
Volume 1: 1917 April - 1954 June
box 4
Volume 2: 1954 August-November
box 5
Volume 3: 1954 October-December
box 5
Volume 4: 1955 January-June
box 6
Volume 5: 1955 July-December
box 7
Volume 6: 1956 January-June
box 7
Volume 7: 1956 June-December
box 8
Volume 8: 1957 January-June
box 9
Volume 9: 1957 July-December
box 10
Volume 10: 1958 January-June 10
box 11
Volume 11: 1958 July 11 - October
box 12
Volume 12: 1958 November - 1959 March
box 13
Hon. Frank H. Higgins album
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters of appreciation pertaining to Higgins' tenure as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army written at the time
of his resignation in 1959. Includes letters from from President Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and other important persons in
the administration, armed services, and industry. Also included are programs, speeches, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining
to Higgins' farewell ceremonies.
