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  • Title: Robert Allen Griffin papers
    Date (inclusive): 1942-1971
    Collection Number: 75027
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 13 manuscript boxes, 3 envelopes (5.7 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, photographs, and printed matter, relating to American technical and economic assistance missions to China and Southeast Asia.
    Creator: Griffin, R. Allen (Robert Allen), 1893-1981
    Creator: Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn), 1883-1966

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    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 1975.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Robert Allen Griffin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical List

    1893, September 27 Born, Kansas City, Missouri
    1917 B. A., Stanford University
    1917-1919 Military service
    1919 Reporter, Portland Oregonian and Portland Journal, Portland, Oregon
    1919-1920 Secretary to First Polish Minister to U.S., Prince Lubormirski
    1920-1921 Director, Polish Bureau of Information
    1921 Manager, American Polish Chamber of Commerce
    1922 Founder and publisher, Monterey Peninsula Herald, Monterey, California
    1935 Founder of radio station, KDON, Del Monte, California
    1941-1945 Military service
    1942 Co-author, The School of the Citizen Soldier
    1948-1949 Deputy Chief, U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration, China
    1950 Chief, U.S. Department of State Economic Mission to Southeast Asia
    1950-1951 Director, U.S. Economic Cooperation Admnistration, Far East Program Division
    1951-1952 Special Representative of the Far East, U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration and Mutual Security Agency

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
    Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- China
    Vietnam -- History
    Economic assistance, American -- China
    Economic assistance, American -- Southeast Asia
    Technical assistance, American -- Southeast Asia
    Technical assistance, American -- China
    Indochina -- History
    United States. Department of State
    United States. Economic Cooperation Administration