BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1899-1973
Scope and Content Note
General
General. Includes Christmas cards sent, 1931-1969
Printed matter
Clippings of printed interviews and quotations
We Seven: A Family Story, by Donna Todd McBryan
Biographical data
Correspondence, 1899-1964
General
General
1899-1909
1919-1920
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930-1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940-1950
American Advisory Committee, The China Council, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1936-1937
Barrett, David, 1934-1955
Buell, Emma, 1926
Clubb, Oliver Edmund, 1940-1952
Gould, Randall, 1926-1949
Johnson, Hewlett, 1932-1954
Judd, Walter H., 1939-1945
Lowdermilk, Walter Clay, 1924-1951
Snow, Edgar, 1935-1964. See also Democracy
Spence, Jonathan, 1967
Tucker, Francis F., 1920-1947
University of Michigan, 1921-1946
Family
General, n.d.-1949
Crow, Vera (sister) and Ralph
1901-1937
1938-1955
Kahn, Joseph H. (brother-in-law), 1924-1929
Larimore, Adaline, 1929, 1944
Pendleton, J. L. (mother-in-law), 1927-1945
Pendleton, Lois (second wife)
1924-1932
1940-1951
Pendleton, Morris (brother-in-law), 1927-1951
Pendleton, Robert (brother-in-law), 1927-1951
Pendleton family (general), 1928-1947
Price, William (uncle and cousin), 1905-1907
Todd, Albert (cousin), 1936-1948
Todd, Alfred (brother)
1899-1905
1906-1926
1927-1932
1934-1939
1940-1955
Todd, Charles (nephew), 1928-1944
Todd, David (nephew), 1944-1945
Todd, Donna (sister), 1901-1954
Todd, Doris (daughter), 1943-1950
Todd, Dwight (cousin), 1944-1945
Todd, Elinor (daughter), 1940-1955
Todd, Hewlett (son), 1944-1951
Todd, James (son), 1943-1951
Todd, Julia (mother)
1900-1920
1921-1935
1936-1942
Todd, Laurence (brother)
1904-1934
1935-1939
1940-1955
Todd, Lois P. See Pendleton, Lois
Todd, O. H. (father), 1900-1929
Todd, Priscilla (niece), 1925-1935
Todd, Robert (son), 1918-1948
Todd, Sally (cousin), 1926-1927
Todd, Victor (brother)
1905-1929
1930-1961
1962-1967
Todd, Walter (brother), 1905-1951
Todd, William (cousin), 1944-1945
Zimmerman, Rheta (first wife)
1918-1922
1923-1925
1926
1927-1937
Diaries, 1915-1951
Subject file
Early years. Correspondence
Brodhead, Daisy, 1903-1928
Johnson, H. E., 1904-1907
Strong, Elizabeth, 1904-1905
Ryan, Willis, 1906-1918
Education, 1899-1908
Essential Oil Products Company, 1920-1939
Finances
General, 1898-1927
General, 1928-1940
Taxes, 1919-1926
Later years, 1938-1974
General. Correspondence, 1938-1971
China support groups, Interest in
General, 1939-1940
American Friends of the Chinese People, 1939-1940
Palo Alto Committee Against War Shipments to Japan
Palo Alto Committee for Civilian Relief in China, 1939-1940
Civil Service-Retirement
Congress, Candidate for, 1948
Job hunting
Memberships
General
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Association of Chinese and American Engineers
Friendly societies, 1907-1974
Institute of Pacific Relations, 1939-1950
Military service, 1917-1919
General
General
Architectural specifications for a base hospital at St. Parize-le-Chatel, France, 1918
Correspondence, 1917-1920
General
Brooks, Joe, 1919
San Francisco Engineering Association
Finances and invoices
The Martian, issues, 1918-1919
Memoranda
Officer's Reserve Corps file
Orders
Travel guidebooks, maps
Mirrors, Chinese bronze. Correspondence, descriptions, lists. See also MEMORABILIA
Travel
General
General
Passports and safe conduct passes
1935 leave (return to the United States)
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1899-1973
Scope and Content Note
General. Outlines, notes, background material, n.d.-1972
"Territorial Expansion for the United States," 1899. Debate topic, High school, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Typescript
"Road Building in Hunan Province, China," The Overseas Highway Magazine, 1924. Printed copy
"American Engineers in the China Field," The Military Engineer, 1924 January-February. Correspondence, printed copy
"Famine Releif (sic) Work," The North China Standard, 1924 May 11. Clipping
"Practical Education and Famine Relief in China," The China Weekly Review, 1924 July 26
"The 1924-25 Engineering Program for Flood Relief," The China Weekly Review, 1924 December 6. Printed copy
"Shantung Floods of 1925 Due to Breaks in Yellow River Dykes," The China Weekly Review, 1925 December 5. Printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1926. Correspondence, book (contract) agreement
The Open Road in China, 1926. Four typescript drafts of the manuscript and photographs to accompany the text
"Modern Highways in China," 1926 August 24. Address, Chinese Engineering Society convention. Printed copy
"Engineers in Foreign War Zones," The Military Engineer, 1926 September-October. Notes, printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1927. Correspondence, outline
"Construction Enterprises in South-west China," Chinese Economic Journal, 1927 June. Printed copy
"Repairing Dikes and Revolutions on the Upper Yangtsze," The China Weekly Review1927 July 23. Printed copy
"Motor Roads for South China," The Far Eastern Review, 1927 November. Printed copy
"China International Famine Relief Commission; Report of the Engineering Department," The Far Eastern Review, 1927 December. Printed copy
"The Good Roads Movement in Kweichow," The China Weekly Review, 1927 December 24. Printed copy, review
"Road Construction Continues in China Despite the War!" The China Weekly Review, 1927 December 31. Printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1928. Correspondence, outline, draft
Drafts of five articles not published, 1928. Correspondence and typescript copies
"The Program of the C.I.F.R.C.: Constructive Work, With International Cooperation, Emphasized," The Peking Leader, 1928 February. Clipping
"Construction Enterprises in South-west China," The Far Eastern Review, 1928 September. Appeared originally in Chinese Economic Journal, 1927 June. Printed copy
"Assuring China's Food Supply," China, 1928 October. Printed copy
" A Commission That Has Succeeded in China," Pan Pacific Progress, 1928 November. Printed copy
"Famine Prevention in China," The Chinese Christian Student, 1928 November. Printed copy
Review of China's Millions by Anna Louise Strong, Survey Graphic, 1928 December. Correspondence, printed copy
"Highways in a Land of Barriers," Asia, 1929 January. Correspondence, printed copy
"A Practical Educational Movement," The China Weekly Review, 1929 January 26. Printed copy
"Kaifeng Now Much Improved; Educational Work Emphasized," The Peking Leader, 1929 February 22. Clipping
"Engineering and Altruism in China," 1929 October. Paper, World Engineering Congress, Tokyo. One clipping, 1929 November 7, two printed copies
Miscellaneous, 1930. Correspondence
"The Yellow River," The Week in China, 1930 March 8. Reprint of an address given March 6 at the North China Union Language School, Peiping
"Economics of Highways for China," The Chinese Social and Political Review, 1930 April. Printed copy
"Getting Yellow River Water on the Saratsi Plain," The Far Eastern Review, 1931 February. Printed copy
"Helping to Raise Standards of Living in China," Pan Pacific Progress, 1931 March-April. Two printed copies
"Good Roads Exhibition; An Expert's Tribute," North-China Daily News, 1931 October 6. Clipping
"Famine Prevention and Relief Projects," The Far Eastern Review, 1932 August. Notes, printed copy
"The Wei Pei Irrigation Project in Shensi Province," by S. Eliassen and O. J. Todd. The China Journal, 1932 October. Printed copy, reprint
"Some Altruistic and Economic Aspects of Famine Prevention Work," The Chinese Recorder, 1932 November. Printed copy, reprint
"In Memoriam," a tribute to John R. Freeman. The Journal of the Association of Chinese and American Engineers, 1933 January. Printed copy
Speech notes, Language School, 1933 January 6, 20. Typescript
"The Wei Pei Irrigation Work," The Far Eastern Review, 1933 February. Printed copy
"Wrestling With Some of China's Rivers: Both Medieval and Modern Engineering Methods Applied to the Yangtze, the Yellow, and the Yung Ting," Civil Engineering, 1933 June. Correspondence, reprint
Miscellaneous, 1934. Correspondence, outline, draft of an article
China Travel and Other Verses, 1934?. Printed copy
Hua Shan and Other Verses, 1934. Printed copy
"Regulation of the Fen Ho for Flood Protection and Conservancy of Winter Flow as an Aid to Irrigation," Part 1, The Far Eastern Review, 1934 April. Printed copy
"Regulation of the Fen Ho for Flood Protection and Conservancy of Winter Flow as an Aid to Irrigation," continued from April 1934, The Far Eastern Review, 1934 May. Printed copy
Article on the China International Famine Relief Commission, The China Press, 1934 October 1. Clipping
"The Si-Lan Road," The China Critic, 1934 November 1. Printed copy
"The Present Condition and a Discussion of the Fundamental Conservancy Measures for the Yellow River," 1934. Typescript report
Miscellaneous, 1935. Notes, typescript draft, correspondence
"Entrancing Kweichow and Her Neighbor Yunnan," 1935? Unpublished article. Typescript
"Growth of Democracy in China," 1935? Unpublished article. Typescript
"The Hope of China," 1935? Unpublished article. Typescript
Article on the Wei Pei Irrigation Project, Shanghai Evening Post, 1935 February 4. Clipping
"Transportation in China," China, 1935 April. Printed copy
"A Review of the Saratsi Irrigation Project," 1935 April 6. Paper, Association of Chinese and American Engineers, Peiping, China. Printed copy
"A Review of the Saratsi Irrigation Project," Journal of the Association of Chinese and American Engineers, 1935 May-June. Printed copy
"Flood and Famine," Asia, 1935 June. Correspondence, typescript, printed copy
Abstract of remarks on present engineering practice in China, American Institute of Construction Engineers, New York City, 1935 June 5. Typescript
"China's Floods and the Future," Survey Graphic, 1935 October. Correspondence, typescript draft, printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1936. Correspondence, typescript drafts
"Some Aspects of Famine Relief and Prevention in China," Digest of the Synodal Commission, 1936 January. Correspondence, printed copy, reprint
Reports about the Huang Ho floods in newspapers: Peiping Chronicle, 1936 March 22; The Shanghai Evening Post, 1936 April 1; Peking & Tientsin Times, 1936 April 14. Clippings, typescript
"A Runaway River Controlled," Engineering News-Record, 1936 May 21. Correspondence, typescript, printed copy
"Hydraulic and Road Questions in China," A Review of the Report by the Committee of Experts of the League of Nations, The Journal of the Association of Chinese and American Engineers, 1936 November-December. Reprint, correspondence, newspaper review
The Yellow River and Other Verses, 1936 December. Printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1937. Correspondence, typescript draft
"China's Ol' Man River," Scientific American, 1937 January. Printed copy
"River Problems in China," China, 1937 February 15. Correspondence, transcript, printed copy
"Flood Control in China," Democracy, 1937 June 8. Printed copy
"The Progress of Irrigation in North China," Civil Engineering, 1937 August. Correspondence, two reprints
"The Engineer in China. His Opportunities for the Future," The Peiping Chronicle, 1937 October 24. Clipping
"The Engineer in China. His Opportunities for the Future," Peking & Tientsin Times, 1937 October 28. Clipping
"Engineering Experiences in China During the Last Two Decades," Engineering Journal, Hong Kong University, 1937 December. Printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1938. Correspondence, outlines for speeches, background material
Two Decades in China, 1938. Correspondence and memoranda
Yellow River Report, 1937, 1938 March. River Regulation Studies for China. Printed copy
"Engineering in War-torn China," Engineering News-Record, 1938 May 5. Correspondence, typescript, printed copy
"The Yellow River Is 'Japan's Sorrow' Now," New York Times, 1938 June 19. Correspondence, clipping
"Yellow River Dragons Stir," New York Times Magazine, 1938 June 19. Correspondence, clipping
"The Yellow River Flood," Engineering News-Record, 1938 June 23. Printed copy
"Present-Day Irrigation Methods in China," Civil Engineering, 1938 August. Correspondence, typescript draft, abstract and two printed reprints
"The Floods of 'China's Sorrow'," The Military Engineer, 1938 September-October. Notes, correspondence, printed copy
"Regulation of the Yellow River," Journal of the Association of Chinese and American Engineers, 1938 November-December. Printed copy
"The Yellow River Problem," 1938 December, reprint from Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers. Correspondence, printed copy
1939 speech invitations, outlines
Speech on China, East Bay Branch, American Association of University Women, 1939 April 21. Correspondence, program
"An American Engineer in China," 1939 June 3. Speech, California Council. Correspondence, outline
Miscellaneous, 1940. Correspondence, outlines, notes
Verses From East and West, 1941. Printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1942
"Taming Flood Dragons Along China's Hwang Ho," National Geographic Magazine, 1942 February. Correspondence, typescript draft, printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1944. Speech outline
Miscellaneous, 1945. Speech outlines
Article on UNRRA and the Chinese Communists, 1945. Typescript copy
Miscellaneous, 1946. Correspondence, drafts, typescripts
"Turning Back the Yellow River To Its Prewar Channel," Engineering News-Record, 1946 October 31. Printed copy
"Yellow River Project of 1946," The Far Eastern Engineer, 1947 January-February. Correspondence, two typescript drafts, printed copy
Remarks, Huayuankou, 1947 May 4. Typescript
Miscellaneous, 1948. Correspondence, outlines, typescript drafts
"East Meets West in Controlling China's Yellow River," Civil Engineering, 1948 October. Transcript draft, printed copy
"Post-war Repair of the Yellow River Dikes," The Military Engineer, 1948 December. Typescript draft, printed copy
Miscellaneous, 1949
"The Yellow River Reharnessed," The Geographical Review, 1949. Correspondence, two printed reprints
Miscellaneous, 1950. Notes, background material
"Mei-ling Soong," 1950. Typescript article
Miscellaneous, 1951. Notes, outlines, correspondence
Miscellaneous, 1952. Notes, outlines, correspondence
Miscellaneous, 1953. Notes, correspondence
An American Engineer Looks at China, book outline, 1953. Correspondence, typescript draft
Miscellaneous, 1954. A speech outline
Miscellaneous, 1955. Notes, outlines, correspondence
Miscellaneous, 1956. Typescript draft of an article
Miscellaneous, 1957. Two typescript speech outlines
Miscellaneous, 1958. Correspondence, speech outline
"China Travel-boy," 1963? Typescript article
Miscellaneous, 1964. Typescript speech outlines
Miscellaneous, 1966. Typescript speech outline
Miscellaneous, 1968. Handwritten notes
The China That I Knew, 1973
Correspondence, notes, chapter outlines
Typescript draft
Printed copy (softbound)
BUREAU OF ENGINEERING, CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1908-1917
Scope and Content Note
General
Civil service examination announcements and results
Clippings. Hetch Hetchy
Correspondence, 1909-1917
General, 1909-1915
Bartell, M. J., 1913
Cheminant, L. B., 1914-1915
Clapp, W. B., 1910-1911
Freeman, John, 1911-1912
Jones, D. A., 1909-1913
Jones, D. A., 1914-1915
Long, Percy V., 1914-1915
McGlashan, H. D., 1911-1915
Manson, Marsden, 1909-1912
O'Shaughnessy, M. M., 1912-1915
Parker, Carleton H., 1914
Rankin, C. R., 1914-1915
Ross, Louis, 1915
Invoices, time sheets, lists of supplies, 1912-1916
Survey maps and charts
GRAND CANAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD, 1918-1936
Scope and Content Note
General, 1918-1921
Appointment of Todd, 1921
Charts and drawings
Correspondence, 1919-1922
General, 1919-1920
Chiang, S. Y., 1920
Fong, C. Y., 1919-1920
Freeman, John R., 1919-1921. See also SUBJECT FILE, Yellow River bridge contract bids
Hsiao, C. L., 1920
Leitzel, Henry S., 1920-1921
Ling, Homer C., 1920
Ripley, Joseph, 1919
Wiggin, Thomas H., 1920-1936
Yang, P. M., 1920-1922
Young, S. S., 1920
Yuan, C. M., 1920-1921
Reports
Evaporation, 1920
Hydrographic records, 1920-1921
Rainfall data, 1919
Ssu Ho Reservoir, 1919-1920
Surveys (I), 1920-1921
Surveys, Book II, 1919-1920
Tawenkou Reservoir, 1920
Wen Ho Reservoir, 1919-1920
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS and ASIA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, 1921-1937
Scope and Content Note
General
Appointment and discharge of Todd, 1921-1923
Contracts, 1922
Correspondence
General, 1921
General, 1922-1923
Baker, John E., 1921-1923
Hildabrand, Carl, 1922-1937
Tucker, F. F., 1921-1923
Whitham, Paul P., 1921-1924
Financial records
Invitations
Legal documents: Todd vs Asia Development Company
General
Rodger and Husar Law Office
Maps
Memoranda
Newsletter, Monthly
Personnel lists
Photographs of work in progress, with dates and captions
Relief committee reports
General
Hai Ho Conservancy Commission
Huai Valley Conservancy Board
Hunan Chinese Foreign Famine Relief Committee
Shantung International Relief Committee
CHINA INTERNATIONAL FAMINE RELIEF COMMISSION, 1923-1960
Scope and Content Note
General
Agreements, contracts, proposals, 1921-1928
Clippings
Correspondence
General
Undated
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
General
Good Roads Movement
1929
1930
1930-1932 (Todd's salary)
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
General
Yellow River dike closure
1937
1938
Baker, John Earl, 1927-1949
Brown, David A., 1933-1937
Chang, C. C., 1931-1946. See also Saratsi irrigation project
Chuan, S. Henry, 1932-1933
Crane, Charles R., 1934-1939
Eliassen, Sigurd
1923-1935
1933, capture and release by bandits
1936
1937-1938
1939-1960
Freeman, John R.
1920-1922
1923-1931
1932-1933
Gunn, Selskar, 1934-1937
Hendry, John L., Jr., 1923-1927
Hsu, Shu-hsi, 1936-1938
Kelly, William
1934-1935
1936-1937
1938-1956
Kung, H. Y., 1936-1937
Liang, M. T., 1926-1938
Liu, John, 1936-1937
Lively, D. O.
1930-1932
1933
Mallory, Walter H., 1923-1945
Soong, T. V., 1927-1933
Tan, Chen, 1921-1946
Thomson, Andrew, 1937
Tornvall, Gustaf, Case of, 1932-1933
Vanderburgh, Richard M., 1925-1936
Waddell, J. A. L.
1923-1933
1934-1938
Wirt, Lincoln, 1935-1937
Financial records
Budgets, 1923-1935
General
Famine Fund Drive, 1928
Expense accounts (Todd's), 1922-1927
Maps, charts, diagrams
Memoranda
Photographs of work in progress with date and captions including work at the Hopei-Shantung border, Linpuchi and Shensi, 1936
Printed material
Annual reports, 1924-1930
Annual reports, 1931-1936
C.I.F.R.C. News Bulletin, 1936 April 1
Engineering Accomplishments, 1921-1933
Famine Commission Bulletin
1923-1931
1932-1936
The Huang Ho
Hydrology of the Yellow River
The Present Condition and a Discussion of the Fundamental Conservancy Measures for the Yellow River
The Yellow River Crevasse Closure Work at Tung Chuang
Reports
Cut-off channel for Yellow River control work. Typescripts
Dike breaks at Li Chin and Linpuchi. Typescripts
Famine prevention projects. Typescripts
Various issues of Series A and B on aspects of famine relief
Special engineering problems, proposals, surveys, studies
Fen Ho Dam, 1932-1934
Hupeh dikes, 1924-1927
Kweichow road work, 1927-1928
Saratsi irrigation project, 1928-1935
Correspondence, 1927-1936
Description of project
Eliassen's charts and surveys
League of Nations report
Maps and charts
Memoranda, notes, clippings
Reports (include photographs)
Tenghow Weir
Subject file
American Committee for the Engineering Foundation correspondence
Golden Rule Foundation campaign
Travel schedules
UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1940-1942
Scope and Content Note
General
Personnel memoranda regarding Todd's service rating and salary
Report. Aggradation and silt control of the Middle Rio Grande Valley
UNITED STATES. ARMY ENGINEERS, 1936-1945
Scope and Content Note
General
Charts, diagrams
Correspondence
General, 1943-1945
Lowdermilk, Walter C., 1945
Memoranda, 1936-1945
Office circulars, 1944-1945
Todd's personnel records, 1943-1945
Reports
East Twin Creek Flood Control Channel, 1943
Santa Inez River, 1944
Tucson, Arizona, Development of, 1944
Whitewater River Flood Control Channel, 1944
UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION, 1943-1970
Scope and Content Note
General
General. Includes use photocopy of UNRRA guest book, March 17, 1946-August 1947. Original withdrawn from use
Equipment lists and requisitions
Personal papers and mementoes
Statement of criticism of Todd
Clippings
Correspondence
General
1943-1947
General
Reference letters and job offer to Todd
1945-1947. Personal to and from Todd
1946. Includes a letter from Chou En-Lai to Todd, May 21, 1946. Original is in the safe
1947
General
Saratsi Irrigation Project
Chang, C. C., 1946-1947
General
Death of C. C. Chang, April-May 1947
Eliassen, Sigurd, 1945-1947
Powell, Helen, 1946-1947
Inventories of supplies
Maps and charts
Memoranda
Personnel lists and forms
Photographs of work in progress, with dates and captions
Photographs of work in progress, with dates and captions
Reports
General
First Session of the Council of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Selected Documents, 1943. Printed copy
Miscellaneous weekly reports. Typescripts
Report of the Director General to the Council, 1947 March. Printed copy
China's Yellow River, monograph. Attached exhibits include reports to General S. Y. Chao, Chairman, Yellow River commission, Honan; General George C. Marshall, Cease-fire Committee, Nanking; General Chou En-lai, Communist delegation
History of the Yellow River Project, by O. J. Todd, March 1947
Rainfall data
UNRRA in China, 1945-1947
UNRRA Relief for the Chinese People, A Report by CLARA (China Liberated Areas Relief Association), 1947
Water and Land Problems in China, by C. P. Christopoulos, 1947
Yellow River data
Yellow River Supply Analysis (final audit), 1947
Subject file, 1945-1970
Dike repair at Shantung. Memoranda
Hunger Fighters in China, 1947-1970. A newsletter written at irregular intervals by and for the members and former members of UNRRA's Agricultural Rehabilitation Division of the China Office
Correspondence
Issues
1947
1948-1951
1952-1953
1954-1955
1956-1959
1960-1963
1964
1964-1966
1967. Draft of an issue edited by Todd
1967-1970
Travel and expense accounts
JOINT COMMISSION ON RURAL RECONSTRUCTION, 1949-1951
Scope and Content Note
General
Clippings
General
Yung Ting Ho
Correspondence
General
1949
1950
1951
Baker, John Earl, 1949-1950
Barrett, David D., 1950
Powell, Helen, 1949-1951
Financial records
Maps, charts, diagrams
General
Irrigation upkeep
Memoranda
1949
1950
General
Air raid shelters and drills
1951
Miscellaneous
Personnel records
General
Appointment and resignation of Todd
Press releases
Printed matter
Reports
General
Irrigation Engineering Division
General
History of Engineering Program, JCRR
Investigations and analyses
Programs and proposals
Waterworks
Weekly Activity Reports
Land Division
Subject file
Economic Cooperation Administration. Press translation summary and memoranda
Friends of China Club. Bulletins
Lapham Mission, Applications to the
Szechuan Project. Correspondence and memoranda
Undated - July 1949
August 1949
September 1949
October 1949
November 1949
Travel vouchers
SUBJECT FILE, 1906-1973
Scope and Content Note
General
China
Clippings
Description and travel pamphlets
Description and travel pamphlets
China. Issues, 1929-1936
Chinese News Service. Various issues, 1961-1962
Commission for the Improvement of the River System of Chihli, Public Statement, Nos. 1-5
Final Report and Grand Scheme, 1918-1925
General Report(s), 1921, 1923, 1924
Instructions for Staff and Employees, 1920
Report on the Partial Conversion of Pei Ho, 1921
Democracy. Various issues, 1937. Includes correspondence
Geneal Rpeort (sic) of the Directorate-General for the Repairing of the Yung Ting Ho Dyke Breaches of 1924
Japan
Letter from China, by Anna Louise Strong. Four issues, 1963-1964
News Letter, The United Nations Association of the Republic of China. Various issues, 1961-1963
Notes on the Hwangho, or Yellow River; Including Extracts from a Report on the Condition of the South Bank Immediately Below Lo-K'ou, 1906
"The Operation of the Hai Ho Palliative Scheme in the Summer (of) 1933," by C. Y. Kao
Peitaiho (summer residence), 1938-1946
River Conservancy Commission for Kwangtung Province, National Government. Publication No. 22
The Week in China. Various issues, 1928-1931
William Winter Comments. Various issues, 1965-1967
World Engineering Congress, Tokyo, 1929. Includes correspondence, member lists, schedules
Yellow River bridge construction proposals, 1921
"Yellow River Commission Proposal for an Aerial Inspection and Surveying Service with Landing Fields," September 1936
The Yellow River Commission Survey Department, Field Instructions for Survey Work, 1934
OVERSIZE MATERIALS, 1918-1947
Scope and Content Note
Engineering drawings, maps, diagrams, scrapbooks of clippings about building a military hospital in Mars-sur-Allier, France, the Grand Canal and the Yellow River system in China, and Taiwan's irrigation plans
MEMORABILIA, 1901-1951
Scope and Content Note
School certificates, World War I items including a miniature Croix de Guerre, flags, scrolls, banners, chopsticks, a mounted tintype and UNRRA shoulder patches, a mounted silver plaque from the provincial government of Shensi, June 20, 1932 (boxed)
Twenty Chinese bronze mirrors from various dynasties located in the Memorabilia cabinet in the Lou Henry Hoover Building lobby
AUDIO-VISUAL FILE, 1908-1964
Scope and Content Note
Post cards. 48 booklets of detachable post cards; 647 individual cards and 3 packets of cards and one duplicate, depicting scenes, cities, buildings and artwork in Belgium, China, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States
Slides
One stereoscope and 100 slides of a set titled Editions Stereoscopeques de Guerre, 1917, 1918, depicting war damage
84 glass slides depicting Yellow River projects in China
Moving picture film, 1927-1932?
Access Information
Undated, 35mm, b&w, fragment
Undated, 35mm, b&w. Mint farm?
Undated, 35mm, b&w, negative, fragment
Undated, 35mm, b&w. Children riding a donkey
Undated, 35mm, color. Todd family?
Undated, 16mm, color. Todd children at school party
1927, 16mm, b&w. Todd's Wedding Phillippines
1930, 16mm, b&w. Todd family
1931, 16mm, b&w.
1931, 16mm, b&w. Doris and Elinor Todd swimming and riding a donkey at Peitaiho, China
1932, 16mm, b&w. Todd children at Peitaiho and Peping, China
Photographs. See also photographs of irrigation and dike work in progress, with dates and captions, in these series: AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS and ASIA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY; CHINA INTERNATIONAL FAMINE RELIEF COMMISSION; and UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION. See also SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, The Open Road in China, 1926, where photographs accompany the text
1908-1964
6 prints, 7 duplicates and 1 negative depicting Todd only
21 prints depicting Todd and others
1 print, 1 duplicate, 18 newspaper mats and 2 newspaper plates depicting Todd as congressional candidate
89 prints, 5 duplicates and 177 negatives depicting Robert Todd
48 prints and 3 duplicates depicting the Todd and Pendleton families
22 prints depicting friends and colleagues of Todd
16 prints depicting University of Michigan classmates of Todd. See also 7 oversize photos in Box 75
141 prints, 8 duplicates, 96 negatives and 16 post cards depicting work on the Hetch Hetchy water project, and Yosemite National Park
1909-1921
48 prints and 93 negatives depicting Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite National Park
115 prints depicting Todd in military service
105 prints, 6 duplicates and 37 negatives depicting general views of China
43 prints and 3 duplicates depicting work on China's Grand Canal
243 prints, 10 duplicates and 135 negatives depicting civil engineering work for the Asia Development Company and the American National Red Cross in China. See also 2 oversize photos in Box 75
1922-1938
Asia Development Company
27 prints depicting views of Tsinan, China
12 prints and 10 duplicates depicting river work on the Yung Ting Ho
China International Famine Relief Commission
77 prints, 8 duplicates and 48 negatives depicting general views and phases of work on the Yellow River. See also 4 oversize photos in Box 75
3 prints depicting views of Canton, China
69 prints and 4 duplicates depicting views of the area of Honan and Yellow River flood damage
148 prints, 9 duplicates and 1 negative depicting river work in Chihli and the Tientsin region of Hopei Province
123 prints, 11 duplicates and 2 negatives depicting workers and equipment on the Yellow River in Hupeh Province
10 prints of views of Johel
4 prints, 2 duplicates and 1 negative depicting views of China's Great Wall at Kalgan
59 prints and 20 duplicates depicting the people and buildings of Kansu
89 prints, 8 duplicates and 3 negatives depicting Yellow River dike work at Kiangsi
10 prints depicting work at Kwangsi and Nanning
90 prints and 53 duplicates depicting people, buildings and scenery of Kweichow, China. Includes a print of Mr. Chow, Provincial Governor
95 prints and 4 duplicates depicting the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, buildings and statuary in the Peking area, and that city's irrigation system
3 prints and 1 duplicate depicting workers on the dike in Pu Chow County
3 prints, 2 duplicates and 2 negatives depicting a centrifugal pump at the Satochu Works, Saratsi
17 prints depicting ships in Shanghai harbor
164 prints, 46 duplicates and 24 negatives depicting scenes throughout Shansi Province, and the dams, bridges, gorges and channels of rivers which flow into the Yellow River: Fen Ho, Chin Ho, Sha Ho and the Sang Kan Ho
3 prints and 7 duplicates depicting the Governor of Shansi Province, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, at his home, with Todd and Mr. L. H. Wang
166 prints and 9 duplicates depicting 1925 flood damage and subsequent dike repair work in the Shantung area
52 prints depicting river ice packs, the worker's camp and dike repair near Litsin, Shantung
48 prints and one duplicate depicting villages, and refugees in the flooded area of Li Chin, Shantung
88 prints, 20 duplicates and 142 negatives depicting dike closure work using kao-liang "sausages" in Shantung
128 prints and 20 duplicates depicting scenes throughout Shensi Province, and work on the Yellow River, the Yi Ho and the Wei Ho
60 prints and 30 duplicates depicting work on the Wei Pei Project, Shensi Province
62 prints and 8 duplicates depicting river work in Shensi Province
65 prints, 1 duplicate and 36 negatives depicting roads and a Fen Ho bridge in Shansi Province
172 prints and 22 duplicates depicting scenes of the Suiyuan area and the Saratsi Canal
65 prints and 14 duplicates depicting scenery and people along the Yangtze River in Szechuan Province
54 prints, 9 duplicates and 16 negatives depicting shipping on the Yangtze River
95 prints and 34 duplicates depicting scenery in Yunnan Province
1941. United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. 4 prints of a river in New Mexico
1945-1947. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
160 prints and 14 duplicates depicting men and machinery working on Yellow River dike repair
115 prints and 134 duplicates depicting river dike closure work in Honan Province
133 prints, 93 duplicates and 4 negatives depicting heavy equipment and workers effecting river dike closure in Honan
1949-1951. Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction
169 prints and 27 duplicates depicting scenes and the people of Taiwan
94 prints and 20 duplicates depicting work on Taiwan's irrigation systems
120 prints depicting scenes of Taiwan which show topography
74 prints and 4 duplicates depicting canals and adjacent farms and villages on Taiwan
106 prints depicting creeks, canals, ponds, weirs and pumping projects on Taiwan
58 prints and two duplicates depicting workers on irrigation system projects
210 prints, 2 duplicates and 83 negatives depicting the Hsi Ho Dam Project, the Tsao-Kung Pumping Project and the work on the Chia-Nan and Tou Liu Canals
16 prints unidentified
General. Photographs on subjects of interest to Todd, and photographs presented to him
Canada. 21 prints depicting scenery at Banff and Lake Louise
China
Chinese leaders. 21 prints depicting Chen-lun Chang, Hsueh-liang Chang, Tzo-lin Chang, Chiang Kai-shek, Yu-hsiang Feng, Yung-chang Hsu, Hu Hu, Yuan-hung Li, Ch'uan-fang Sun, Sun Yat Sen, Kun Tsao, Pei-Foo Wu, Hsi-shan Yen, Hueh-chung Yu, Shih-kai Yuan. See also oversize photos in Box 75: General Sheng Chen, Kuang-ti Ch'in, Hsi-cheng Chou, General Yu-hsiang Feng, Fu-ch'u Han
Ming Tombs, Nanking. 16 prints, 7 duplicates and 11 negatives depicting statuary along the funeral path, 1925, 1927
Mint farms. 48 prints and 6 duplicates depicting buildings and workers harvesting the crop in Kai Yuan and Tsing Hua, 1922-1933
Salt wells at Tze tintsing, Szechuan. 20 prints and 11 duplicates depicting salt junks, water sluices, boiling pans, bales of salt, 1920, 1930
Teng Family Cemetery. 6 prints, 13 duplicates and 6 negatives depicting ruins of the statuary, 1926
United States
Clackamas River, Oregon. 59 prints and 16 negatives depicting work on a diversion dam, 1915, 1923
Eugene, Oregon. 17 prints depicting construction on a water project
Huntington Lake, California. 16 prints, 11 duplicates and 14 post cards depicting year-round work on a water project, 1923
New York Aquaduct, Davis Bridge Dam, Vermont. 13 prints and 18 negatives depicting equipment at the dam, 1923
Oak Grove Project. 4 prints depicting erection of a steel transmission tower, 1923
Portland Canal. 15 prints depicting a power house, trestle and views of the canal, 1900, 1914
Yellowstone National Park. 93 prints and 119 negatives depicting scenery
Yuma, Arizona. 10 prints and 4 duplicates depicting the Colorado River at Laguna Dam, 1923
Unidentified and/or undated. 72 prints, 11 duplicates, 100 negatives and 2 post cards
Lists of photographs of his engineering assignments, numbered, described and dated by Todd
Oversize. 23 prints depicting University of Michigan classmates of Todd; staff members of the Asia Development Company, American National Red Cross, and the China International Famine Relief Commission; and Chinese leaders