Register of the Henry D. (Henry Dudley) Lytton papers

Finding aid prepared by Rebecca J. Mead
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Title: Henry D. (Henry Dudley) Lytton papers
Date (inclusive): 1938-1988
Collection Number: 86014
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes (2.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports and other writings, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, and printed matter, relating to economic aspects of geopolitics, especially during World War II and the Korean War; the efficacy of bombing policy during World War II; measurement of productivity in both industry and the public sector; Peruvian industrial productivity; demand for nickel in the United States; and development of Lebanese exports.
Creator: Lytton, Henry D. (Henry Dudley), 1909-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henry D. (Henry Dudley) Lytton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1909, Nov. 10 Born, Chicago, Illinois
1936-1938 Assistant to the President, International Statistics Bureau
1938-1939 Director, Research and Statistics, General Tung Oil Corporation
1939-1941 Assistant Editor, Ogden Publishing Company
1941-1942 Assistant Industrial Economist, Textiles and Fibers, War Production Board
1942 Commodity Specialist, Board of Economic Warfare
1942-1945 Intelligence Specialist, U.S. Army Air Forces
1945- Economic and Management Consultant
1950-1951 Industrial Economist, New York Quartermaster Procurement Agency
1951-1953 Industrial Specialist, Office of Defense Mobilization
1954 Research Assistant, Hoover Commission
1954 Executive Director, Benefits Field Supervision, Veterans Administration
1964-1965 Industrial Productivity Measurement Consultant, U.S. Aid Mission to Peru
1968 Consultant, Manufacturing Division, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, Lebanon
1971 Visiting Lecturer, Advanced World Training Center, International Labour Office, Turin, Italy

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Economists
Korean War, 1950-1953
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects
Strategic materials
Civil service -- Labor productivity
Labor productivity -- Peru
Nickel industry -- United States
Labor productivity
Lebanon -- Commerce
United States. Army Air Forces
United States. Board of Economic Warfare

 

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1938-1988.

General note

SEE: Appendix for folder lists

Scope and Contents note

Drafts and printed copies of books, articles, clippings, correspondence, charts, reports, book reviews, reference material and photographs. Arranged chronologically.
 

General

box 1, folder 1

General. Autobiographies, partial index and descriptive summary of the reports by Henry Lytton which comprise this collection 1987-1988

box 1, folder 2

Government and military supply requirements. Clipping, memoranda, reports, bulletin, and charts primarily relating to the second Hoover Commission, surplus government property, World War II and Korean War mobilization and availability of supplies 1941-1955

box 1, folder 3

"Corporate Program of General Tung Oil Corporation, with a Background of the Industry," Typescript copies of reports, letter and printed material relating to tung oil and castor oil 1938. 1937-1938

box 1, folder 4

"World Economic Factors Important for War Strategy in 1942," Summary, typescript report, correspondence, memoranda, and clippings 1942. 1941-1984

box 1, folder 5

"Raw Material Potential of World Areas Important for 1950 Strategy," Summary, typescript reports, correspondence, and clippings 1950. 1947-1986

box 1, folder 6

"Postwar Productivity of Veterans' Administration DVB Programs in the Field," Typescript and correspondence 1956. 1956-1984

box 1, folder 7-8

"A Basis for Forecasting Nickel Demand in the United States," Engineering and Mining Journal, Summary, serial issues, drafts and printed copy of article 1957 Aug. 1956-1984

box 1, folder 9

"Government Operations Can Make Sense--And Save Dollars," Summary, typescript reports, memoranda, and correspondence 1957. 1957-1984

box 2, folder 1-5

"Estimating Recent Federal Government Productivity Trends," Review of Economics and Statistics, Typescript and printed copies, correspondence, reviews, summary, notes, and printed material 1959 Nov. 1959-1983

box 3, folder 1

"Estimating Recent Federal Government Productivity Trends," Review of Economics and Statistics 1959 Nov.

box 3, folder 2

"Public Sector Productivity in the Truman-Eisenhower Years," Review of Economics and Statistics, Printed copy and printed material 1961 May.

box 3, folder 3-4

"Using Trends and Comparisons to Stimulate Government Productivity," International Review of Administrative Sciences, Printed copy, charts, notes, correspondence, and printed material 1962. 1961-1984

box 3, folder 5-6

"Recent Productivity Trends in Peruvian Manufacturing Industries," Printed copies, reference materials notes, and correspondence 1964. 1964-1984

box 3, folder 7

Report on Peru, 1965. Mimeographed and microfilm copies, printed material, reports, reference material, notes, correspondence, and memoranda 1964-1967

box 4, folder 1-2

Report on Peru 1965

box 4, folder 3

"Veterans' Administration in American Samoa," Mimeographed copy 1966.

box 4, folder 4-7

"Prospects for Exports from Lebanon," Typescript copies, printed material, notes, and correspondence 1968. 1967-1983

box 4, folder 8

"The Measurement of Productivity Levels and Trends in Manufacturing Industries and Industry Member Firms, Typescripts, charts and correspondence 1971. 1967-1971

box 5, folder 1

"The Measurement of Productivity Levels and Trends in Manufacturing Industries and Industry Member Firms 1971

box 5, folder 2

Review of W.W. Rostow, Pre-Invasion Strategy, Drafts and printed copy, notes, and a copy of the book 1982. 1982

box 5, folder 3-7

"Bombing Policy in the Rome and Pre-Normandy Campaigns," Military Affairs, Report, drafts, notes, memoranda, printed material, correspondence, charts, audiovisual material, and reference material 1983 April. 1944-1986