Register of the Raymond Albert Wheeler Papers, 1898-1977
Register of the Raymond Albert Wheeler Papers, 1898-1977
Hoover Institution ArchivesStanford University
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- Processed by:
- Aparna Mukherjee
- Date Completed:
- 1994
- Encoded by:
- James Lake
Scope and Content of Collection
| 1885 July 31 | Born, near Peoria, Illinois |
| 1911 | B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point, New York |
| 1911-1912 | Construction engineer, Isthmian Canal Commission, Canal Zone, Panama |
| 1912 | Married Olive May Keithley, Peoria, Illinois |
| 1913 | Graduated from Army School of Engineering, Washington, D.C. |
| 1917-1919 | Commanded the Regiment in the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse Argonne offensives, and the March into Germany with the Army of Occupation |
| 1919 | Served with the American Peace Commission in Italy |
| 1920-1921 | Engineer Instructor, the Infantry School, Camp Benning, Georgia |
| 1922-1926 | Assistant Engineer Commissioner, Washington, D.C. |
| 1926 | Elected honorary member, American Institute of Architects |
| 1927 | Graduated from Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
| 1927-1930 | Assistant Engineer of Maintenance, Panama Canal, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone |
| 1935-1936 | Chief Regional Engineer, Work Projects Administration, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1936 | United States Representative, International Navigation Congress, Brussels |
| 1937 | Graduated from Army War College, Washington, D.C. |
| 1937-1940 | Resident Member, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D.C. |
| 1940-1941 | Engineer of Maintenance, the Panama Canal, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone |
| 1941 | Assistant Chief of Staff, War Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1941-1942 | Member, United States military mission to Iran |
| 1942-1943 | Commanding General, Services of Supply, United States Army Forces, China-Burma-India Theater |
| 1944 | Principal Administrative Officer, Southeast Asia Command |
| 1944-1945 | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander and Chief Administrative Officer, Southeast Asia Command |
| 1945 | Commanding General, United States forces in India-Burma Theater |
| 1945-1949 | Chief of Engineers, United States Army, Washington, D.C. |
| 1949 | Retired from active service as Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers, United States Army |
| 1949-1964 | Engineering Adviser, World Bank |
| 1952-1960 | Represented the World Bank in negotiations between India and Pakistan over the use of waters of the Indus River |
| 1956-1957 | Head, United Nations Suez Canal Clearance Operations |
| 1957-1958 | Chief, Mekong River Survey Mission, Asia |
| 1958-? | Represented the World Bank in discussions with the Suez Canal Authority to study the prospects for the growth of, and to advise on the plans for improving, traffic in the Suez Canal |
| 1960-1963 | Worked on behalf of the United Nations on the public works construction program and transport system in Congo |
| 1960-1969 | Chairman, International Advisory Board for the Mekong Coordination Committee, representing, among others, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam |
| 1964-1971 | Member, Columbia Board of Revenue, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, Vancouver |
| 1974 February 8 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
Container List
Biographical File, 1898-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Address books
Appointment calendars
Autograph book
Awards. Certificates, citations, clippings, communiques, correspondence, memoranda, messages, pamphlets, press releases, printed matter, telegrams and miscellany
Boy Scouts of America
Brazil (in Spanish)
China. Includes messages in Chinese
Laos
Netherlands
Siam
The Beavers
The Moles Society
The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
Hoover Medal
Goethals Medal
United Kingdom
United States Army
Biography
General
Corespondence, 1971-1974
Notes
Certificates
Clippings
Clippings
Diaries
Family papers
Olive Wheeler
Virginia M. Wheeler
Financial records
Funeral records
General
Cards of sympathy
Correspondence
Undated
1974
February-March
April-June
August
December
1975 January
Donations
Flower records
Printed matter
Telegrams
Telephone calls
Tributes
Medical records
Membership cards, certificates and related correspondence
Memoranda
News broadcast
Newsletters
Notes
Pamphlets
Passports
Press releases
Printed matter
Posters
Proclamations
Scrapbooks
Farm Creek Flood Control Project, East Peoria, Illinois, 1947 September 27
100th Annual Engineer Dinner, 1967 May 5
River Chindwin, 1945
Testimonial dinner, 1946 April 23
Trinity River Project, 1938
Subject file
Peoria High School, Peoria, Illinois
United States. Military Academy West Point, New York
General
Appointment letter and grade point average
Brochures
Bulletins
Clippings
Correspondence
1956-1965
1966-1974
Financial records
Maps
Memoranda
Notes
Pamphlets
Printed matter
Reports
Schedule
Telegrams
Miscellany
Travel records
General
1941-1946
1947-1957
1948 (visit to Alaska)
1958-1964
1965-1973
Telegrams
Writings about Raymond Wheeler
Articles
Poems
Miscellany
Correspondence, 1918-1974.
Scope and Content Note
Undated
Unidentified
General
1943-1944
1951
1953
1956
1958
1959-1964
Abdorabo, Mohamed Abdala, 1959
Abd Rabuh, Muhammad Abd Allah, 1959. Includes two letters in Arabic including one addressed to Virginia Wheeler
Ackerman, Adolph J., 1959-1970
Albrecht, F. M., 1958
Alford, Thomas L., Sr., 1968
Anders, Leslie, 1962-1965
Andrews, Arthur, 1972
Andruss, Malcolm P., 1965
Arthur, Bill and Katherine, 1918-1974
Atkinson, Guy F., 1956-1964
Bahr, R. C., 1964
Banks, Michael H., 1974
Bannion, Howard, 1970
Bechtel, Stephen D., 1958-1972
Bengston, L., 1967
Benson, James, 1962-1964
Berenhauser, Carlos, Jr., 1963-1970
Berger, Lillian F., 1963-1967. Includes a letter to Ben Binson
Bishop, Max W., 1965-1966
Bixby, H. O., 1970
Black, Eugene R., 1966
Blake, Norman P., 1967-1968
Blazina, Tom, 1964
Bonati, Ralph J., 1964
Bonny, J. B., 1958
Bourscheidt, Paul F., 1967
Bowdish, Frank and Virginia, 1966
Bowman, Waldo G., 1966
Boyer, Lonnie MacArthur (Mrs. Arthur Irving), 1965
Bradley, John H., 1973-1974
Bradley University (T. W. Arsdale, Jr., Kalman Goldberg and A. G. Haussler), 1961
Britton, William H., 1964-1969
Brown, Earl I., II, 1965
Bruns, May, 1944
Buehler, John P., 1964
Bunche, Ralph, 1971
Burke, John G., 1960
Byrnes, James F., 1945
Caldwell, John T., 1962
Campbell, David P., 1967-1968
Cantwell, Robert C., Jr., Mrs., 1968
Carroll, John E., 1966
Casey, Hugh J., 1963-1965
Chase, C. E., 1963-1964
Clark, Allen F., Jr., 1969
Clarke, Frederick J., 1965
Clay, Lucius D., 1967
Claybourn, John G., 1964-1968. Includes letters addressed to Meredith Wilson and Frank Verbrugge
Coad, Laccy W., 1960
Coffey, Matthew B., 1967
Connors, Selena A., 1967-1968. Includes letters addressed to University of Delaware and University of Illinois
Cook, Frank B., 1964
Cordier, Andrew W., 1957
Coughlin, Robert E., 1970
Crimmins, A. Holmes, 1964
Cromartie, Luther M., 1965
Cromelin, Eric, 1966-1972
Curtin, R. H., 1973
Darling, H. Velpeau, 1963-1974
Davis, Mildred and Vic, n.d.
Deal, D. Vernon, 1970
Debrett's Peerage, 1961-1974
Delaney, Albert L., 1965-1973
Demuth, Richard H., 1966
De Wilde, Camille, 1966
Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1963-1967
Dixon, John W., 1964-1965
Dogan, Charles, 1970
Donaldson, Birdena E., 1970
Duke, C. M., 1965. Includes a letter from G. A. England
Easterling, William L., 1967
Eaton, Herb, 1965
Edgett, Thomas N., 1960
Eickhoff, Andrew R., 1964
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1956
El Deeb, Mohammed Tawfik, 1963
El Serafi, 1970
Elustondo, Mable Garcia, 1965
England, G. A., 1966
Ervin, Sam J., Jr., 1970
Esser, T., 1965
Esso Touring Service, 1966
Evans, Geoffrey, 1966
Falkner, Francis M., 1964
Ferraz, Octavio Marcondes, 1966
Flesher, Carl W., 1966
Flexi-Versal Corporation (G. A. Arnold, Elinor M. Fell, John P. Kitselman and Leslie J. Redard), 1951-1959
Fosque, J. D., 1962
Fowler, Donald D., 1965
Fox, Joseph C., 1965
Frederick, Calvin J., 1968. Includes letter addressed to Virginia Wheeler
Fuchs, Ralph F., 1964
Garner, Robert L., 1973
Galloway, G. E., 1960
Gardner, G. H., 1968
Garner, Robert L., 1966-1967
Gilbert Associates, Inc., 1963-1965
Gillette, George W., 1958-1971. Includes letters addressed to O. O. Allsbrook, Charles G. Holle, Joseph C. Mehaffey and Henry C. Rowland, Jr.
Gilmour, Matthew P., 1966
Goddard, Eric, 1969
Gordon, King, 1963
Gore, John M., 1973
Graffman, J. Holger, 1963-1968
Gregory, Jean, 1971-1973
Grosvenor, Gilbert M., 1965
Grove, Philip, 1958
Groves, Leslie R., 1959
Grystal, J. S., 1964
Gulhati, N. D., 1964-1966
Hall, Ralph S., 1960
Hamza, Kamel, 1957
Hannis, Henry, 1971
Harrington, M. C. J., 1963
Hassan, Ahmad, 1965
Hassan, Parvez, 1963-1966
Hatch, John, 1966
Haug, Edgar, 1965 . Includes letter addressed to August Konow
Hederen, O., 1963
Heinrichs, Louis M., 1971-1974
Hibbs, Ben, 1944
Hicks, W. E., 1943-1968
Hinman, George, 1963
Holocombe, W. H., 1966
Howlett, Duncan, 1965
Hubard, Bill, 1965
Hunt, Geoffrey, 1963-1974
Hunter, Howard A., 1943
Huske, Jean (Mrs. W. O.), 1963
Idris, Mohammed, 1966
Itschner, E. C., 1963
Johns, Dwight, 1966
Johnson, Algot F., 1959-1960
Johnson, Lyndon B., 1967 (letter written by Virginia Wheeler)
Jones, John M., III, 1945-1970
Kambhu, Xujati, 1964
Kamel, Mostafa, 1964-1967
Karo, H. Arnold, 1964
Katzin, Alfred, 1957-1963
Kaufman, Nathan B., 1967 (letter written by Virginia Wheeler)
Keating, Kenneth, 1960
Kennedy, Donald D., 1966-1970
Kentz, Alvin, 1967
Khosla, A. N., 1964
Kinney, G. P., 1966
Kirmani, S. S., 1963
Kirpich, Phillip Z., 1963 (letter addressed to Phillip A. Drinker)
Kirsch, Wolff M., 1969
Klostermann, J. M. W., 1957
Klotz, Harry, 1965-1972
Knapp, J. Burke, 1957
Kocour, Ruth, 1964
Kohloss, Fabius Henry, 1948-1973
Krisman, Michael J., 1972
Kwoh, Theodore, 1963-1967
Lane, Cherry, 1971
Lang, Edmund, 1967
Langelaar, Gerrit, 1966-1971
Lansing, Sam, 1966-1968
Larrick, J. Frederick, 1965
Laylin, John G., 1965-1967
Leber, W. P., 1960
Lels, Murk, 1957
Lennon, Alton, 1964. Includes a night letter from George W. Gillette
Liggett, Tom, 1968
Lipscomb, Willis G., 1966
Lockwood, Benjamin C., Jr., 1972-1973
Lockwood, Cherry L., 1972
Loesing, Vernon T., 1972. Includes a letter addressed to A. Dodman
Lowdon, J. W., 1967
Luce, Claireboothe, 1944
Luttman-Johnson, J. D. M., 1963
McConnell, Ben H., 1972
Macdonald, Peter, 1963
McElheny, John D., 1960
McGrath, David J., 1966
Mackichan, K. B., 1956
Macmillan, R. H., 1969
McShane, James E., 1963
Madigan, Jack and Sybil, 1972
Makaus, G., 1960
Markle, Joseph, 1965-1969
Marsh, A. Fletcher, 1963-1971. Includes letters written to James D. Bronson by Henry Bahr and to Raymond Wheeler by George L. Fairbairn
Marquis Who's Who, 1966-1971
Mason, Frank, 1966
Matson, J. W., 1964
Maxon, Glen W., 1944-1964. Includes letters addressed to Virginia Wheeler
Meredith, William T., 1943-1972. Includes a letter to John Picco
Messegee, Gordon H., 1965-1972
Michler, Gordon H., 1969
MICOPERI (G. Makaus and Ing. Buttazzoni), 1958-1960
Middlebury College, 1966
Middleton, Troy, 1972
Morgan, Graham C., 1967
Mountain, Barry F., 1965. Includes a letter addressed to Selig Taubenblatt
Mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1945-1972
Mueenuddin? G., 1958
Mynatt, Richard E., 1960
Nebolsine, Ross, 1965
Neumiller, Louis B., 1960-1969
Nichols, Harold F., 1971-1974
Noce, Daniel, 1949
North, Earl, Mrs., 1968-1970
Olivier, Henry, 1963
O'Malley, Thomas, 1963
101 Association, Inc. (Mickey Kaliff and J. M. Niemczyk), 1962-1963
O'Neill, James J., 1960
Osborn, M. P., Mrs., 1964
Over, Don, 1960
Painter, W. D., 1959
Parsons, Ralph M., 1964-1972
Peers, W. R., 1967
Pepe, S. Ernest, 1963
Person, J. L., 1965
Piland, Julius Lynch, 1965
Poole, T. W., 1966
Poolers Shoe Store, 1969
Prentis, Edmund A., 1966
Price, Byron, 1972
Proctor, Carlton S., 1963
Ramada Inn (Carl J. Boyer and Peter Georges), 1968
Rasey, Ray, 1959
Razel, Paul, 1962 (in French)
Reynolds, Doyle C., 1963
Ritchie, Ann, 1960
Roberts, Harrison H., 1965
Robinett, P. M., 1963
Robinson, Erma S. (Mrs. L. E. Robinson), 1965-1966
Rockwell, Alvin J., 1964
Rodriguez, Filemon C., 1963
Ruffin, Peter B., 1971
Rusk, Dean, 1953
St. Lawrence, Lee, 1968
Saltzstein, Robert A., 1968
Schaaf, Albert, 1965-1966
Schaaf, C. Hart, 1965-1966
Scharff, Maurice R., 1964-1965
Schoon, Henry P., 1968
Scholla, Paul F., 1962
Scholtz, Herman F., 1966-1973
Sciples, Carl M., 1964
Seaman, P. C., Mrs., 1965
Sells, Chas H., 1964. Includes Raymond Wheeler's correspondence with Herbert D. Vogel
Sevareid, Eric, 1966
Sherrill, Fred G., 1965
Shields, James E., 1960
Shiels, Archie W., 1964-1965
Skerry, Harry A., 1968
Slim, Bill, 1966
Smith, Jacqueline, 1966
Smith, Roderick, 1963
Smith, Stephen E., 1965
Smythe, James Frederick, 1972
Snavely, Charles A., 1960
Snell, Paul M., n.d.
Snow, Edgar, 1944
Solleveld, J., 1957
Spainhour, Emily, 1972
Spencer, Abbott K., 1968
Sprunt, James Lawrence, 1969
Stanhope, William W., 1972
Stennis, John, 1959-1963
Stetson, John B., 1965
Stillwell, J. W., 1942-1948
Stratton, James H., 1963-1966
Susong, Edith O'Keefe, 1966-1970
Talaat, Ahmed, 1966
Talley, B. B., 1964. Includes a letter to A. D. Spottswood
Tallman, Gordon, 1966
Thomas, Dorothy, 1969
Thompson, L. I., 1968
Tipton, Royce J., 1964
Tomasulo, Nicholas A., 1965
Toor, Z. A., 1967
Tull, Willis C., Jr., 1965
Tun, Hia? 1970
Urbahn, Max, 1965
Varkas, Cessa, 1954
Van Gasse, Josephine, 1965
Vaughan, David B., 1964
Veterans of the Office of Secret Services (William J. Casey and William J. Donovan), 1964-1966
Vickers, W. G. H., 1944
Vogel, Herbert D., 1968
Volpe, John, 1972
Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, 1943-1953
Weart, D. L., 1965
Webb, Del E., 1964
Wedemeyer, A. C., 1965-1966. Includes Wedemeyer's remarks at the Office of Strategic Services dinner, 1966 March 21
Wehle, Philip C., 1963
Wheeler, Stephen W., 1966
Whipple, William, Jr., 1960-1966
White, David H., 1973
Whitman, W. M., 1963
Wilder, A. D., 1972
Wilkinson, Peggy, 1958
Witt, Jay, 1966
Woods, George D., 1957-1965
Young, Mason J., 1964-1968
Yeager, L. E., 1963
Younes, Mahmoud, 1957-1963
Youngblood, J. M. K., 1960
Zimmerman, George J., 1944
Speeches and Writings, 1903-1970.
Scope and Content Note
"Notes on Service Overseas during Second World War", Vols. I-VI, n.d. Typescript
Obituary of Karl Slaughter Bradford, original draft by Raymond Wheeler and Karl Bradford, n.d. Holograph and typescript
Opening statement, Indus Basin Conference, n.d. Typescript
Remarks on the occasion of getting together with the troops in the India Burma Theater, n.d. Typescript
Speech on Suez Canal clearance under the auspices of the United Nations, Twentieth Century Club, Young Women's Christian Association, n.d. Typescript outline
"Address of Welcome", The Opinion, 1903 July. Holograph and printed copy
"The Infantry School", a history of the Fourth Engineers, n.d. Typescript copies and holograph notes
"Improving the Upper River", Chamber of Commerce News, 1934 August. Printed copy
Notes on travel, 1941 November. Typescript
Notes on travel, 1941-1942. Typescript
"Chindwin River Trip", 1945 April. Typescript
"Rangoon Victory Parade Trip," 1945 June 13. Typescript
Talk to Staff Officers in India-Burma Theater, Delhi, India, 1945 June 23. Typescript
"India Burma - Lifeline to China", United States at War, 1945 November. Printed copy
"The U.S. Corps of Engineers," The Military Engineer, 1946 May. Printed copy
Welcome address, the Engineering School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1946 November 4. Printed copy
"The United States Army", American Miracle, 1947. Printed copy
Testimony, Hearings before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United States Senate, 1949 February 2-15. Printed copy
Speech, the First Pan-American Engineering Congress, Rio de Janeiro, 1949 July 15-24. Typescript
"Balance Sheets and Blue Prints", The Retired Officer, 1951 June. Printed copy
Outline for a talk, M. S. A., 1953 March 26. Typescript
Outline for a talk, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1953 May 6. Typescript
Untitled note, The Green Light, 1956 February 29. Printed copy
Outline for a talk, Society of American Military Engineers, 1956 April 17. Typescript
"Suez: The Beginning of Clearence Operations", International Bank Notes, 1957 September. Printed copy
Speech on Suez operations, West Point Society, 1957 September 12. Typescript outline
Speech on Suez Canal clearance operations, Society of American Military Engineers, Hampton Roads, New York, 1957 September 30. Typescript outline
Notes on Peoria talk, Peoria, Illinois, 1957 October 5. Typescript. Includes related correspondence and telegram
Speech, American Institute of Consulting Engineers, New York, 1957 October 15. Includes a letter and typescript drafts
"Clearing the Suez Canal", The Military Engineer, 1958 January-February. Printed copy
Speech on Suez Canal clearance operations, University of Arkansas, 1958 March 6. Typescript with some holograph notes
Outline for a speech, Jango, 1958 May 20. Typescript
Speech, Society of American Military Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, 1958 May 28. Typescript outline with some holograph notes
"Role of the Suez Canal", speech, Conference on Nationalism and Business Prospects in the Middle East, Hotel Statler, Washington D.C., 1958 September 29-30. Typescript outline with related correspondence, memoranda and notes
Comments on "The Military Engineer", 1958 December 22. Typescript
"The Suez Canal - Its Chronicle and Bibliography", discussions by Raymond Wheeler and others, Journal of the Waterways and Harbors Division, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1959 March. Printed copy
Talk, Advanced Class, Ports and Harbors Instruction, Engineering School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1959, April 21. Typescript
Speech on the occasion of the award of Hoover Medal, Society of Military Engineers, 1959 February 2. Typescript
Speech on the occasion of the Beaver award, 1960 January 13. Typescript
Talk on the World Bank - Projects and Logistics, National Security Industrial Association and National Institute of Packaging, Handling and Logistics Engineers, 1960 February 8. Typescript
Untitled draft of a talk, Peoria, Illinois, 1960 April 4. Typescript
"Per Angusta ad Augusta", speech, Peoria, Illinois, 1960 May 4. Typescript
Speech, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1960 May 4. Typescript fragment. Includes related correspondence and brochure
"International River Problems", speech, Peoria, Illinois, 1961 October 20. Typescript. Includes brochure, clippings, related correspondence and program
Notes for a speech on Mekong River, AICE meeting, Lahore, Pakistan, 1962 December 11. Typescript
Speech to introduce Colonel Mahmoud Younes, Chairman and Managing Director, Suez Canal Authority, at a luncheon meeting, American-Arab Association, 1963 September 18. Typescript
Speech, Ohio Valley Improvement Association, Netherlands-Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1964 October 15. Typescript outline
"Earthmoving", G. Edwin Burks Lecture, Earthmoving Industry Conference, Society of Automotive Engineers, Peoria, Illinois, 1970 April 14-15. Typescript outline. Includes related correspondence, holograph note and pamphlet
"50 Years of Our Society", The Military Engineer, 1970 July-August. Printed copy. This article is adapted from his address at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Military Engineers, Fort Myer, Virginia, 1970 May 15. Includes author's proof
United States Army File, 1903-1977.
Scope and Content Note
1903-1941
General
Correspondence
Undated
1915
1919
1926
1930
1933
1935
1938
Diary, 1918
Maps
Memoranda
1910-1911
1916-1920
1929
1935-1936
1941
Minutes of meetings, 1929-1930
Newsletters, 1919-1933
Notes
Pamphlets, 1903-1919
Printed matter
Undated
1914
1919
Reports
Undated
1918
Service records
Telegrams
Undated
1919
1926
1941
Writings by others, n.d.
Miscellany
1942-1949
General
Correspondence
Undated
1942-1943
1943-1947
1944-1945
1948
Diary, 1942-1945
Memoranda
Undated
1942-1946
1948-1949
Messages
News bulletins
Newsletters
Notes
Organizational chart
Pamphlets
Press releases
Printed matter
Posters
Reports
1943-1945
1943-1946
1945
Retirement records
General
Correspondence
1947
1949
Memoranda, 1947
Service records
Telegrams
Undated
1942
1945
Writings by others, 1943
Miscellany
1950-1977
General
Bulletins
Correspondence
Undated
1956
1958-1960
1964
1965-1970
1971-1974
1976
Memoranda
1959
1964
1972
1976
Minutes of meetings, 1977
Newsletters
Notes
Organizational charts
Pamphlets
Press releases
Printed matter
Remarks
Undated
1960
1968
1970
1972-1974
Reports
1964
1973
Statements
Undated
1973
Telegrams
Writings by others, 1960-1961
Miscellany
Suez Canal Clearance File, 1952-1974.
Scope and Content Note
General
Articles
Bulletins
Charts and drawings
Charts and drawings
Chronological excerpts from salvage sitreps on ships
Clippings
Contracts
Correspondence
Undated
1952 January-February
1956
January
October-December
1957
January-March
April-July
September-October
December
1958
January
April-June
August-September
November-December
1959 September-December
1960
January-March
August
October
1964
May
December
1965
February-March
August
1966
February
April-June
1967
March
June
December
1968
February
April-May
September
1970 December
1971
January
March-April
May
June-July
August-September
October-December
1972 May
1973
May-June
October
November-December
1974 January
Cost assessment
Diary
List of equipments
Maps
Memoranda
Undated
1956 November
1957
January-February
April
June
September
December
1958
January-February
April-May
July
1971 May
Minutes of meetings
Undated
1956
June
October-November
1957 December
1958 April
News releases
Undated
1957
Notes
Undated
1957
1958
1965-1966
1971
Personnel records
Plans of operations
Policy statements
Press releases
Undated
1958
1959
Printed matter
Printed matter
Remarks
Undated
1957
Reports
Undated
1955
1956
1956-1957
1957
1959
1963
1964
1965
1966
1973?
Rules of navigation and tide tables
Schedule
Statements
Suez Canal requirements and capacity
Tanks and vessels
Telecommunications system
Telegrams
Incoming
Undated
1956
1957
January
February-May
1958
1959
1967
Outgoing
Undated
1956 January
1957
January
February
March
April
1959 April
Wrecks removal log
Miscellany
Mekong River Basin File, 1957-1974.
Scope and Content Note
General
Clippings
Communique
Committee for the Co-Ordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin file
Correspondence
Undated
1957 June-December
1958
January
March
July
1960 March
1962 November-December
1963
January
May
July-September
November-December
1964 January-December
1965 February-December
1966 January-December
1967 January-December
1968 January-December
1969 January-December
1970
January-May
July
September-November
1971
January-June
August-September
November-December
1972
February
May
July-December
1973
August
October
November-December
1974
January-February
June
Cost assessment
Data on Mekong development
Description of project and terms of reference
Drawings and tables
Expense vouchers
Financial plan
Funding agreement
Itinerary and forwarding addresses
Legal documents
Legislative texts and documentation
List of participants
Maps
Memoranda
Undated
1961 December
1964
January-August
October-December
1965
January-August
December
1966
January
April
July-October
December
1967
February-May
August-November
1968
January-July
September
November-December
1969
January
April-December
1970
January-February
May
1971
February
April
October-December
1972
April
August
1973 October-November
Messages
Minutes of meetings
General
1958 January
1963 November
1964 April
1965 January
1966 January
1967 April
1968
May
December
1969
January-February
April-July
November
1970 November-December
1971
April-June
August
1972
June
August
1973 November-December
Newsletters
Undated
1957-1958
1961
1965
1969
Notes
Undated
1964-1971
Press releases
Printed matter
Projects of the Mekong River Basin
Undated
1963-1968
1969
Proposal
Reports
Undated
1964
1968-1970
1972
1974
Schedule
Statements
Undated
1957-1958
1964-1965
1968-1969
Telegrams
Undated
1957-1958
1963-1969
1971
Writings on Mekong River Project by others including Kanwar Sain, C. Hart Schaaf and Virginia Wheeler, 1964-1971
Miscellany
World Bank File, 1948-1973.
Scope and Content Note
General
Congo file. Report, 1962
Correspondence
1948-1956
1959-1963
1964-1966
1967-1968
1969-1971
Indus River Project file
General
Clippings
Comments
Correspondence
1951-1959
1960-1961
1962-1963
1964-1967
1968-1969
1971-1973
Cost assessment
Dam sites list
Development fund and loan agreements
Drawings and tables
Indus Valley negotiations and settlement plan
Interviews
Irrigation, link canals and remodelling plan
Itinerary
Maps
Memoranda
1952
1959-1960
1961-1963
Minutes of meetings
Notes
Pamphlets
Personnel records
Press releases
Printed matter
Remarks
Reports
Undated
1954 May
1957 October
1959
May
December
1960 April
1962 July-December
1963 October
Schedules
Statements
Writings by others, 1961
Miscellany
Interview as part of Oral History Project with Columbia University, 1969
Jordan file
General
Agreements between Jordan and Syria
Clippings
Correspondence
1962
1965
Cost assessment
Maps
Memoranda, 1961-1962
Minutes of meetings, 1962
Notes
Plan of sharing the waters
Remarks
Reports
Undated
1955
1961-1962
Writings by others, 1955
Memoranda
1953-1959
1962
1972
Minutes of meetings, 1958
Newsletters
Notes
Organizational chart
Pamphlets
Panama file
Correspondence, 1965-1966
Memoranda, 1959-1960
Personnel records. Includes Raymond Wheeler's letter of appointment as Engineering Consultant
Printed matter
Projects description
Retirement records
Correspondence
Undated
1963-1964
Telegrams
Service records
Telegrams
Writings by others, 1969
United Nations File, 1953-1969.
Scope and Content Note
Agreements
Congo file
General
Clippings
Communication facilities
Communique
Contracts
Correspondence
Undated
1960 July-November
1963 January-September
1964 January-March
Cost assessment
Drawings
Interviews
Itinerary
Maps
Memoranda
Undated
1960 July-October
Messages
Minutes of meetings, 1960 July-October
Notes
Organizational chart
Pamphlets
Personnel records
Press releases
Printed matter
Project description
Radio broadcast
Reports
Undated
1959
1960
1963
Schedule
Security Council resolutions
Telegrams
Undated
1960 July-October
1963 January-February
Writings by others, n.d.
Miscellany
Correspondence
1960
1965
1967
Palestine file
Clippings
Correspondence, 1953 August-December
Editorials commending Raymond Wheeler's appointment
Printed matter
Printed matter
Remarks
Reports
United Nations Seminar on Management of International Water Resources file
General
Correspondence
1969-1970
1972-1973
Minutes of meetings, 1968-1969
Proposal
Reports
Undated
1969
1972
Telegrams
Writings by others, 1955-1969
Miscellany
Columbia River Project File, 1963-1972.
Scope and Content Note
General
Clippings
Correspondence
Undated
1964
February-March
May-December
1965 January-December
1966 January-November
1967
January-April
May-September
December
1968 January-December
1969
January-August
October-December
1970
January-May
July-September
November-December
1971
January-August
October
1972
April
July
Cost
Drawings
Field logs
Graphs
Itinerary
Memoranda
1964 July-August
1966 December
1968 October
1969
February
April
October
Minutes of meetings
Undated
1963 May
1964
July-September
November
1965
January
December
1966 May
1967
February
July-August
1968
February
May
July
December
Notes
Printed matter
Reports
Undated
1968-1971
Schedule
Telegrams
Undated
1964-1965
1968-1969
1971
Writings by others, 1971
Miscellany
Subject File, 1954-1985.
Scope and Content Note
Afghanistan
Africa
American Institute of Consulting Engineers
Burma
China
Engineering research
Environment
Greece
India
Japan
Latin America
Middle East
Middle East
Pakistan
Philippines
Russia
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
The Beavers, a Society of the heavy construction industry of the West Coast of the United States
The Moles, a Society of the heavy construction industry of the East Coast of the United States
Tuchman, Barbara
United Kingdom
Urban development
Vanderbilt University
Virginia
Water resources
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
Oversize Material, 1917-1967.
Scope and Content Note
Certificates, 1917-1959
Certificates for temporary appointments as Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, 1917-1918
Certificate for membership in The Esteemed Order of Bearers of the Master Key to the Panama Canal, 1959
Printed matter. Phoenix, 1945 February 24
Scrapbooks, 1941-1946
Commanding General, India Burma Theatre, 1942-1945
Phoenix, 1945 February 24
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, India Burma Theater, 1942-1945
Singapore Surrender, 1945 September 10
United States Army, 1941. Includes loose photographs
Suez Canal
Diagrammatic sketch indicating obstructions in Suez Canal, 1956 December 31
General Plan of the Suez Canal, 1957
Reproductions of photographs of the Suez Canal, n.d.
Memorabilia, 1911-1959.
Scope and Content Note
Armband, n.d.
Button, Rotary International, n.d.
Master Key to the Panama Canal, 1959
Pennant, 1911
Moving Pictures, 1956-1957.
Scope and Content Note
"General Wheeler Reviews Engineer Center Troops - Army Trains Engineers for the Air Forces", n.d., 16mm., color reversal Kodachromme, silent
"Modern Brazil, A Great Story of Service and Progress", n.d., 16mm., sound
"Olive, Peggy in Florida", n.d., 16mm., color, silent
Operation Earthmover for Exposition Gardens, under personal direction of Lt. General Raymond A. Wheeler, Chief Engineer, United States Army, Peoria, Illinois, 1948 April 24-25, 16mm., color
Suez Canal Clearance - United Nations Review, n.d., Commentator Charles Lynch, produced by United Nations Television for the Canadian Broadcasting Television, 16mm., black and white, sound
Phonotapes, 1965-1970.
Scope and Content Note
Interview and meeting with Raymond and Virginia Wheeler at San Francisco airport, California, 1965
Fourth Engineers' Association of California Reunion, Villa Peluso, Oakland, California, 1966 May 14
Tape taken from one recorded on 1967 June 3 at Fourth Engineers' Reunion, Oakland, California
Ellis to Wheelers, 1968 August 2
Fourth Engineers' Reunion, 1969 July 16-18
Fourth Engineers' Reunion, Oakland, California, 1970 July 23-24
Photographs, 1899-1967.
Scope and Content Note
37 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and his family, including 5 prints of Virginia Wheeler; 1 print of Olive Wheeler; 2 prints of Wheeler house in Honolulu; 2 prints of sketches of Raymond Wheeler; and 1 print of Avery Company building where Raymond Wheeler worked for 4 years between graduation from high school and appointment to West Point, 1899-1963
51 prints of Raymond Wheeler in army uniform with others, including 1 print of Company of Engineers; 1 print of flags presented by or for Raymond Wheeler and others; and 2 prints of his official oil printing as Chief of Engineers, n.d.
3 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and others during their visit to the Rock Island Engineer District, Rock Island, Illinois; 1 print of clock tower building; and 1 print of Raymond Wheeler at his desk in the Engineers office, 1934-1936
14 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and others; 1 print of Raymond Wheeler as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of Southeast Asia Command; 1 print of Camp Crowder, Missouri; and 1 print of soldiers in special drill demonstration for members of Congress at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1941-1944
6 prints depicting the building of the Ledo Road, starting from Ledo in Assam, India, going southward eventually to join with the old Burma Road, 1944
31 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and others, including 1 print of Lt. General Wheeler in his Deputy Supreme Allied Commander's office; and 1 print depicting him as inspecting forward installations in Burma and the fronts; 1 print of his daughter, Margaret Wheeler; and 4 prints of Raymond Wheeler with Lord Mountbatten, 1945-1946
27 prints of Raymond Wheeler with others, including 3 prints of army map service; 6 prints of West Point 1911 Class Reunion; 2 prints of United States Army dinner, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; 2 prints of Castle Ball, depicting Virginia Wheeler; 3 prints of Raymond Wheeler with Tom Meredith on the occasion of his retirement; and 8 prints of United States Fourth Engineers' Reunion, 1948-1973
19 prints depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler on the occasion of the presentation of an award by the Government of Laos, 1965
18 prints including 12 depicting Raymond Wheeler in a social setting with his daughter, Margaret Wheeler, receiving Hoover Medal; 1 print of Raymond Wheeler and others on the occasion of the presentation of the Degree of Grand Officer by the Ambassador of Netherlands; and 5 prints depicting the award of the Wheeler Medal, 1949-1970
86 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler with others involved in the Mekong River Basin Project, including Paul Bourtieres of France, P. S. Narayan Prasad, Kanwar Sain, and Virginia Wheeler, 1957-1968
187 prints of Raymond Wheeler and others including N. D. Gulhati, Alfred Katzin, Dag Hammarskjold and Kamel Hamza, involved in the United Nations Suez Canal Operations, 1956-1957. Also includes prints depicting Port Said Harbor and Lambert Brothers building, headquarters, United Nations Suez Clearance group; and the equipments used in the operations, 1956-1957
24 prints of salvage operations in the Suez Canal, 1956-1957
69 prints depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler with others involved in the United Nations operations in Congo; and 1 print of an upstream trip aboard the Mississippi, 1960-1972
28 prints including 8 prints of Bill Arthur, his son, home at Wind River, Wyoming, and log chapel, Windriver Indian Preservation and Mirror Lake at British Columbia, 1915-1972; 1 print of Coca Lake, Ethiopia, n.d.; 8 prints of the San Francisco, California, home of Nick and Gertha Nichols, 1971; 2 prints of J. Holger Graffman and his family, n.d.; 1 print of Donala Salman with his family, n.d.; 1 print of Albert Schaff, n.d.; 1 print of Raymond and Virginia Wheeler with Mrs. Aladin Fateen, 1971; and 7 prints of Raymond Wheeler's passport photos, n.d.
30 prints including 22 depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler and others including Kanwar Sain, Hart Schaaf and B. Binson during a trip to Tokyo, 1967; 1 print of Abu Simel, n.d.; 1 print of Raymond Wheeler and other Directors of the Panama Canal Company, n.d.; 2 prints of Raymond Wheeler and others at the site of Fondulac Dam, Peoria, Illinois, n.d.; and 4 laminated prints of heavy machinery parts produced by Flexi-Versal Corporation, n.d.
12 prints including 3 prints of Mica Dam and Duncan Lake Storage Development, Columbia River Project, British Columbia, 1962-1967; 5 prints of Raymond Wheeler with others, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, during Raymond Wheeler's visit to India, 1950-1952; and 4 prints of his trip to Pakistan on discussions about the Indus River Project, 1954-1955
25 prints: consisting of 11 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and others at Naknex, Alaska, including 1 print of Mount McKinley, and 4 prints of airstrip, float planes and recreation camp at Naknex, landing mat at Cape Barrow, 1948; 11 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler's visit to Brazil, 1949; 1 print depicting Raymond Wheeler and others at his retirement dinner at the World Bank, 1964; 1 print of Raymond Wheeler at his desk at the World Bank; and 1 print of a desk presented to him on behalf of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, 1964
63 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler with other unidentified individuals, n.d.
39 print negatives
Three albums of Suez Canal Operations depicting Raymond Wheeler and others involved in the project and the equipments used, ca. 1957
One album depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler during their visit to Tarbela Dam, West Pakistan, 1961; one album depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler and others during their visit to West Pakistan, 1962-1963; one album of other individuals including Sidney Dean, Lou Heinrichs, Chris Johnson and Carl Jones on the occasion of Fourth Engineer Association of Oakland, California, Reunion, 1969