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Title: Inez Richardson papers
Date (bulk): 1933-1958
Collection Number: XX001
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
25 manuscript boxes
(10.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, speeches and writings, photographs, and printed matter relating to international
relations; education; the role of radio and television in education; the 1930 White House Conference on Child Health and Protection;
American Higher Education conferences; Herbert Hoover; the administration of Stanford University and the Hoover Institution
on War, Revolution and Peace; the Revolution and the Development of International Relations Project at the Hoover Institution;
and the Stanford Listening Post and the Civil Affairs Training School at Stanford University during World War II.
Creator:
Richardson, Inez, -1965
Creator:
White House Conference on Child Health and Protection (Location of meeting: Washington, D.C. Date of meeting or treaty signing:
1930.)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box FH11 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Inez Richardson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
From the 1930s to the early 1960s, Inez Richardson worked for the Hoover Institution and Stanford University in a myriad of
roles, from executive assistant, coordinator and liaison for foreign visitors to Stanford, and faculty member of the Radio-Television
Institute, to director of the Stanford Listening Post. In addition, Richardson was an assistant to Stanford University president
Ray Lyman Wilbur and curator of the Ray Lyman Wilbur collection on Social Problems at the Hoover Institution.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Inez Richardson papers document Richardson's career with the Hoover Institution and Stanford University. The collection
consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, conference proceedings, photographs, notes, and printed
matter. While the bulk of the collection details administrative aspects of Stanford University and the Hoover Institution,
many of the files reflect Richardson's participation in and administration of many of the Hoover Institution's and Ray Lyman
Wilbur's interests, including education, housing, healthcare, radio, and foreign relations. Also included are files related
to Stanford University's participation in World War II with the Stanford Listening Post and CATS (Civil Affairs Training School),
and the university's relationship with the Office of War Information.
Richardson's original order, file names, and cross references have been maintained.
Tower of Peace radio broadcasts, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
White House Conference on Child Health and Protection records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Stanford Listening Post records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Ray Lyman Wilbur papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
International education
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
Radio in education
Television in education
International relations
Radio broadcasting -- East Asia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territories
Military government
Child welfare -- United States
Child health services -- United States
Elite (Social sciences)
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford University
United States. Civil Affairs Training School, Stanford University
Stanford Listening Post