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  • Title: Frank John Moore papers
    Date (inclusive): 1950-1992
    Collection Number: 78014
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: Mainly in English
    Physical Description: 39 manuscript boxes (16.3 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Reports, memoranda, proposals, and studies, relating to development, planning, especially with regard to education, in underdeveloped countries, especially in Africa.
    Creator: Moore, Frank J. (Frank John), 1922-
    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

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978, with increments received through 1996.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Frank John Moore papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1922 Born in Frankfurt, Germany
    1943 B.S., University of California, Davis
    1944 A.B., University of California, Berkeley
    1955 Coauthor with Constance Ann Freydig, Land Tenure Legislation in Uttar Pradesh
      Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
    1955-1956 Associate Director, Thailand Project, Cornell University
    1956-1957 Foreign area research fellowship in rural development, Nepal, Ford Foundation
    1958-1960 Land Tenure Advisor, Tehran, United States Agency for International Development
    1960-1966 Program specialist for development planning in Lagos, Ford Foundation
    1966- Consultant for a mission to Algeria, World Bank
    1966-1968 Worked in Bangkok for the Ford Foundation
    1968-1972 Lecturer, Stanford University
    Circa 1970 Acting Director, Stanford International Development Education Center (SIDEC)
    1972 Coauthor with Donald B. Holsinger, Peasants of Kathmandu Valley
    1973- Research Adviser, United States Agency for International Development
    1974 Coauthor with Clark D. Neher, Thailand: Its People, Its Society, Its Culture
    1981 Author, Rural Roads in Thailand

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Frank John Moore papers include reports, correspondence, memoranda, proposals, and studies related to development and planning, especially with regard to education, in underdeveloped countries, especially in Africa.
    Frank John Moore was an economist, educator at Stanford, and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) research advisor in the Bureau for Africa. The collection documents his work for the Ford Foundation, USAID, and the Stanford International Development Center (SIDEC).
    For materials related to SIDEC and Moore's speeches and writings, see 1989 Incremental Materials.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Technical assistance
    Education -- Africa
    Developing countries
    Education -- Developing countries
    Educational assistance
    United States. Agency for International Development