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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
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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
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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
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1973- |
Research Adviser, United States Agency for International Development |
1974 |
Coauthor with Clark D. Neher,
Thailand: Its People, Its Society, Its Culture
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1981 |
Author,
Rural Roads in Thailand
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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