Alonzo Bland Calder papers, 1911-1956

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Summary

Creators:
Calder, Alonzo Bland, 1892-
Abstract:
Memoranda, reports, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and pamphlets, relating to American foreign and economic relations with China in the interwar period and immediately after World War II, and to American foreign and trade relations with the Soviet Union, Egypt and Malaya.
Extent:
46 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, memorabilia, negatives (19.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Alonzo Bland Calder papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1892
Born, Iowa
1915
Secretary to Jeremiah Smith, Jr. on relief mission to Turkey, Rockefeller Foundation
1916
Clerk, American Legation, Berne, and American Embassy, Petrograd
1917-1920
Petrograd, New York City and Shanghai in various capacities for W.R. Grace & Co.
1920-1922
Department of Commerce clerk, Peking; later, Trade Commissioner and Assistant Commercial Attache under Julean Arnold
1923-1926
Assistant Trade Commissioner, Tokyo
1926-1928
Trade Commissioner, Shanghai
1928-1930
Assistant Commercial Attache, Peking
1930-1939
Assistant Commercial Attache, Shanghai
1939-1941
Consul, Shanghai
1940 (?)
Held in diplomatic custody by the Japanese until June 1942
1942
Repatriated and assigned to Moscow as First Secretary in charge of economic studies
1942-1943
Second Secretary and Consul, American Embassy, Moscow
1943-1945
First Secretary and Consul, Moscow
1945
First Secretary, American Embassy, Cairo
1945
First Secretary, American Embassy, Chungking
1945-1949
Commercial Attache, Shanghai
1952
Retired
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box OCM15 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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Alonzo Bland Calder papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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