Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Inventory of the J. Franklin Ray papers, 1946-1947
76054
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: J. Franklin Ray papers
Date (inclusive): 1946-1947
Collection Number: 76054
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 linear feet)
Abstract: Minutes of meetings and reports relating to relief activities of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
in China at the end of World War II.
Creator:
Ray, J. Franklin (Jefferson Franklin), 1905-
Collection open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Jefferson Franklin Ray Papers [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1976.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Contents of Collection
Collection composed of meeting minutes and reports related to the activities of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration (U.N.R.R.A.) in China at the end of World War II.
J. Franklin Ray was an American diplomat who served in several United Nations and State Department positions. From 1945 to
1947 he was the director of the Far East Office of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. In this position
he was responsible for supervising the welfare missions in Australia, China, India, Korea, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Ray was also a member of the 1948 and 1949 delegation to the Far Eastern Commission. From 1951 to 1953 he served in the United
States, and United Nations posts dealing with Korean economic development. J. Franklin Ray died on February 22nd, 1991.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China.
International relief.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--China.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
World War, 1939-1945.