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Title: Franklin Lindsay papers
Date (inclusive): 1943-1998
Collection Number: 46034
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
17 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(7.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, memoranda, correspondence, and photocopies of Office of Strategic Services and British government documents relating
to resistance movements in Yugoslavia during World War II, Allied relations with them, Office of Strategic Services operations
in Yugoslavia and Austria, post-World War II economic recontruction in western Europe, the Organization for European Economic
Cooperation, and American foreign aid to Europe. Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Lindsay, Franklin, 1916-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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 in 1946, with increments received in 1982, 1992, 1993 and 2010.
[Identification of item], Franklin Lindsay papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
| 1916 March 12 | Born in Kenton, Ohio |
| 1938 | A.B., Stanford University |
| 1938-1939 | With Columbia Division, U.S. Steel Corp. |
| 1940-1945 | Served in the Army of the United States, to Lieutenant Colonel |
| 1944-1945 | With the Office of Strategic Services |
| 1945 | Chief, American Military Mission to Yugoslavia |
| 1946 | Executive assistant to Bernard Baruch, U.S. Delegation, U.N. Atomic Energy Commission |
| 1947-1948 | Consultant, House Select Committee on Foreign Aid (Herter Committee) |
| 1948-1949 | Served as an American representative to the Organization for European Economic Co-operation, Paris |
| 1949-1953 | With the Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1953-1956 | With the Public Affairs Program, Ford Foundation |
| 1954 | Consultant, Second Hoover Commission |
| 1956-1961 | With McKinsey & Co., Inc. |
| 1961-1962 | Executive Vice President, Itek Corp. |
| 1962-1975 | President, Itek Corp. |
| 1975- | Chairman of the Board, Itek Corp. |
Scope and Content of Collection
Reports, memoranda, correspondence, and photocopies of Office of Strategic Services and British government documents relating
to resistance movements in Yugoslavia during World War II, Allied relations with them, Office of Strategic Services operations
in Yugoslavia and Austria, post-World War II economic recontruction in western Europe, the Organization for European Economic
Cooperation, and American foreign aid to Europe.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia -- History -- Axis occupation, 1941-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
Secret service -- United States
Economic assistance, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe
Arms control
Guerrilla warfare
United States. Office of Strategic Services
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation