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  • Title: Frank H. Higgins papers
    Date (inclusive): 1917-1959
    Collection Number: 69007
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 11 oversize boxes, 2 envelopes (19.1 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, photographs, printed matter, and memorabilia relating to American defense policy.
    Creator: Higgins, Frank Henry, 1890-1973
    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

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1969.

    Preferred Citation

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

    Biographical Note

    United States assistant secretary of the army, 1954-1959.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Papers and materials (1917-1959) relating to the career of Frank H. Higgins especially pertaining to his appointments as an Army Colonel, as assistant to the Chief of Ordnance, War Dept., 1942-1945; Chief of the Machinery and Equipment Section, Marshall Plan, Paris, 1949-1950; Assistant Secretary of U. S. Army 1954-1959.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
    Economic assistance, American
    United States -- Military policy
    United States. Army
    United States. Department of the Army