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Title: O. J. (Oliver Julian) Todd papers
Date (inclusive): 1899-1973
Collection Number: 73087
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
68 manuscript boxes, 22 oversize boxes, 1 reel box, 1 oversize folder
(31.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and photographs relating to engineering projects in China,
especially river engineering and flood control; famines and relief work in China; and social, economic and political conditions
in China. Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Todd, O. J. (Oliver Julian)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Microfilm use only except Boxes 58, 60-63, 76-91. Boxes 58, 62, 76-91 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
[Identification of item], Oliver Julian Todd papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Available on microfilm (82 reels). Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
| 1880 Nov. 1 | Born in Colon, Michigan |
| 1908 | B.S. degree in Civil Engineering, University of Michigan |
| 1909-1917 | Field Assistant, Chief Hydrographer, and Assistant Engineer for the City of San Francisco; worked on the Hetch Hetchy water supply system and the Twin Peaks Tunnel |
| 1917-1919 | Captain in the Engineering Corps, U.S. Army |
| 1919-1921 | Principal Assistant Engineer for the Chinese government's Grand Canal Improvement Board |
| 1921 | Field Manager and Chief Engineer for American National Red Cross in Shantung (4 months) |
| 1921-1923 | Chief Engineer for the Asia Development Company |
| 1923-1935 | Chief Engineer for the China International Famine Relief Commission |
| 1927 | Married Dr. Lois Pendelton |
| 1935-1938 | Consulting Engineer to the China International Famine Relief Commission, to the American Advisory Board of Shanghai, to the Shantung Government on the Yellow River, to the Yellow River Commission, and to the Friendship Fund of New York City |
| 1938 April | Returned to the United States and settled in Palo Alto, California |
| 1940-1942 | Engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| 1942-1945 | Regional Engineer, Area Engineer and Senior Engineer with the United States Army Engineers in Arizona |
| 1945-1947 | Advisor to the Yellow River Project of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in China |
| 1948 | Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in the 8th District |
| 1949-1951 | Chief of the Irrigation Engineering Division of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in China |
| 1973 | Author, The China That I Knew |
| 1974 Jan. 13 | Died, Palo Alto, California |
Diaries, speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and photographs relating to engineering projects in China,
especially river engineering and flood control; famines and relief work in China; and social, economic and political conditions
in China.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Engineers
International relief
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- China
Engineering -- China
Famines -- China
River engineering -- China
Flood control -- China
Yellow River (China)
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China International Famine Relief Commission