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Title: Frances E. Willis Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1906-1983
Collection Number: 84031
Creator:
Willis, Frances E.
Collection Size:
39 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 album boxes, 35 envelopes, memorabilia
(18.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, reports, bulletins, printed matter, and photographs, relating to post-World War II American
foreign policy, especially in Switzerland, Norway,
and Ceylon.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Frances E. Willis Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1984.
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 at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
United States. Dept. of State.
Norway.
Norway--Foreign relations--United States.
Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka--Foreign relations--United States.
Switzerland.
Switzerland--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--Norway.
United States--Foreign relations--Sri Lanka.
United States--Foreign relations--Switzerland.
Diplomats--United States.
| 1899, May 20 | Born, Metropolis, Illinois |
| 1916-1917 | University of Redlands |
| 1917-1920 | B.A., History, Stanford University |
| 1920-1921 | Graduate work, Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
| 1923 | Ph.D., Political Science, Stanford University |
| 1923-1924 | Instructor, History, Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 1924-1927 | Assistant Professor, Political Science, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York |
| 1927 | Foreign Service Exam Vice-Consul, Valparaiso, Chile |
| 1931, January | Vice-Consul, Santiago, Chile |
| 1931, December | Third Secretary, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1934-1940 | Third Secretary, Brussels, Belgium Second Secretary, Luxembourg |
| 1940-1944 | Second Secretary, Madrid, Spain First Secretary, Madrid, Spain Consul, Madrid, Spain |
| 1944-1947 | Assistant to the Undersecretary of State, Washington, D.C. |
| 1947-1951 | First Secretary and Consul, London, England |
| 1951-1953 | Counselor of Legation, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1953-1957 | Ambassador to Switzerland |
| 1955 | Appointed Career Minister |
| 1957-1961 | Ambassador to Norway |
| 1962 | Appointed Career Ambassador |
| 1961-1964 | Ambassador to Sri Lanka |
| 1964, November 5 | Retirement |
| 1983, July 20 | Died, Redlands, California |