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Title: Frances E. Willis papers
Date (inclusive): 1906-1983
Collection Number: 84031
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
39 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 3 album boxes, 35 envelopes
(22.2 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Willis, Frances E.
Box 41 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.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.
[Identification of item], Frances E. Willis Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 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 |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diplomats -- United States
Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Switzerland
Norway -- Foreign relations -- United States
Sri Lanka -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Norway
United States -- Foreign relations -- Sri Lanka
United States. Department of State