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  • Title: Henry D. (Henry Dudley) Lytton papers
    Date (inclusive): 1938-1988
    Collection Number: 86014
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes (2.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Reports and other writings, correspondence, memoranda, statistics, and printed matter, relating to economic aspects of geopolitics, especially during World War II and the Korean War; the efficacy of bombing policy during World War II; measurement of productivity in both industry and the public sector; Peruvian industrial productivity; demand for nickel in the United States; and development of Lebanese exports.
    Creator: Lytton, Henry D. (Henry Dudley), 1909-
    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 1986.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Henry D. (Henry Dudley) Lytton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1909, Nov. 10 Born, Chicago, Illinois
    1936-1938 Assistant to the President, International Statistics Bureau
    1938-1939 Director, Research and Statistics, General Tung Oil Corporation
    1939-1941 Assistant Editor, Ogden Publishing Company
    1941-1942 Assistant Industrial Economist, Textiles and Fibers, War Production Board
    1942 Commodity Specialist, Board of Economic Warfare
    1942-1945 Intelligence Specialist, U.S. Army Air Forces
    1945- Economic and Management Consultant
    1950-1951 Industrial Economist, New York Quartermaster Procurement Agency
    1951-1953 Industrial Specialist, Office of Defense Mobilization
    1954 Research Assistant, Hoover Commission
    1954 Executive Director, Benefits Field Supervision, Veterans Administration
    1964-1965 Industrial Productivity Measurement Consultant, U.S. Aid Mission to Peru
    1968 Consultant, Manufacturing Division, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, Lebanon
    1971 Visiting Lecturer, Advanced World Training Center, International Labour Office, Turin, Italy

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
    Economists
    Korean War, 1950-1953
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects
    Strategic materials
    Civil service -- Labor productivity
    Labor productivity -- Peru
    Nickel industry -- United States
    Labor productivity
    Lebanon -- Commerce
    United States. Army Air Forces
    United States. Board of Economic Warfare