Register of the Raymond Albert Wheeler papers

Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Raymond Albert Wheeler papers

Date (inclusive): 1898-1977

Collection Number: 78062

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 46 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders, 5 motion picture film reels, 6 sound tape reels, 26 envelopes, 2 album boxes (29.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, diaries, memoranda, maps, motion picture film, sound recordings, and photographs relating to military engineering; the Panama Canal; World War I; American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II; construction of the Stilwell Road; the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, 1945; clearance and widening of the Suez Canal, 1956-1957; development of the Lower Mekong River Basin; and engineering projects involving the World Bank.

Creator: Wheeler, Raymond Albert, 1885-1974

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

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Raymond Albert Wheeler papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1885 July 31	Born, near Peoria, Illinois
1911	B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
1911-1912	Construction engineer, Isthmian Canal Commission, Canal Zone, Panama
1912	Married Olive May Keithley, Peoria, Illinois
1913	Graduated from Army School of Engineering, Washington, D.C.
1917-1919	Commanded the Regiment in the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse Argonne offensives, and the March into Germany with the Army of Occupation
1919	Served with the American Peace Commission in Italy
1920-1921	Engineer Instructor, the Infantry School, Camp Benning, Georgia
1922-1926	Assistant Engineer Commissioner, Washington, D.C.
1926	Elected honorary member, American Institute of Architects
1927	Graduated from Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1927-1930	Assistant Engineer of Maintenance, Panama Canal, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone
1935-1936	Chief Regional Engineer, Work Projects Administration, Chicago, Illinois
1936	United States Representative, International Navigation Congress, Brussels
1937	Graduated from Army War College, Washington, D.C.
1937-1940	Resident Member, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D.C.
1940-1941	Engineer of Maintenance, the Panama Canal, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone
1941	Assistant Chief of Staff, War Department, Washington, D.C.
1941-1942	Member, United States military mission to Iran
1942-1943	Commanding General, Services of Supply, United States Army Forces, China-Burma-India Theater
1944	Principal Administrative Officer, Southeast Asia Command
1944-1945	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander and Chief Administrative Officer, Southeast Asia Command
1945	Commanding General, United States forces in India-Burma Theater
1945-1949	Chief of Engineers, United States Army, Washington, D.C.
1949	Retired from active service as Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers, United States Army
1949-1964	Engineering Adviser, World Bank
1952-1960	Represented the World Bank in negotiations between India and Pakistan over the use of waters of the Indus River
1956-1957	Head, United Nations Suez Canal Clearance Operations
1957-1958	Chief, Mekong River Survey Mission, Asia
1958-?	Represented the World Bank in discussions with the Suez Canal Authority to study the prospects for the growth of, and to advise on the plans for improving, traffic in the Suez Canal
1960-1963	Worked on behalf of the United Nations on the public works construction program and transport system in Congo
1960-1969	Chairman, International Advisory Board for the Mekong Coordination Committee, representing, among others, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam
1964-1971	Member, Columbia Board of Revenue, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, Vancouver
1974 February 8	Died, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, diaries, memoranda, maps, motion picture film, sound recordings, and photographs relating to military engineering; the Panama Canal; World War I; American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II; construction of the Stilwell Road; the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, 1945; clearance and widening of the Suez Canal, 1956-1957; development of the Lower Mekong River Basin; and engineering projects involving the World Bank.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes

Motion pictures

Engineers

Officers

World War, 1939-1945 -- China

World War, 1914-1918

World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma

Panama Canal (Panama)

Military engineering

Mekong River Valley

Stilwell Road

Suez Canal (Egypt)

United States. Army

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

World Bank

Biographical File 1898-1975

Scope and Contents note

Address books, appointment calendars, autograph books, awards, biographical notes, certificates, clippings, correspondence, diaries, family papers, financial records, funeral records, medical records, memoranda, notes, pamphlets, passports, press releases, printed matter, posters, proclamations, telegrams, travel documents, and writings about Raymond Wheeler, as well as records relating to his high school in Peoria, Illinois and his years at West Point, New York, arranged alphabetically by physical form. See also: Oversize Materials.

box 1, folder 1

Address books

box 1, folder 2

Appointment calendars

box 1, folder 3

Autograph book

Awards

Scope and Contents note

Certificates, citations, clippings, communiques, correspondence, memoranda, messages, pamphlets, press releases, printed matter, telegrams, and miscellany.

box 1, folder 4

Boy Scouts of America

box 1, folder 5

Brazil

Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.

box 1, folder 6-9

China

Scope and Contents note

Includes messages in Chinese.

box 1, folder 10-16

Laos

box 1, folder 17-18

Netherlands

box 1, folder 19-22

Siam

box 1, folder 23-25

The Beavers

box 1, folder 26-29

The Moles Society

The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)

box 2, folder 1-10

Hoover Medal

box 2, folder 11-12

Goethals Medal

box 2, folder 13-21

United Kingdom

box 2, folder 22-27

United States Army

Biography

box 2, folder 28

General

box 2, folder 29-30

Correspondence 1971-1974

box 2, folder 31-32

Notes

box 2, folder 33-34

Certificates

box 2, folder 35-37

Clippings

box 3, folder 1-5

Clippings

box 3, folder 6

Diaries

Family papers

box 4, folder 1

Olive Wheeler

box 4, folder 2

Virginia M. Wheeler

box 4, folder 3

Financial records

Funeral records

box 4, folder 4

General

box 4, folder 5-6

Cards of sympathy

Correspondence

box 4, folder 7

Undated

1974

box 4, folder 8-10

February-March

box 5, folder 1-3

April-June

box 5, folder 4

August

box 5, folder 5

December

box 5, folder 6

1975 January

box 5, folder 7

Donations

box 5, folder 8

Flower records

box 5, folder 9

Printed matter

box 5, folder 10

Telegrams

box 5, folder 11

Telephone calls

box 5, folder 12

Tributes

box 5, folder 13

Medical records

box 5, folder 14

Membership cards, certificates, and related correspondence

box 5, folder 15

Memoranda

box 5, folder 16

News broadcast

box 5, folder 17

Newsletters

box 5, folder 18

Notes

box 5, folder 19

Pamphlets

box 5, folder 20

Passports

box 6, folder 1

Press releases

box 6, folder 2

Printed matter

box 6, folder 3

Posters

box 6, folder 4

Proclamations

Scrapbooks

box 6, folder 5

Farm Creek Flood Control Project, East Peoria, Illinois 1947 September 27

box 6, folder 6

100th Annual Engineer Dinner 1967 May 5

box 6, folder 7

River Chindwin 1945

box 6, folder 8

Testimonial dinner 1946 April 23

box 6, folder 9

Trinity River Project 1938

Subject file

box 6, folder 10

Peoria High School, Peoria, Illinois

United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

box 6, folder 11

General

box 6, folder 12

Appointment letter and grade point average

box 6, folder 13

Brochures

box 6, folder 14

Bulletins

box 6, folder 15

Clippings

Correspondence

box 6, folder 16-19

1956-1965

box 7, folder 1-8

1966-1974

box 7, folder 9

Financial records

box 7, folder 10

Maps

box 7, folder 11

Memoranda

box 7, folder 12

Notes

box 7, folder 13

Pamphlets

box 7, folder 14-16

Printed matter

box 7, folder 17

Reports

box 7, folder 18

Schedule

box 7, folder 19

Telegrams

box 7, folder 20

Miscellany

Travel records

box 7, folder 21

General

box 7, folder 22

1941-1946

box 7, folder 23

1947-1957

box 7, folder 24

1948

Scope and Contents note

Visit to Alaska.

box 8, folder 1

1958-1964

box 8, folder 2

1965-1973

box 8, folder 3

Telegrams

Writings about Raymond Wheeler

box 8, folder 4

Articles

box 8, folder 5

Poems

box 8, folder 6

Miscellany

Correspondence 1918-1974

Scope and Contents note

Letters arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Includes letters written by Virginia Wheeler and others.

box 8, folder 7

Undated

box 8, folder 8

Unidentified

General

box 8, folder 9

1943-1944

box 8, folder 10

1951

box 8, folder 11

1953

box 8, folder 12

1956

box 8, folder 13

1958

box 8, folder 14-19

1959-1964

box 8, folder 20

Abdorabo, Mohamed Abdala 1959

box 8, folder 21

Abd Rabuh, Muhammad Abd Allah 1959

Scope and Contents note

Includes two letters in Arabic, including one addressed to Virginia Wheeler.

box 8, folder 22

Ackerman, Adolph J. 1959-1970

box 8, folder 23

Albrecht, F. M. 1958

box 8, folder 24

Alford, Thomas L., Sr. 1968

box 9, folder 1

Anders, Leslie 1962-1965

box 9, folder 2

Andrews, Arthur 1972

box 9, folder 3

Andruss, Malcolm P. 1965

box 9, folder 4

Arthur, Bill and Katherine 1918-1974

box 9, folder 5

Atkinson, Guy F. 1956-1964

box 9, folder 6

Bahr, R. C. 1964

box 9, folder 7

Banks, Michael H. 1974

box 9, folder 8

Bannion, Howard 1970

box 9, folder 9

Bechtel, Stephen D. 1958-1972

box 9, folder 10

Bengston, L. 1967

box 9, folder 11

Benson, James 1962-1964

box 9, folder 12

Berenhauser, Carlos, Jr. 1963-1970

box 9, folder 13

Berger, Lillian F. 1963-1967

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter to Ben Binson.

box 9, folder 14

Bishop, Max W. 1965-1966

box 9, folder 15

Bixby, H. O. 1970

box 9, folder 16

Black, Eugene R. 1966

box 9, folder 17

Blake, Norman P. 1967-1968

box 9, folder 18

Blazina, Tom 1964

box 9, folder 19

Bonati, Ralph J. 1964

box 9, folder 20

Bonny, J. B. 1958

box 9, folder 21

Bourscheidt, Paul F. 1967

box 9, folder 22

Bowdish, Frank and Virginia 1966

box 9, folder 23

Bowman, Waldo G. 1966

box 9, folder 24

Boyer, Lonnie MacArthur (Mrs. Arthur Irving) 1965

box 9, folder 25

Bradley, John H. 1973-1974

box 9, folder 26

Bradley University (T. W. Arsdale, Jr., Kalman Goldberg and A. G. Haussler) 1961

box 9, folder 27

Britton, William H. 1964-1969

box 9, folder 28

Brown, Earl I., II 1965

box 9, folder 29

Bruns, May 1944

box 9, folder 30

Buehler, John P. 1964

box 9, folder 31

Bunche, Ralph 1971

box 9, folder 32

Burke, John G. 1960

box 9, folder 33

Byrnes, James F. 1945

box 9, folder 34

Caldwell, John T. 1962

box 9, folder 35

Campbell, David P. 1967-1968

box 9, folder 36

Cantwell, Robert C., Jr., Mrs. 1968

box 9, folder 37

Carroll, John E. 1966

box 9, folder 38

Casey, Hugh J. 1963-1965

box 9, folder 39

Chase, C. E. 1963-1964

box 9, folder 40

Clark, Allen F., Jr. 1969

box 9, folder 41

Clarke, Frederick J. 1965

box 9, folder 42

Clay, Lucius D. 1967

box 9, folder 43

Claybourn, John G. 1964-1968

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters addressed to Meredith Wilson and Frank Verbrugge.

box 9, folder 44

Coad, Laccy W. 1960

box 9, folder 45

Coffey, Matthew B. 1967

box 9, folder 46

Connors, Selena A. 1967-1968

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters addressed to University of Delaware and University of Illinois.

box 9, folder 47

Cook, Frank B. 1964

box 9, folder 48

Cordier, Andrew W. 1957

box 9, folder 49

Coughlin, Robert E. 1970

box 9, folder 50

Crimmins, A. Holmes 1964

box 9, folder 51

Cromartie, Luther M. 1965

box 9, folder 52

Cromelin, Eric 1966-1972

box 9, folder 53

Curtin, R. H. 1973

box 9, folder 54

Darling, H. Velpeau 1963-1974

box 9, folder 55

Davis, Mildred and Vic undated

box 9, folder 56

Deal, D. Vernon 1970

box 9, folder 57

Debrett's Peerage 1961-1974

box 9, folder 58

Delaney, Albert L. 1965-1973

box 9, folder 59

Demuth, Richard H. 1966

box 9, folder 60

De Wilde, Camille 1966

box 9, folder 61

Dirksen, Everett McKinley 1963-1967

box 9, folder 62

Dixon, John W. 1964-1965

box 9, folder 63

Dogan, Charles 1970

box 9, folder 64

Donaldson, Birdena E. 1970

box 9, folder 65

Duke, C. M. 1965

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from G. A. England.

box 10, folder 1

Easterling, William L. 1967

box 10, folder 2

Eaton, Herb 1965

box 10, folder 3

Edgett, Thomas N. 1960

box 10, folder 4

Eickhoff, Andrew R. 1964

box 10, folder 5

Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1956

box 10, folder 6

El Deeb, Mohammed Tawfik 1963

box 10, folder 7

El Serafi 1970

box 10, folder 8

Elustondo, Mable Garcia 1965

box 10, folder 9

England, G. A. 1966

box 10, folder 10

Ervin, Sam J., Jr. 1970

box 10, folder 11

Esser, T. 1965

box 10, folder 12

Esso Touring Service 1966

box 10, folder 13

Evans, Geoffrey 1966

box 10, folder 14

Falkner, Francis M. 1964

box 10, folder 15

Ferraz, Octavio Marcondes 1966

box 10, folder 16

Flesher, Carl W. 1966

box 10, folder 17

Flexi-Versal Corporation (G. A. Arnold, Elinor M. Fell, John P. Kitselman and Leslie J. Redard) 1951-1959

box 10, folder 18

Fosque, J. D. 1962

box 10, folder 19

Fowler, Donald D. 1965

box 10, folder 20

Fox, Joseph C. 1965

box 10, folder 21

Frederick, Calvin J. 1968

Scope and Contents note

Includes letter addressed to Virginia Wheeler.

box 10, folder 22

Fuchs, Ralph F. 1964

box 10, folder 23

Garner, Robert L. 1973

box 10, folder 24

Galloway, G. E. 1960

box 10, folder 25

Gardner, G. H. 1968

box 10, folder 26

Garner, Robert L. 1966-1967

box 10, folder 27

Gilbert Associates, Inc. 1963-1965

box 10, folder 28

Gillette, George W. 1958-1971

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters addressed to O. O. Allsbrook, Charles G. Holle, Joseph C. Mehaffey, and Henry C. Rowland, Jr.

box 10, folder 29

Gilmour, Matthew P. 1966

box 10, folder 30

Goddard, Eric 1969

box 10, folder 31

Gordon, King 1963

box 10, folder 32

Gore, John M. 1973

box 10, folder 33

Graffman, J. Holger 1963-1968

box 10, folder 34

Gregory, Jean 1971-1973

box 10, folder 35

Grosvenor, Gilbert M. 1965

box 10, folder 36

Grove, Philip 1958

box 10, folder 37

Groves, Leslie R. 1959

box 10, folder 38

Grystal, J. S. 1964

box 10, folder 39

Gulhati, N. D. 1964-1966

box 10, folder 40

Hall, Ralph S. 1960

box 10, folder 41

Hamza, Kamel 1957

box 10, folder 42

Hannis, Henry 1971

box 10, folder 43

Harrington, M. C. J. 1963

box 10, folder 44

Hassan, Ahmad 1965

box 10, folder 45

Hassan, Parvez 1963-1966

box 10, folder 46

Hatch, John 1966

box 10, folder 47

Haug, Edgar 1965

Scope and Contents note

Includes letter addressed to August Konow.

box 10, folder 48

Hederen, O. 1963

box 10, folder 49

Heinrichs, Louis M. 1971-1974

box 10, folder 50

Hibbs, Ben 1944

box 10, folder 51

Hicks, W. E. 1943-1968

box 10, folder 52

Hinman, George 1963

box 10, folder 53

Holocombe, W. H. 1966

box 10, folder 54

Howlett, Duncan 1965

box 10, folder 55

Hubard, Bill 1965

box 10, folder 56

Hunt, Geoffrey 1963-1974

box 10, folder 57

Hunter, Howard A. 1943

box 10, folder 58

Huske, Jean (Mrs. W. O.) 1963

box 10, folder 59

Idris, Mohammed 1966

box 10, folder 60

Itschner, E. C. 1963

box 10, folder 61

Johns, Dwight 1966

box 10, folder 62

Johnson, Algot F. 1959-1960

box 10, folder 63

Johnson, Lyndon B. 1967

Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Virginia Wheeler.

box 10, folder 64

Jones, John M., III 1945-1970

box 10, folder 65

Kambhu, Xujati 1964

box 10, folder 66

Kamel, Mostafa 1964-1967

box 10, folder 67

Karo, H. Arnold 1964

box 10, folder 68

Katzin, Alfred 1957-1963

box 10, folder 69

Kaufman, Nathan B. 1967

Scope and Contents note

Letter written by Virginia Wheeler.

box 10, folder 70

Keating, Kenneth 1960

box 10, folder 71

Kennedy, Donald D. 1966-1970

box 10, folder 72

Kentz, Alvin 1967

box 10, folder 73

Khosla, A. N. 1964

box 10, folder 74

Kinney, G. P. 1966

box 10, folder 75

Kirmani, S. S. 1963

box 11, folder 1

Kirpich, Phillip Z. 1963

Scope and Contents note

Letter addressed to Phillip A. Drinker.

box 11, folder 2

Kirsch, Wolff M. 1969

box 11, folder 3

Klostermann, J. M. W. 1957

box 11, folder 4

Klotz, Harry 1965-1972

box 11, folder 5

Knapp, J. Burke 1957

box 11, folder 6

Kocour, Ruth 1964

box 11, folder 7

Kohloss, Fabius Henry 1948-1973

box 11, folder 8

Krisman, Michael J. 1972

box 11, folder 9

Kwoh, Theodore 1963-1967

box 11, folder 10

Lane, Cherry 1971

box 11, folder 11

Lang, Edmund 1967

box 11, folder 12

Langelaar, Gerrit 1966-1971

box 11, folder 13

Lansing, Sam 1966-1968

box 11, folder 14

Larrick, J. Frederick 1965

box 11, folder 15

Laylin, John G. 1965-1967

box 11, folder 16

Leber, W. P. 1960

box 11, folder 17

Lels, Murk 1957

box 11, folder 18

Lennon, Alton 1964

Scope and Contents note

Includes a night letter from George W. Gillette.

box 11, folder 19

Liggett, Tom 1968

box 11, folder 20

Lipscomb, Willis G. 1966

box 11, folder 21

Lockwood, Benjamin C., Jr. 1972-1973

box 11, folder 22

Lockwood, Cherry L. 1972

box 11, folder 23

Loesing, Vernon T. 1972

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter addressed to A. Dodman.

box 11, folder 24

Lowdon, J. W. 1967

box 11, folder 25

Luce, Clare Boothe 1944

box 11, folder 26

Luttman-Johnson, J. D. M. 1963

box 11, folder 27

McConnell, Ben H. 1972

box 11, folder 28

MacDonald, Peter 1963

box 11, folder 29

McElheny, John D. 1960

box 11, folder 30

McGrath, David J. 1966

box 11, folder 31

MacKichan, K. B. 1956

box 11, folder 32

MacMillan, R. H. 1969

box 11, folder 33

McShane, James E. 1963

box 11, folder 34

Madigan, Jack and Sybil 1972

box 11, folder 35

Makaus, G. 1960

box 11, folder 36

Markle, Joseph 1965-1969

box 11, folder 37

Marsh, A. Fletcher 1963-1971

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters written to James D. Bronson by Henry Bahr and to Raymond Wheeler by George L. Fairbairn.

box 11, folder 38

Marquis Who's Who, 1966-1971

box 11, folder 39

Mason, Frank 1966

box 11, folder 40

Matson, J. W. 1964

box 11, folder 41

Maxon, Glen W. 1944-1964

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters addressed to Virginia Wheeler.

box 11, folder 42

Meredith, William T. 1943-1972

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter to John Picco.

box 11, folder 43

Messegee, Gordon H. 1965-1972

box 11, folder 44

Michler, Gordon H. 1969

box 11, folder 45

MICOPERI (G. Makaus and Ing. Buttazzoni) 1958-1960

box 11, folder 46

Middlebury College 1966

box 11, folder 47

Middleton, Troy 1972

box 11, folder 48

Morgan, Graham C. 1967

box 11, folder 49

Mountain, Barry F. 1965

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter addressed to Selig Taubenblatt.

box 11, folder 50

Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl 1945-1972

box 11, folder 51

Mueenuddin?, G. 1958

box 11, folder 52

Mynatt, Richard E. 1960

box 11, folder 53

Nebolsine, Ross 1965

box 11, folder 54

Neumiller, Louis B. 1960-1969

box 11, folder 55

Nichols, Harold F. 1971-1974

box 11, folder 56

Noce, Daniel 1949

box 11, folder 57

North, Earl, Mrs. 1968-1970

box 11, folder 58

Olivier, Henry 1963

box 11, folder 59

O'Malley, Thomas 1963

box 11, folder 60

101 Association, Inc. (Mickey Kaliff and J. M. Niemczyk) 1962-1963

box 11, folder 61

O'Neill, James J. 1960

box 11, folder 62

Osborn, M. P., Mrs. 1964

box 11, folder 63

Over, Don 1960

box 11, folder 64

Painter, W. D. 1959

box 11, folder 65

Parsons, Ralph M. 1964-1972

box 11, folder 66

Peers, W. R. 1967

box 11, folder 67

Pepe, S. Ernest 1963

box 11, folder 68

Person, J. L. 1965

box 11, folder 69

Piland, Julius Lynch 1965

box 11, folder 70

Poole, T. W. 1966

box 11, folder 71

Poolers Shoe Store 1969

box 11, folder 72

Prentis, Edmund A. 1966

box 12, folder 1

Price, Byron 1972

box 12, folder 2

Proctor, Carlton S. 1963

box 12, folder 3

Ramada Inn (Carl J. Boyer and Peter Georges) 1968

box 12, folder 4

Rasey, Ray 1959

box 12, folder 5

Razel, Paul 1962

Language of Material: French.

box 12, folder 6

Reynolds, Doyle C. 1963

box 12, folder 7

Ritchie, Ann 1960

box 12, folder 8

Roberts, Harrison H. 1965

box 12, folder 9

Robinett, P. M. 1963

box 12, folder 10

Robinson, Erma S. (Mrs. L. E. Robinson) 1965-1966

box 12, folder 11

Rockwell, Alvin J. 1964

box 12, folder 12

Rodriguez, Filemon C. 1963

box 12, folder 13

Ruffin, Peter B. 1971

box 12, folder 14

Rusk, Dean 1953

box 12, folder 15

St. Lawrence, Lee 1968

box 12, folder 16

Saltzstein, Robert A. 1968

box 12, folder 17

Schaaf, Albert 1965-1966

box 12, folder 18

Schaaf, C. Hart 1965-1966

box 12, folder 19

Scharff, Maurice R. 1964-1965

box 12, folder 20

Schoon, Henry P. 1968

box 12, folder 21

Scholla, Paul F. 1962

box 12, folder 22

Scholtz, Herman F. 1966-1973

box 12, folder 23

Sciples, Carl M. 1964

box 12, folder 24

Seaman, P. C., Mrs. 1965

box 12, folder 25

Sells, Chas H. 1964

Scope and Contents note

Includes Raymond Wheeler's correspondence with Herbert D. Vogel.

box 12, folder 26

Sevareid, Eric 1966

box 12, folder 27

Sherrill, Fred G. 1965

box 12, folder 28

Shields, James E. 1960

box 12, folder 29

Shiels, Archie W. 1964-1965

box 12, folder 30

Skerry, Harry A. 1968

box 12, folder 31

Slim, Bill 1966

box 12, folder 32

Smith, Jacqueline 1966

box 12, folder 33

Smith, Roderick 1963

box 12, folder 34

Smith, Stephen E. 1965

box 12, folder 35

Smythe, James Frederick 1972

box 12, folder 36

Snavely, Charles A. 1960

box 12, folder 37

Snell, Paul M. undated

box 12, folder 38

Snow, Edgar 1944

box 12, folder 39

Solleveld, J. 1957

box 12, folder 40

Spainhour, Emily 1972

box 12, folder 41

Spencer, Abbott K. 1968

box 12, folder 42

Sprunt, James Lawrence 1969

box 12, folder 43

Stanhope, William W. 1972

box 12, folder 44

Stennis, John 1959-1963

box 12, folder 45

Stetson, John B. 1965

box 12, folder 46

Stillwell, J. W. 1942-1948

box 12, folder 47

Stratton, James H. 1963-1966

box 12, folder 48

Susong, Edith O'Keefe 1966-1970

box 12, folder 49

Talaat, Ahmed 1966

box 12, folder 50

Talley, B. B. 1964

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter to A. D. Spottswood.

box 12, folder 51

Tallman, Gordon 1966

box 12, folder 52

Thomas, Dorothy 1969

box 12, folder 53

Thompson, L. I. 1968

box 12, folder 54

Tipton, Royce J. 1964

box 12, folder 55

Tomasulo, Nicholas A. 1965

box 12, folder 56

Toor, Z. A. 1967

box 12, folder 57

Tull, Willis C., Jr. 1965

box 12, folder 58

Tun, Hia? 1970

box 12, folder 59

Urbahn, Max 1965

box 12, folder 60

Varkas, Cessa 1954

box 12, folder 61

Van Gasse, Josephine 1965

box 12, folder 62

Vaughan, David B. 1964

box 12, folder 63

Veterans of the Office of Secret Services (William J. Casey and William J. Donovan) 1964-1966

box 12, folder 64

Vickers, W. G. H. 1944

box 12, folder 65

Vogel, Herbert D. 1968

box 12, folder 66

Volpe, John 1972

box 12, folder 67

Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, Earl of 1943-1953

box 12, folder 68

Weart, D. L. 1965

box 12, folder 69

Webb, Del E. 1964

box 12, folder 70

Wedemeyer, A. C. 1965-1966

Scope and Contents note

Includes Wedemeyer's remarks at the Office of Strategic Services dinner, 1966 March 21.

box 12, folder 71

Wehle, Philip C. 1963

box 12, folder 72

Wheeler, Stephen W. 1966

box 12, folder 73

Whipple, William, Jr. 1960-1966

box 12, folder 74

White, David H. 1973

box 12, folder 75

Whitman, W. M. 1963

box 12, folder 76

Wilder, A. D. 1972

box 12, folder 77

Wilkinson, Peggy 1958

box 12, folder 78

Witt, Jay 1966

box 12, folder 79

Woods, George D. 1957-1965

box 12, folder 80

Young, Mason J. 1964-1968

box 12, folder 81

Yeager, L. E. 1963

box 12, folder 82

Younes, Mahmoud 1957-1963

box 12, folder 83

Youngblood, J. M. K. 1960

box 12, folder 84

Zimmerman, George J. 1944

Speeches and Writings 1903-1970

Scope and Contents note

Articles, comments, congressional testimony, notes, outlines, remarks, statements, speeches, and related correspondence and telegrams, arranged chronologically.

box 13, folder 1-6

"Notes on Service Overseas during Second World War," Vols. I-VI, typescript undated

box 13, folder 7

Obituary of Karl Slaughter Bradford, original draft by Raymond Wheeler and Karl Bradford, holograph and typescript undated

box 13, folder 8

Opening statement, Indus Basin Conference, typescript undated

box 13, folder 9

Remarks on the occasion of getting together with the troops in the India Burma Theater, typescript undated

box 13, folder 10

Speech on Suez Canal clearance under the auspices of the United Nations, Twentieth Century Club, Young Women's Christian Association, typescript outline undated

box 13, folder 11

"Address of Welcome," The Opinion, holograph and printed copy 1903 July

box 13, folder 12-13

"The Infantry School," a history of the Fourth Engineers, typescript copies and holograph notes undated

box 14, folder 1

"Improving the Upper River," Chamber of Commerce News, printed copy 1934 August

box 14, folder 2

Notes on travel, typescript 1941 November

box 14, folder 3

Notes on travel, typescript 1941-1942

box 14, folder 4

"Chindwin River Trip," typescript 1945 April

box 14, folder 5

"Rangoon Victory Parade Trip," typescript 1945 June 13

box 14, folder 6

Talk to Staff Officers in India-Burma Theater, Delhi, India, typescript 1945 June 23

box 14, folder 7

"India Burma - Lifeline to China," United States at War, printed copy 1945 November

box 14, folder 8

"The U.S. Corps of Engineers," The Military Engineer, printed copy 1946 May

box 14, folder 9

Welcome address, the Engineering School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, printed copy 1946 November 4

box 14, folder 10

"The United States Army," American Miracle, printed copy 1947

box 14, folder 11

Testimony, hearings before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United States Senate, printed copy 1949 February 2-15

box 14, folder 12

Speech, the First Pan-American Engineering Congress, Rio de Janeiro, typescript 1949 July 15-24

box 14, folder 13

"Balance Sheets and Blue Prints," The Retired Officer, printed copy 1951 June

box 14, folder 14

Outline for a talk, M. S. A., typescript 1953 March 26

box 14, folder 15

Outline for a talk, American Society of Civil Engineers, typescript 1953 May 6

box 14, folder 16

Untitled note, The Green Light, printed copy 1956 February 29

box 14, folder 17

Outline for a talk, Society of American Military Engineers, typescript 1956 April 17

box 14, folder 18

"Suez: The Beginning of Clearence Operations," International Bank Notes, printed copy 1957 September

box 14, folder 19

Speech on Suez operations, West Point Society, typescript outline 1957 September 12

box 14, folder 20

Speech on Suez Canal clearance operations, Society of American Military Engineers, Hampton Roads, New York, typescript outline 1957 September 30

box 14, folder 21

Notes on Peoria talk, Peoria, Illinois, typescript 1957 October 5

Scope and Contents note

Includes related correspondence and telegram.

box 14, folder 22

Speech, American Institute of Consulting Engineers, New York 1957 October 15

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter and typescript drafts.

box 14, folder 23

"Clearing the Suez Canal," The Military Engineer, printed copy 1958 January-February

box 14, folder 24

Speech on Suez Canal clearance operations, University of Arkansas, typescript with some holograph notes 1958 March 6

box 14, folder 25

Outline for a speech, Jango, typescript 1958 May 20.

box 14, folder 26

Speech, Society of American Military Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland, typescript outline with some holograph notes 1958 May 28

box 14, folder 27

"Role of the Suez Canal," speech, Conference on Nationalism and Business Prospects in the Middle East, Hotel Statler, Washington D.C. 1958 September 29-30

Scope and Contents note

Typescript outline with related correspondence, memoranda, and notes.

box 14, folder 28

Comments on "The Military Engineer," typescript 1958 December 22

box 14, folder 29

"The Suez Canal - Its Chronicle and Bibliography," discussions by Raymond Wheeler and others, Journal of the Waterways and Harbors Division, proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, printed copy 1959 March

box 14, folder 30

Talk, Advanced Class, Ports and Harbors Instruction, Engineering School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, typescript 1959 April 21

box 14, folder 31

Speech on the occasion of the award of Hoover Medal, Society of Military Engineers, typescript 1959 February 2

box 14, folder 32

Speech on the occasion of the Beaver award, typescript 1960 January 13

box 14, folder 33

Talk on the World Bank - Projects and Logistics, National Security Industrial Association and National Institute of Packaging, Handling and Logistics Engineers, typescript 1960 February 8

box 14, folder 34

Untitled draft of a talk, Peoria, Illinois, typescript 1960 April 4

box 14, folder 35

"Per Angusta ad Augusta," speech, Peoria, Illinois, typescript 1960 May 4

box 14, folder 36

Speech, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, typescript fragment 1960 May 4

Scope and Contents note

Includes related correspondence and brochure.

box 14, folder 37

"International River Problems", speech, Peoria, Illinois, typescript 1961 October 20

Scope and Contents note

Includes brochure, clippings, related correspondence, and program.

box 14, folder 38

Notes for a speech on Mekong River, AICE meeting, Lahore, Pakistan, typescript 1962 December 11

box 14, folder 39

Speech to introduce Colonel Mahmoud Younes, Chairman and Managing Director, Suez Canal Authority, at a luncheon meeting, American-Arab Association, typescript 1963 September 18

box 14, folder 40

Speech, Ohio Valley Improvement Association, Netherlands-Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, typescript outline 1964 October 15

box 14, folder 41

"Earthmoving," G. Edwin Burks Lecture, Earthmoving Industry Conference, Society of Automotive Engineers, Peoria, Illinois, typescript outline 1970 April 14-15

Scope and Contents note

Includes related correspondence, holograph note, and pamphlet.

box 14, folder 42

"50 Years of Our Society," The Military Engineer, printed copy 1970 July-August

Scope and Contents note

This article is adapted from Wheeler's address at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Military Engineers, Fort Myer, Virginia, 1970 May 15. Includes author's proof.

United States Army File 1903-1977

Scope and Contents note

Bulletins, clippings, correspondence, diary, financial records, maps, memoranda, minutes of meetings, messages, newsletters, notes, pamphlets, printed matter, remarks, reports, service records, statements, telegrams, and writings by others related to the events of the years of Raymond Wheeler's service in, and later association with, the army, arranged chronologically and thereunder alphabetically by physical form. See also: Correspondence.

1903-1941

box 15, folder 1

General

Correspondence

box 15, folder 2

Undated

box 15, folder 3

1915

box 15, folder 4

1919

box 15, folder 5

1926

box 15, folder 6

1930

box 15, folder 7

1933

box 15, folder 8

1935

box 15, folder 9

1938

box 15, folder 10

Diary 1918

box 15, folder 11

Maps

Memoranda

box 15, folder 12-13

1910-1911

box 15, folder 14-18

1916-1920

box 15, folder 19

1929

box 15, folder 20-21

1935-1936

box 15, folder 22

1941

box 15, folder 23-24

Minutes of meetings 1929-1930

box 15, folder 25

Newsletters 1919-1933

box 15, folder 26

Notes

box 15, folder 27

Pamphlets 1903-1919

Printed matter

box 15, folder 28

Undated

box 15, folder 29

1914

box 15, folder 30-31

1919

Reports

box 15, folder 32

Undated

box 15, folder 33

1918

box 15, folder 34

Service records

Telegrams

box 16, folder 1

Undated

box 16, folder 2

1919

box 16, folder 3

1926

box 16, folder 4

1941

box 16, folder 5

Writings by others undated

box 16, folder 6

Miscellany

1942-1949

box 16, folder 7

General

Correspondence

box 16, folder 8

Undated

box 16, folder 9-10

1942-1943

box 16, folder 11

1943-1947

box 16, folder 12-13

1944-1945

box 16, folder 14

1948

box 16, folder 15

Diary 1942-1945

Memoranda

box 16, folder 16

Undated

box 16, folder 17-21

1942-1946

box 16, folder 22-23

1948-1949

box 16, folder 24

Messages

box 16, folder 25

News bulletins

box 16, folder 26

Newsletters

box 16, folder 27

Notes

box 16, folder 28

Organizational chart

box 16, folder 29

Pamphlets

box 16, folder 30

Press releases

box 16, folder 31-32

Printed matter

box 16, folder 33

Posters

Reports

box 17, folder 1

1943-1945

box 17, folder 2

1943-1946

box 17, folder 3

1945

Retirement records

box 17, folder 4

General

box 17, folder 5-6

Correspondence 1947, 1949

box 17, folder 7

Memoranda 1947

box 17, folder 8

Service records

Telegrams

box 17, folder 9

Undated

box 17, folder 10

1942

box 17, folder 11

1945

box 17, folder 12-15

Writings by others 1943

box 17, folder 16

Miscellany

1950-1977

box 18, folder 1

General

box 18, folder 2

Bulletins

Correspondence

box 18, folder 3

Undated

box 18, folder 4

1956

box 18, folder 5-7

1958-1960

box 18, folder 8

1964

box 18, folder 9-14

1965-1970

box 19, folder 1-4

1971-1974

box 19, folder 5

1976

Memoranda

box 19, folder 6

1959

box 19, folder 7

1964

box 19, folder 8

1972

box 19, folder 9

1976

box 19, folder 10

Minutes of meetings 1977

box 19, folder 11

Newsletters

box 19, folder 12

Notes

box 19, folder 13

Organizational charts

box 19, folder 14

Pamphlets

box 19, folder 15

Press releases

box 19, folder 16-19

Printed matter

Remarks

box 20, folder 1

Undated

box 20, folder 2

1960

box 20, folder 3

1968

box 20, folder 4

1970

box 20, folder 5-7

1972-1974

Reports

box 20, folder 8

1964

box 20, folder 9

1973

Statements

box 20, folder 10

Undated

box 20, folder 11

1973

box 20, folder 12

Telegrams

box 20, folder 13

Writings by others 1960-1961

box 20, folder 14

Miscellany

Suez Canal Clearance File 1952-1974

Scope and Contents note

Articles, bulletins, charts and drawings, clippings, contracts, correspondence, cost of cleaning, diary, equipment used, plan, memoranda, minutes of meetings, newsletters, notes, personnel records, printed matter, remarks, reports, schedule, statements, telecommunication system and telegrams relating to the Suez Canal clearance operations under the direction of Raymond Wheeler at the request of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Includes materials in French and Arabic. See also: World Bank File.

box 20, folder 15

General

box 20, folder 16

Articles

box 20, folder 17

Bulletins

box 20, folder 18-20

Charts and drawings

box 21, folder 1-2

Charts and drawings

drawer H20

Charts and drawings

box 21, folder 3-4

Chronological excerpts from salvage sitreps on ships

box 21, folder 5-6

Clippings

box 21, folder 7

Contracts

Correspondence

box 21, folder 8

Undated

box 21, folder 9

1952 January-February

1956

box 21, folder 10

January

box 21, folder 11

October-December

1957

box 21, folder 12-14

January-March

box 22, folder 1-4

April-July

box 22, folder 5-6

September-October

box 22, folder 7

December

1958

box 22, folder 8

January

box 22, folder 9-10

April-June

box 22, folder 11

August-September

box 22, folder 12

November-December

box 22, folder 13

1959 September-December

1960

box 22, folder 14

January-March

box 22, folder 15

August

box 22, folder 16

October

1964

box 22, folder 17

May

box 22, folder 18

December

1965

box 22, folder 19

February-March

box 22, folder 20

August

1966

box 22, folder 21

February

box 22, folder 22

April-June

1967

box 22, folder 23

March

box 22, folder 24

June

box 22, folder 25

December

1968

box 22, folder 26

February

box 22, folder 27

April-May

box 22, folder 28

September

box 22, folder 29

1970 December

1971

box 22, folder 30

January

box 22, folder 31

March-April

box 22, folder 32

May

box 22, folder 33

June-July

box 22, folder 34

August-September

box 22, folder 35

October-December

box 22, folder 36

1972 May

1973

box 22, folder 37

May-June

box 22, folder 38

October

box 22, folder 39

November-December

box 22, folder 40

1974 January

box 22, folder 41

Cost assessment

box 22, folder 42

Diary

box 22, folder 43

List of equipments

box 22, folder 44

Maps

Memoranda

box 22, folder 45

Undated

box 22, folder 46

1956 November

1957

box 22, folder 47

January-February

box 22, folder 48

April

box 22, folder 49

June

box 22, folder 50

September

box 22, folder 51

December

1958

box 23, folder 1

January-February

box 23, folder 2

April-May

box 23, folder 3

July

box 23, folder 4

1971 May

Minutes of meetings

box 23, folder 5

Undated

1956

box 23, folder 6

June

box 23, folder 7-8

October-November

box 23, folder 9

1957 December

box 23, folder 10

1958 April

News releases

box 23, folder 11

Undated

box 23, folder 12

1957

Notes

box 23, folder 13-14

Undated

box 23, folder 15

1957

box 23, folder 16

1958

box 23, folder 17

1965-1966

box 23, folder 18

1971

box 23, folder 19

Personnel records

box 23, folder 20

Plans of operations

box 23, folder 21

Policy statements

Press releases

box 23, folder 22

Undated

box 23, folder 23

1958

box 23, folder 24

1959

box 23, folder 25-27

Printed matter

box 24, folder 1

Printed matter

Remarks

box 24, folder 2

Undated

box 24, folder 3

1957

Reports

box 24, folder 4

Undated

box 24, folder 5

1955

box 24, folder 6-7

1956

box 24, folder 8

1956-1957

box 25, folder 1

1957

box 25, folder 2

1959

box 25, folder 3

1963

box 25, folder 4-5

1964

box 25, folder 6-7

1965

box 26, folder 1

1966

box 26, folder 2

1973?

box 26, folder 3

Rules of navigation and tide tables

box 26, folder 4

Schedule

box 26, folder 5

Statements

box 26, folder 6

Suez Canal requirements and capacity

box 26, folder 7

Tanks and vessels

box 26, folder 8

Telecommunications system

Telegrams

Incoming

box 26, folder 9

Undated

box 26, folder 10

1956

box 26, folder 11-12

1957 January-May

box 26, folder 13

1958

box 26, folder 14

1959

box 26, folder 15

1967

Outgoing

box 26, folder 16

Undated

box 26, folder 17

1956 January

box 27, folder 1-4

1957 January-April

box 27, folder 5

1959 April

box 27, folder 6

Wrecks removal log

box 27, folder 7

Miscellany

Mekong River Basin File 1957-1974

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, communique, correspondence, cost of the project, data used, description of the project, drawings and tables, financial plan, funding agreement, list of participants and itinerary, legal documents, maps, memoranda, minutes of meetings, messages, newsletters, notes, press releases, printed matter, reports, schedule of work, speech, statements, and telegrams relating to the multi-purpose development of the Lower Mekong River Basin, encompassing portions of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, under the leadership of Raymond Wheeler as head of the United Nations mission and the terms of reference, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Also includes correspondence, memoranda, and writings by Virginia Wheeler in her official capacity as a legal adviser to the United Nations in the Mekong River Basin project. Includes materials in French and Vietnamese. See also: United Nations File.

box 27, folder 8

General

box 27, folder 9

Clippings

box 27, folder 10

Communique

box 27, folder 11

Committee for the Co-Ordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin file

Correspondence

box 27, folder 12

Undated

box 27, folder 13-14

1957 June-December

1958

box 27, folder 15

January

box 27, folder 16

March

box 27, folder 17

July

box 27, folder 18

1960 March

box 27, folder 19

1962 November-December

1963

box 27, folder 20

January

box 27, folder 21

May

box 27, folder 22

July-September

box 27, folder 23

November-December

box 27, folder 24-28

1964

box 27, folder 29-33

1965 February-December

box 28, folder 1-6

1966

box 28, folder 7-14

1967

box 28, folder 15-26

1968

box 28, folder 27-35

1969

1970

box 29, folder 1

January-May

box 29, folder 2

July

box 29, folder 3

September-November

1971

box 29, folder 4-5

January-June

box 29, folder 6

August-September

box 29, folder 7

November-December

1972

box 29, folder 8

February

box 29, folder 9

May

box 29, folder 10-11

July-December

1973

box 29, folder 12

August

box 29, folder 13

October

box 29, folder 14

November-December

1974

box 29, folder 15

January-February

box 29, folder 16

June

box 29, folder 17

Cost assessment

box 29, folder 18

Data on Mekong development

box 29, folder 19

Description of project and terms of reference

box 29, folder 20

Drawings and tables

box 29, folder 21

Expense vouchers

box 29, folder 22

Financial plan

box 29, folder 23

Funding agreement

box 29, folder 24

Itinerary and forwarding addresses

box 29, folder 25

Legal documents

box 29, folder 26

Legislative texts and documentation

box 29, folder 27

List of participants

box 29, folder 28

Maps

Memoranda

box 29, folder 29

Undated

box 29, folder 30

1961 December

1964

box 29, folder 31-32

January-August

box 29, folder 33

October-December

1965

box 29, folder 34-36

January-August

box 29, folder 37

December

1966

box 29, folder 38

January

box 29, folder 39

April

box 29, folder 40-41

July-October

box 29, folder 42

December

1967

box 30, folder 1-2

February-May

box 30, folder 3-4

August-November

1968

box 30, folder 5-6

January-July

box 30, folder 7

September

box 30, folder 8

November-December

1969

box 30, folder 9

January

box 30, folder 10-13

April-December

1970

box 30, folder 14

January-February

box 30, folder 15

May

1971

box 30, folder 16

February

box 30, folder 17

April

box 30, folder 18

October-December

1972

box 30, folder 19

April

box 30, folder 20

August

box 30, folder 21

1973 October-November

box 30, folder 22

Messages

Minutes of meetings

box 30, folder 23

General

box 30, folder 24

1958 January

box 30, folder 25

1963 November

box 30, folder 26

1964 April

box 30, folder 27

1965 January

box 30, folder 28

1966 January

box 30, folder 29

1967 April

1968

box 30, folder 30

May

box 30, folder 31

December

1969

box 30, folder 32

January-February

box 30, folder 33-34

April-July

box 30, folder 35

November

box 30, folder 36

1970 November-December

1971

box 30, folder 37

April-June

box 30, folder 38

August

1972

box 30, folder 39

June

box 30, folder 40

August

box 30, folder 41

1973 November-December

Newsletters

box 31, folder 1

Undated

box 31, folder 2-3

1957-1958

box 31, folder 4

1961

box 31, folder 5

1965

box 31, folder 6

1969

Notes

box 31, folder 7-8

Undated

box 31, folder 9

1964-1971

box 31, folder 10

Press releases

box 31, folder 11-13

Printed matter

Projects of the Mekong River Basin

box 31, folder 14

Undated

box 31, folder 15

1963-1968

box 31, folder 16

1969

box 31, folder 17

Proposal

Reports

box 31, folder 18

Undated

box 32, folder 1

1964

box 32, folder 2-4

1968-1970

box 32, folder 5

1972

box 32, folder 6

1974

box 32, folder 7

Schedule

Statements

box 32, folder 8

Undated

box 32, folder 9-10

1957-1958

box 32, folder 11-12

1964-1965

box 32, folder 13-14

1968-1969

Telegrams

box 32, folder 15

Undated

box 32, folder 16-17

1957-1958

box 32, folder 18-24

1963-1969

box 32, folder 25

1971

box 33, folder 1-6

Writings on Mekong River Project by others 1964-1971

Scope and Contents note

Including Kanwar Sain, C. Hart Schaaf, and Virginia Wheeler.

box 33, folder 7

Miscellany

World Bank File 1948-1973

Scope and Contents note

Charts, clippings, comments, correspondence, cost, interview, itinerary, map, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, pamphlets, press releases, printed matter, remarks, reports, schedule, statements, and telegrams relating to the World Bank in general and to Raymond Wheeler's work in Jordan and in India in the settlement of the dispute between India and Pakistan over the use of the Indus River waters as an official of the World Bank, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Also includes records relating to his retirement from the World Bank.

box 34, folder 1

General

box 34, folder 2

Congo file, report 1962

Correspondence

box 34, folder 3

1948-1956

box 34, folder 4

1959-1963

box 34, folder 5

1964-1966

box 34, folder 6-7

1967-1968

box 34, folder 8-9

1969-1971

Indus River Project file

box 34, folder 10

General

box 34, folder 11

Clippings

box 34, folder 12

Comments

Correspondence

box 34, folder 13

1951-1959

box 34, folder 14

1960-1961

box 34, folder 15

1962-1963

box 34, folder 16-19

1964-1967

box 34, folder 20

1968-1969

box 34, folder 21

1971-1973

box 34, folder 22

Cost assessment

box 34, folder 23

Dam sites list

box 34, folder 24-25

Development fund and loan agreements

box 34, folder 26

Drawings and tables

box 35, folder 1

Indus Valley negotiations and settlement plan

box 35, folder 2

Interviews

box 35, folder 3-4

Irrigation, link canals, and remodelling plan

box 35, folder 5

Itinerary

box 35, folder 6

Maps

Memoranda

box 35, folder 7

1952

box 35, folder 8

1959-1960

box 35, folder 9

1961-1963

box 35, folder 10

Minutes of meetings

box 35, folder 11

Notes

box 35, folder 12

Pamphlets

box 35, folder 13

Personnel records

box 35, folder 14

Press releases

box 35, folder 15-16

Printed matter

box 35, folder 17

Remarks

Reports

box 35, folder 18

Undated

box 35, folder 19

1954 May

box 35, folder 20

1957 October

box 35, folder 21-22

1959 May, December

box 35, folder 23

1960 April

box 35, folder 24

1962 July-December

box 35, folder 25

1963 October

box 35, folder 26

Schedules

box 35, folder 27

Statements

box 36, folder 1

Writings by others 1961

box 36, folder 2

Miscellany

box 36, folder 3

Interview as part of Oral History Project with Columbia University 1969

Jordan file

box 36, folder 4

General

box 36, folder 5

Agreements between Jordan and Syria

box 36, folder 6

Clippings

Correspondence

box 36, folder 7

1962

box 36, folder 8

1965

box 36, folder 9

Cost assessment

box 36, folder 10

Maps

box 36, folder 11-12

Memoranda 1961-1962

box 36, folder 13

Minutes of meetings 1962

box 36, folder 14

Notes

box 36, folder 15

Plan of sharing the waters

box 36, folder 16-17

Remarks

Reports

box 36, folder 18

Undated

box 36, folder 19

1955

box 36, folder 20-21

1961-1962

box 36, folder 22

Writings by others 1955

Memoranda

box 36, folder 23

1953-1959

box 36, folder 24

1962

box 36, folder 25

1972

box 36, folder 26

Minutes of meetings 1958

box 36, folder 27

Newsletters

box 36, folder 28

Notes

box 36, folder 29

Organizational chart

box 36, folder 30

Pamphlets

Panama file

box 36, folder 31

Correspondence 1965-1966

box 36, folder 32

Memoranda 1959-1960

box 36, folder 33

Personnel records

Scope and Contents note

Includes Raymond Wheeler's letter of appointment as Engineering Consultant.

box 36, folder 34

Printed matter

box 36, folder 35

Projects description

Retirement records

Correspondence

box 36, folder 36

Undated

box 36, folder 37-38

1963-1964

box 36, folder 39

Telegrams

box 36, folder 40

Service records

box 36, folder 41

Telegrams

box 36, folder 42

Writings by others 1969

United Nations File 1953-1969

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, communications, communique, correspondence, drawings, interview, itinerary, maps, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, organizational chart, pamphlets, press release, printed matter, remarks, reports, schedule, telegrams, and miscellany relating to Raymond Wheeler's work on behalf of the United Nations on the public works construction program and transport system in Congo and his service as head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Also includes the participation of Virginia Wheeler as a representative of the Mekong Committee at the ad hoc Panel of Experts on Legal and Institutional Implications of International Water Resources Development in New York and memoranda sent by Virginia Wheeler as a financial adviser to the United Nations relating to the Congo project. Includes materials in French. See also: World Bank File.

box 37, folder 1

Agreements

Congo file

box 37, folder 2

General

box 37, folder 3

Clippings

box 37, folder 4

Communication facilities

box 37, folder 5

Communique

box 37, folder 6

Contracts

Correspondence

box 37, folder 7

Undated

box 37, folder 8-11

1960 July-November

box 37, folder 12-13

1963 January-September

box 37, folder 14

1964 January-March

box 37, folder 15

Cost assessment

box 37, folder 16

Drawings

box 37, folder 17

Interviews

box 37, folder 18

Itinerary

box 37, folder 19

Maps

Memoranda

box 37, folder 20

Undated

box 37, folder 21-24

1960 July-October

box 37, folder 25

Messages

box 37, folder 26-29

Minutes of meetings 1960 July-October

box 37, folder 30

Notes

box 37, folder 31

Organizational chart

box 37, folder 32

Pamphlets

box 37, folder 33

Personnel records

box 37, folder 34

Press releases

box 37, folder 35

Printed matter

box 37, folder 36

Project description

box 38, folder 1

Radio broadcast

Reports

box 38, folder 2

Undated

box 38, folder 3

1959

box 38, folder 4

1960

box 38, folder 5

1963

box 38, folder 6

Schedule

box 38, folder 7

Security Council resolutions

Telegrams

box 38, folder 8

Undated

box 38, folder 9-12

1960 July-October

box 38, folder 13-14

1963 January-February

box 38, folder 15

Writings by others undated

box 38, folder 16

Miscellany

Correspondence

box 38, folder 17

1960

box 38, folder 18

1965

box 38, folder 19

1967

Palestine file

box 38, folder 20

Clippings

box 38, folder 21

Correspondence 1953 August-December

box 38, folder 22

Editorials commending Raymond Wheeler's appointment

box 38, folder 23

Printed matter

box 38, folder 24

Printed matter

box 38, folder 25

Remarks

box 38, folder 26

Reports

United Nations Seminar on Management of International Water Resources file

box 38, folder 27

General

Correspondence

box 38, folder 28-29

1969-1970

box 38, folder 30-31

1972-1973

box 38, folder 32

Minutes of meetings 1968-1969

box 38, folder 33

Proposal

Reports

box 38, folder 34

Undated

box 38, folder 35

1969

box 38, folder 36

1972

box 39, folder 1

Telegrams

box 39, folder 2

Writings by others 1955-1969

box 39, folder 3

Miscellany

Columbia River Project File 1963-1972

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, correspondence, drawings, graphs, itinerary, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, printed matter, reports, schedule, telegrams, and miscellany relating to Raymond Wheeler's service on a review panel organized by the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority for study of the plans of the Columbia River projects, arranged alphabetically by physical form.

box 39, folder 4

General

box 39, folder 5

Clippings

Correspondence

box 39, folder 6

Undated

1964

box 39, folder 7-8

February-March

box 39, folder 9-16

May-December

box 39, folder 17-28

1965

box 39, folder 29-39

1966 January-November

1967

box 39, folder 40-43

January-April

box 40, folder 1-5

May-September

box 40, folder 6

December

box 40, folder 7-18

1968

1969

box 40, folder 19-26

January-August

box 40, folder 27-29

October-December

1970

box 40, folder 30-34

January-May

box 40, folder 35-37

July-September

box 40, folder 38-39

November-December

1971

box 40, folder 40-47

January-August

box 40, folder 48

October

1972

box 41, folder 1

April

box 41, folder 2

July

box 41, folder 3

Cost

box 41, folder 4

Drawings

box 41, folder 5

Field logs

box 41, folder 6

Graphs

box 41, folder 7

Itinerary

Memoranda

box 41, folder 8-9

1964 July-August

box 41, folder 10

1966 December

box 41, folder 11

1968 October

1969

box 41, folder 12

February

box 41, folder 13

April

box 41, folder 14

October

Minutes of meetings

box 41, folder 15

Undated

box 41, folder 16

1963 May

1964

box 41, folder 17

July-September

box 41, folder 18

November

1965

box 41, folder 19

January

box 41, folder 20

December

box 41, folder 21

1966 May

1967

box 41, folder 22

February

box 41, folder 23-24

July-August

1968

box 41, folder 25

February

box 41, folder 26

May

box 41, folder 27

July

box 41, folder 28

December

box 41, folder 29

Notes

box 41, folder 30

Printed matter

Reports

box 41, folder 31

Undated

box 41, folder 32-35

1968-1971

box 42, folder 1

Schedule

Telegrams

box 42, folder 2

Undated

box 42, folder 3

1964-1965

box 42, folder 4

1968-1969

box 42, folder 5

1971

box 42, folder 6

Writings by others 1971

box 42, folder 7

Miscellany

Subject File 1954-1985

Scope and Contents note

Agreement, brochures, bulletins, charts, clippings, comments, correspondence, maps, minutes of meetings, memoranda, newsletters, notes, pamphlets, printed matter, remarks, reports, telegram, and miscellany, arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 42, folder 8-9

Afghanistan

box 42, folder 10-13

Africa

box 42, folder 14-21

American Institute of Consulting Engineers

box 42, folder 22-28

Burma

box 42, folder 29

China

box 42, folder 30-35

Engineering research

box 42, folder 36

Environment

box 42, folder 37

Greece

box 42, folder 38-42

India

box 42, folder 43

Japan

box 42, folder 44-46

Latin America

box 42, folder 47-50

Middle East

box 43, folder 1-24

Middle East

box 43, folder 25-29

Pakistan

box 43, folder 30

Philippines

box 43, folder 31

Russia

box 44, folder 1-18

Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)

box 44, folder 19-21

The Beavers

Scope and Contents note

A society of the heavy construction industry of the West Coast of the United States.

box 44, folder 22-25

The Moles

Scope and Contents note

A society of the heavy construction industry of the East Coast of the United States.

box 44, folder 26-32

Tuchman, Barbara

box 44, folder 33-34

United Kingdom

box 44, folder 35-39

Urban development

box 45, folder 1-19

Vanderbilt University

box 45, folder 20

Virginia

box 45, folder 21-31

Water resources

box 45, folder 32-39

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Oversize Material 1917-1967

Scope and Contents note

Certificates and scrapbooks relating to Raymond Wheeler's service in the United States Army, the surrender of Singapore, and sketch, general plan, and reproductions of photographs of the Suez Canal. Also included is a certificate of Raymond Wheeler's membership in the Order of Bearers of the Master Key to the Panama Canal.

Certificates 1917-1959

box 46, folder 1

Certificates for temporary appointments as Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the Corps of Engineers, United States Army 1917-1918

box 46, folder 1

Certificate for membership in The Esteemed Order of Bearers of the Master Key to the Panama Canal 1959

box 46, folder 2

Printed matter, Phoenix, 1945 February 24

Scrapbooks 1941-1946

box 47

Commanding General, India Burma Theatre 1942-1945

box 48

Commanding General, India Burma Theatre (continued)

box 49

Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, India Burma Theater 1942-1945

box 50

Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, India Burma Theater (continued)

box 51

Singapore surrender 1945 September 10

box 46, folder 3-4

United States Army 1941

Scope and Contents note

Includes loose photographs.

Suez Canal

box 46, folder 5

Diagrammatic sketch indicating obstructions in Suez Canal 1956 December 31

box 46, folder 6

General plan of the Suez Canal and reproductions of photographs of the Suez Canal 1957, undated

Memorabilia 1911 1959 undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes armband representing Wheeler's year of graduation from West Point, pennant, button from Rotary International, and the Master Key to the Panama Canal.

box 46, folder 7

Armband undated

box 46, folder 7

Button, Rotary International undated

box 46, folder 7

Pennant 1911

box 46, folder 7

Master Key to the Panama Canal 1959

film shelf

Motion Picture Film Reels 1956-1957

Scope and Contents note

5 films relating to Wheeler's review of Engineer Center troops, his trip to Brazil, his visit to Florida with his family, a construction project in Peoria, Illinois, and his work in Suez Canal operations.

reel 1

"General Wheeler Reviews Engineer Center Troops - Army Trains Engineers for the Air Forces," 16mm, color reversal Kodachrome, silent undated

reel 2

"Modern Brazil, A Great Story of Service and Progress," 16mm, sound undated

reel 3

"Olive, Peggy in Florida," 16mm, color, silent undated

reel 4

Operation Earthmover for Exposition Gardens, under personal direction of Lt. General Raymond A. Wheeler, Chief Engineer, United States Army, Peoria, Illinois, 16mm, color 1948 April 24-25

reel 5

Suez Canal Clearance - United Nations Review, commentator Charles Lynch, produced by United Nations Television for Canadian Broadcasting Television, 16mm, black and white, sound undated

tape cabinet

Sound Recordings 1965-1970

Scope and Contents note

6 sound tape reels relating to reunions of the Fourth Engineers, United States Army, Oakland, California, including 1 tape of an interview and meeting with Raymond and Virginia Wheeler at the San Francisco airport.

tape 1

Interview and meeting with Raymond and Virginia Wheeler at the San Francisco airport, California 1965

tape 2

Fourth Engineers' Association of California reunion, Villa Peluso, Oakland, California 1966 May 14

tape 3

Tape taken from one recorded on at Fourth Engineers' Reunion, Oakland, California 1967 June 3

tape 4

Ellis to Wheelers 1968 August 2

tape 5

Fourth Engineers' reunion 1969 July 16-18

tape 6

Fourth Engineers' reunion, Oakland, California 1970 July 23-24

Photographs 1899-1967

Scope and Contents note

730 prints and 6 albums depicting Raymond Wheeler with his family and others, including Paul Bourtieres, Dag Hammarskjold, Kamel Hamza, Lord Mountbatten, Gamal Abdul Nasser, P. S. Narayan Prasad, Kanwar Sain, and Albert Schaff, and his years of association with the United States Army, the building of the Ledo Road, his work at the Mekong River Basin and in the clearance of the Suez Canal, and his visit to the Congo, India, and Pakistan.

envelope A

37 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and his family, including 5 prints of Virginia Wheeler; 1 print of Olive Wheeler; 2 prints of the Wheeler house in Honolulu; 2 prints of sketches of Raymond Wheeler; and 1 print of the Avery Company building where Raymond Wheeler worked for four years between graduation from high school and appointment to West Point 1899-1963

envelope B-C

51 prints of Raymond Wheeler in army uniform with others, including 1 print of Company of Engineers; 1 print of flags presented by or for Raymond Wheeler and others; and 2 prints of his official oil printing as Chief of Engineers undated

envelope D

3 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and others during their visit to the Rock Island Engineer District, Rock Island, Illinois; 1 print of clock tower building; and 1 print of Raymond Wheeler at his desk in the Engineers office 1934-1936

envelope E

14 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and others; 1 print of Raymond Wheeler as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of Southeast Asia Command; 1 print of Camp Crowder, Missouri; and 1 print of soldiers in special drill demonstration for members of Congress at Fort Belvoir, Virginia 1941-1944

envelope F

6 prints depicting the building of the Ledo Road, starting from Ledo in Assam, India, going southward eventually to join with the old Burma Road 1944

envelope G

31 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and others, including 1 print of Lt. General Wheeler in his Deputy Supreme Allied Commander's office; 1 print depicting him inspecting forward installations in Burma and the fronts; 1 print of his daughter, Margaret Wheeler; and 4 prints of Raymond Wheeler with Lord Mountbatten 1945-1946

envelope H

27 prints of Raymond Wheeler with others, including 3 prints of army map service; 6 prints of West Point 1911 Class Reunion; 2 prints of United States Army dinner, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; 2 prints of Castle Ball, depicting Virginia Wheeler; 3 prints of Raymond Wheeler with Tom Meredith on the occasion of his retirement; and 8 prints of United States Fourth Engineers' Reunion 1948-1973

envelope I

19 prints depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler on the occasion of the presentation of an award by the Government of Laos 1965

envelope J

18 prints including 12 depicting Raymond Wheeler in a social setting with his daughter, Margaret Wheeler, receiving Hoover Medal; 1 print of Raymond Wheeler and others on the occasion of the presentation of the Degree of Grand Officer by the Ambassador of Netherlands; and 5 prints depicting the award of the Wheeler Medal 1949-1970

envelope K

86 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler with others involved in the Mekong River Basin Project, including Paul Bourtieres of France, P. S. Narayan Prasad, Kanwar Sain, and Virginia Wheeler 1957-1968

envelope L-Q

187 prints of Raymond Wheeler and others, including N. D. Gulhati, Alfred Katzin, Dag Hammarskjold and Kamel Hamza, involved in the United Nations Suez Canal Operations 1956-1957

Scope and Contents note

Also includes prints depicting Port Said Harbor and Lambert Brothers building, headquarters, United Nations Suez Clearance group; and the equipment used in the operations.

envelope R

24 prints of salvage operations in the Suez Canal 1956-1957

envelope S

69 prints depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler with others involved in the United Nations operations in Congo; and 1 print of an upstream trip aboard the Mississippi 1960-1972

envelope T

28 prints including 8 prints of Bill Arthur, his son, home at Wind River, Wyoming, and log chapel, Windriver Indian Preservation and Mirror Lake at British Columbia; 1 print of Coca Lake, Ethiopia; 8 prints of the San Francisco, California, home of Nick and Gertha Nichols; 2 prints of J. Holger Graffman and his family; 1 print of Donala Salman with his family; 1 print of Albert Schaff; 1 print of Raymond and Virginia Wheeler with Mrs. Aladin Fateen; and 7 prints of Raymond Wheeler's passport photos 1915-1972, undated

envelope U

30 prints including 22 depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler and others, including Kanwar Sain, Hart Schaaf and B. Binson during a trip to Tokyo; 1 print of Abu Simel; 1 print of Raymond Wheeler and other Directors of the Panama Canal Company; 2 prints of Raymond Wheeler and others at the site of Fondulac Dam, Peoria, Illinois; and 4 laminated prints of heavy machinery parts produced by Flexi-Versal Corporation 1967, undated

envelope V

12 prints including 3 prints of Mica Dam and Duncan Lake Storage Development, Columbia River Project, British Columbia; 5 prints of Raymond Wheeler with others, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, during Raymond Wheeler's visit to India; and 4 prints of his trip to Pakistan on discussions about the Indus River Project 1950-1955, 1962-1967

envelope mW

25 prints including 11 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler and others at Naknex, Alaska, including 1 print of Mount McKinley, and 4 prints of airstrip, float planes, and recreation camp at Naknex, landing mat at Cape Barrow; 11 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler's visit to Brazil; 1 print depicting Raymond Wheeler and others at his retirement dinner at the World Bank; 1 print of Raymond Wheeler at his desk at the World Bank; and 1 print of a desk presented to him on behalf of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation 1948-1949, 1964

envelope X-Y

63 prints depicting Raymond Wheeler with other unidentified individuals undated

envelope Z

39 print negatives undated

album fAA-fBB

3 albums of Suez Canal operations depicting Raymond Wheeler and others involved in the project and the equipment used circa 1957

album fCC

1 album depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler during their visit to Tarbela Dam, West Pakistan; one album depicting Raymond and Virginia Wheeler and others during their visit to West Pakistan; one album of other individuals, including Sidney Dean, Lou Heinrichs, Chris Johnson and Carl Jones, on the occasion of the Fourth Engineers' Association reunion in Oakland, California 1961-1963, 1969

Declassified U.S. Government Records 1951-1970

Scope and Contents note

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Includes some interfiled, unclassified government records. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder chronologically by date of creation.

box 52, folder 1-5

2015 May release of records 1951-1969

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, telegrams (with an accompanying index), memoranda, reports, and meeting minutes that largely pertain to the activities of the United Nations and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). They provide details of Wheeler's professional involvement with various projects internationally, including the Suez Canal and the Mekong River Basin, among others.

box 52, folder 6

2016 February release of records 1970

Scope and Contents note

Letter from Brigadier General Edwin F. Black to General Wheeler relating to a proposal for a "major post-war program of regional development in Southeast Asia " and enclosing a memorandum on the subject of creating a Southeast Asia Regional Development Engineering Agency.