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Lauchlin Bernard Currie Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2779n58h Online items available Register of the Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 1999 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Lauchlin Bernard 80013 1 Currie papers Title: Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers Date (inclusive): 1941-1993 Collection Number: 80013 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope(2.0 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, and summaries of interviews relating to American aid to China during World War II, conditions in China, and military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. Creator: Currie, Lauchlin Bernard Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Lauchlin Bernard Currie papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Alternate Forms Available Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 1902 Born, Nova Scotia, Canada October 8 1925 B.S., London University 1931 Ph.D., Harvard University 1929-1934 Instructor, Harvard University 1932-1934 Professor, Fletcher Graduate School 1934 Economist, U.S. Treasury 1934 Author, The Supply and Control of Money 1935-1939 Asst. Director Research, Federal Reserve Board 1939-1945 Administrative Assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940-1941 Director, Lend-Lease for China 1942 Personal Representative of President Roosevelt to China 1943-1944 Deputy Director, Foreign Economic Administration 1945-1949 President, Lauchlin Currie and Company, New York 1949-1950 Director, International Bank Mission to Colombia 1950-1951 Adviser and Director, Comite de Desarrollo Economico, Colombia 1951-1953 Adviser, Colombian Planning Committee, 1951-1953 1953-1959 In retirement 1959 Director, Robert Nathan Magadalena Valley Study 1961-1967 Director, Fundación para el Progreso de Colómbia 1965 Editor and co-author, Una Política Urbana para un País en Desarrollo 1965 Author, Plan Socio-Económico para el Atlantico 1965 Professor of Economics, National University of Colombia 1965 Visiting Professor, Michigan State University 1966 Author, Accelerating Development 1966 Royer Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley 1966-1967 Director and Professor, Department of Economics, National University, Colombia 1966-1967 Director, Center of Development Research, National University, Colombia 1967 Co-author, Governmental Planning and Political Economy 1967-1968 Visiting Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada 1968 Author, Obstacles to Development 1968-1969 Visiting Professor, Glasgow University 1969-1971 Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada 1971-1976 Adviser, National Planning Agency, Colombia Register of the Lauchlin Bernard 80013 2 Currie papers 1972-1974 Member, Board of Savings and Housing, Colombia 1974 Author, Ahorro, Correccion Monetaria y Construccion 1974-1976 Consultant to the United Nations on Urban Matters 1976 Author, Taming the Megalopolis: A Design for Urban Growth 1976- Member of Board of Directors, Instituto de Estudios Colombianos Subjects and Indexing Terms China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949 World War, 1939-1945 -- China China -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Foreign relations -- China Lend-lease operations (1941-1945) Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Correspondence 1941-1950 Scope and Contents note Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. box 1 Bond, W. L. 1941 Brainard, Rear Admiral Roland M. 1941 Carpenter, S.R. 1941 Chang, Carsun 1941 Chennault, General Claire L., (code name - Groco) 1941-1942 Chiang Kai-shek 1941 Chiang Kai-shek, Mme. 1941-1943 Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Kai-shek, Mme., (code name - Segac) 1941-1942 Chien, C. C. 1941 Chih Tsang 1942 Churchill, Winston 1942 Davies, John Paton 1942 Donovan, William J. 1942 Eccles, Marriner S. 1941 Fortas, Abe 1950 Greene, Robert S. 1941-1943 Holbrook, Major Lucius R. 1942-1943 Hopkins, Harry 1941-1943 Howe, C. D. 1941 Keating, John G. 1941 Kung, H. H. 1941-1944 Li Ming 1945 Little, L. K. 1943-1945 Liu Chieh 1942 Luce, Henry R. 1942 McCammon, Colonel J. E. 1942 McHugh, Colonel J. M. 1941-1945 Magruder, Brigadier General John 1942 Marshall, General George C. 1942 Messersmith, George S. 1941 Meyberg, Manfred 1942 Morganthau, Henry, Jr. 1942-1943 People's Political Council 1941 Price, Frank W. 1941-1942 Roosevelt, Eleanor 1943 Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1941-1942 Sayre, Francis B. 1941 Register of the Lauchlin Bernard 80013 3 Currie papers Correspondence 1941-1950 Smith, General Walter Bedell 1942 Soong, T. V. 1941-1942 Stilwell, General Joseph 1942 Stimson, Henry L. 1942 Thompson, Malvina 1942 Tong, Hollington 1941-1945 Tully, Grace 1942-1943 Vincent, John Carter 1941-1943 Walsh, R. J. 1942 Wang Shih-chieh 1941 Wei Tao-ming 1945 Welles, Sumner 1941-1943 Wheeler, General R. A. 1941-1943 Wong Wen-hao 1941-1976 Subject File 1940-1976 Scope and Contents note Memoranda, reports correspondence, notes, and printed material, arranged alphabetically by subject. box 2 American Volunteer Group (AVG) Correspondence and memoranda 1940 January - 1941 April 1941 May-September 1941 October 1941 November 1941 December 1942 January-March 1942 April-May 1942 June-July 1942 1942 September - 1943 September Reports "History and Status of the First American Volunteer Group," Toungoo, Burma 1941 October 19 "Notes on Strategic Possibilities of A Small American Air Force in China" Burma Burma Road Correspondence and memoranda 1941 August - 1942 January Reports "Present Trucking Operations as Conducted on the Burma Road and Recommendations for Their Improvement," by Daniel G. Arnstein, Harold C. Davis, and Marco F. Hellman 1941 August 9 "Some Observations and Impressions on the Yunnan-Burma Transportation Situation," undated Yui Fei-pang, Chairman of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, Report 1 and Report 2 1941 June 16, June 17 box 3 Canada - Foreign relations Chang Kia-ngau - Notes on conference 1941 February 21 Chen Pao-chuang - Notes on conference 1941 February 14 Chennault, General Claire L. - Memoranda 1942 August Chiang Kai-shek Biographical notes Correspondence Churchill, Winston 1941 Lo Ying-ching 1942 Roosevelt, President Franklin D. 1941-1942 Soong, T. V. 1941-1942 Stilwell, General Joseph 1942 Memoranda Register of the Lauchlin Bernard 80013 4 Currie papers Subject File 1940-1976 To Lauchlin Currie (2) 1941 February 26 and undated To Franklin Roosevelt (2) 1942 July 30, August 6 Report by Lauchlin Currie for Chiang Kai-shek Speeches and writings China's Destiny Summary translation Comments on the book by two American observers in China "Impressions of My Visit to India and Observations on the War Situation in the Pacific," address delivered at memorial service 1942 March 9 Speech to Kuomintang leaders 1941 March 24 Chiang Kai-shek, Mme. Ch'ien, T. S., excerpt from letter 1941 August China Communists Economic conditions General Banknotes Correspondence 1941-1942 Currency Exchange Gold Loans Rural economy State monopolies Trade Labor Military Politics and government box 4 Chinese Exclusion Act Chinese Flying Cadets - Training in U.S. Chinese Industrial Cooperatives Chou En-lai (see Currie, Lauchlin - First Trip to China, - Chiang Kai-shek - Interviews) 1941 February Clark-Kerr, Sir Archibald - Notes on conference 1941 February 8 Cooper, Meriam - Notes on conversation 1942 December 29 Currie, Lauchlin First trip to China 1941 February Awards - Decoration of the Order of Ching Hsin 1947 February 19 Expense report Interviews with Chiang Kai-shek, and compiled notes on interviews, (latter includes notes on interview with Chou En-lai) 1941 Notes Plans and letters of introduction Press clippings Report by American Ambassador Nelson Johnson 1941 March 3 Report by Lauchlin Currie to President Roosevelt 1941 March 15 Second trip to China 1942 July - August Conference notes Interviews with Chiang Kai-shek 1942 Miscellaneous Notes Plans Press clippings Report by Lauchlin Currie to President Roosevelt 1942 August 24 Travel arrangements and expense Davies, John Paton - "The China-Burma-India Theater - a Reappraisal," 1942 July 31 Eisenhower, President Dwight D. - Memoranda, copy of letter 1942 Register of the Lauchlin Bernard 80013 5 Currie papers Subject File 1940-1976 box 5 Fairbank, John K. - Memorandum on Air Program for China, (attached note by Lauchlin Currie 1942), memoranda 1944 Flying Tigers (see American Volunteer Group) Freeman, Fulton? - Conference on situation in China 1941 February Ho Ying-chin - Conference 1941 February 17 Hopkins, Harry - Memoranda 1941 August-September Hsu Yung-chang - Notes on conversation 1941 February 20 Hull, Cordell - Notes and memoranda 1941 April-May, 1942 September International business enterprises 1944 January Jones, Joseph - Memoranda 1941 April-May Koo, Y. C. - Notes on conference 1941 February 13 Kung, H. H. - Notes on conference, letter from Henry Luce, letter to Franklin Roosevelt 1941-1942, 1944 Lattimore, Owen (code name - Omita)
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