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Clarence B. Randall Papers
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Clarence Randall held numerous government posts as chairman of the Commission on Foreign Economic Policy (1953-1954) and the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (1956-1961), as special consultant and special assistant to Eisenhower on foreign economic policy (1954-1961), special emissary to Turkey (1956) and Ghana (1961), and as chairman of the Dept. of State's Advisory Committee on International Business Problems (1963-1967); in this last post he made several trips to South Africa. Also included is material relating to his positions as a steel consultant for the Economic Cooperation Administration (1948-1950).
1948-1950 Steel Consultant, Economic Cooperation Administration (E.C.A.) 1953 Participant, Foreign Operations Administration (F.O.A.) and Chairman, Private Investment Mission to Turkey 1953-1954 Chairman, Commission on Foreign Economic Policy 1954-1956 Special Consultant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Foreign Economic Policy 1956 Representative of the United States, Special Economic Mission to Turkey at the request of George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury, and Herbert Hoover, Jr., Under Secretary of State 1956-1961 Chairman, Council on Foreign Economic Policy (C.F.E.P.) 1956-1961 Special assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Foreign Economic Policy 1961 Special Emissary of President John F. Kennedy to Ghana in connection with the Volta River Project 1962 Member, Presidential Panel to Review Federal Pay Schedules 1963 Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award Presented to Clarence B. Randall by President Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1967 Chairman, Advisory Committee on International Business Problems, State Department
Consists of 78 bound volumes containing Randall's journals, articles, and speeches concerning his relationships with Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson, and his government posts as chairman of the Commission on Foreign Economic Policy (1953-1954) and the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (1956-1961), as special consultant and special assistant to Eisenhower on foreign economic policy (1954-1961), special emissary to Turkey (1956) and Ghana (1961), and as chairman of the Dept. of State's Advisory Committee on International Business Problems (1963-1967); in this last post he made several trips to South Africa. Also included is material relating to his positions as a steel consultant for the Economic Cooperation Administration (1948-1950).
Gift of Mary R. Gilkey and Miranda Hunter, Clarence Randall's daughters, in May 1983.
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Subject
- Economic policy -- 20th century
- International economic relations -- 20th century
- Economists -- United States -- 20th century
Place
- Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 1957-1979.
- South Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1961-
- Turkey -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1960.
- United States -- Commercial policy -- 20th century.
- United States -- Economic policy -- 20th century.
- Volta River Watershed (Ghana)
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- Public Policy Papers
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
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Collection Inventory
Series 1: Journals of Clarence B. Randall on Foreign Economic Policy includes Randall's journals written between 1948 and 1960 during his tenure as a consultant, as Chairman of the Commission on Foreign Economic Policy, Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, and as Special Consultant to President Eisenhower.
The journals in this series are arranged in chronological order.
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(including Zurich, Vienna, London, Geneva, Stuttgart, Paris, etc.)
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(including Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Pakistan)
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Series 2: Journals of Clarence B. Randall includes Randall's journals written between 1961 and 1967 during his time as consultant to Eisenhower and Nixon, Special Emissary to Ghana for John F. Kennedy, member of the Presidential Panel to review Federal pay schedules, a guest of the South Africa Foundation, and as Chairman, Advisory Committee on International Business Problems, State Department.
The journals in this series are arranged in chronological order.
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(including a visit to Ghana after a briefing by the State Department)
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Includes an account of the presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Clarence B. Randall by President Lyndon B. Johnson, December 6 1963.
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Series 3: Articles and Speeches by Clarence B. Randall includes two volumes of Randall's speeches given between 1932 and 1955 and a report on the economic aspects of internation travel.
The materials in this series are arranged in chronological order.
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Series 4: Books By Clarence B. Randall includes published copies of Randall's books written between 1938 and 1967. It also includes a small amount of communication between Randall and John Foster Dulles regarding economic integration with Canada.
The books in this series are in one box and are in chronological order.
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