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Isaac W. Carpenter Papers

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Carpenter, Isaac W., 1893-1983.

Isaac W. Carpenter served as assistant secretary and controller for the Department of State from 1954 to 1957.

Consists of seventeen notebooks containing a summary record of Carpenter's term in office as assistant secretary and controller for the Department of State from 1954 to 1957. Included are notes, correspondence, transcripts of conversations, schedules, reports, speeches, diaries, a few photographs, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter primarily relating to budgetary and fiscal controls, personnel administration, and the operations of the Foreign Service, with files on two trips to Europe and the Middle East (1954 and 1955).

Publisher
Public Policy Papers
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.

Collection Inventory

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

A "Special Record" of his Term in Office as Assistant Secretary of State including reports, notes, correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc. in loose-leaf notebooks with the following dates:

Physical Description

2 boxes

1. Special Record, 1954 April 23 - 1954 December 31. 1 box.
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1 box

2. Special Record, 1955 January 1 - 1955 March 31. 1 box.
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1 box

3. Special Record, 1955 April 1 - 1955 July 31. 1 box.
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1 box

4. Special Record, 1955 August 1 - 1955 October 31. 1 box.
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1 box

5. Special Record, 1955 November 1 - 1956 April 4. 1 box.
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1 box

6. Special Record, 1956 April 5 - 1956 July 5. 1 box.
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1 box

7. Special Record, 1956 July 6 - 1956 November 1. 1 box.
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1 box

8. Special Record, 1956 November 1 - 1957 January 31. 1 box.
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1 box

9. Special Record, 1957 February 1 - 1957 May 6. 1 box.
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1 box

10. Special Record, 1957 May 7 - 1957 July 7. 1 box.
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1 box

11. Special Record, 1957 July 8 - 1957 November 1. 1 box.
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1 box

12. Special Record, 1957 November 2 - 1957 December 13. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Includes related papers to 1961.

Physical Description

1 box

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

In a single loose-leaf notebook.

Physical Description

1 box

"Highlights of Recent Actions Taken by the Department of State to Improve Foreign Service Administration (June 1954 to date)", 1954 - 1957. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box

Arrangement

No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.

Scope and Contents

"Briefing Books" in the following loose-leaf notebooks:

Physical Description

1 box

1. "Briefing Book" regarding Department of State Organization, Personnel, Regulations, Pending Personnel Actions, etc, 1954-1955. 1 box.
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1 box

2. "Briefing Book" relating to the Overseas Trip of Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Personnel and Administration "to become familiar with the problems of the Foreign Service", 1954 August. 1 box.
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1 box

3. "Briefing Book" relating to the Overseas Trip of State, Justice and Judicial Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committe, 1955 August. 1 box.
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1 box

4. "Briefing Book" relating to the Overseas Trip of State, Justice and Judicial Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committe, 1955 August. 1 box.
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1 box

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