Lester Knox Little papers, 1932-1964

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Lester Knox Little papers, 1932-1964

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612368216

The bulk of the collection is correpondence, both official and personal, pertaining to Little's service as inspector general of the Chinese Customs Service in the pre-revolutionary China of the 1940s. Official correspondence is with foreign embassies, naval and military authorities, Chinese and foreign officials, and U.S. embassy staff. Also contains papers relating to his mission to the League of Nations as Commissioner on Special Duty with the Chinese Delegation, 1932, concerning the Japanese seizure of customs houses in Manchuria; correspondence and reports, 1950-1951, on the customs service in Japan and the Philippines; correspondence, 1951-1952, relating to the Advisory Committee on Undeveloped Areas; correspondence, 1954, with the Chinese Inspectorate of Customs in Taiwan; and miscellaneous professional correspondence, 1953-1964.

1 box and 18 v. (2.5 linear ft.)

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Advisory Committee on Undeveloped Areas.

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Little, Lester Knox, 1892-1981.

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Little (1892-1981) graduated from Dartmouth College in 1914 and later became the last foreign head of the Chinese Customs Service. He was in mainland China from the early 1940s until shortly after the revolution, then had various assignments in the Far East until 1954. From the description of Lester Knox Little papers, 1932-1964 (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612368216 From the guide to the Lester Knox Little papers, 1932-1964., (Houghton Library, Harvard College ...

United States. Foreign Service

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Denby was a counselor of the American legation in Vienna. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1949. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864674 ...