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Library » Harry B. Price Papers


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Harry B. Price Papers

The Harry Bayard Price Papers include correspondence, interviews, memoranda, press releases, and reports of people who were directly connected with the Marshal Plan in preparation for Price’s writing of The Marshall Plan and Its Meaning. This material spans the dates 1951-1955. The collection also contains a typed draft of Price’s manuscript, charts, records, and other printed material related to the book.

The correspondence portion deals with comments, criticisms, and notes concerning Price’s rough draft. Of special interest are the correspondence of Dean Acheson, Erik Brofoss, Harlan Cleveland, Brice M. Mace, Jr., Peter Odegard, Henry Tasca, and GCM. Additionally, there is a good bibliography on the ECA.

The second portion of the collection contains interviews conducted with persons both in the U.S. and in Europe concerning the Marshall Plan and its implementation. Of special interest here are the interviews with Harlan Cleveland, Richard Bissell, W. Averell Harriman, Samuel Van Hyning, Dean Acheson, Paul Hoffman, and GCM.

The third portion of the collection contains miscellaneous items, including a typed final draft of the Price book, a chronology of the ECA project, telephone directories, and economic charts used by Price.

Interview with Charles E. Bohlen
Interview with George F. Kennan – February 19, 1953
Interview with Lucius D. Clay
Interview with Paul G. Hoffman
Interview with Richard M. Bissell Jr.
Interview with Secretary of State Dean Acheson – October 20, 1953
Interview with W. Averell Harriman

Collection Formats:

Selected Works of General John W. Vessey, Jr., 22 June 1982-30 September 1985

Vessey Selected Works (pdf) This presents material drawn from the public record of General John W. Vessey’s service—22 June 1982 through 30 September 1985—as the Tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Arranged in chronological order, the material is drawn from his speeches, Congressional testimony, published articles, selected correspondence and interviews. It reflects General […]


Gleason and Margaret Wilson Collection

Gleason and Margaret Wilson Biography (pdf) A short biographical summary of the World War II experiences of Gleason and Margaret Wilson. Archival research and exhibit (on display from June 2018 until January 2019) by Marshall Museum Summer 2018 intern Leah Ingle, a graduate student in History at Liberty University.


Glossary of Terms Used in the ECA

The following pages contain a list of the technical terms used most frequently in Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) operations.


Photograph of a young Vietnamese Boy, 1968
Collection: C.W. Bowman Collection

Sometime in 1968, C. W. Bowman took care of a young Vietnamese boy. He picked him up off the streets in Saigon during the Tet offensive (January-September of 1968). The boy’s family had been killed and he was living on the street. Charles Bowman bought him a uniform and fed him at the Company area.


FRA-00996, Tourism
Call Number: FRA-00996 Collection: National Archives Marshall Plan Photographs

Scene along country road in northern France.

Photographs


FRA-00998, Wheat
Call Number: FRA-00998 Collection: National Archives Marshall Plan Photographs

A wheat field in France.

Photographs


FRA-00997, Manufacturing in northern France., October 2, 1948
Call Number: FRA-00997 Collection: National Archives Marshall Plan Photographs

Factory under construction in northern France.

Photographs


FRA-00995, Wheat
Call Number: FRA-00995 Collection: National Archives Marshall Plan Photographs

Wheat field in France.

Photographs


FRA-00993, Agriculture/Wheat
Call Number: FRA-00993 Collection: National Archives Marshall Plan Photographs

Wheat field in northern France. In the background, coal mine and huge slag heap.

Photographs


FRA-00994, Coal
Call Number: FRA-00994 Collection: National Archives Marshall Plan Photographs

Full coal cars in northern French coal mine.

Photographs


Collection Number: 12 UL
Date: 1951 - 1955
Collection Size: 2.5 lf
 
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