Lincoln, Francis F. Papers

Dates: 1933-1967

Member, American Mission to Greece, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1947-1950; Economist, Department of State, 1950-1960

The papers of Francis Lincoln consist of correspondence, diaries, memoranda, newspaper clippings, press releases, reports, memorabilia, and other items primarily relating to Greek economic issues and their relationship with the United States.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 5 linear feet, 8 linear inches (about 10,500 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. government the copyrights in this material and in any other material received by the U.S. government and maintained in a depository administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Erwin J. Mueller (1976); David Clark (2011); Tammy K. Williams (2023).


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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Francis F. Lincoln was born on March 29, 1890. In 1910, he graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics. In 1913, he married his first wife, Charlotte Treadwell. Beginning in 1935, he worked for William O. Douglas with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In 1944, he transferred to the Department of State to work on fiscal and monetary issues in Italy and Greece that the United States expected to come about following the end of World War II. In September 1947, he traveled to Greece as part of the delegation for the American Mission for Aid to Greece. The economic portion of that project was eventually transferred to the Economic Cooperation Administration, which administered the Marshall Plan. He returned to the United States in 1950, and worked on Greek, Turkish, and Iranian economic affairs in the Department of State’s Near East Division. He also participated in talks for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade throughout the 1950s. In 1955, Charlotte died. In 1957, Francis Lincoln married his second wife, Katherine Fite, who also worked at the State Department. He retired from the State Department in 1962.On August 5, 1968, Francis Lincoln died in Washington, D. C.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Francis Lincoln Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, memoranda, newspaper clippings, press releases, reports, memorabilia, and other items primarily relating to Greek economic issues and their relationship with the United States. It is arranged into two series.

The first series, the Subject File, contains correspondence, diaries, memoranda, newspaper clippings, press releases, reports, memorabilia, and other items. Much of this material pertains to internal conditions in Greece, where Lincoln spent over a year working on an aid program to help that country overcome the devastation of World War II. Some of the material in this series is printed in Greek. The series includes Mr. Lincoln’s diaries, which not only document his time in Greece but also his earlier work with William O. Douglas at the Securities and Exchange Commission. The series also includes personal correspondence written by Lincoln to his first wife and children while he worked in Greece.

The second series is the Publications and Reports File. This series contains correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other materials relating primarily to financial and monetary affairs in Greece, but also to other countries in the Near East region. Much of this material concerns the use in Greece of foreign aid from the United States and other countries. A small amount of this material, mostly newspaper clippings, is printed in Greek.

Related collections at the Truman Library include the papers of Harry S. Truman (the Official File and President’s Secretary’s Files), John O. Coppock, Dwight Griwold, Harry N. Howard, Joseph M. Jones, Paul A. Porter, Paul R. Porter, Marvin Sorkin, and James Warren. The Library also has the papers of Lincoln’s second wife, Katherine Fite Lincoln.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

  

Series

1-5

   SUBJECT FILE, 1933-1967
Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, newspaper clippings, press releases, reports, memorabilia, and other items relating to domestic and foreign issues in relation to the United States. Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

6-13

   PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS FILE, 1944-1967
Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other materials relating to domestic and foreign issues in relation to the United States. Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

Box 1

SUBJECT FILE, 1933-1967

  • American Farm School
  • Book Reviews
  • Bulletins and Press Releases [1 of 2]
  • Bulletins and Press Releases [2 of 2]
  • Cross References
  • Daily Press Review, United States Information Service
  • Diary, 1933-1934
  • Diary, 1934-1935
  • Diary, 1947
  • Diary, 1950-1957

Box 2

  • Greece – Agriculture
  • Greece - Archeological
  • Greece - British Aid
  • Greece - Defense Aid
  • Greece - Economic Problems
  • Greece - Foreign Trade Administration
  • Greece - Gold and the Economy
  • Greece - Internal Conditions, 1945-1946
  • Greece - Internal Conditions, 1947-1948
  • Greece - Internal Conditions, 1949
  • Greece - Internal Conditions, 1950-1951
  • Greece - Internal Conditions, 1951-1952

Box 3

  • Greece - Internal Conditions, 1953-1954
  • Greece - Internal Conditions, 1958-1960
  • Greece - Local Government
  • Greece - Memoranda Concerning
  • Greece - National Accounts
  • Greece - Olive Oil
  • Greece - Public Administration
  • Greece - Refugee Problem
  • Greece - Shipping
  • Greece - Tobacco
  • Greece - Truman Doctrine
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - India and Pakistan
  • Mediterranean Development Project
  • Memorabilia and Other Items
  • Memorandum from Clayton Lane with Thesis, "The Remnants of the Feudal System in Palestine, Syria, and the Lebanon"

Box 4

  • New United States Economic Foreign Policy - Proposed
  • Notes [1 of 5]
  • Notes [2 of 5]
  • Notes [3 of 5]
  • Notes [4 of 5]
  • Notes [5 of 5]
  • Personal Correspondence

Box 5

  • Personnel file
  • Society for International development
  • Speeches and Statements
  • Turkish Straits (Dardanelles) - 1945 Crisis
  • United States Foreign Economic Policy - General Information

Box 6

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS FILE, 1944-1967

  • The American Aid Programs in Greece: A Summary Account
  • Bank of Greece, 1952-1956
  • Bank of Greece, 1957-1959
  • Bank of Greece, 1961-1967
  • Bank of Greece, Summary of the Statement Made by Governor Xenophon Zolotas at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, April 21, 1956
  • Commission on Economic Policy, Staff Papers Presented to, February 1954
  • Committee of European Economic Co-operation, Volume I, General Report, 1947

Box 7

  • Community Development Programs in Greece
  • A Condensed Story of Civil Government – Economic Cooperation Administration – Mutual Security Agency, Athens
  • Contributions of Public Law 480 to Development of the Greek Economy: A Preliminary Report, January 1964
  • Department of State Bulletin Supplement: Aid to Greece and Turkey, A Collection of State Papers
  • The Economic Situation in Greece and the Bank of Greece in 1949, Report for the Year 1949
  • The Facts About Greece - Justice for Greece Committee
  • The Flow of Financial Resources to Countries in Course of Economic Development, 1956-1959
  • Food and Agriculture Organization, Mediterranean Development Project – Country Report: Greece
  • Food and Agriculture Organization, Mediterranean Development Project – Study
  • Foreign Service Despatch, Basic Data on the Economy of Greece, 1956, 1959

Box 8

  • Foreign Service Institute, Problems of Development and Internal Defense, November-December 1962
  • Greece: Country Study, European Recovery Program, February 1949
  • Greece – 1951-1952 Program and Statistical Tables
  • Greece – 1956-1957 Programs
  • Greece – 1958-1962 Programs
  • Greek Frontier Incidents – Report to the United Nations Security Council by Commission on Investigation, Volume I
  • Greek Frontier Incidents – Report to the United Nations Security Council by Commission on Investigation, Volume II
  • Greek Frontier Incidents – Report to the United Nations Security Council by Commission on Investigation, Volume III

Box 9

  • Greek Long-Term Program of Economic Development
  • History of the Greek Power Program
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The Position of the World Economy on the Eve of the Outbreak of the Korean War and Post-Korean Development and Prospects
  • International Monetary Fund Staff Papers, Volume XI, Number 1, March 1964
  • Mineral Development in Greece, 1949-1952
  • Mission to Greece - International Monetary Fund, December 1, 1950
  • Monetary Equilibrium and Economic Development by Xenophon Zolotas
  • National Bank of Greece, Directives for Economic Policy and Greek Economy in 1949
  • National Housing Policy in Greece

Box 10

  • National Planning Association – Staff Report, The Foreign Aid Programs and the United States Economy, 1948-1957
  • Newspaper Clippings [1 of 2]
  • Newspaper Clippings [2 of 2]
  • Public International Development Financing - Columbus University School of Law Research Project
  • Public Power Corporation, Activities Report and Balance Sheet, 1959, 1961
  • Public Power Corporation, Athens, Greece [1 of 5]

Box 11

  • Public Power Corporation, Athens, Greece [2 of 5]
  • Public Power Corporation, Athens, Greece [3 of 5]
  • Public Power Corporation, Athens, Greece [4 of 5]
  • Public Power Corporation, Athens, Greece [5 of 5]
  • Report of the Food and Agriculture Organization Mission to Greece, March 1947
  • Reports and Memoranda – Miscellaneous [1 of 2]

Box 12

  • Reports and Memoranda – Miscellaneous [2 of 2]
  • Report on the Greek Economic Problem by Kyriakos Varvaressos [1 of 2]
  • Report on the Greek Economic Problem by Kyriakos Varvaressos [2 of 2]
  • Report to the President on Foreign Economic Policies, November 1950
  • Semi-Annual Report to the President and to the Congress, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, January-June 1959
  • The Sino-Soviet Economic Offensive in the Less Developed Countries, May 1958
  • Statistical Summary of Greece, 1954
  • The Story of the American Marshall Plan in Greece, July 1, 1948 to January 1, 1952

Box 13

  • Summary of the Provision of the Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community, March 1957
  • Textile Industry Status Report, August 1948
  • United States Overseas Loans and Grants and Assistance from International Organizations, July 1, 1945-June 30, 1965
  • War and Postwar Greece - Analysis based of Greek writings
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