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HENRY F. HOLTHUSEN PAPERS, 1924-1972 The papers of Henry F. Holthusen were given to the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library on August 14, 1989 by Lenore Sutter Holthusen (Mrs. Henry F.). Literary properties in the unpublished writings of Henry F. Holthusen have been given to the United State of America by Mrs. Holthusen. The donation of literary properties applies to any collection given to the United States in which the unpublished writings of Henry F. Holthusen may appear. The collection has been processed and was made available for research in August, 1990. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Aug 3, 1894 Born in New York City 1915‑1917 Columbia University, graduates from Law School 1917 Serves in Judge Advocate General's Office 1920‑1934 Legal practice 1927 House, Holthusen and Mc Closkey 1934 Holthusen and Pinkhan 1931-1933 Appointed Minister to Czechoslovakia by Herbert Hoover but not confirmed Counsel to Latvian and Estonian governments 1934‑53 Legal practice with Spencer Pinkham 1947-1955 Consultant to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Visited 23 countries on a survey of economic conditions, the United States Information Agency, and the Voice of America 1950‑62 Headed delegations to Australia, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Japan, Thailand, and Turkey to advise those nations on the establishment of educational television networks. Oct 10, 1953 Marries Lenore Adeline Sutter on October 10. 1953‑1954 Counsel to the Senate Committee on Banking during investigation of the Export‑Import Bank. 1968‑1971 Civilian inspector of the foreign service Sep 19, 1971 Dies in New York City Scope and Content Note Henry F. Holthusen was born in New York City on August 3, 1894. After graduating from the Columbia University Law School in 1917, he became a member of the prestigious New York firm Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft. He served as an expert in maritime law in the Judge Advocate General's Office during World War I and was promoted to the rank of Major in recognition of his services. After the war he returned to the practice of law, becoming a successful trial lawyer and counsel in many important corporate mergers and refinancing ventures. Except for a few records concerning his service in the Judge Advocate General's Office, this early period of Holthusen's public service is virtually undocumented in the personal papers received by the Hoover Library. The most important exception being files which reflect his participation in Republican Party activities between 1942 and 1947. Holthusen's major public service came in the postwar years 1947-71 when he served as a consultant to several committees of the United States Senate and the State Department. His activities for this period are reflected in files containing correspondence, clippings, reports, maps and charts, and printed matter. Initially sought out by senators Karl E. Mundt (R-SDak) and Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA), Holthusen would eventually serve as a consultant to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1947-62), the Senate Special Committee to investigate foreign aid and technical assistance programs (1956), and the Senate Banking Committee during its study of international banking practices and the operations of the Import-Export Bank in 1953-55. In 1947 Holthusen visited 23 European countries to help the Senate Foreign Relations Committee evaluate the effectiveness of the Voice of America and the U.S. Information Agency. Later trips took him to virtually every part of the globe in the service of the Senate, the State Department and several foreign governments. In 1968 the State Department designated him as a civilian inspector of the foreign service, sending him to engage in inspections in Portugal, France, Senegal and Switzerland. Many of Holthusen's trips during the early 1950's were undertaken at the request of countries that were attempting to develop educational tele-vision networks. Although these trips entailed long absences from his family, he was convinced that these networks would provide an effective means of explaining the benefits of democracy and raising the political awareness of the general population. Volume: 10.5 linear feet. Inclusive dates: 1942-1969 (bulk: 1947-65). FOLDER LIST Box Contents 1 Berggren invention, 1954 (oculometer) General, 1955-1969 and undated (Eisenhower doctrine, foreign economic policy, 2 folders) Foreign Aid Study Committee, 1956 (3 folders) 2 Griffis, Stanton, 1947‑1955 (Poland, Egypt, United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees,1948 election) Biographical Data, 1924-1941, 1944-1972 and undated (3 folders) Correspondence, 1933 Speeches, 1946, 1960 and undated (democracy, Cold War, Marshall Plan, 2 folders) Holthusen, Lenore, 1957 (wife) 3 Holthusen Family Personal Correspondence, 1954‑1963 and undated 4 Pompo, Francesco, 1952‑1954 (visa issue) Foreign Service Inspectors General, 1961‑1971 and undated 5 France, 1966-1969 General, 1968 International Broadcasting Service. The Future of the International Broadcasting Service: An Engineering Option, Apr 28, 1953 Strauss, Lewis L. 1948‑1949, 1956 and undated 6 Television: Worldwide Network Plan Television: The Business Magazine of the Industry, June 1952 Correspondence, 1951‑1960 7 Holthusen report. Egyptian State Telegraphs and Telephones Photographs, undated (boats, Nile River, croquet, 5 items) Financial arrangements, 1954 8 Guatemala, 1952‑1954 and undated (includes 2 oversize maps) Clippings, 1959-1960 Japan Bills and ephemera, 1951 9 Correspondence and Memoranda, Apr 1952-1959 and undated (6 folders) Engineering manuals, 1940, 1952 10 Latin America, 1954-1961 (2 folders) Correspondence, 1950 Pan American Network. PAMCO Pan American Micro Wave Communications Company, undated 11 Television Standards Correspondence, 1951-1953 (2 folders) Printed copy ?12 Miscellaneous World Television Foundation Trips Banking and Currency Committee, 1954 1947 1962 Far East Correspondence and memoranda ?13 Bills, etc. Correspondence and memoranda Italy 1963 Latin America Correspondence ?14 Miscellaneous Correspondence and memoranda, 1959‑1960 ?15 Miscellaneous ?16 Printed Matter ?17 Printed Matter ?20 Historical Newspapers and Magazines ?18 OVERSIZE Japanese photo albums (three volumes) 1. Photos from Japan INDEX 1. Foreign Aid: Capehart Report, 1956 Japan. See Also: 1. Television: Worldwide Network Plan: Japan Moved “Japan: Miscellaneous, 1952” to “Japan – Economic Conditions”
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