Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934

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U.S. minister to Belgium, 1914-1920.

From the description of Letters from schoolchildren of Ghent, Belgium, 1915 March. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 14084889

Toledo mayor, lawyer, author, and diplomat.

From the description of Letter, 1916 April 11, Brussels, to Alexander L. Smith, Toledo, Ohio. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13994096

Lawyer, author, mayor of Toledo, ambassador to Belgium.

From the description of Letter, 1915 May 13, Brussels, to John W. Dowd, [Toledo, Ohio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13640570

Author, lawyer, diplomat, and mayor of Toledo.

From the description of Brand Whitlock papers, circa 1890-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063951

American author and diplomat.

From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Summit, N.J., 8 December 1922, Brussels, 25 July 1923, and New York, 4 January 1929, to Harry H[arkness] Flagler, 1923 July 25 and 1929 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679167

American author and diplomat; ambassador to Belgium, 1913-1922.

From the description of Brand Whitlock papers, 1913-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868904

Biographical Note

  • 1869, Mar. 4: Born, Urbana, Ohio
  • 1887 - 1890 : Reporter, Toledo Blade, Ohio
  • 1890 - 1893 : Reporter and political correspondent, Chicago Herald
  • 1893 - 1897 : Clerk, office of the secretary of state of Illinois, Springfield, Ill.
  • 1894: Admitted to Illinois bar
  • 1897: Admitted to Ohio bar
  • 1895: Married Ella Brainerd
  • 1897 - 1905 : Practiced law, firm of Whitlock, Milroy, and Mallow, Toledo, Ohio
  • 1905 - 1912 : Mayor, Toledo, Ohio
  • 1913 - 1919 : Minister to Belgium
  • 1919 - 1922 : Ambassador to Belgium
  • 1934, May 24: Died, Cannes, France

From the guide to the Brand Whitlock Papers, circa 1890-1934, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Biographical/Historical Note

American author and diplomat; ambassador to Belgium, 1913-1922.

From the guide to the Brand Whitlock papers, 1913-1934, (Hoover Institution Archives)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Witt, Peter, 1869-1948. Papers, 1895-1948. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Letters sent to Walter Hines Page from various correspondents, English period, 1876-1937. Houghton Library
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Brand Whitlock papers, 1913-1934. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Huger, Alfred, 1876-. Collection of papers relating to the Huger family accounts of the attempted rescue of Lafayette from Olmütz, and articles describing Lafayette's visit to Charleston, S.C., in March, 1825, 1795-1927 / compiled by Alfred Huger. Lafayette College
referencedIn Benjamin R. Tucker papers, 1860s-1970s, 1870s-1930s New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Papers, 1926 May 22. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Whitlock, Ella Brainerd, d. 1942. Letters, 1917-1934. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
referencedIn Albert Jay Nock papers, 1892-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Letters from schoolchildren of Ghent, Belgium, 1915 March. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
referencedIn Curtis, Adrienne, 1902-1995. Collection, 1920-1972. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
referencedIn Edward Mandell House papers, 1885-2007, 1885-1938 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Letter, New York, to Louis Wiley [manuscript] 1929 Jan. 15. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Brand Whitlock papers, 1913-1934 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937. Letter to a Mr. Stewart [manuscript] 1918 December 3. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971. Papers, 1912-1992. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Gordon Auchincloss papers, 1914-1951 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Meredith, Ellis, b. 1865. Ellis Meredith collection, 1930-1948 (bulk 1930-1932) Princeton University Library
referencedIn McCormick, Vance Criswell, 1872-1946. Vance Criswell McCormick papers, 1907-1946 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Auchincloss, Gordon, 1886-1943. Gordon Auchincloss papers, 1914-1951 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Allan Nevins Papers, 1912-1992 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Papers, 1904 July 7. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Guérard, Albert Léon, 1880-1959. Albert Léon Guérard papers, 1909-1959. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. William Dean Howells Collection, 1859-1924. Rutgers University
referencedIn McCormick, Vance Criswell, 1872-1946. Vance Criswell McCormick papers, 1907-1946 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Summit, N.J., 8 December 1922, Brussels, 25 July 1923, and New York, 4 January 1929, to Harry H[arkness] Flagler, 1923 July 25 and 1929 Jan. 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Robert Lansing Papers, 1831-1935, (bulk 1914-1920) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Portrait file: Guide. Houghton Library
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Letter, 1916 April 11, Brussels, to Alexander L. Smith, Toledo, Ohio. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
referencedIn James family additional papers, 1858-1947. Houghton Library
creatorOf Labadie, Jo, 1850-1933. Jo Labadie papers, 1880-1931. University of Michigan
referencedIn Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive). Houghton Library
creatorOf Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. Papers of William Dean Howells [manuscript], 1866-1919. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Lindsay-Wakefield family papers, 1879-1982. Houghton Library
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1907. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Nock, Albert Jay, 1872 or 3-1945. Albert Jay Nock papers, 1892-1969 (inclusive), 1910-1969 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. Papers. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Du Pont, A. B. (Antoine Bidermann), 1865-1919. Antoine Bidermann du Pont : papers, 1900-1960. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Rudyard Kipling letters to Edward Lucas White, 1893-1927. Houghton Library
creatorOf Nash, George Kilbon, 1842-1904. Papers 1900-1904. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
referencedIn Clarence Darrow Papers, 1894-1941, (bulk 1910-1935) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Edgar, William C. (William Crowell), 1856-1932. William C. Edgar and family papers, 1832-1949. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Brown, Walter Folger, 1869-1961. Papers 1907-1950. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Letter, 1915 May 13, Brussels, to John W. Dowd, [Toledo, Ohio]. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
referencedIn Vance Criswell McCormick papers, 1907-1946 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Letters, to Joseph A. Labadie, 1907-1910. University of Michigan
referencedIn Ben B. Lindsey papers Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Brand Whitlock Papers, circa 1890-1934 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934. Autograph letter signed Brand Whitlock to: "Dear Professor Palmer" January 19, 1923. Wellesley College
referencedIn Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Herbert Hoover papers, 1914-1964. Library of Congress
referencedIn Maxwell, Perriton, 1868-1947,. Perriton Maxwell collection, 1931-1932. Library of Congress
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1875-1934. person
associatedWith Auchincloss, Gordon, 1886-1943. person
correspondedWith Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 person
associatedWith Brown, Walter Folger, 1869-1961. person
correspondedWith Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 person
correspondedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
associatedWith Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930) corporateBody
correspondedWith Creel, George, 1876-1953 person
associatedWith Curtis, Adrienne, 1902-1995. person
correspondedWith Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
associatedWith Deru. person
associatedWith Dowd, John W., 1847-1926. person
associatedWith Du Pont, A. B. (Antoine Bidermann), 1865-1919. person
associatedWith Edgar, William C. (William Crowell), 1856-1932. person
associatedWith Elisabeth, Queen, consort of Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1876-1965. person
associatedWith Flagler, Harry Harkness, person
correspondedWith Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 person
associatedWith Guérard, Albert Léon, 1880-1959. person
correspondedWith Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937 person
correspondedWith Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. person
correspondedWith House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 person
associatedWith Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. person
correspondedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 person
associatedWith Huger, Alfred, 1876- person
associatedWith James family. family
associatedWith Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937. person
correspondedWith Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911 person
associatedWith Jones, Samuel Milton, 1846-1904. person
associatedWith Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 person
associatedWith Labadie, Jo, 1850-1933. person
correspondedWith Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928. person
correspondedWith Lindsay family. family
correspondedWith Lindsey, Ben B. (Ben Barr), 1869-1943. person
correspondedWith Martin, Edward Sanford, 1856-1939 person
associatedWith Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Maxwell, Perriton, 1868-1947, person
associatedWith McCormick, Vance Criswell, 1872-1946. person
associatedWith Meredith, Ellis, b. 1865 person
associatedWith Nash, George Kilbon, 1842-1904. person
associatedWith Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971. person
associatedWith Nock, Albert Jay, 1872 or 3-1945. person
associatedWith Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio) corporateBody
associatedWith Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941. person
associatedWith Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 person
correspondedWith Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 person
associatedWith Palmer, George Herbert, 1842-1933. person
correspondedWith Post, Louis F. (Louis Freeland), 1849-1928 person
associatedWith Smith, Alexander L., 1855-1926. person
correspondedWith Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936 person
associatedWith Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson, 1854-1939 person
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
associatedWith Whitlock, Ella Brainerd, d. 1942. person
associatedWith Wiley, Louis, 1869-1935, person
correspondedWith Wister, Owen, 1860-1938 person
associatedWith Witt, Peter, 1869-1948. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Ohio
United States Foreign relations Belgium.
United States
United States
Belgium
Toledo (Ohio)
Belgium History German occupation, 1914-1918.
Ohio--Toledo
Toledo (Ohio)
Belgium Foreign relations United States.
Belgium
United States
Belgium
Belgium
Ohio
Ohio
Subject
American literature
Authors, American
Civic improvement
International relief
Law enforcement
Municipal government
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918
Occupation
Authors
Diplomats
Diplomats
Diplomats United States
Lawyers
Mayors
Activity

Person

Birth 1869-03-04

Death 1934-05-24

Americans

German,

English,

French

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