Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-1947

U.S. assistant secretary of the treasury, public utilities executive, explorer, and author.

From the description of Oscar Terry Crosby papers, 1878-1947 (bulk 1900-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980050

Biographical Note

• 1861, Apr. 21: Born, Ponchatoula, La.
• 1882: Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
• 1883: Commissioned 1st lieutenant, Army Corps of Engineers
• 1886: Married Jeanne Bouligny
• 1887: Resigned army commission
• 1892: Published The Electric Railway in Theory and Practice. New York: W. J. Johnston Co.
• 1896: First president, Potomac Electric Power Co. of Washington, D.C.
• 1900: Trip to Abyssinia and the Egyptian Sudan
• 1903: Trip to Tibet and Turkestan
• 1905: Published Tibet and Turkestan. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• 1910: Published Strikes; When To Strike, How To Strike. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• 1914: Trip to Middle East and Far East
• 1915: Director, Commission for the Relief of Belgium; traveled to Belgium and northern France
• 1917 - 1918 : Assistant secretary of the treasury
• 1917 - 1919 : President, Inter-Ally Council on War Purchases and Finance
• 1918 - 1919 : United States special commissioner of finance in Europe
• 1919: Published International War, Its Causes and Its Cure. London: Macmillan
• 1926: Published Adam and Eve. Boston, Mass: Stratford Co.
• 1927: Trip to South West Africa
• 1936: Trip to Tanganyika, Kenya, and Belgian Congo
• 1937: Trip to Romania, Russia, Poland, and Germany
• 1947, Jan. 2: Died, Warrenton, Va.

From the guide to the Oscar Terry Crosby Papers, 1878-1947, (bulk 1900-1938), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)