Davis, Walter Goodwin, 1885-1966

Genealogist and historian of Maine.

From the description of Walter Goodwin Davis material on Maine and New Hampshire, undated. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 229457598

Genealogist and historian; descended from John Clifford of Hampton, N.H.

From the description of Walter Goodwin Davis letter to Howard P. Moore regarding Clifford family, 1953 Jan. 13. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 699500935

Walter Goodwin Davis was born in Portland, Maine, on May 24, 1885. He attended Exeter and received his B.A., Yale in 1908 (along with Charles Seymour and Gordon Auchincloss). After completing his law studies at Harvard (LL.B. '11) he joined the firm of Shearman and Sterling in New York. Subsequently he returned to Portland where he pursued a business and banking career. In the meantime, following the American declaration of war against German in April 1917, Davis attended Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg and received a commision as Captain of Infantry in early 1918. He was assigned to the Military Intelligence Service, and served as Assistant Military Attache at Berne, with occasional duty at General Headquarters in Chaumont. After the November armistice he was attached to the American Commision ot Negotiate Peae in Paris, subsequently being trasferred to Vienna as a member of the Coolidge Mission, where he remained until March 1919.

From the guide to the Walter Goodwin Davis papers, 1918-1919, (Manuscripts and Archives)

B.A., Yale, 1908; attended Harvard Law School; admitted to the New York bar in 1911; subsequently returned to Portland, Maine, to pursue a banking and business career; worked in Military Intelligence during World War I, and served as Assistant Military Attaché in Berne; in 1919 attached to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris.

From the description of Walter Goodwin Davis papers, 1918-1919 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166937

Genealogist and former president of the Maine Historical Society. Libby was an author and genealogist.

From the description of Walter Goodwin Davis letters to Charles Thornton Libby, 1934-1936. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 422607128

Genealogist, civic leader, local historian, and president of the Maine Historical Society; of Portland, Me.

From the description of Romance and George Cleeve, undated. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 228507548

Author and genealogist, of Portland, Me.

From the description of Austria after the armistice, 1920 Jan. 29. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 298954628

Genealogist, of Portland, Me.

From the description of Saco and Biddeford, Me., gravestone inscriptions, copied by W.G. Davis, Jr., 1915. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978096

From the description of Genealogical material, 1828-1985. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70925604

Banker, businessman, and lawyer.

Walter Goodwin Davis earned a B.A. from Yale, 1908; attended Harvard Law School; was admitted to the New York bar in 1911; and subsequently returned to Portland, Me., to pursue a banking and business career; he worked in military intelligence during World War I, and served as assistant military attaché in Berne; in 1919 he was attached to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris. Davis was president of the Maine Historical Society for many years.

From the description of Genealogical papers, [ca. 19--?]. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70973435