Correspondence Relating to Portraits of Former Secretaries of War, 1897 - 1942

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Correspondence Relating to Portraits of Former Secretaries of War, 1897 - 1942

1897-1942

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71929373

This series consists of correspondence relating to the commission of portraits of former Secretaries of War including Daniel S. Lamont, Russell A. Alger, Elihu Root, Former President William H. Taft, Luke E. Wright, Jacob M. Dickinson, Henry L. Stimson, Lindley M. Garrison, Newton D. Baker, John W. Weeks, Dwight F. Davis, James W. Good, and others. Also included in the series is a complete list of portraits with the corresponding artists name from 1789 to 1936, information pertaining to the location of each portrait in 1932, and information relating to the maintenance of the portraits (file “Portraits (General Questions)”). The records were maintained by the Adjutant General's Office.

4 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937

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Newton Diehl Baker Jr. (December 3, 1871 – December 25, 1937) was an American lawyer, Georgist, politician, and government official. He served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1912 to 1915. As U.S. Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921, Baker presided over the United States Army during World War I. Born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Baker established a legal practice in Cleveland after graduating from Washington and Lee University School of Law. He became progressive Democratic ally of...

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...