Gordon Auchincloss papers 1914-1951

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955

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John William Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1924 and lost to Republican incumbent Calvin Coolidge. Born and raised in West Virginia, Davis briefly worked as a teacher before beginning his long legal career. Davis's father, John J. Davis, had been a ...

Cravath, Paul D. (Paul Drennan), 1861-1940

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YMCA of the USA

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A child of evangelical Protestantism, the YMCA at first considered itself a specialized agency for bringing young men to Christ. Although the early Y's mission was unabashedly religious in nature, the organization focused on method rather than doctrine or philosophy. Dominated by business men rather than professional religious leaders, the movement tended to emphasize facilities, expansion, practical usefulness, and specific influence. Early work included not only the distribution of tracts, Bib...

Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926

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Secretary of the Department of Labor and Commerce, 1906-1909. From the description of Letter, 1906 Nov. 7, New York, to Lee M. Friedman, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 174212191 American ambassador and government official. From the description of Papers, 1869-1947. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122589779 Attorney, businessman, public official, diplomat, U.S. secretary of commerce and labor, and author...

Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920. United States Territorial Section.

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Biographical/Historical Note Organization created to prepare background information for the United States delegation to the Paris Peace Conference; known as the Inquiry. From the guide to the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) United States Territorial Section miscellaneous records, 1917-1918, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Haight, Charles Sherman, 1870-1938

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Auchincloss, Gordon, 1886-1943

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Gordon Auchincloss was the Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1913-1915; assistant to Frank Polk, Counselor of the State Department from 1917-1918; and secretary to Edward M. House at the Interallied Conference (1917) and during the Armistice negotiations and the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1919). From the description of Gordon Auchincloss papers, 1914-1951 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702206418 Gordon Au...

Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-1947

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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...

Wright, J. Butler (Joshua Butler), 1877-1939

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Auchincloss, Charles C., 1881-1960

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In April 1630 Sir Richard Saltonstall and others, including Gov. John Winthrop and Gov. Thomas Dudley, embarked at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England, on the vessel Arbella, and arrived at Salem June 12, 1630. From the description of Chart of colonial ancestry for John Auchincloss and Elizabeth Buck, by C. C. Auchincloss., 1934. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 367582365 Broker. From the description of Letters, 1928-1935. (Indiana University). WorldCa...

Heely, Augustus V.

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Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry ...

Sloan, Samuel

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Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970

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Journalist, educator, and public relations consultant. From the description of Carl W. Ackerman papers, 1833-1970 (bulk 1931-1956). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979841 Biographical Note 1890, Jan. 16 Born, Richmond, Ind. 1911 A.B., Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. ...

Woods, Arthur, 1870-1942

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U.S. Army officer and New York city police commissioner. From the description of Arthur Woods papers, 1884-1938 (bulk 1914-1923). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982546 Biographical Note 1870, Jan. 29 Born, Boston, Mass. 1892 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

Woolsey], Lester Hood, 1877-1961

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Lawyer, diplomat, and geologist. From the description of Papers of Lester Hood Woolsey, 1831-1958 (bulk 1909-1928). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84163146 Biographical Note 1877, Aug. 3 Born, Stone Ridge, N.Y. 1901 B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ...

Greene, Jerome D. (Jerome Davis), 1874-1955

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Greene graduated from Harvard in 1896, was Secretary to the President, Secretary to the Corporation and served as Overseer at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Jerome D. Greene, 1894-ca. 1955 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973049 ...

Drummond, Eric, Sir.

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Miller, David Hunter, 1875-1961

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Lawyer and diplomat. From the description of Papers of David Hunter Miller, 1917-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449447 Epithet: US lawyer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00020d David Hunter Miller (1875-1954): lawyer; admitted to New York Bar, 1911; special assistant in the State Department, 1917; served on the Inquiry under Col. House, 1917-1918, and at the Peace Conferenc...

League of Nations

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Aubert, Louis, 1876-

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Phillips, William, 1878-1968

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Phillips was an American diplomat, born in Beverly, Mass. His career included assignments with both the Foreign Service and the State Department. He was minister to the Netherlands (1920-1922), minister to Luxembourg, (1920-1922, 1924-1927), ambassador to Belgium (1924-1927), minister to Canada (1927-1929), ambassador to Italy (1936-1940), wartime ambassador to India (1942-1944), and a member of the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine (1946). He was married in 1910 to Caroline Astor Drayton. ...

Crane, Richard C.

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Young, Harvey Ray, 1934-

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Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965

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Grew was a U.S. diplomat and author. He was attached to embassies in Egypt, Mexico, Russia, Germany, and Austria (1904-1916); secretary-general to the U.S. delegation at the Paris Peace Conference; minister to Denmark (1920) and to Switzerland (1921-1923); negotiator at the Lausanne Conference on Near Eastern Affairs (1922-1923); under secretary of state (1924-1927, 1944-1945); ambassador to Turkey (1927-1932) and to Japan (1932-1941); special assistant to the secretary of state (1942); and dire...

Tucker, Randolph F.

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Willert, Arthur, Sir, 1882-1973

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Arthur Willert: British journalist and diplomat; joined London Times in 1906; chief correspondent in U. S., 1910-1920; secretary of the British War Mission in Washington and representative of the Ministry of Information, 1917-1918; head of the News Department and Press Officer ofthe British Foreign Office, 1931-1935; member of British delegations to various international conferences, 1921-1934; head of the Ministry of Information Office for the Southern Region, 1939-1945; author of four books on...

Hayward, Robert, 1948-....

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Shaw, Gardiner Howland, 1893-1965

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Shaw earned his Harvard AB in 1915 and his AM in 1917. From the description of Notes, papers, and examinations in Economics 2, spring 1915-1916. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075187 From the description of Reports on cases in Government 4, 1916-1917. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075275 From the description of Notes and papers in Comparative Literature 51, 1913-1914. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075081 From the des...

House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938

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Edward Mandell House was born July 26, 1858, in Houston, Texas. He became active in Texas politics and served as an advisor to President Woodrow Wilson, particularly in the area of foreign affairs. House functioned as Wilson's chief negotiator in Europe during the negotiations for peace (1917-1919), and as chief deputy for Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference. He died on March 28, 1938, in New York City. From the description of Edward Mandell House papers, 1885-2007 (inclusive), 1885...

Tyrrell, William

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Epithet: Rector of Ahoghill British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000005 ...

Gregory, Thomas Watt, 1861-1933

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U.S. attorney general, regent of the University of Texas, and lawyer. From the description of Thomas Watt Gregory papers, 1896-1933 (bulk 1919-1933). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78567157 Biographical Note 1861, Nov. 6 Born, Crawfordsville, Miss. 1883 A.B., Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clark...

Trumbull, Frank, 1858-1920

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Polk, Frank L. (Frank Lyon), 1871-1943

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Epithet: Under-Sec of State in USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000035 Frank Lyon Polk was born in New York City on September 13, 1871. He graduated from Yale College (B.A., 1894) and Columbia University Law School (LL.D., 1897). Polk served on a variety of New York City boards and commissions (1906-1913) and as Corporation Counsel (1914-1915). He also served in the Department of State as Counselor ...

Wiseman, William, Sir, 1885-

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Sir William Wiseman (1885-1962): international banker working at Herndon's in London before World War I; during World War I served in the infantry as a lieutenant colonel, then in military intelligence; acted as liaison between British government and Wilson, and as advisor at the Paris Peace Conference; after World War I joined banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. in New York. From the description of Sir William Wiseman papers, 1916-1961 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70...

Heineman, Dannie N., 1872-1962

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Long, Breckinridge, 1881-1958

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Lawyer, diplomat, and author. From the description of Breckinridge Long papers, 1486-1948 (bulk 1910-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449352 Biographical Note 1881, May 16 Born, St. Louis, Mo. 1904 A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. ...

McFadden, George, 1893-1931.

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McCormick, Vance Criswell, 1872-1946

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American delegate, Inter-Allied Conference, London and Paris, 1917; adviser to Woodrow Wilson, Paris Peace Conference, 1919. From the description of Vance C. McCormick diaries, 1917-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868191 In 1902 began career as journalist and publisher; Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, 1914; chairman of the War Trade Board, 1916-1919; member of American War Mission to the Inter-Allied Conference, 1917; in 1918 advisor on economic qu...

Aldrich, Winthrop W. (Winthrop Williams), 1885-1974

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Banker, diplomat, philanthropist, yachtsman. A.B. Harvard (1907). J.D. Harvard Law School (1910). President, Chase National Bank (1930-1953), chairman of the board (1934-1953). Ambassador to Great Britain (1953-1957). From the description of Papers, 1918-ca. 1973 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269593895 Epithet: US Ambassador in London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000...

Bonsal, Stephen, 1863-1951.

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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 Le...

Cutting, Robert Fulton, 1852-

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Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958

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Anson Phelps Stokes was born on April 13, 1874, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He received degrees from Yale University (B.A., 1896) and the Episcopal Theological School (B.D., 1900). He served as Secretary of Yale University (1899-1921) and was active on several University committees and organizations. Phelps also served as Canon of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington, D.C. (1924-1939) and was active on a variety of educational commissions and as a trustee of the Phel...

Frazier, Arthur Hugh, 1868-

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Epithet: US diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x000182 Joseph Saxton was a Philadelphia watchmaker and inventor, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1837. From the description of Unpublished papers, 1967, pertaining to Joseph Saxton. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298253 ...

Davis, Walter Goodwin, 1885-1966

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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...