William Smith Culbertson Papers 1897-1965

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

William Smith Culbertson Papers 1897-1965

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012146

Diplomat, lawyer and professor of law. Correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, government documents, writings, memoranda, and scrapbooks relating to Culbertson's career as vice chairman of the U.S. Tariff Commission, minister to Romania, ambassador to Chile, chief of the military intelligence service in the War Department, member of the Planning Group of the Office of Strategic Services, and other duties during World War II. Includes papers relating to his law career, lecturer as professor at Georgetown University, and church activities as a Presbyterian.

55,000 items; 194 containers plus 2 classified; 78 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6357586

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

Related Entities

There are 25 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Army. General Staff Corps. Geopolitical Section.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vn31n6 (corporateBody)

United States. Technological Mission to Germany, 1945.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw06pz (corporateBody)

United States. Office of Strategic Services

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f0m6x (person)

The special operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services, London was charged with conducting in enemy or enemy-occupied territories of the European Theater, sabotage operations, the support and supply of resistance groups, and guerrilla warfare. From the description of OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640182 ...

Georgetown University. Institute of Languages and Linguistics

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gj3b90 (corporateBody)

La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs2nnq (person)

Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), colloquially known as Fighting Bob, was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his career, he ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history." Born...

Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bq0s7t (person)

Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the 36th Governor of New York, the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, and the 44th United States Secretary of State. Born to a Welsh immigrant preacher and his wife in Glens Falls, New York, Hughes pursued a legal career in New York City. After working in private practice for several ye...

Culbertson family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64g3rnn (family)

Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v5br8 (corporateBody)

Hurley, Edward N. (Edward Nash), 1864-1933

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk62pn (person)

Illinois manufacturer, financier and author. He originated and developed the pneumatic tool industry in the United States and Europe. In 1913 he was appointed United States Trade Commissioner to the Latin American Republics; in 1914 he was named vice-chairman, and later chairman, of the Federal Trade Commission, in which position he served until 1917. Later that year he began his service as chairman of the United States Shipping Board and president of the Emergency Fleet...

Kent, Charles Foster, 1867-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j49rp (person)

Early 20th century American Biblical scholar; professor at Brown and Yale. From the description of Charles F. Kent letters to Byron J. Rees [manuscript], 1898-1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174963453 ...

Emery, Henry Crosby, 1872-1924

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hm7mkd (person)

Henry Crosby Emery: economist; B.A., Bowdoin, 1892; M.A., Harvard, 1893; Ph.D., Columbia, 1896; professor at Bowdoin, 1896-1900; professor of political economy at Yale, 1900-1915; president of U.S. Tariff Board, 1909-1913; worked for Guaranty Trust Co., 1917-1924. From the description of Henry Crosby Emery papers, 1904-1910 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169194 From the guide to the Henry Crosby Emery papers, 1887-1912, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6193wj9 (person)

H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells (b. September 21, 1866, Bromley, Kent, England-d. August 13, 1946, London, England), best remembered for imaginative novels such as The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, prototypes for modern science fiction, was a prolific writer and one of the most versatile in the history of English letters. He produced an average of nearly three books a year for more than fifty years, in addition to hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. His works ranged from f...

Harding, Warren Gamaliel, 1865-1923

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr1px4 (person)

Warren Gamaliel Harding (b. November 2, 1865, Blooming Grove, Ohio-d. August 2, 1923, San Francisco, California) was an American politician who served as the 29th President of the United States from March 4, 1921 until his death in 1923....

United States Tariff Commission

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6963mqp (corporateBody)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h488d (person)

Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

United States. Special Economic Mission to the Middle East

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67n2bvn (corporateBody)

Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hm57n0 (person)

Cordell Hull was a Tennessee state representative (1893-1897), a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee (1903-1906), U.S. Representative for Tennessee (1907-1921, 1923-1931), chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee (1921-1924), U.S. Senator for Tennessee (1931-1933), Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944), and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. From the description of Cordell Hull letter, 1941 Dec. 12. (Loui...

Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6930v1f (person)

President of City College, 1903-1911. From the description of Papers, 1907-1964, 1963-1964 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155502699 American editor, educator, and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], 28 January 1934, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1934 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577340 John Huston Finley (1863-1940) was an educator, editor, author, and civic leader. He was president of Knox Colle...

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f29nmw (person)

Epithet: president of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00001d Calvin Coolidge's son John married John Trumbull's daughter Florence. From the description of Letter, 1931 March 16, Northampton, Mass., to John H. Trumbull, Plainville, Conn. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25622017 For information on Pres. Coolidge, see an encyclopedia. No information is...

White, William Allen, 1868-1944

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt1t6v (person)

American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette." From the description of Papers of William Allen White, 1890-1940 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837106 Journalist. From the description of Letters, 1889-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644557 Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author. From the description of William Allen White letter...

United States. Office of Strategic Services. Planning Group

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s58vv8 (corporateBody)

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n40kzp (person)

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...

Culbertson, William Smith, 1884-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ng55jp (person)

Diplomat, lawyer, and professor of law. From the description of Papers of William Smith Culbertson, 1897-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450620 Lawyer and member of the U.S. Tariff Commission (1917-1925). From the description of Papers, 1923. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52247456 William S. Culbertson (1884-1966) was a member of the Institute of Politics, an organization that promoted the study of international problems and...