Papers, 1910-1966.

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Papers, 1910-1966.

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Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, clippings, articles, memorabilia, and other material pertaining to Shepardson's career including his attendance at Balliol College, Oxford University, 1910-1913, with typescript copies of his letters to his tutor F.F. Urquhart commenting on Balliol, World War I, the Versailles Peace Conference where he was an advisor to Col. E.M. House, American politics, and foreign affairs, 1913-1934; work as purchasing agent for European governments buying American foodstuffs, 1921-1922; service as attorney with the U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-1918; editorship with the UNITED STATES AND WORLD AFFAIRS, 1934-1940; the Century Club, 1938-1957; a tour of the British Isles in 1941 to discuss peace aims; his service as a civilian advisor to the Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1946; and as president of the Free Europe Committee, operator of Radio Free Europe, 1955-1957. His diaries are from trips to Holland, Germany, and Belgium, 1922-1932; Guatemala and El Salvador, 1933; Australia and New Zealand, 1947; Union of South Africa, 1948; West Indies, 1948; and Nigeria and the Gold Coast, 1950. There is also a file of correspondence to, from, and about Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian, 1919-1942. Other correspondents in the collection include Cordell Hull, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James B. Conant, Henry A. Wallace, Vincent Massey, High Comissioner for Canada, Thomas W. Lamont, and Felix Frankfurter.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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