Papers of Huntington Gilchrist, 1913-1973 (bulk 1919-1955).

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 ...

Jessup, Philip C. (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986

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Judge, diplomat. From the description of Reminiscences of Philip Caryl Jessup : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419673 From the description of Reminiscences of Philip Caryl Jessup : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739696 From the description of Reminiscences of Philip Caryl Jessup : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). Wor...

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...

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

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Epithet: President of Columbia University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000180 Butler was a philosopher, diplomat, and educator; president of Columbia University from 1901-1942. From the description of Nicholas Murray Butler letter, 1942 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777002021 President of Columbia University. From the description of Letters to F.W. Wile and...

Harrison, Leland, 1883-1951

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Diplomat. From the description of Papers of Leland Harrison, 1915-1947 (bulk 1918-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74986272 ...

Fosdick, Raymond B. (Raymond Blaine), 1883-1972

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Raymond B. Fosdick was an attorney, undersecretary-general of the League of Nations (1919-1920); Trustee of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1921-1936) and The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (1921-1928); trustee (1923-1938) and president (1936-1938) of the International Education Board; trustee (1922-1948), president (1936-1948), and chairman (1932-1936) of The General Education Board; and trustee (1921-1948) and president (1936-1948) of the Rockefeller Foundation. ...

McDonald, James G. (James Grover), 1886-1964

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Epithet: High Commissioner for Refugees British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000390 James Grover McDonald was born on November 29, 1886 in Coldwater, Ohio. His parents, Kenneth and Anna Dietrich McDonald, operated a hotel, and the family's five children worked alongside their parents. The family later moved to Albany, Indiana, to operate a second hotel, and there McDonald met Ruth Stafford, who...

Davis, Norman H. (Norman Hezekiah), 1878-1944

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Economist, diplomat, and humanitarian. From the description of Papers of Norman H. Davis, 1915-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79322288 Biographical Note 1978, Aug. 9 Born, Normandy, Bedford County, Tenn. 1897 1900 Attended Vanderbilt Un...

Shotwell, James T., 1874-1965

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of James Thompson Shotwell : oral history, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734188 From the description of Reminiscences of James Thompson Shotwell : oral history, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608356 American historian. From the description of A visit to the Canadian battle fields : typescript, 1919. (Unknown). WorldC...

League of Nations

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Childs, Richard S. (Richard Spencer), 1882-

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Political reformer, publicist. Richard Spencer Childs (1882-1978) was chairman of the National Municipal League, 1931-1978, chairman of the Citizens Union of New York, 1941-1950, president of the Proportional Representation League, and active in many other civic organizations. Among other interests, he promoted the short ballot movement and the city manager plan, and he worked for a responsible election process. From the guide to the Richard S. Childs Papers, 1918-1...

Myers, Denys P. (Denys Peter), 1884-

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Hudson, Manley O. (Manley Ottmer), 1886-1960

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Epithet: Professor of International Law Harvard University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000133 Law professor, judge, international mediator, legal scholar. Prof., U. of Mo. Law School, 1910-1919, Harvard L.S., 1919-1954. Attached to American Comm. to Negotiate Peace, Paris, 1918-1919. Member, legal section of League of Nations Secretariat, 1922-1933. Appointed member, Permanent Court of Arbitration,...

Bauer, Charles C.

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American Cyanamid Company

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NY. From the description of Folic acid and vitamin B-12. Their interrelationships. Technical bulletin no. 1, 1954. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122632877 ...

United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Institute of Pacific Relations.

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The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was an international NGO established in 1925 to provide a forum for discussion of problems and relations between nations of the Pacific Rim. The Institute dissolved in 1960. From the guide to the Institute of Pacific Relations Records, 1927-1962., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Institute of Pacific Relations was founded in 1925 with headquarters at Honolulu; a self-governing and self directing body concerned...

Gilchrist, Huntington, 1891-1975

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Public official and business executive; died 1975. From the description of Papers of Huntington Gilchrist, 1913-1973 (bulk 1919-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83295924 ...

Drummond, Eric, Sir, 1876-

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Sweetser, Arthur, 1888-1968

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Arthur Sweetser was born on July 16, 1888, in Boston, Mass., to M. Foster Sweetser and Edith Ashton Balch. Prepared at the Boston Latin School, he received his Harvard AB in 1911 and his AM in 1912. After graduation, Sweetser worked as a newspaper reporter. He married Ruth Gregory on Jun 19, 1915; together they had five children. During World War I, he served in the American Air Force. After the war, Sweetser began working for the League of Nations in Geneva. Resigned after the beginning of Worl...

Gibson, Hugh, 1883-1954

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American diplomat; ambassador to Poland, 1919-1924; ambassador to Switzerland, 1924-1927; ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, 1927-1933 and 1937-1938; ambassador to Brazil, 1933-1937. From the description of Hugh Gibson papers, 1900-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868920 Hugh Gibson (1883-1954), career diplomat, was Ambassador to Belgium and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg from 1927 to 1933, and observer on Herbert Hoover's Famine Emer...

Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969

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Allen W. Dulles, nephew of Robert Lansing, Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State, and brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, was a lawyer, foreign-service officer, and intelligence official. He served with the United States Office of Strategic Services in Bern, Switzerland during World War II, during which he penetrated the German Foreign Ministry Office and the "July 1944" anti-Hitler conspirators. In 1947 he helped draft the National Security Act, which created the Central Intelligenc...