Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
George Jacob Abbot papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 28
Abstract:
Minister and diplomat. Correspondence largely relating to Abbot's service as secretary to Daniel Webster and as an agent of the State Department in England and Canada. Included are 104 letters by Daniel Webster as well as copies of several of his speeches. State Department papers concerning controversies with England (1837-1852), newspaper clippings about Daniel Webster and miscellaneous receipts, inventories and photographs make up the remainder of the papers.
Dates:
1811-1901
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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George Jacob Abbot papers
Gordon Auchincloss papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 580
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, a diary, memoranda, and printed material largely relating to Gordon Auchincloss's position as assistant counselor in the State Department, 1917, and to his position as secretary to Colonel E. M. House at the armistice negotiations and the Paris Peace Conference, with some material on personal affairs. The diary lists his daily activities between 1914 and 1920, including many summaries of conversations, and with a retrospective entry on his first meeting...
Dates:
1914-1951
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Gordon Auchincloss papers
Kingman Brewster personal papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 572
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, teaching and research materials, speeches, interviews, photographs, and printed material documenting the career of Kingman Brewster Jr.
Dates:
1866-2008, bulk 1950-1988
John William Davis papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 170
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, speeches and writings, diaries, photographs, extensive material from the presidential campaign of 1924, and material relating to John W. Davis's law practice and public activities. Correspondence makes up two-thirds of the papers including early letters by Davis to his family and his first wife, and letters while ambassador to Great Britain (1918-1923). The largest part of the correspondence is for the period 1924-1955 and concerns Davis's civic and...
Dates:
1846-1959
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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John William Davis papers
Sir Edward Thornton correspondence with the British Foreign Office
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 864
Abstract:
The papers are comprised of more than 2,500 original autograph manuscript letters and dispatches received by Sir Edward Thornton, and manuscript copies of Thornton's outgoing official and private correspondence and dispatches, in the period following the American Civil War. Thornton's correspondence was with several important figures in British foreign policy including foreign secretaries Edward Henry Stanley, George William Frederick Villiers, and George Leveson-Gower. Hundreds of other...
Dates:
1868-1875
John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1938
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, writings, legal and financial papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and audiovisual material documenting John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney and their extended family. The papers provide a substantive resource for the study of the private and public lives of the Whitney family, a prominent American family, widely known for its members' engagement in business, public service, government service, publishing, philanthropy, horse racing...
Dates:
1826-2010
Arthur Willert papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 720
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, and printed matter of Arthur Willert, British journalist and diplomat. His correspondence is largely political, particularly during his tenure as chief correspondent of the London Times in the United States (1910-1920) and as representative of the Ministry of Information (1917-1918). As a member of United Kingdom delegations to various international conferences (1921-1934) his memoranda and other writings offer a view of European political affairs....
Dates:
1907-1973
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Arthur Willert papers
Sir William Wiseman papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 666
Abstract:
Papers pertaining to the period 1917-1919 and specifically to diplomatic relations between Britain and the U.S. during that period. Includes correspondence between Wiseman and Edward M. House; official telegrams of the British Foreign Office and of U.S. officials; British and American official and private memoranda on war matters and on problems of the Peace Conference; and reports and correspondence on Russia and on the Zionist movement. Important correspondents include: Gordon Auchincloss,...
Dates:
1916-1961
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Sir William Wiseman papers