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Title: William Warwick Corcoran papers
Date (inclusive): 1909-1962
Collection Number: 77003
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(3.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, clippings, medals, plaques, awards, citations, decorations, and photographs, relating to the United States
consular service, American-Swedish relations, Allied diplomacy in Sweden during World War II, and social conditions in Sweden.
Creator:
Corcoran, William Warwick, 1884-1962
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.
[Identification of item], William Warwick Corcoran papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1884 | born, Washington D. C. |
| 1905-1914 | Newspaper correspondent and editor |
| 1915 | Day city editor, Washington Post |
| 1916-1917 | soldier, French Foreign Legion |
| 1917-1919 | officer, U.S. Army |
| 1920-1936 | U. S. consular officer, serving at Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras, India; Boulogne-sur-mer, France; Warsaw, Poland; Algiers, Algeria; Gibraltar; Kingston, Jamaica; Vigo, Spain |
| 1936-1947 | U.S. Consul General at Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1947 | awarded Medal of Freedom, retires from foreign service |
| 1962 | died, San Diego, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Consists of correspondence, clippings, medals, plaques, awards, citations, decorations, and photographs, relating to the United
States consular service, American-Swedish relations, Allied diplomacy in Sweden during World War II, and social conditions
in Sweden. Also includes a typescript of Corcoran's autobiography and an account of Corcoran's involvement in espionage against
Germany during World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
Diplomats -- United States
Medals
Sweden -- Foreign relations -- United States
Sweden -- Social conditions
United States -- Foreign relations -- Sweden
United States. Department of State
United States. Consulate General (Göteborg, Sweden)