Register of the William Warwick Corcoran papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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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
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Warwick Corcoran papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
| 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)
Biographical material
1935-1947
box 1, folder 1
Passport, sketch, and miscellany
1935-1947
box 3, folder 1
Letters Patent appointing Corcoran as Consul
1936-1944
box 3, folder 2
Medal of Freedom citation
1947
box 3, folder 3
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about William Corcoran
undated
box 4
United States flag
Conditions Governing Access
Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist
box 4
Medal of Freedom
Conditions Governing Access
Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist
Speeches and Writings
undated
box 1, folder 2-4
"An American Biography," typescript
undated
box 1, folder 5-7
"Top Secret - A Foreign Service Saga," typescript
undated
Photographs
1909-1947, undated
box 2, folder 1
Ceremony in the office of Ambassador Louis Dreyfus at the Stockholm Legation in July 1947, when the Medal of Freedom was presented
to William Corcoran
1947 July
box 2, folder 2
Unbound photograph album pages
1919-1935
box 2, folder 3
Unidentified portraits
undated
box 2, folder 4
Various photographs and negatives pertinent to William Corcoran's autobiography
undated
box 2, folder 5
India
undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs on horseback are from Calcutta.
box 2, folder 6
Photographs for the book
undated
box 2, folder 7
Wright brothers' plane at Fort Meyer
1909-1910
