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Title: Hugh Gibson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1957
Collection number: 56000
Creator:
Gibson, Hugh, 1883-1954
Collection Size: 126 manuscript boxes, 26 oversize boxes, 22 envelopes, 1 phonorecord, memorabilia (90 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Diaries, writings, correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, photographs, and printed
matter, relating to American foreign relations, international disarmament, the League of
Nations, and relief work in Europe during World Wars I and II. Diaries also available on
microfilm. Food mission diaries of 1946 and 1947 also available at
http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives/collections/americas/featured-collections/hugh-gibson .
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
Alternative Form of Materials Available
The diaries written as Gibson accompanied Herbert Hoover on his food mission around the world in 1946 and 1947 (diaries dated
March 17 - June 19, 1946 and February 2-22, 1947) are digitized and available on the Hoover Institution Archives website at
http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives/collections/americas/featured-collections/hugh-gibson .
[Identification of item], Hugh Gibson papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1956.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
League of Nations.
Disarmament.
International relief.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
Belgium.
Belgium--Foreign relations--United States.
Brazil.
Brazil--Foreign relations--United States.
Poland.
Poland--Foreign relations--United States.
Switzerland.
Switzerland--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--Belgium.
United States--Foreign relations--Brazil.
United States--Foreign relations--Poland.
United States--Foreign relations--Switzerland.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Diplomats--United States.
| 1883 August 16 | Born, Los Angeles, California
Attended Los Angeles Military Academy Attended Pomona College |
| 1907 | Graduated, Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris |
| 1908 | Took the Diplomatic Service Examination |
| 1908-1909 | Secretary, American Legation, Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| 1909-1910 | Second Secretary, American Embassy, London |
| 1910 | Private secretary to the Assistant Secretary of State, Washington |
| 1911 | Clerk, Department of State, Washington |
| 1911-1913 | Secretary, American Legation, Havana, Cuba |
| 1913 | Observer, elections for Constituent Assembly of Santo Domingo |
| 1914-1916 | Secretary, American Legation, Brussels
Liaison between Herbert Hoover and the Belgian Government for the Commission for Relief in Belgium |
| 1916 | First Secretary, American Embassy, London |
| 1917 | Assigned to State Department -War Missions
Author, A Journal from Our Legation in Belgium Aide to Lord Balfour, British Minister of Foreign Affairs, during visit to the U.S Attached to Belgian War Mission during visit to the U.S. |
| 1918 | First Secretary, American Embassy, Paris
Advisor to General Pershing |
| 1918-1919 | Member, Interallied Mission to Countries of former Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| 1919-1924 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Poland (Warsaw) |
| 1922 | Married Ynes Reyntiens, Brussels |
| 1924 | Attended Temporary Mixed Commission for the Reduction of Armaments, League of Nations, Geneva
Maintained as Ambassador-at-Large, League of Nations |
| 1924-1927 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland (Bern) |
| 1925 | Vice-Chairman, American Delegation, Arms Traffic Conference, Geneva |
| 1926-1930 | Chairman, American Delegation, Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, Geneva |
| 1927 | Delegate, Conference on Private Manufacture of Arms, Geneva
Chairman of American delegation and conference, Conference for the Further Limitation of Naval Armaments (also called Tripartite Naval Conference or the Three Power Conference), Geneva |
| 1927-1933 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium and Envoy Extraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg (Brussels) |
| 1928 | Doctor of Diplomacy and Political Science, Universite Catholique de Louvain |
| 1929 | Birth of son Michael Francis, Brussels |
| 1930 | Delegate, London Naval Conference
Doctor of Law, Universite Libre de Bruxelles |
| 1931 | Doctor of Law, Yale University
Observer, Conference of Experts for a Moratorium on Intergovernmental Debts (also called the London Conference or the International Conference of Ministers), London |
| 1932-1933 | Acting Chairman, American Delegation, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva |
| 1933-1937 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) |
| 1935 | American Representative, Mediatory Group to end the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay Delegate, Chaco Peace Conference, Buenos Aires |
| 1937 | Author, Rio |
| 1937-1938 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Luxemburg (Brussels) |
| 1938 | Retired from foreign service |
| 1939 | Author,
Belgium: The Country and Its People
Vice-President, Belgian American Educational Foundation Chairman, A.R.A. Association |
| 1940 | Escaped from France during German occupation
European representative for the National Committee on Food for Small Democracies |
| 1940-1941 | Director General for Europe of the Commission for Polish Relief and the Commission for Relief in Belgium |
| 1942 | Author, The Problems of Lasting Peace (with Herbert Hoover) |
| 1944 | Author, The Road to Foreign Policy |
| 1945 | Author, The Basis of Lasting Peace (with Herbert Hoover) |
| 1946-1947 | Member, Herbert Hoover Food Mission (Herbert Hoover, Chairman) |
| 1947 | Member, Investigatory Committee for postwar German economic policies |
| 1950 | Death of Ynes R. Gibson |
| 1952 | Director, Provisional Intergovernmental Commission on Movements of Migrants from Europe (ICEM) |
| 1954 December 12 | Death of Hugh Simons Gibson, Geneva |