Register of the George Creel miscellaneous papers
Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: George Creel miscellaneous papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-1972
Collection Number: 48013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes
(2.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, pamphlets, bulletins, clippings, and photographs, relating to American propaganda activities during World
War I, and to the Golden Gate International Exposition. Includes publications of the Committee on Public Information. Also
includes some papers of Winifred Gay, niece of George Creel, relating to her uncle.
Creator:
United States. Committee on Public Information
Creator:
Creel, George, 1876-1953
Creator:
Gay, Winifred
Creator:
Golden Gate International Exposition (Location of meeting: San Francisco, Calif. Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1939-1940.)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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
The collection was acquired by the Hoover Instituion in 1948.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George Creel Miscellaneous Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
Biographical Note
1876 December 1 |
Born, Lafayette County, Missouri |
1899-1909 |
Editor,
Kansas City Independent
|
1909-1910 |
Editor,
Denver Post
|
1911-1913 |
Editor,
Rocky Mountain News
|
1916 |
Author,
Wilson and the Issues
|
1917-1919 |
Chairman, Committee on Public Information |
1919 |
Author,
Ireland's Fight For Freedom
|
1920 |
Author,
How We Advertised America, and
The War, The World and Wilson
|
1926 |
Author,
The People Next Door
|
1927 |
Author,
Sons of the Eagle
|
1928 |
Author,
Sam Houston, Colossus in Buckskin
|
1932 |
Author,
Tom Paine – Liberty Bell
|
1933 |
Chairman, San Francisco Regional Labor Board |
1935 |
Chairman, National Advisory Board, Works Progress Administration |
1939 |
U.S. Commissioner, Golden Gate International Exposition |
1944 |
Author,
War Criminals
|
1947 |
Author,
Rebel at Large: Recollections of Fifty Crowded Years
|
1949 |
Author,
Russia's Race for Asia
|
1953 October 3 |
Died, San Francisco |
Scope and Content of Collection
The George Creel Miscellaneous Papers, acquired in 1988 and 1994, consist of correspondence, pamphlets, bulletins, clippings,
and photographs, relating to American propaganda activities during World War I, and to the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Also included are publications of the Committee on Public Information, and papers of Winifred Gay, niece of George Creel,
relating to her uncle.
The bulk of the material relates to the Committee on Public Information and consists of George Creel's personal copies of
its publications. The Photographs provide a glimpse into his personal life and focus on his tenure as U.S. commissioner, Golden
Gate International Exposition. The Speeches and Writings represent only a fragment of Creel's prolific output.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series: Personal and Family File, Speeches and Writings, United States Committee on
Public Information Publications, Photographs, and Memorabilia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
Propaganda, American
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- Propaganda
Personal and Family File
1912-1972.
Scope and Contents note
Articles, correspondence, and obituary relating to George Creel's personal life and work, arranged in two subgroups, family
and personal
box 1, folder 1-2
General
1953 October-November.
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters of condolence
box 1, folder 3
Gay, Winifred (niece)
1942-1968.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence with A. C. Wedemeyer
box 1, folder 5
Articles about George Creel
1917-1953
Correspondence.
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from others during his illness
box 1, folder 10
Chairman, Committee on Public Information
ca. 1917-1967.
Scope and Contents note
Includes information relating to a conference, "Fifty Years after George Creel: Progress and Perspectives on America's Role
in Public Diplomacy"
box 1, folder 11
United States commissioner, Golden Gate International Exposition
1940
box 1, folder 13
Miscellany
1966-1968.
Scope and Contents note
Includes some financial papers
Speeches and Writings
1939-1952.
Scope and Contents note
Articles, letters to the editor and publisher, statement, and reviews of George Creel's books, arranged chronologically
box 1, folder 14
Article fragment
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 15
Chapter on federal participation in the Golden Gate International Exposition
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 16
"Doubts Any Change in Appeasement,"
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Printed fragment
box 1, folder 17
Letters to the editor, including one to the
Saturday Review of Literature
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy
box 1, folder 18
Letter to the publisher, Yale University Press
1939 June 23.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
Rebel at Large: Recollections of Fifty Crowded Years
1947
box 1, folder 19
Samuel Hopkins Adams and Joseph Henry Jackson
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 20
Evening News
1947 October 30.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 21
New York Sun
1947 October 31.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 22
Chicago Tribune, Walter Trojan
1947 November 2.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 23
World Herald, James Keogh
1947 November 9.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 24
San Francisco Chronicle, Earl C. Behrens
1947 November 17.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 25
Saturday Review of Literature, John T. Winterich
1947 November 22(?).
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 26
Russia's Race for Asia, Book Talk, Book Talk, edited by John C. Hill, 1949 March, and
Human Events, Rosalie M. Gordon
1961 September 8.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies
box 1, folder 27
"Meaty-Mouthed," article, San Francisco Call-Bulletin
1951 September 5.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 28
Statement [on Democratic Party policy]
1952 May 30.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
United States Committee on Public Information Publications
1917-1919.
Scope and Contents note
Arranged by title of item or series. Some volumes are annotated
box 2, folder 9
The Kaiserite in America: One Hundred and One German Lies
ca. 1918
box 2, folder 10
The Activities of the Committee on Public Information
1918 February 3
box 2, folder 10
War Work of Women in Colleges
1918 January
Scope and Contents note
Red, White, and Blue series
box 5, folder 1
No. 1,
How the War Came to America
1917 June 15
box 5, folder 2
No. 2,
National Service Handbook
1917 July 30
box 5, folder 3
No. 3,
The Battle Line of Democracy: Prose and Poetry of the World War
1917
box 5, folder 3
No. 4,
The President's Flag Day Address, with Evidence of Germany's Plans
1917 September 15
box 5, folder 4
No. 5,
Conquest and Kultur: Aims of the Germans in Their Own Words
1918 January
box 5, folder 5
No. 6,
German War Practices, part I, Treatment of Civilians
1918 January
box 5, folder 6
No. 8,
German War Practices, part II, German Treatment of Conquered Territory
1918 March
box 5, folder 7
No. 9,
War, Labor, and Peace: Some Recent Addresses and Writings of President Wilson
1918 March
box 5, folder 8
No. 10,
German Plots and Intrigues in the United States during the Period of Our Neutrality
1918 July
box 2, folder 1
No. 1,
The War-Message and Facts behind It: Annotated Text of President Wilson's Message, April 2, 1917
1917 June
box 2, folder 1
No. 2,
The Nation in Arms
1917 August
box 2, folder 2
No. 11,
The German War Code, Contrasted with the War Manuals of the United States, Great Britain, and France
1918 February
box 2, folder 2
No. 12,
American and Allied Ideals: An Appeal to Those Who Are Neither Hot Nor Cold
1918 February
box 2, folder 3
No. 13,
German Militarism and Its German Critics, Fully Illustrated by Extracts from German Newspapers
1918 March
box 2, folder 3
No. 14,
The War for Peace: The Present War as Viewed by Friends of Peace
1918 March
box 2, folder 4
No. 15,
Why America Fights Germany
1918 March
box 2, folder 5
No. 16,
The Study of the Great War: A Topical Outline, with Extensive Quotations and Reading Reference
1918 April
box 2, folder 6
No. 18,
Regimental History of the United States Regular Army: Chronological Outline, 1866-1918
1918 August
box 2, folder 7
No. 19,
Lieber and Schurz: Two Loyal Americans of German Birth
1918 October
box 2, folder 8
No. 20,
The German-Bolshevik Conspiracy
1918 October
box 3
Four Minute Men Bulletin, nos. 1-46
(1917 May 22 – 1918 December 24).
Scope and Contents note
Two copies. Bound in the same volume are the
Four Minute Men Army Bulletins, School Bulletins, and the
News
box 3
Victory Dinner and Dance of the Division of Pictorial Publicity
1919 February 14.
Scope and Contents note
Contains a history of the division's work, a chart showing the number of poster designs produced for government and private
agencies, a list of poster artists, and reproductions of selected posters with names of artists
Photographs
1894-1949.
Scope and Contents note
89 prints and 11 negatives depicting George Creel, his family, and personalities such as Frank J. Hennessy, J. Edgar Hoover,
W. R. Lawson, Frank Murphy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and others
box 4, folder 1
14 prints depicting George Creel and Blanche Bates Creel
n.d.
box 4, folder 1
1 print depicting George Creel's mother with two other ladies and his white bull terrier, Kansas City, Missouri
n.d.
box 4, folder 1
1 print depicting Hal and Nell(?) Creel, Staten Island
n.d.
box 4, folder 1
4 prints depicting George Creel, including 1 with his dog
n.d.
box 4, folder 1
1 print depicting George Creel with Frank J. Hennessy and others
n.d.
box 4, folder 1
2 prints depicting George Creel and others on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Federal Theater Building,
Treasure Island, San Francisco
n.d.
box 4, folder 2
3 prints, including 2 depicting George Creel and 1 print of his poem, "A Prayer," illustrated by Malcolm Strauss
n.d.
box 4, folder 2
1 print depicting an unidentified building
n.d.
box 4, folder 3
1 print of unidentified individuals at the beach
1894
box 4, folder 3
3 prints, including 2 depicting George Creel on a camel's back in Khartoum, Sudan, and 1 depicting him standing next to a
big stone
1912
box 4, folder 3
1 print depicting George Creel
1918
box 4, folder 3
7 prints depicting George Creel's family(?), San Francisco
1924
box 4, folder 3
5 prints depicting George Creel
1934 and 1937
box 4, folder 3
1 print depicting George Creel with Alice May Rosseter, Treasure Island, San Francisco
1939
box 4, folder 4
12 prints of the Federal Building under construction at Treasure Island, San Francisco
1938
box 4, folder 4
1 print depicting George Creel
1938
box 4, folder 4
1 print depicting George Creel and others at the Indian exhibit in the Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition
1939
box 4, folder 4
1 print depicting the Thirtieth Infantry holding U.S. flags
1939
box 4, folder 4
3 prints of a special event
1939
box 4, folder 4
1 print depicting Frank Murphy, U.S. attorney general, receiving military honors
1939
box 4, folder 5
4 prints depicting Edgar Bergen, Charles McCarthy, and Chief Big Turnip(?) on sun deck outside George Creel's office, Federal
Building, Treasure Island, San Francisco
1939
box 4, folder 5
1 print of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a motorcade during his visit to San Francisco(?)
1939
box 4, folder 5
1 print depicting a large group of people at the opening day of the Federal Building(?)
1939
box 4, folder 5
1 print depicting Simon E. Baldwin, governor of Connecticut, in the recreation court of the Federal Building with Joe Gomez,
instructor in fly casting
1939
box 4, folder 5
1 print depicting George Creel with a congressional group
1939
box 4, folder 5
1 print depicting W. R. Lawson with George Creel in his office
1939
box 4, folder 6
1 print depicting a group of people observing Bastille Day
1939
box 4, folder 6
1 print depicting George Creel with Herbert B. Maw(?), governor of Utah
1939
box 4, folder 6
1 print depicting a number of people riding horses with flags in their hands
1939
box 4, folder 6
1 print of a Fourth of July parade
1939
box 4, folder 6
1 print depicting George Creel with Frank Murphy and J. Edgar Hoover on sun deck off George Creel's office
1939 April
box 4, folder 6
1 print of Memorial Day ceremonies
1939 May
box 4, folder 6
3 prints of the Maharaja of Kapurthala and his son, Amerjit Singh
1939 May 26
box 4, folder 7
1 print depicting George Creel with Rene d'Harnoncourt and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis O. Barrows
1939 July 20
box 4, folder 7
5 prints of George Creel's office in the Federal Building, Treasure Island, San Francisco
1939-1940
box 4, folder 7
1 print of George Creel
1940 July 3
box 4, folder 7
1 print of Alice Rosseter Creel
1943
box 4, folder 7
2 prints of George Creel
1949 January
Memorabilia
ca. 1939.
Scope and Contents note
A silver-colored tray made from a printing plate
box 4, folder 9
A silver-colored tray made from the printing plate for George Creel and Alice May Rosetter's wedding announcement