Inventory of the James Addison Logan papers
Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: James Addison Logan papers
Date (inclusive): 1913-1924
Collection Number: 56013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
17 manuscript boxes
(6.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports that reflect the prevalent international situation during and after World
War I. They relate to the U.S. war effort, conditions of prisoners of war, the Paris Peace Conference, postwar reconstruction
in Europe, and war reparations.
Creator:
Paris Peace Conference (Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1919-1920)
Creator:
Logan, James Addison, 1879-1930
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
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1930
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James Addison Logan Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biography Note
| 1879 November 11 |
Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1901 |
Joined U.S. Army as captain |
| 1911? |
Student, Haverford College, Pennsylvania |
| 1912 |
Graduated, Army War College |
| 1914 September - 1917 June |
Chief, U.S. military mission with French army |
| 1919 December - 1923 July 1 |
Assistant U.S. unofficial delegate to Reparation Commission |
| 1921 |
U.S. unofficial representative, London conference of prime ministers |
| 1921 June - 1923 June |
Adviser, American Relief Administration in connection with Russian relief |
| 1922 July 15 |
Resigned from U.S. Army |
| 1923 August 1 - 1925 May 31 |
U.S. unofficial delegate to the Reparation Commission |
| 1925 |
Attended finance ministers' conference, Paris, France LL.D., Haverford College, Pennsylvania |
| 1925 June |
Associated with Dillon, Read & Company |
| 1930 October 27 |
Died, Protestant Home, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of James Addison Logan consist of correspondence, memoranda, and reports that reflect the prevalent international
situation during and after World War I. They relate to the U.S. war effort, conditions of prisoners of war, the Paris Peace
Conference, postwar reconstruction in Europe, and war reparations.
Correspondence constitutes the bulk of the materials. It is organized in two main groups, personal and secret. The secret
letters deal with the more complex postwar issues. Many of the secret letters are incorporated in the bound volumes.
The papers were acquired in 1930.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- Reparations
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Europe
United States. Army
Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920). Supreme Economic Council
Inter-Allied Commission for Reparations
box 5, folder 13
Polish finance and Poland-U.S. trade
1920 November 18 - December 7
Secret Correspondence.
General note
See also bound volumes
box 7, folder 1
1923 September - 1925 February
box 7, folder 2
Supreme Economic Council--Minutes of proceedings--Volumes I and II
1919 February - May.
General note
See also box 15
box 7, folder 3
Miscellaneous documents in connection with treaties of peace--Volume I
1919 June 28
box 7, folder 4
Volume I
1918 November 11 - 1923 November 23.
Scope and Contents note
Chronological statement of the sequence of events bearing on reparation from the armistice of November 11, 1918, until the
creation of the Dawes Committee, November 23, 1923
box 8, folder 2
Volume III, Volume III
1918 November 11 - 1921 February 24.
Scope and Contents note
Reparation question
box 8, folder 3
Volume IV
1921 February 24 - March 11
box 9, folder 1
Volume V
1921 March 11 - 1922 February 17
box 9, folder 2
Volume VI
1922 February 17 - June 26
box 10, folder 1
Volume VII
1922 June 26 - December 22
box 10, folder 2
Volume VIII
1922 December 22 - 1923 March 9
box 11, folder 1
Volume IX
1923 March 9 - September 6
box 11, folder 2
Volume X
1923 September 6 - 1924 April 1
Commission des Réparation
box 12, folder 1
Extraits des Protocoles des Correspondences Echangees et du Traite de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et L'Allemagne
undated
box 12, folder 2
Minutes of proceedings
1919
box 12, folder 3
Documentary history of the treaty of peace between the Allied and associated powers and Germany
undated
box 13, folder 1-3
Reports following the entry of the United States into the World War I--Ports of debarkation, American military cooperation
with France, French and American military missions, liaison, military information, and utilization of Red Cross units
1917
box 13, folder 4
Reports on prisoners of war, the Hague Conference, and the International Red Cross
1915
box 14, folder 1-3
Reports on politico-military subjects and censorship
1914 September - 1917 April
box 14, folder 4
Report on Serbia in the European War
1913-1916
1 Supreme Economic Council--Minutes of proceedings.
General note
See also box 7
box 15, folder 1
Volumes III-V
1919 June - July
box 15, folder 2
Volumes VI and VII
1919 October - 1920 February
box 15, folder 3
German delegation on conditions of peace
undated
box 16, folder 1
Bulgarian delegation on conditions of peace with Bulgaria and reply of the Allies and associated powers
1919
box 16, folder 2
Traité de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et L'Allemagne et Protocole signés a Versailles
1919 June 28
box 16, folder 3
Traité de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et L'Autriche Protocole et Déclarations Signés à Saint-Germain-en-Laye
1919 September 10
box 17, folder 1
Traité de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et la Bulgarie Protocole et Déclarations Signés à Neuilly-Sur-Seine
1919 November 27
box 17, folder 2
Traité de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et la Hongrie Protocole et Déclaration (Trianon)
1920 June 4
box 17, folder 3
Personal papers, Paris
1910-1920
box 17, folder 4
Shoe string adventurers
1921 January - March.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence
box 17, folder 5
Supreme Economic Council
1919 December - 1921 April.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence
