Register of the Gilchrist Baker Stockton papers

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Title: Gilchrist Baker Stockton papers
Date (inclusive): 1911-1959
Collection Number: 75030
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 11 manuscript boxes (4.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, dispatches, reports, clippings, and photographs, relating to activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916, and of the American Relief Administration in Austria, 1919-1933; and to establishment of the Jacksonville, Florida, Naval Air Base.
Creator: Stockton, Gilchrist B. (Gilchrist Baker), 1890-

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Gilchrist Baker Stockton Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Notes.

1890, August 20 Born, Jacksonville, Florida
1914 B. Litt., Princeton University
1917 B.A., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar)
1927 M.A., Oxford University
1915-1916 Staff, Commission for Relief in Belgium
1916-1917 Special Assistant to U.S. Ambassador, London
1917-1919 Aide to Admiral William S. Sims
1919-1920 Chief of Mission, American Relief Administration, Austria
1917-1950 U.S. Naval Reserve
1928 Delegate from Florida to Democratic National Convention
1930-1933 U.S. Minister to Austria
1945 Rear Admiral, U.S. Naval Reserve

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Austria
Diplomats -- United States
International relief
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
United States -- Politics and government -- 1923-1929
Austria -- Foreign relations -- United States
Florida -- Politics and government
United States -- Foreign relations -- Austria
Commission for Relief in Belgium (1914-1930)
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
American Relief Administration. European Children's Fund
United States. Naval Air Base (Jacksonville, Florida)

 

Correspondence 1911-1940.

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
box 1

Blount, Margaret Stockton, 1919

 

Braxton, Carter M., 1923-1924

 

Brown, Walter Lyman, 1920-1923

 

Bryan, Judge Nathan P., 1928

 

Buchholz, F. W., 1923-1926

 

Burland, E. G., 1930

 

Carlton, Governor Doyle E., 1929

 

Cates, Mr. and Mrs. Fred S., 1921-1930

 

Causey, Colonel W. B., 1920-1930

 

Chase, J. C., 1927-1930

 

Colt, John, 1922-1929

 

Cotton, Joseph P., 1930

 

Crawford, John T. G., 1928-1929

 

Croft, Alfred, 1923

 

Curtis, Edward D., 1916-1922

 

Davis, John W., 1924

 

Dean, S. Bobo, 1928-1930

 

Fletcher, Senator Duncan U., 1930

 

Follest, Adaline, 1919

 

Frank, Nancie Crosse, 1918-1923

 

Fraser, A. M., 1925

 

Galpin, Perrin C., 1920-1930

 

Gibson, Hugh, 1918-1930

 

Godwin, Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker, 1922-1930

 

Good, Paul F., 1924

 

Graves, John Temple, 1923-1925

 

Graves, John Temple, II, 1913-1930

box 2

Hathaway, Fons A., 1925-1928

 

Hoover, President Hebert, 1928-1929

 

Hughes, John C., 1914-1930

 

Hurley, Patrick, 1930

 

Jones, Jesse H., 1924

 

Kelly, Mrs. D. F., 1922-1925

 

Kirby, F. M., 1923-1924

 

Knight, Colonel Peter O., 1927-1928

 

Lesan, H. E., 1928-1930

 

McEachin, Thomas C., Jr., 1922-1924

 

McMullen, Donald C., 1929

 

McQuaid, W. R., 1926

 

Mann, Colonel H. A., 1928

 

Martin, Governor John W., 1925-1927

 

Messinger, Carl, 1922-1925

 

Milton, George Fort, 1928-1930

 

Miscellaneous, 1917-1930

 

Murphee, A. A., 1923

 

Nicoll, Mrs. DeLancey, 1918-1925

 

Owen, Representative Ruth Bryan, 1926-1930

 

Pole, J. W., 1929

 

Reichner, L. Irving, 1925

 

Richardson, Gardner, 1933-1939

 

Richardson, R. N. D., 1918

 

Rickard, Edgar, 1921

 

Rosenthal, Benjamin J., 1921

 

Seitz, President Karl, 1920

 

Sims, Admiral William S., 1919-1930

 

Skipper, G. B., 1929

 

Stark, Admiral Harold R., 1940

box 3

Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. John N. C., 1914-1922

 

Stockton, William T., 1911-1930

 

Terry, General M. O., 1924

 

Torrey, Clare M., 1919-1930

 

Twining, N. C., 1919

 

Ulmer, Jean Stockton, 1916-1919

 

Yarnell, Admiral Harry Ervin, 1940

 

Subject File 1912-1959.

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, photographs, printed matter, telegrams, dispatches, and miscellanea, arranged alphabetically by subject.
 

Business, 1922-1929

box 4

Jacksonville Landscape Company, 1926-1928

box 4

Jacksonville Real Estate Board, 1922-1928

box 4

Mid-State Waterway Association, 1924-1925

box 4

Miscellaneous, 1926-1929

 

Charitable Organizations, 1924-1927

 

American Red Cross (Jacksonville Chapter), 1924

 

Children's Home Society of Florida, 1924

 

Community Chest Association (Jacksonville and Duval County), 1924-1927

 

Diplomatic Service, 1916-1933

 

U.S. Embassy, London, 1916-1919

 

U.S. Embassy, Vienna, 1930-1933

 

Congratulatory letters upon appointment as U.S. minister to Austria, 1930

box 5

Dispaches to U.S. State Department, May 26, 1930 to April 27, 1932

box 6

Dispatches to U.S. State Department, May 4, 1932 to September 7, 1933

box 7

Telegrams to and from U.S. State Department, 1930-1933

 

Personal, 1917-1930

 

Congratulatory letters upon marriage, 1925

 

Diary fragments, 1917

 

Miscellaneous, 1926-1930

 

Politics, 1923-1930

 

Applicants for federal appointments, 1929-1930

 

Borden, Mrs. N. B., 1929

 

Carswell, Joseph P., 1929

 

Cisco, B. R., 1929

 

Greeley, Allan, 1929

 

Sasnett, R. M., Jr., 1930

 

Smith, Hill A., 1929

 

Democratic National Convention of 1924, Florida primary to elect delegates

 

Clippings and printed matter

 

Correspondence

 

Baxter, E. G.

 

Broome, W. S.

 

Brown, Max M.

 

Butler, J. Turner

 

Carn, B. O.

 

Carter, Francis B.

 

Carter, Jerry W.

 

Clarke, S. D.

 

Coleman, Dr. W. E.

 

Cone, Dr. D. N.

 

Cone, F. P.

 

Cone, W. B.

 

Davis, T. H.

 

Dearing, F. P.

 

Frink, Russell L.

 

Geiger, L. L.

 

Hampton, Hilton S.

 

Hampton, William Wade, Jr.

 

Harris, Al

 

Henderson, Robert A., Jr.

 

Huffaker, R. B.

 

Igou, D. R.

 

Ingram, F. P.

 

Jones, Charles E.

 

Layton, C. R.

 

Lindsay, David B.

 

Lowry, Sumter L., Jr.

 

Lucas, Thomas E.

 

Macfarlane, Hugh C.

 

May, Phil S.

 

Milliner, R. L.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Mullen, Charles G.

 

Myers, W. Blount

 

Payne, T. C.

 

Phifer, J. A.

 

Phillips, Herbert S.

 

Phillips, W. F.

 

Raney, George P.

 

Reaves, O. K.

 

Rouse, William C.

 

Sawyer, Herbert S.

 

Shackleford, T. M., Sr.

 

Stewart, Judge J. B.

 

Stockton, William T.

 

Stokes, G. H.

 

Straub, W. L.

 

Sutton, John B.

 

Swearingen, John J.

 

Terrell, Justice Glenn

 

Turner, Robert O.

 

Watson, W. H.

 

Wells, H. H.

 

West, Justice Thomas F.

 

Wideman, Jerome E.

 

Wilson, B. C.

 

Young, Fred H.

 

Expense Statements

 

Democratic National Convention of 1928

 

Florida primary to elect delegates

 

Campaign announcements and literature

 

Correspondence

 

Crawford, H. Clay

 

Froscher, N. T.

 

Graves, John Temple II

 

Harrington, Sadette

 

McAdoo, William G.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Othen, John

 

Shaver, Clem

 

Stewart, Judge J. B.

 

Tanner, Lois K. Mayes

 

Thorn, George D.

 

Expense statements

 

Notes, results, etc.

 

National convention

 

Convention rules reform

 

Rosters of delegates, etc.

box 8

Duval County, Florida, Board of County Commissioners, Highway assessment districts, 1926-1927

 

Florida Anti-Tammany League, correspondence, 1928

 

L'Engle, E.J.

 

Wolf, John H.

 

Florida State Legislature, 1927

 

Correspondence with John Temple Graves II

 

General, n.d.

 

League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, 1923-1925 Correspondence, 1923-1925

 

Aydelotte, Frank, 1923

 

Pepper, Senator George Wharton, 1924

 

Wiegart, Marie W., 1925

 

Printed matter, 1923

 

Miscellaneous, 1927-1928

 

Flint, Dorothea Paradise, "What Woodrow Wilson Means to Me."

 

General, 1927-1928

 

Relief work, 1915-1929

 

American Relief Administration. European Children's Fund. Austria, 1919-1922

 

Clippings and translations of clippigs, 1919-1920

 

Correspondence, 1919-1920

 

Allen, Mrs. Lloyd, 1920

 

Baker, George Barr, 1919-1920

 

Beckley, Zoe, n.d.

 

Brown, Walter Lyman, 1919-1920

 

Bucher, A. J., n.d.

 

Causey, Colonel W. B., n.d.

 

Embree, Edwin R., 1920

 

Fuller, W. P. Jr., 1919-1920

 

Geist, Dr. R. Hermann, 1919

 

Griffith, James E., 1919

 

Gruneberger, Dr. N., 1920

 

Hynes, John H., 1920

 

Kellogg, Dr. Vernon, 1920

 

Khittel, Josef, 1920

 

Klastersky, Herr, 1920

 

Loewenthal, Dr. Josef, 1920

 

Miscellaneous, 1920

 

Mott, J. R., 1920

 

Pirquet, Dr. Clemens, 1920

 

Powers, Edwin, 1920

 

Quinn, Captain C. J. C., 1920

 

Reumann, Jakob, 1920

 

Shaler, Millard K., 1920

 

Simpson, John Lowrey, 1920

 

Strother, French, 1920

 

Swing, Raymond, n.d.

 

Vickrey, C. V., 1920

 

Viereck, George Sylvester, 1919

 

Whitestone, S. L., 1920

 

Yarnall, D. Robert, 1920

 

Memoranda, 1919-1920

 

General, 1920

 

Regarding Dr. R. Hermann Geist, 1919-1920

 

Messages of gratitude for relief work, 1920

 

Miscellaneous, 1919-1922

 

Speech by Sir William Goode, "The Plight of Central Europe and a Possible Remedy,' 1919

 

Telegraphic dispatches, 1919-1920

 

American Relief Administration Association, 1923-1929

 

Correspondence, 1928-1929

 

Cox, Dr. John, 1928

 

Hutchinson, Dr. Lincoln, 1929

 

Tuthill, Marshall W., 1929

 

Wright, Robert C., 1928

 

General, 1923-1929

 

Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1925

 

Correspondence, 1915-1925

 

Curtis, Edward D., 1915

 

Hollmann, J. J., 1915

 

Rickard, Edgar, 1923-1925

 

Simpson, R. H., 1916

 

Whitlock, Brand, 1915

box 9

General, 1915-1925

 

Manuscripts, untitled

 

Reports, 1915

 

"Report on the Deputation Permanente of Antwerp"

 

Warren, Robert H., "Statement of Circumstances Leading up to and Attending My Arrest at Esschen on Saturday, April 24th, 1915"

 

Social organizations, 1922-1930

 

Civitan Club of Jacksonville, 1924-1930

 

Friars Club, 1922-1926

 

Ortega Riding Club, 1927-1929

 

U.S. Navy, 1917-1959

 

General, 1917-1959

 

Correspondence, 1934-1959

 

Adams, Dr. Thomas S., 1940

 

Allen, Rear Admiral William H., 1938-1939

 

Angas, Commander W. Mack, 1939-1940

 

Ashby, Clarence G., 1952

 

Ashby, Clarence Garnett, Jr., 1952

 

Cummer, Wellington W., 1939

 

Daniel, Lieutenant Jacquelin J., 1945

 

DeWolf, Captain M. M., 1945-1946

 

Ferguson, Lieutenant Commander Robert R., 1934

 

Forrestal, James V., 1945

 

Fortson, Commander R. Malcolm, 1936-1941

 

Graves, John Temple, II, 1944

 

Gygax, Captain Felix, 1938

 

Kimball, Dan A., 1952

 

Lampe, Commander A. E., 1945

 

Lynch, Captain J. B., 1944

 

McFall, Rear Admiral A. C., 1945

 

Price, Captain John Dale, 1943

 

Schuyler, Captain G. L., 1940

 

Smith, Captain L., 1959

 

Spears, Captain W. O., 1936-1938

 

Walrath, Lieutenant L. K., 1943

 

Weaver, Major Lamar, 1939

 

Manuscript, "The Naval Reserve Force."

 

Orders, memoranda, fitness reports, etc., 1917-1954.

 

Jacksonville, Florida, Naval Air Base, 1938-1949

 

Clippings, 1939-1941

 

Correspondence, 1938-1949

 

Adair, Henry P., 1939

 

Adler, Colonel Julius, 1939

 

Andrews, Senator Charles O., 1939-1940

 

Angas, Robert M., 1939

 

Barber, Colonel A. B., 1939

 

Barton, Representative Bruce, 1939

 

Bell, R. J., 1940

 

Bennett, Walter J., 1939

 

Bishop, M. W., 1941

 

Blume, G. C., 1939

 

Butts, Elliot W., 1939

 

Carter, Fae R., 1939

 

Cary, James G., 1939

 

Chase, Joshua C., 1939

 

Clark, James B., 1939

 

Clason, Representative Charles R., 1939

 

Coachman, Walter F., Jr., 1939

 

Cole, Representative W. Sterling, 1939

 

Cone, Admiral Hutch I., 1939

 

Cotter, Commander Carl H., 1939-1940

 

Cushman, Raymond W., 1939

 

Daniels, James T., 1939

 

DeHoff, William J., 1949

 

Edison, Charles, 1939

 

Estes, Nieuport B., 1939

 

Fortson, Commander R. Malcolm, 1939

 

Gamble, Robert H., 1940-1941

 

George, Senator Walter F., 1939

 

Green, Representative Lex, 1939

 

Hoit, Richard B., 1939

 

Imeson, Thomas C., 1939

 

Jones, W. D., Jr., 1939-1941

 

Kassewitz, Samuel, 1939

 

Kavanaugh, J. E., 1939

 

Knox, Captain D. W., 1939

 

Lowry, Brigadier General Sumter L., Jr., 1939

box 10

Mason, Captain C. P., 1941

 

Matthews, Eugene S., 1939

 

Meade, Lieutenant Commander R. H., 1941

 

Milam, Arthur Y., 1939-1940

 

Milam, Robert R., 1939

 

Miscellaneous, 1939-1941

 

Moreell, Admiral Ben, 1939-1940

 

Murchison, Charles H., 1939

 

Newton, Walter H., 1939

 

Patten, George L., 1939

 

Pepper, Senator Claude, 1938-1939

 

Porcher, Arthur G., 1939

 

Reamy, H. J., 1940

 

Regan, Captain H. E., 1945

 

Register, J. Alvin, 1939

 

Sanders, Gold V., 1939

 

Smith, C. Sweet, n.d.

 

Stark, Admiral Harold R., 1941

 

Steiner, Ensign R. L., 1941

 

Stockton, James R., 1939

 

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1939

 

Tomb, Captain James H., 1939-1940

 

Towers, Jack, 1940

 

Ulmer, Herman, 1939

 

Watkins, Colonel Lewis H., 1939

 

West, Helen, 1939

 

Wiles, Frank, 1939

 

Williams, V. O., 1939

 

Wilson, Captain James Y., 1939

 

Yarnell, Rear Admiral Harry Ervin, 1941

 

Maps and blueprints

 

Memoranda, reports, miscellanea, 1938-1947

 

"Comparative Advantages of Establishing a Major Navy Air Base at Jacksonville and Miami," 1939

 

Deegan, William J., Jr., "Naval Air Base, Fernandina, Florida," 1939

 

Dozier, Lieutenant (junior grade) Louis S., "Statement by . . . at Deland, Florida on 28 February 1940."

 

General, 1939-1947

 

Miscellaneous, 1939-1941

 

Regarding bus transportation to naval base, 1939-1947

 

Leahy, Admiral William D., "Statement of the Chief of Naval Operations before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee in Connection with S-830, 6 March 1939."

 

"Memorandum Regarding Southeastern Air Base."

 

"Report on Hearings on Air Base, February 3, 1939," U.S. House of Representatives.

 

Sandquist, Lieutenant Commander O. A., "Supplemental Engineering Report," 1939

 

U.S. Engineer Office, "Estimates of Cost: Channel, Turning Basin, Bulkhead, Fill, Dike, Causeway, and Jetties for Potential Naval Air Base at Key Biscayne, near Miami, Florida," 1939

 

U.S. Engineer Office, "Estimates of Cost of Channels, Basins and Docks for Potential Naval Air Bases in St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida" 1938

 

Printed matter - Congressional bills, committee reports, etc., 1939

 

Universities, 1912-1930

 

Oxford University, 1912-1929

box 11

Academic records, 1912-1928

box 11

Oxford Officers Training Corps, 1917

 

Rhodes Scholarships, 1921-1929

box 11

Dacy, G. H., "Florida's Rhodes Scholars at Oxford."

box 11

General, 1921-1929

box 11

Princeton University alumni association, 1921-1930

 

Veterans Organizations, 1922-1930

 

American Legion. Edward C. DeSaussure Post #9, Jacksonville, Florida, 1922-1930

 

Charter and by-laws, 1923

 

General, 1923-1930

 

Resolutions, 1922-1924

 

Adjusted Compensation Bill (Bonus Bill), 1922-1924

 

Convict Lease System, 1923

 

General, n.d.

 

Immigration Restriction, 1923

 

Ku Klux Klan, 1923

 

Navy and Marine Memorial, 1924-1925

 

La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, 1923-1924

 

U.S. Veterans Bureau, 1922-1924