Register of the David Wooster King Papers, 1914-1971
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Register of the David Wooster King Papers, 1914-1971
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Stanford University
- Stanford, California 94305-6010
- Phone: (650) 723-3563
- Fax: (650) 725-3445
- Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives staff
- Encoded by:
- James Lake
© 1998 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: David Wooster King Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1971
Collection number: 72014
Creator:
King, David Wooster, 1893-
Collection Size:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Diary, orders, correspondence, and memorabilia, relating to French and American military operations in World War I, the American
consular service in Ethiopia in 1926, and Office of Strategic Services activities in North Africa during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], David Wooster King papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Access Points
United States. Dept. of State.
United States. Office of Strategic Services.
Secret service--United States.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service.
Ethiopia.
Ethiopia--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Armed Forces.
United States--Foreign relations--Ethiopia.
Africa.
Biographical Note
| 1893, July 5 |
Born, Wickford, R.I. |
| 1914, August |
Enlisted in French Foreign Legion |
| 1915, October |
Transferred to 170th French Infantry |
| 1917, November |
Released by French Army |
| 1918, January |
1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army |
| 1918, March |
Assistant to Military Attach, Col. W. F. H. Godsden |
| 1918, December |
Paris Peace Conference |
| 1919, August |
Return to United States for demobilization |
| 1920 |
Calcutta, India |
| 1926 |
Abyssinia |
| 1935-1945 |
Lt. Col. AUS OSS Algiers, Tunisia, Italy, Morocco, Washington, New York |
| 1941-1943 |
Vice Consul and Military Intelligence |
Container List
Box 1
Personal data (applications, certificates, promotion notifications, etc.)
American and French awards
Correspondence, 1944-1971
Military orders, army regulations, recommendations for awards, etc., 1943-1953
Diary of D. W. King while secretary and interpreter for Consul General Ralph Totten on a United States diplomatic mission
to Abyssinia, 1926 April-June
