Register of the William A. Drayton papers

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Title: William A. Drayton papers

Date (inclusive): 1913-1946

Collection Number: 74090

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope, 1 oversize folder (0.9 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, and photographs, relating to Serbia during and after World War I.

Creator: Paris Peace Conference (Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1919-1920)

Creator: Drayton, William A.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William A. Drayton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

American volunteer, Serbian army; member, Serbian delegation, Paris Peace Conference; Inter-Allied commissioner, Bulgarian Atrocities Commission.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, and photographs, relating to Serbia during and after World War I.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace

World War, 1914-1918 -- Yugoslavia

Serbia -- History

Commission interalliée sur les violations des conventions de la Haye et du droit international en général commises de 1915 à 1918 par les Bulgares en Serbie occupée

box 1

Diary 1918 November 11-December 17

Scope and Contents note

Diary and diary notes, arranged chronologically.

CORRESPONDENCE 1917-1946

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent.

box 1

Army and Navy Club of America

box 1

Brandigen, E. D.

box 1

Commission for the Peace Conference in Ljubljana

box 1

Committee for a Fair Trial for Draja Mihailovich

box 1

Curwen, Mary

box 1

Drayton, Kolman

box 1

Gavrilovitch, Milan

box 1

Independent

box 1

Jovanovich, M.

box 1

Karovitch, Pavle

box 1

MacKinnon, M. L.

box 1

Milosavljevitch, Lazar

box 1

New York Herald

box 1

Pashitch, Nikola

box 1

Phillips, William

box 1

Sachutch, Kaross

box 1

Serbian Red Cross

box 1

Serbian Relief Fund

box 1

Serbian Society of Great Britain

box 1

U.S. A.E.F. Headquarters

box 1

U.S. Embassy London, Office of the Military Attache

box 1

U.S. Passport Bureau

box 1

Vesnitch, Milenko

box 1

Witton, M.

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

Scope and Contents

Drafts of speeches and writings, arranged alphabetically by title.

box 1

"Dalmatia."

box 1

"Financial Scheme for Serbia."

SUBJECT FILE 1913-1920

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, and printed material, arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 1

American Commission to Negotiate Peace, Paris, 1919

box 1

Banat, Serbian territorial claims, 1919

Biographical file

box 1

"American Who Will Fight for Serbia." by Hayden Church, 1918

box 1

Certificate of exemption from military service

box 1

Delegation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Letters to the mother of W. A. Drayton

box 1

Letters of introduction and recommendation

box 1

"A Young American Friend of Serbia."

box 1

Bulgarian Military Occupation of Serbia, 1915-1918

box 1

Bulgarian-Serbian frontier claims and reparations, 1919-1920

box 1

Cer Mountain, battle, August, 1914

box 2

Georgevitch, T. R., "The Truth about Rumanes in Serbia", Paris, 1919

box 2

Goricia, Italian occupation, 1918

Interallied Commission, Paris, 1919

box 2

Report on the Violations of the Hague Convention, by the Bulgarians in Occupied Serbia, 1915-1918

box 2

International credit and international government currency

box 2

Italian occupied territories, 1918-1919, treatment of inhabitants

box 2

Italian-Yugoslav territorial disputes, 1919

box 2

Jugoslav Committee in London. "Austria-Hungary's Effort to Exterminate Her Jugoslav Subjects."

box 2

Lazic, Ant., "Ethnographic Frontier of Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany." (In French)

box 2

Montenegrin National Assembly, Deputies, 1906-1913

Paris Peace Conference, 1919

box 2

Commission on Reparations of Debts -- Project for Treaty with Bularia

Delegation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

box 2

Albania

box 2

Dalmatian question

box 2

Frontiers between the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Italy

box 2

Goritza and Gradiska

box 2

Istria

box 2

Memorandum concerning the claims of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

box 2

Military effort of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the war of 1914-1918

box 2

North Frontier

box 2

Persecutions of Slovenes and Croats under Italian occupation

box 2

Serbo-Bulgarian relations

box 2

Triest

box 2

Economic and Financial Section. Memorandum concerning the Peace Treaty with Austria

box 2

Democratic Autonomist Party of Fiume

box 2

"Report of a Yugoslav Interned in Italy," Paris, 1919

box 2

Serbia, World War I, Reconstruction and relief

box 2

Serbian Army offensives, Autumn, 1918

box 2

Smodlaka, J., "Jugoslav Territorial Claims", Paris, 1918

MISCELLANY

Scope and Contents

Calling cards and other miscellaneous materials, arranged as listed.

box 2

Calling cards

box 2

Miscellaneous

envelope A

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Contents

Includes 33 photographs in 1 envelope: 28 photos of atrocities committed by the Bulgarian Army in occupied Serbia, 1915-1918. 3 photos of William A. Drayton as an officer in the Serbian Army during World War I. 1 photo of Mary and Margaret Brebrier.

OVERSIZE MATERIAL

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Map, The principles of President Wilson and the Italian aspirations in Carinthia, in the provinces of Gorice and Carniola undated

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Map, The Italian revendications against Austria... undated

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Map, The Italian revendications against Austria... undated

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Map, The Italian revendications against Austria... undated

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Poster for "Save the Children Fund" concert 1920 April 23

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Poster, lecture on Serbia given by William A. Drayton 1920 January 31

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Map, Serbia's Part in the World War undated

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Poster requesting aid for Serbia undated

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Poster, lecture on Serbia given by William A. Drayton 1920 February 29

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Map, Jugoslovenska Zemlja 1915

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Map, The New Map of Europe 1916

os_folder 1

Poster, Serbia "Dinna Forget!" undated