Content Description
Processing Information
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Tasker H. Bliss papers
Source:
James Cummins Bookseller
Creator:
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930
Identifier/Call Number: M2123
Physical Description:
0.834 linear feet
2 manuscript boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1900-1923
Language of Material: Materials are primarily in English.
Content Description
The materials consist of correspondence and related documents from his time as Collector of Customs for Cuba, personal and
administrative correspondence received while on the Army War College Board, drafts and finished texts of speeches, book reviews,
military reports, expense statements and other documents.
Processing Information
Minimally processed.
Biographical / Historical
Tasker Howard Bliss (December 31, 1853 - November 9, 1930), was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point
(class of 1875), inspector of European military schools in the late 1880s, military attaché to Spain at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American War, served as Collector of Customs for Cuba and the Port of Havana from 1898-1902. He later was appointed
governor of Moro Province in the Philippines and held other posts in the islands. He served as President of the Army War College
on two separate occasions, and was named Army Chief of Staff in 1916, serving until May 1918. Personal papers at the U.S.
Army Military History Institute (1871-1909).
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Stanford University Libraries in 2014.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Tasker H. Bliss Papers (M2123). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930