Inventory of the Ernest Wilson Riggs papers
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Title: Ernest Wilson Riggs papers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1943
Collection Number: XX295
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs and correspondence, relating to Turkish atrocities against Armenians in 1915; the expulsion of Americans from Turkey,
1920-1921; Turkish-American relations; and conditions in Greece during World War II.
Creator:
Riggs, Ernest Wilson, 1881-1952
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
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ernest Wilson Riggs papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
President, Euphrates College, Harput, Turkey, 1910-1921; Child Welfare Director, Near East Relief, 1920-1921.
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs and correspondence, relating to Turkish atrocities against Armenians in 1915; the expulsion of Americans from Turkey,
1920-1921; Turkish-American relations; and conditions in Greece during World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923
World War, 1914-1918 -- Turkey
World War, 1939-1945 -- Greece
Turkey -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Turkey
Near East Relief (Organization)
box 1, folder 1
"Murder of Rev. G. P. Knapp, Head of the American Mission, Bitlis,"
1919 October 16
box 1, folder 2
Letter, W. Nesbitt Chambers to Dr. Peet,
1921 November 5
box 1, folder 3
Press release, U.S. Dept. of State, "Negotiation of a Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Turkey,"
1923 August 6
box 1, folder 4
"Some Events at Harpoot during the Great War of 1914-1915, "
undated
box 1, folder 5-6
Correspondence of Ernest W. Riggs
1943
box 1, folder 7
Letter, A. W. Dulles, U. S. Dept. of State, to Rev. E. Starks Beebe, mimeograph copy,
1924 March 5
box 1, folder 8
Letter, Theodore D. Riggs to friends,
1921 April 17
box 1, folder 9-10
Irwin, Genevieve DuVal (Mrs. H. M.). "War Notes, with an Addenda--On Saving of Enclosed 'War Notes'." (two copies)
undated
box 1, folder 11
Jaquith, H. C.. Letter to Admiral Mark L. Bristol, concerning events in Smyrna, September 9-16, 1922,
1922 October 11
box 1, folder 12
Ward, Mark. Extracts from the diary of Mark Ward,
1921-1922
