Use
Acquisition Information
Preferred Citation
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Title: William Cullen Dennis papers
Date (inclusive): 1900-1968
Collection Number: 99030
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
197 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(78.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, legal briefs, legal case files, other legal records, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating
to international arbitration of boundary disputes and legal claims against governments brought by foreign nationals, and to
efforts for the promotion of international law, international organization and peace, primarily before World War II. Includes
files on international arbitration cases involving the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Haiti, Venezuela, Peru,
Chile, Great Britain, Norway, Yugoslavia and China.
Creator:
Dennis, William Cullen, 1878-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1999.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Cullen Dennis papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
American lawyer.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, writings, legal briefs, legal case files, other legal records, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating
to international arbitration of boundary disputes and legal claims against governments brought by foreign nationals, and to
efforts for the promotion of international law, international organization and peace, primarily before World War II. Includes
files on international arbitration cases involving the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Haiti, Venezuela, Peru,
Chile, Great Britain, Norway, Yugoslavia and China. Also includes declassified materials released in May 2015 (in box 197)
relating to the international tribunal arbitrating the Orinoco Steamship Co. case.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Peace
International organization
United States -- Foreign relations
International law
Arbitration (International law)
Great Britain
China
Yugoslavia
Haiti
Mexico
Costa Rica
Panama
Venezuela
Peru
Chile
Norway