Gaffney (Thomas St. John) papers

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Correspondence 1887-1941

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Consists of letters, invitations, and enclosures. Arranged alphabetically by last name.

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General 1890-1940

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Unidentified 1903-1934

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Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von 1917

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Barnes, Harry Elmer 1924-1933

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Box/Folder 1 : 4. Includes enclosed correspondence regarding William Dodd.

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Belgian Legation 1902

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Bigelow, Poultney 1930

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Boehm-Tettelbach, Hans W. 1931

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Borah, William E. 1928

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Bothmer, Felix von Reichsgraf 1931

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Cambon, Jules 1900-1903

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Box/Folder 1 : 9. See also Scrapbooks.

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Carter, Boake 1940

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Carter, Frederic 1887

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Chamberlain, Neville 1938

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Cohalan, Daniel F. 1931

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Copeland, Royal S. 1931

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Dieckhoff, Hans Heinrich 1938

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Draeger, Phil H.C. Hans 1931-1936

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Emerson, Edwin 1931

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Epp, Franz Ritter von 1935-1936

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Fein, Claus 1936

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Frick, Wilhelm 1933

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Gerard, James Watson 1915

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Gibbons, James, Cardinal 1915

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Hitler, Adolf 1931-1933

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Box/Folder 1 : 24. Includes responses from secretary of Wilhelm Bruckner.

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Hoover, Herbert 1928-1931

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Jagow, Kurt 1929

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Kasenkamp, Georg 1932

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Kiep, Otto Carl 1933

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Lössl, Edler von and Sigmund Ritter 1915

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McDonald, J. Ramsey 1929

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Papen, Franz von 1932

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Reichenau, Walther von 1929

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Rochambeau, René? de 1902

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Roddie, Stewart undated

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Rudi 1897-1898

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Russell, Charles 1903

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Russian Imperial embassy, Washington 1902

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St. Clair, C.M. 1934-1935

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Soden, G. 1925-1927

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South African Republic embassy, Brussels 1900

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Schnee, M. 1931

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Sell, Ulrich von 1933 1938

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Box/Folder 1 : 42. See also Scrapbooks--Kaiser Wilhelm II in exile.

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Shipstead, Henrik 1928-1929

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Sternburg, Hermann Speck von 1902-1908

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Stoddard, John L. 1915-1917

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Sullivan, Mark 1933

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Wegerer, Alfred von 1934

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William II 1929-1941

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Letters of gratitude for helping English and Americans in Munich 1915-1916

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Miscellaneous invitations 1891-1928

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Speeches and Writings 1900-1933 undated

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Consists of typescript and handwritten drafts of writings, and some printed copies

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Arranged chronologically

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Untitled writings on misrepresentation of Germany in the foreign press, Vatican and Dresden Courts, Irish and Italian immigrants in the United States, and Kaiser Wilhelm II undated

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"American Intervention in Russia in 1918: The Lytton Report" undated

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"An Appeal to the Conscience of America, handwritten and typescript drafts undated

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"End of the Fantastic Reparation Claims of the Allies" undated

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"England's Guilt and England's Hypocrisy: An American Verdict" undated

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"The League of Nations and the Reconciliation of the Peoples," draft undated

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Letter to the editor, The Herald Tribune, handwritten draft undated

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Letter to the editor, The New York Sun undated

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"New York in Danger of Jewish Domination" undated

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"Notes and comments" undated

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"The Origin of the Guilt Clause of the Versailles Treaty the Responsibility of Secretary of State Lansing and James Brown Scott" undated

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"Wilsonism Dominant in Chicago" undated

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"The Alleged European Coalition, Against the United States During the Spanish-American War," printed copy 1900

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"The Anglo-Japanese Treaty: A Last Work on Pauncefote--His American Champions Utterly Routed--British Duplicity During the Spanish War," printed copy 1900

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Letter to the editor, New York World 1915 August 24

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Reports from Munich as consul general 1915

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"The Alleged Potsdam War Crown Council of July 5, 1914, Sweeping Repudiation of the Myth By the Kaiser" after 1915

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"Morgenthau's Potsdam War Council Exposed as a Fake in the 'Suddeutsche Monatshefte'" circa 1918

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"'Terrorism' in Our Own Ranks, Instances of Unexampled Brutality Practiced on American Doughboys During and After the War by Martinets Who Criticize Conditions in German Labor Camps," Deutsche Zeitung after 1919

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"The German Americans During the World War," speech at the Concord Society of America 1926 November 28

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Letter to the editor, The Commonweal 1928 August 6

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Letter to the editor, Herald Tribune, "Reparations and the War Guilt Problem" 1929 April 26

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"The Kaiser Repudiates the Potsdam Conference 'Legend,'" Current History 1930 February

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"War Guilt Commission," Current History 1930 March

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Letter to the editor, North American Review 1932 August 1

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"Immigration and the Crime Wave," The Commonweal 1932 September 28

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Writings published in American Monthly 1932-1933

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"The Siberian Adventure of Woodrow Wilson, More About the Red Cross," American Monthly 1933 January

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Letter to the editor, Evening Post 1933 April 8

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"An Open Letter," Observer's Post 1933 May 1

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Letter to the editor, The Herald Tribune 1933 June 4

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Quotations and notes undated

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Box/Folder 2 : 22

Clippings and Collected Materials 1897-1940

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Consists of clippings from newspapers and journals, writings, and correspondence

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Arranged alphabetically by subject

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Africa 1929

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Atrocities and war conduct 1917-1940

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Box/Folder 2 : 24-25

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Belgium 1928

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Biographical

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Undated

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1897-1905

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1911-1915

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1916-1919

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1920-1924

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1925-1929

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1930-1932

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1933

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1934-1936

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1939

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Barnes, Harry Elmer 1933

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Canada 1918 undated

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Church 1915-1936

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England 1914-1940

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France 1917-1933

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German-Americans 1934

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German propaganda 1925-1926 undated

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Germany 1914-1933

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Hitler, Adolf 1933-1940

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Ireland undated

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"Jewish question" 1931-1933

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League of Nations 1919-1930

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Lloyd George, David undated

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Neutrality 1918

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Poems undated

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"Propaganda and lies" 1914-1925

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Reparations undated

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Russia 1931

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Shipstead, Henrik 1928-1929

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Treaties

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General 1918-1927

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Revision 1930-1933

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Versailles 1921-1931

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United States and war 1918-1931

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War guilt 1926-1931

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Wile, Frederic William 1928

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Wilson, Woodrow 1916-1932

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Miscellany 1914 undated

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Box/Folder 3 : 27

Scrapbooks 1893-1940

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Contains clippings, correspondence, invitations, menus, postcards, and photographs. Arranged by topic or form.

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Correspondence and invitations (2 scrapbooks) 1893-1902

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Box/Folder 4 : 1-4

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Personal and biographical clippings 1899-1905

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Kaiser Wilhelm II in exile (A) 1927-1939

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Box/Folder 4 : 6-7

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Kaiser Wilhelm II in exile (B) 1927-1937

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Box/Folder 5 : 1-3

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Breaking the Silence reviews and related correspondence 1931-1940

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Box/Folder 5 : 4-5