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  • Title: Henry Mauris Robinson papers
    Date (inclusive): 1917-1936
    Collection Number: 43001
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 34 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope (13.7 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, minutes of meetings, memoranda, conference documents, notes, and printed matter, relating to the United States Council of National Defense during World War I, the Paris Peace Conference, the Allied Supreme Economic Council, the Dawes and Young Committees on Reparations, and the International Economic Conference of 1927
    Creator: Paris Peace Conference (Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1919-1920)
    Creator: Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937
    Creator: Monetary and Economic Conference (Location of meeting: Geneva, Switzerland. Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1927.)
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1943.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Henry M. Robinson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1868, September 12 born, Ravenna, Ohio
    1886-1888 student, Cornell University
    1917-1918 staff, Council of National Defense
    1919 member, Supreme Economic Council, Paris Peace Conference
    1919 commissioner, U.S. Shipping Board
    1919 representative of U.S., First International Labor Conference
    1919 member, President's 2nd Industrial Conference
    1920 Chairman, Bituminous Coal Commission
    1924 member 2nd Committee of Experts on Reparations
    1927 chairman, American Delegation to International Economic Conference
    1929 member, Young Committee on Reparations
    1929 member, President's Economic Stabilization Conference
    1929-1930 member, Executive Committee, National Business Survey Conference, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, minutes of meetings, memoranda, conference documents, notes, and printed matter, relating to the United States Council of National Defense during World War I, the Paris Peace Conference, the Allied Supreme Economic Council, the Dawes and Young Committees on Reparations, and the International Economic Conference of 1927. Includes letters sent by Henry M. Robinson as well as letters, telegrams, and memoranda received from Rufus Dawes, Leon Fresor, Owen D. Young, Herbert Hoover, Fred Bate, and others, relating to reparations.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
    World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Reparations
    International economic relations
    United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
    Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
    Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920). Supreme Economic Council
    Inter-Allied Commission for Reparations
    United States. Council of National Defense