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Dennis, Lawrence 1923

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Dodge, H. Percival 1923

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Dolbeare, Frederick R. 1923

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Einstein, Lewis 1923

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Fletcher, Henry P. 1921-1923

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Grant-Smith, Ulysses 1919-1924

box 94

Grew, Joseph C. 1919-1924

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Gunther, Franklin M. 1925

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Hall, Barton 1923

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Hoover, Herbert 1921

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Hughes, Charles Evans 1923

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Hugins, C. R. 1920

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Jay, Augustus Peter 1923-1924

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Johnson, Stewart 1923

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Lane, Arthur Bliss 1919-1924

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Madden, Martin B. 1923

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Magruder, Alexander R. undated

box 95

Meyer, Cord 1923

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Newson, H. Dorsey 1923

box 95

O'Laughlin, John Callan 1923

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Phillips, William 1923

box 95

Richardson, R. Gilmore 1923

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Robbins, Warren D. 1921-1923

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Rogers, John Jacob 1919-1924

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Ruddock, Albert B. 1919-1920

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Schalk(?), H. A. 1924

box 95

Shaw, G. Howland 1923

box 95

Stowell, Ellery C. 1918

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White, John Campbell 1923

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Whitehouse, Sheldon 1923

box 95

Williamson, Harold L. 1923

box 95

Wilson, Charles S. 1923

box 95

Wilson, Hugh R. 1919-1923

box 95

Wilson, Verne, Jr. 1923

box 95

Winslow, Alan F. 1923

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Wright, J. Butler 1919-1923

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Correspondence of Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes (released for the press November 9, 1922)

box 95

Data on foreign service's total strength

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Departmental order no. 295 (Department of State) June 9, 1924

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Executive Order no. 4022 June 7, 1924

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Memoranda (mostly by Gibson)

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Printed matter

 

Reports, studies

box 96

By Gibson

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By others

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Text of House Resolution 6357

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Roosevelt, Eleanor (Mrs. Franklin D.)

box 96

Roosevelt, Eleanor (Mrs. Theodore, Jr.)

box 96

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

box 96

Russian Red Cross in Poland 1921

box 96

Sadikowa Choupaz, Natalie

box 96

Schmidt-Chevalier, Curt

box 96

Schofield, Rear Admiral, "Freedom of the Seas," 1921 December 21

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Sims, Admiral William S.

box 96

Sino-Japanese War 1932

box 96

Smith, Bedell

 

Soviet Union

box 96

General 1920-1924

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Agriculture [See: CORRESPONDENCE, Rickard, Edgar, August 22, 1925]

box 96

Foreign relations - Germany

box 96

Spaak, Paul Henri

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Spain

box 96

Stalin, Joseph

box 96

Strother, French

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Switzerland [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, Martin, William]

box 96

Thomas, Lowell

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Thompson, Dorothy (Mrs. Sinclair Lewis), "The New Patriotism Is Peace: Third and Last Article in Which Women from Many Lands Make Their Pleas," 1930

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Toynbee, Arnold J.

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Turkey - Entry to the League of Nations 1932

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Tyler, Royall

 

United States

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General

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Armed forces 1923

 

Army

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American Expeditionary Forces 1918

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Headquarters Third Corps Area [See also: BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, Officers' Reserve Corps] 1924-1925

box 96

Intelligence 1918

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Training manual 1923

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"Behold the Flag," by Ignatius I. Murphy

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Comptroller General

box 96

Department of Justice

 

Department of State

box 96

General

box 96

Commercial attaches

box 96

Embassies - London

box 96

Foreign Service School

box 96

United Nations Affairs Division

box 96

Legations - Berne (Office of the military attache) 1918

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Department of the Treasury

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Elections 1932

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Financial situation 1932

 

Foreign relations

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General - Post World War II era

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Argentina 1920

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Belgium 1918

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Cuba 1903

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France 1918

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Great Britain 1911-1941

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Latin America 1909-1911

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Netherlands 1921

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Poland 1919(?)

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Soviet Union 1920-1923

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Switzerland 1918

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Foreign Relations Committee 1917-1918

 

World War I

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Moral preparadness

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Treatment of prisoners of war

 

Upper Silesia - Plebiscite of 1921 March 20

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General

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Reports by Gibson

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Upton, Charles S., "Peace? Why Not?" 1942

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Vacuum Oil Company, N.Y. [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, Maguire, J. J.] 1916-1919

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Walter Hines Page School of International Relations, N.Y.

box 97

Wheeler, Post and Hallie Ermine Rives

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White, William Allen

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Whitlock, Brand [See: Belgium, World War I, German rule and actrocities]

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Wilbur, Ray Lyman

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Wile, Frederic William

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Williams, William Carlos

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Wilson, Alexander, Why a New League of Nations Will Not Succeed in Enforcing a Permanent Peace in an Uncivilized World 1944

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Wilson, Hugh R.

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Wilson, Woodrow

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Wolf, Otto

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Wood, Leona P. - Correspondence re her request for birthdates and a few lines for the "Friendship Calendar" (birthday book) she is preparing for Gibson 1909

 

World War I

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Allied intervention in Russia

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Debts payments

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France

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Germany

box 97

Great Britain

box 97

Pamphlets (mostly Belgian, some French)

box 97

Poland

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Reports by Gibson 1917 August 21 - 1918 April 16

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Yale University

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Young Women's Christian Associations

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Yugoslavia

 

DIPLOMATIC POSTS FILE 1908-1938

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and speeches, arranged alphabetically by name of country where Hugh Gibson was assigned in the course of his foreign service career.
 

Belgium (Brussels) 1914-1916 1927-1933 1937-1938

 

Appointment as Ambassador

 

1927

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General

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Congratulations sent to Hugh and Ynes Gibson

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- Congratulations sent to Hugh and Ynes Gibson 1937

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Clubs

 

Correspondence with Embassy

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General 1927-1930

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Groves, J. Philip 1930-1933

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Mayer, Ferdinand L. 1931

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Wilson, Warden McK. 1930

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Woodward, Stanley 1932-1933

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Embassy compound and servants

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Evaluation of State and other Departments' officials

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German accusations against Gibson 1918

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Miscellaneous

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Resignation 1933

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Speeches

 

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) 1933-1937

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General

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Appointment as Ambassador 1933

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Clubs

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Correspondence - In and outgoing telegrams 1933-1935

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Frost, Mr., Counselor of the Embassy

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Memoranda on U.S.-Brazil relations and U.S. Latin American policy

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Speeches

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Trade agreement between Brazil and the U.S. 1935

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Cuba (Havana) 1911-1913

 

France (Paris) 1918

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General

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Assignment as First Secretary 1918

 

Correspondence - In and outgoing telegrams

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1918 March-July

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1918 July-November

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Miscellaneous

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Honduras (Tegucigalpa) 1908-1909

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Luxemburg (Brussels, stationed in) 1927-1933; 1937-1938

 

Poland (Warsaw) 1919-1924

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General

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Accountant of Legation, John Weber

 

Accounts

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General

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Telegram account

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Clubs [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, Grodski, Stanislaw]

 

Correspondence

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With Polish officials 1921-1924

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With the Secretary of State 1919-1923

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Guarantee Trust Company of New York - Contract with the Polish Government 1921

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Guest lists

 

Invitations

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Received by Gibson

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Sent out by Gibson

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Legation compound and servants

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Miscellaneous

 

Memoranda

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For conversations with Polish officials

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Re the Frank Morse case 1923-1924

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Polish Red Cross - Honorary Diploma confered upon Gibson 1921

 

Relief work

 

Assistance extended

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To individuals

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To Russians in Poland [See also: SUBJECT FILE, Russian Red Cross in Poland]

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To the intelligentsia

 

Correspondence

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With Philip S. Baldwin 1921

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With Walter L. Brown 1920

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With Herbert Hoover 1920

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With Cyril J. C. Quinn 1920-1921

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With various relief groups and organizations

 

Reports

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Re Paderewski's return [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, Dulles, Allen, November 20, 1919; Hoover, Herbert, and House, Edward M., April 29, 1919; and Wilson, Woodrow, July 18, 1920] 1919

 

Weekly Political Reports to the Secretary of State

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1921

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1922

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1923

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1924

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Request for increase in contingent fund due to higher cost of living 1924

 

Secretaries of Legation

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Boal, Pierre de L.

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Moffat, Jay Pierrepont

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Telegrams 1919 October - 1923 January

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Transfer to Switzerland 1924

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Travel within the country

 

Switzerland (Bern) 1924-1927

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Appointment as Ambassador [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, Ambrose, W. H.] 1924

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Correspondence with Lucile Atcherson 1926

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Invitations, received and sent out

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Memoranda

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Miscellaneous

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Transfer to Belgium 1927

 

DISARMAMENT CONFERENCES FILE 1926-1933

Scope and Contents note

Charts, correspondence, graphs, memoranda, minutes of meetings, printed matter, reports, and studies, arranged chronologically by conference. As the series of disarmament conferences was an ongoing process, with conferences adjourning to await the outcome of others, some overlap could not be avoided.
box 102

Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Cannes, France 1922

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Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, Geneva 1925

 

Preparatory Commission for the General Disarmament Conference [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, Murray, George D.] 1926-1932

 

General

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Outline of the positions of the leading countries for and against budgetary limitations 1931

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Papers put together by Gibson (32 indexed documents)

 

1st session 1926 May

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Instructions for the American delegation

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Speeches

 

2nd session 1926 September

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Correspondence

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Sub-Commission B

 

3rd session (4th session, November) 1927 March

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Documents

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List of delegates

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Official report

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Speeches

 

5th session 1928 March

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Anglo-French Agreement

 

Correspondence

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With other delegations

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With the Secretary of State

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Memoranda

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Press clippings

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Speeches

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Telegrams March 12-28

 

6th session

 

First Part (adjourned May 6 to await the outcome of the London Naval Conference, 1930) 1929 April

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General

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Adjournment

 

Correspondence

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Between Herbert Hoover and J. Ramsay MacDonald

 

Of Gibson

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Congratulations and proposals sent by various individuals and peace organizations

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Miscellaneous

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With other delegations

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With the Secretary of State

 

Documents

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France

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Great Britain

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Turkey

 

Memoranda

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General

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Of conversations

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Press clippings [See also: Memoranda, General]

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Report by Frank B. Kellogg

 

Speeches

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By Gibson

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By others

 

Telegrams

 

Received

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April-May

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June-September

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Sent out April-May

 

Second Part 1930 November

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Commendation of advisors attached to the American delegation

 

Correspondence

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Congratulations and proposals sent by various individuals and peace organizations

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With other delegations

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With Norman Armour 1930 November - 1931 April

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With William Castle

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With the Secretary of State

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Documents

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Instructions for Gibson

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Invitations received from other delegations

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List of delegates

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Memoranda

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Miscellaneous

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Press clippings (including bound volume) [See also: Correspondence with Norman Armour]

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Speeches

 

Telegrams

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Received November 3-December 8

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Sent out November 5-December 9

 

Further talks and negotiations [See also: 6th session, Second Part, Correspondence with Norman Armour] 1931-1932

 

Memoranda

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General

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Of conversations 1931 September

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Notes and suggestions regarding budget limitation 1931 April 21

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Press clippings

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Statement by Gibson 1931 September 7

 

Telegrams between the Secretary of State and

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London embassy 1931 January-November

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Rome embassy 1931 February - 1932 January

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Other embassies and legations 1931 June-November

 

Tripartite Naval Conference, Geneva 1927

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General

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Coolidge Proposal calling for the conference February 10

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Correspondence between the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy

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Data, maps

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Delegations - United States

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Department of the Navy. General Board Report

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Informal meeting of delegates held at the Hotel Beau Rivage in Viscount Saito's Rooms July 6

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Memoranda of conversations June-July

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Press clippings [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, Dulles, Allen, November 14, 1927]

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Speeches

 

Telegrams

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Received February 3-August 5

 

Sent out

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February 14-July 15

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July 16-August 5

 

London Naval Conference 1929-1931

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General

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Anglo-American policies

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Anglo-French-Italian Naval Agreement 1931 March

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Congratulations and proposals sent by various individuals and peace organizations [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, American Friends Service Committee]

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Data

 

Delegations - American

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General

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Secretariat memoranda

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Tentative plan

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Directory

 

Documents

box 108

General

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France

box 108

Great Britain

box 108

Italy

box 108

Japan

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First Committee - Meetings and reports

Physical Description: 4.0 folders
box 109

Fourth plenary session February 11

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Franco-Italian negotiations 1930-1931

 

Memoranda

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General

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Of conversations

box 109

Sent to other governments

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Miscellaneous

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Naval intelligence reports and statistics

 

Preliminary talks and negotiations 1929

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General

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Anglo-American understanding

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Anglo-French conversations (including accord of 1928)

box 109

Convocation of Powers signatory to the Washington Treaty - Correspondence October-December

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Memoranda of conversations

 

Telegrams sent to the Secretary of State from

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London embassy June-August

box 109

Paris embassy November-December

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Press clippings

box 110

Press communiques

box 110

Printed material

box 110

Secretariat notices

box 110

Speeches

box 110

Subcommittees reports

box 110

Submarines - The question of their abolition

box 110

Summaries of the British and French press

 

Telegrams

 

Received

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1930 January 11-February 9

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February 10-February 25

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February 26-March 16

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March 17-April 3

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April 4-April 20

 

Sent

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To American embassy, Tokyo 1930 January 21-April 11

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To American embassies in Paris and in Rome, and to the Secratary of State October 14-November 6

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To the Secretary of State January 17-April 14

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Summary of telegrams exchanged on the subject of naval armaments since May 27, 1929

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Treaty

 

General Disarmament Conference, Geneva 1930-1933

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General

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Agreement of Understanding and Cooperation between the Four Western Powers 1932 December 11

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Appointment of Gibson as delegate 1932 January 4

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Armaments Year Book. General and Statistical Information in regard to Land, Naval and Air Armaments 1932

 

Correspondence

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Congratulations and proposals sent by various individuals and peace organizations [See also: CORRESPONDENCE, Adams, Jane and Glenn, Otis F.]

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With Norman Armour 1932 April-July

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With Walter E. Edge 1932 May-June

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With John W. Garrett 1932 June-July

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With other delegations 1932

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Delegations - American - Sick reports

 

Diaries

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Of Gibson (minutes and memoranda of meetings)

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Of Jay Pierrepont Moffat

 

Documents

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Belgium

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Czechoslovakia

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Denmark

 

France

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General [See also: Preparatory Commission, Correspondence with Norman Armour]

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Budget 1931-1932

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Germany

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Great Britain

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Greece

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Hungary

box 114

Italy

box 114

Japan

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Latin American states

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Norway [See: CORRESPONDENCE, Philip Hoffman]

box 114

Romania

box 114

Turkey

 

Series of League of Nations Publications

 

General

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1932 January-October

box 115

1932 November - 1933 April

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1933 May

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1933 June-July

 

Particulars with regard to the position of armaments in the various countries

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1931

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1932

 

Hoover's proposal

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Release by Gibson 1932 June 22

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Reactions - Italy

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Instructions for Gibson from Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimson

box 117

Interview of Norman H. Davis 1932 April 26

box 117

Journal, nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 115 1932 February and July

 

Memoranda

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General

Physical Description: 3.0 folders
box 118

From Henry Stimson to Gibson

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From William Castle to Gibson

 

Of conversations

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General

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Regarding Germany's return to the conference

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Of meetings of the American delegation

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Personal matters

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Miscellaneous

 

Naval aspects

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France

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Great Britain

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United States

box 118

Official entertaining allowance

box 118

Official Guide

box 119

Press clippings

box 119

Press conference of William Castle 1932 January 14

box 119

Press reviews

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Printed matter

box 119

Reports, studies

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Resolutions

 

Speeches

 

By Gibson

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1932

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1933

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Not delivered

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By others

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Statement 1932 April 30

 

Telegrams exchanged with the Secretary of State or other American embassies

 

Received

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1930 December - 1932 January

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1932 February-April

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1932 May-July 15

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1932 July 16 - 1933 January 27

 

Sent

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1931 January - 1932 January

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1932 February-March

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1932 April-May

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1932 June-July 15

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1932 July 16-October 29

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1932 November - 1933 January

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Transcripts of telephone conversations

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Three Powers (United States, Great-Britain, France) - Meetings and points of understanding 1932 June

 

HUGH GIBSON, 1883-1954 FILE

Scope and Contents note

Excerpts from Hugh Gibson's correspondence, diaries, and writings used or considered for publication in Hugh Gibson, 1883-1954 by Perrin C. Galpin, editor, arranged chronologically from 1908 to 1954. The book, published by the Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc., N.Y. in 1956, was made up of extracts from Gibson's letters and anecdotes from his friends, with an introduction by Herbert Hoover and a foreword by Perrin C. Galpin, editor.
 

Book

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Correspondence and other material related to the publication of the book

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Galley proofs

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Typewritten carbon copy

 

Excerpts from Gibson's correspondence, diaries and writings

 

Typewritten carbon copies

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1908-1909

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1910-1912

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1913-1916

box 123

1917

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1918

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1919

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1920-1921

box 123

1922-1927

box 124

1928-1929

box 124

1930-1933

box 124

1934-1938

box 124

1939-1945

box 124

1946-1954

 

Typescripts and carbon copies (duplicates)

box 124

1908-1910

box 124

1911-1913

box 124

1914-1916

box 125

1917

 

1918

box 125

January-June

box 125

July-December

 

1919

box 125

January-May

box 125

June-December

box 125

1920

box 126

1921-1923

box 126

1924-1928

box 126

1929-1933

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1934-1954

 

CLIPPINGS 1902-1950

Scope and Contents note

Arranged chronologically.
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1902-1903; 1918; 1922-1924

box 128

1912-1920

box 129

1926

box 130

1927

box 131

1927

box 132

1928

box 133

1929

box 134

1929

box 135

1930

box 136

1931-1932

box 137

1932-1933

box 138

1936-1950

box 139

CARD FILE 1908-1914

Scope and Contents note

Sorted index card notes of people mentioned in Hugh Gibson's letters to his mother, with corresponding dates.
 

OVERSIZE MATERIAL 1906-1956

Scope and Contents note

Albums, autograph and guest books, certificates, checkbooks, desk calendars, diplomas, medals, note books, and scrapbooks, arranged alphabetically by type.
 

Certificates of appointment

 

As ambassador

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Poland 1919

box 140

Switzerland 1924

box 140

Belgium 1927 and 1937

box 140

Brazil 1933

box 140

Luxemburg 1937

box 140

As delegate to the Sixth Session of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, Second Part, Geneva 1930 November 6

box 140

As a Colonel of Military Intelligence in the Army of the United States 1931 and 1936

 

Certificates of gratitude and admiration

box 140

From the Association of Polish Societies

box 140

From a Committee of Poles, including I. Paderewski

box 140

From Herbert Hoover to Gibson as a member of the Food Mission 1947

box 140

Certificate from the Vatican 1947

box 140

Certificate from the Munson S.S. Lines

box 140

Certificate from the PanAm Airlines 1933

 

Diplomas

box 140

Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris: Diploma of the diplomatic section 1907

box 140

Pomona College, California: M.A., and L.L.D. 1918 1929

box 140

Universite de Louvain, Belgium: Doctor of Diplomacy and Political Science 1928

box 140

Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium: Doctor of Law 1930

box 140

Yale University, New Haven: Doctor of Law 1931

box 140

Humoristic diploma presented to Gibson by Herman A. Webster, Paris 1907

box 141

Checkbooks

 

Daily reminders and address books

box 142

Of Hugh Gibson 1940-1953

box 143

Of Ynes Gibson 1945-1950

 

Autograph books

box 144

Undated

box 144

1906-1912

box 144

1914-1915

box 144

1922-1938

box 144

1928-1938

box 144

1932

box 144

1942-1956

box 145

Autograph book 1940-1942

box 145

Appointment book 1922

box 145

Guest lists book 1928-1933

box 145

Sitting arrangements book 1927-1932

box 145

Note book undated

 

Note books of courses at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris

box 145

Diplomatic history

box 145

The Oriental question

box 145

Political science

box 145

International law (2 vols.)

box 145

Leatherbound book of signatures by British women in thanks for Gibson's attempts to save Nurse Cavell in 1914 1932 June 23

box 145

Souvenir photo album entitled "Belgian War Mission, July 1917"

box 145

Two Speeches on Italy's Foreign Policy, Rome (inscribed to Gibson from Dino Grandi) 1930

box 145

Au banquet des Nations: The League at Lunch (sketches of various conferences by Derso & Kelen), Geneva 1937

 

Medals and decorations

 

Belgium

box 146

"Je Maintiendrai" - Ordre de la couronne de Chene - Order of the Oak Crown

Scope and Contents

Includes 2 medals. Found with Ribbon A.
box 146

The Order of Leopold: "L'Union Fait la Force," 1832

Scope and Contents

Includes 3 medals. Found with Ribbons B and C.
box 159

Medaille de la reine Elisabeth -Queen Elisabeth Medal 1916

box 159

Medaille Commemorative du Comite National de Secours et d' Alimentation, Commemorative Medal of the National Committee for Aid and Food 1918

box 159

Medaille Commemorative du Centenaire de l'Jndependance Nationale 1830-1930, Centenary of National Independence Commemorative Medal 1830-1930 1830-1930

box 158

Brazil - Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul, The National Order of the Southern Cross 1822

Scope and Contents

Includes two medals.
box 158

France - Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur, National Order of the Legion of Honor 1802

 

Poland

box 159

"PTCK," Polish Red Cross

box 159

Polish Red Cross "PCK Zastudze"

box 159

Kosciuszko Squadron, Air Force

box 159

"Ameryki," Americans of Polish descent who fought in World War I

Scope and Contents

Swoim Żołnierzom z Ameryki Oswobodzona Polska: Szampanja, Lwów, Wołyń, Pomorze.
 

"Polania Restituta," 1918

box 159

Krzyż Walecznych - Cross of Valor 1920 August 11

Scope and Contents

Includes two medals.
 

Serbia

box 159

Red Cross

box 158

Order of Saint Sava 1883

Scope and Contents

Two medals. Found with Ribbon F.
 

Medallions

box 159

Pius XI medal

box 159

Unknown Medal

box 160

Commemorating the first New York-Paris flight by Charles A. Lindbergh, "Spirit of St. Louis," New York, May 20 - Paris May 21, 1927

box 160

Swiss Confederation, Carnegie Foundation for Lifesavers, Schweiz Eidgenossenschaft Carnegie Stiftung Fur lebensretter- Fondation Carnegie Pour Les Sauveteures Confederation Suisse 1911 March 22

box 160

Kriegskreuz fur Zivilverdienste - War Cross for Civil Merits undated

box 160

Leo XIII P. M. Ann. X undated

box 160

Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem undated

box 160

Unknown medal with purple and white ribbon

box 160

Leo XIII miniature medal and Centenary of National Independence Commemorative miniature medal 1830-1930

box 160

Miniature Medals undated

Scope and Contents

Includes some military awards and a folder of documents.
box 161

Empty medal boxes I-V

box 162

Empty medal boxes VI-XII

box 163

Ribbons A-C

box 164

Ribbons D-F: oversize miliatry awards

 

Scrapbooks (mostly of newspaper clippings)

 

Foreign Service - Latin America (mostly)

box 147

Appointments to Honduras, Havana and London

 

Assault made upon him in Havana by a Cuban journalist, Enrique Maza

box 147

1912 August 27-September 2

box 147

1912 September 2-12

box 147

1912 September 14-December 30

box 147

1913 February 5-August 27

box 148

Reviews of Gibson's book Belgium, The Country and Its People; his address to the Foreign Policy Association and the situation in Europe 1939 July 13-December 15

box 148

Preparatory Commission, Sixth Session, First Part 1929 April-November

box 148

Book listing names of people mentioned in Gibson's letters to his mother, with corresponding dates, (matching card file in box 139) 1908-1914

 

Tripartite Naval Conference

box 149

1927 June 19-July 11

box 149

1927 July 9-August 3

box 149

1927 August 2-8, November 17-December 17; 1928 January 13-March 28

 

London Naval Conference

box 150

1929 December 27 - 1930 February 2

box 150

1930 January 31-February 20

box 151

1930 February 20-March 20

box 151

1930 March 19-April 11

box 152

1930 April 11-April 25

box 152

Conference of Experts for a Moratorium on Intergovernmental Debts, London 1931

 

MEMORABILIA

memorabilia_cabinet 

1 leather bill-fold

memorabilia_cabinet 

3 metal plates for printing of personal cards

memorabilia_cabinet 

1 plastic plate (slab) with Gibson's signature

memorabilia_cabinet 

7 printing blocks used for the book Hugh Gibson, 1883-1954 (light verse by Gibson in his handwriting)

memorabilia_cabinet 

Set of 8 overcoat and uniform buttons intended for Legation liveries in Warsaw, sent to Gibson by Reginald C. Foster in 1921

record cabinet

SOUND RECORDINGS 1930

Scope and Contents note

Recording of the opening of the London Naval Conference by King George V (with the King's signature on the inside flap), January 21, 1930.
 

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Contents note

496 prints, 4 booklets of prints, 76 postcards, 4 negatives.
envelope mA

1 print of Hugh Gibson undated

envelope mB

18 prints of Hugh Gibson undated

envelope C

20 prints of Ynes Gibson (Mrs. Hugh) and 7 prints Ynes Gibson and others undated

envelope mD

1 print of Hugh Gibson, John Foster Dulles, James T. Shotwell, and others, circa 1950; 1 print of members of the Commission for Relief in Belgium; 5 prints of children being fed (probably in Belgium); 1 print of Takashi Komatsu and family, 1937; 21 of unidentified house (probably in Brazil); 9 miscellaneous prints

envelope E

43 prints of Michael Gibson (son of Hugh Gibson) undated

envelope F

1 print of Michael Gibson with Princess Josephine-Charlotte; 1 print of Astrid, Queen of the Belgians with Princess Josephine-Charlotte undated

envelope G

5 prints of Hugh Gibson and/or Mrs. Gibson with Michael Gibson; 3 prints of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gibson; 1 print of Michael Gibson's baptism undated

envelope H

1 print of wedding of Hugh Gibson and Ynes Reyntiens, February 27, 1922; 4 booklets of wedding prints

envelope I

10 prints of Hugh Gibson and others; 2 prints of Hugh Gibson, Henry L. Stimson and others; 1 print of Herbert Hoover, Hugh Gibson and others undated

envelope J

38 prints of Spain during the civil war 1936-1939

envelope K

1 print of Hugh Gibson addressing troops of General Josef Haller, Warsaw, Memorial Day, 1919; 3 prints of Hugh Gibson and Ynes Gibson, circa 1922; 1 print of Ynes Gibson and others, 1918; 1 scene in Bruges, Belgium, 1928; 1 print of family and friends of Ynes Reyntiens Gibson; 2 of Rev. John B. de Ville, 1932; 3 prints of Brussels, Belgium, 1927; 4 prints of members of the Belgian Royal family

envelope L

Trip to Latin America with the Intergovernmental Committee 1952 August-September

envelope M

61 prints of trip to Spain 1939

envelope mN

1 print of 2 soldiers in World War I; 1 print of Ynes Gibson and others 1916

envelope O

2 prints of Countess Sophie Clary (Foffa); 1 print of A. T. Ozoria; 1 print of Mary Gibson (mother of Hugh Gibson); 1 print of William Hallam Tuck and others, 1916; 1 print of the Clary family, 1923; 3 prints of Paula and Franzy Kinsky; 1 print of Capt. Clarence A. Abele, 1919; 1 print of the Sunset Club, 1945

envelope mP

1 print of Baupre (?), 1913; 1 print of Grace Coolidge, (Mrs. Calvin); 1 print of Helena Paderewska (wife of Ignace), 1919

envelope Q

1 print of Hugh and Ynes Gibson, Pierre de Boal, Allen Winslow and other, Berne; 43 prints of the Legation in Warsaw, Poland, 1919-1922; 2 prints of Count Zamoyski and others; 10 scenes in Poland; 1 print of the Marquis de Villalobar, Cardinal Mercier, and others; 1 print of Cardinal Mercier and others

envelope R

66 postcards of France and Poland, 1919-1920; 1 postcard of Albert I, King of the Belgians; 1 post card of Leopold II, King of the Belgians; 3 postcards of General Jozef Haller; 5 post cards of Joseph Pilsudski; 1 print of Emperor Franz Josef

envelope S

4 negatives undated

envelope T

30 unidentified prints undated

envelope U

8 unidentified prints undated

envelope V

28 unidentified prints undated

 

CORRESPONDENCE II 1912-1983

Scope and Contents note

Consists of letters and telegrams, mainly sent to Ynes Gibson, as well as an address book and commemoratory materials after Gibson's death. Maintains the original arrangement of the creator.
box 153, folder 1

Address book, undated

 

Letters to Ynes Gibson 1912-1949

box 153, folder 2

Clary, Countess Sophie (Foffa) 1912-1946

box 153, folder 3

1922-1938

box 153, folder 4

1937-1949

box 153, folder 5

1939-1941

box 154, folder 1

1945-1949

 

Gibson, Hugh 1932-1949

box 154, folder 2

1932

box 154, folder 4

1938-1941

box 154, folder 5

1942-1949

box 154, folder 3

Letters to Hugh and Ynes Gibson 1933-1950

box 155, folder 1

General correspondence 1914-1932

box 155, folder 2

Letters received by Ynes Gibson, A to M 1943-1945

box 155, folder 3

Letters received by Ynes Gibson, M to Z 1943-1945

box 155, folder 4

Intergovernmental Committee for Migration (ICM) ceremony honoring Gibson correspondence 1982-1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes ICM press packet and a speech by Michael Gibson.
 

FAMILY FILE II 1914-1955

Scope and Contents note

Consists of correspondence, speeches, news clippings, announcements, and printed matter relating to Gibson's career and commemoratory after his death. Also included are diaries written by Ynes Gibson detailing her experince in World War I.
box 156, folder 1

Ynes Gibson's diaries 1914-1917

box 156, folder 2

South American tour journal 1947

box 156, folder 3

Speeches and clippings on the death of Hugh Gibson and estate documents 1954-1955

 

CORRESPONDENCE III 1917-1947

Scope and Contents note

Consists of letters and telegrams sent to and from the Gibson family.
box 156, folder 4

Telegrams between Hugh Gibson and Mrs. Frank Gibson (mother) 1917-1924

box 156, folder 5

Letters to Michael Gibson 1931-1947

 

PHOTOGRAPHS II 1919-1954

Scope and Contents note

Consists of photographs relating to Gibson's personal life and diplomatic career. Arranged chronologically by subject.
box 157, folder 1

American legation and portraits from Warsaw, Poland 1919

box 157, folder 2-3

Family, friends, colleagues, and miscellaneous photographs 1922-1948

box 157, folder 4

Brazil 1935

box 157, folder 5

ICM meeting in Geneva circa 1954

box 157, folder 6

Prints of Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson undated

box 157, folder 7

One print of "Wake Up America!" with William Chenery, Fred Clark, Admiral Wm. V. Pratt, Mrs. Eve Garrette, and Hugh Gibson undated

box 157, folder 8

United States Embassy in London staff undated

box 157, folder 9

King Albert with family; one print of King Albert and Hugh Gibson undated

 

2015 INCREMENT circa 2015

onsite digital

"The Hoover for President Club" manuscript by Michael F. Gibson circa 2015

Scope and Contents note

This family history is by Hugh Gibson's son. Per the author, "Writings of my parents are framed and reference is given to sources. Writings by their friends are signaled by a marginal line." The manuscript contains embedded color images; it is 479 pages. Received as a MS Word document titled THE_HOOVER_FOR_PRESIDENT_CLUB_FINAL.doc in 2015.