Tasker Howard Bliss papers,
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930.
Tasker Howard Bliss papers, 1864-1933 (bulk 1917-1930). - 80,000 items. 393 1 containers plus oversize. 104 linear feet. - Part I: General File, 1870-1919. Part II arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Personal File, 1917-1920; Series 2: Office File-Supreme War Council, 1917-1930; Series 3: Family Correspondence, 1864-1933; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1892-1927; Series 5: Speech and Article File, 1909-1927; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1907-1929.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, minutes of meetings, speeches, lectures, reports, articles, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Bliss's military career and participation in peace negotiations following World War I. Documents his service with the U.S. American Commission to Negotiate Peace following the war, participation in the Allied and Associated Powers Supreme War Council, term as chief of staff of the U.S. War Dept. General Staff in 1917, and association with the Army War College. Also documents his service in Cuba during and after the Spanish-American War of 1898; in the Philippines, 1905-1909; and on the Mexican border during the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920. Subjects include freedom of the seas and postwar economic and political issues in Europe. Correspondents include Henry T. Allen, Newton Diehl Baker, Oscar Terry Crosby, Joseph C. Grew, Leland Harrison, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, Robert Lansing, Frank L. Polk, Henry White, and Woodrow Wilson.
Maps
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
transferred to
Broadsides
Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
transferred to
Army officer, diplomat, and scholar.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013058
mm 78013037
Allen, Henry T. 1859-1930 --Correspondence.
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 --Correspondence.
Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-1947 --Correspondence.
Grew, Joseph C. 1880-1965 --Correspondence.
Harrison, Leland, 1883-1951 --Correspondence.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 --Correspondence.
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 --Correspondence.
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 --Correspondence.
Polk, Frank L. 1871-1943 --Correspondence.
White, Henry, 1850-1927 --Correspondence.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 --Correspondence.
United States. American Commission to Negotiate Peace.
United States. Army.
United States. Army --Foreign service--Cuba.
United States. Army --Foreign service--Philippines.
United States. War Department. General Staff.
Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920). Supreme War Council.
Army War College (U.S.)
Freedom of the seas.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Cuba.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
Cuba--History--1895-
Europe--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.
Philippines--History--1898-1946.
Army officers.
Diplomats.
Scholars.
Tasker Howard Bliss papers, 1864-1933 (bulk 1917-1930). - 80,000 items. 393 1 containers plus oversize. 104 linear feet. - Part I: General File, 1870-1919. Part II arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Personal File, 1917-1920; Series 2: Office File-Supreme War Council, 1917-1930; Series 3: Family Correspondence, 1864-1933; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1892-1927; Series 5: Speech and Article File, 1909-1927; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1907-1929.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, minutes of meetings, speeches, lectures, reports, articles, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers relating chiefly to Bliss's military career and participation in peace negotiations following World War I. Documents his service with the U.S. American Commission to Negotiate Peace following the war, participation in the Allied and Associated Powers Supreme War Council, term as chief of staff of the U.S. War Dept. General Staff in 1917, and association with the Army War College. Also documents his service in Cuba during and after the Spanish-American War of 1898; in the Philippines, 1905-1909; and on the Mexican border during the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920. Subjects include freedom of the seas and postwar economic and political issues in Europe. Correspondents include Henry T. Allen, Newton Diehl Baker, Oscar Terry Crosby, Joseph C. Grew, Leland Harrison, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, Robert Lansing, Frank L. Polk, Henry White, and Woodrow Wilson.
Maps
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
transferred to
Broadsides
Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
transferred to
Army officer, diplomat, and scholar.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013058
mm 78013037
Allen, Henry T. 1859-1930 --Correspondence.
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 --Correspondence.
Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-1947 --Correspondence.
Grew, Joseph C. 1880-1965 --Correspondence.
Harrison, Leland, 1883-1951 --Correspondence.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 --Correspondence.
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 --Correspondence.
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 --Correspondence.
Polk, Frank L. 1871-1943 --Correspondence.
White, Henry, 1850-1927 --Correspondence.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 --Correspondence.
United States. American Commission to Negotiate Peace.
United States. Army.
United States. Army --Foreign service--Cuba.
United States. Army --Foreign service--Philippines.
United States. War Department. General Staff.
Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920). Supreme War Council.
Army War College (U.S.)
Freedom of the seas.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Cuba.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918--Peace.
Cuba--History--1895-
Europe--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.
Philippines--History--1898-1946.
Army officers.
Diplomats.
Scholars.