Roy Tasco Davis papers, 1886-1960 (bulk 1928-1933).
Material type:
Mixed materialsLanguage: English, Spanish Description: 450 items; 2 containers plus 1 classified; 1.0 linear feetSubject(s): - Coello, Augusto C., 1882-1941 -- Correspondence
- Dávila, Fausto -- Correspondence
- Fox, Ray -- Correspondence
- Geissler, Arthur H. -- Correspondence
- Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 -- Correspondence
- Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 -- Correspondence
- Munro, Dana Gardner, 1892-1990 -- Correspondence
- Salazar, Carlos, 1859-1954 -- Correspondence
- Skinner Klée, Alfredo -- Correspondence
- Summerlin, George Thomas, 1872-1947 -- Correspondence
- United States. Department of State
- Guatemala -- Boundaries
- Honduras -- Boundaries
- Diplomats
- Educators
Open to research.
Classified, in part.
Papers relating primarily to Davis's work with the U.S. Dept. of State as chairman of a commission to establish a provisional boundary between Honduras and Guatemala in 1928. Includes correspondence between members of the commission; minutes of commission meetings; legal briefs and exhibits submitted by Guatemala and Honduras; U.S. Dept. of State cables, memoranda, press releases, and Davis's reports to the secretary of state; newspaper clippings; printed material; annotated maps; and other papers. Correspondents include Guatemalan commissioner Carlos Salazar and Honduran commissioner Augusto C. Coello as well as Fausto Dávila, Ray Fox, Arthur H. Geissler, Charles Evans Hughes, Frank B. Kellogg, Alfredo Skinner Klée, Dana Gardner Munro, and George Thomas Summerlin.
Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Diplomat and educator.
Collection material in English and Spanish.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
There are no comments on this title.