Tasker Howard Bliss papers, 1864-1933 (bulk 1917-1930).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 80,000 items; 393 containers plus 1 oversize; 104 linear feetSubject(s): - Allen, Henry T. (Henry Tureman), 1859-1930 -- Correspondence
- Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 -- Correspondence
- Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-1947 -- Correspondence
- Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 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. (Frank Lyon), 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
- Cuba -- History -- 1895-
- Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945
- Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920
- Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Cuba
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
- Army officers
- Diplomats
- Scholars
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 transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Broadsides transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
Army officer, diplomat, and scholar.
Collection material in English.
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