Norman H. Davis papers, 1898-1979 (bulk 1915-1944).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 46,000 items; 99 containers plus 4 oversize and 1 classified; 40.5 linear feetSubject(s): - Cecil of Chelwood, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount, 1864-1958 -- Correspondence
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 -- Correspondence
- Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948 -- Correspondence
- Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1864-1937 -- Correspondence
- Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920). Supreme Economic Council
- Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (1932-1934 : Geneva, Switzerland)
- International Economic Conference (1927 : Geneva, Switzerland)
- League of Nations
- London Naval Conference (1935-1936 : London, England)
- Monetary and Economic Conference (1933 : London, England)
- Nine-Power Conference (1937 : Brussels, Belgium)
- Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
- Arms control
- Disarmament
- International economic relations
- International relations
- Peace
- Security, International
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Reparations
- World War, 1939-1945
- Diplomats
- Economists
- Humanitarians
Open to research.
Classified, in part.
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, minutes, addresses, statements, clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Davis's services as a participant in international conferences and commissions on peace, disarmament, and monetary matters. Also documents his work as a financial and economic consultant. Subjects include peace negotiations following World War I, postwar reparations, and international relations leading up to World War II. Includes material on conferences and organizations including the Supreme Economic Council of the Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), the Paris Peace Conference (1919), International Economic Conference (Geneva, Switzerland, 1927), League of Nations, Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (Geneva, Switzerland, 1932-1934), Monetary and Economic Conference (London, England, 1933), London Naval Conference (London, England, 1935-1936), and the Brussels Nine-Power Conference (Brussels, Belgium, 1937). Correspondents include Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood; Herbert Hoover; Thomas W. Lamont; and Frank A. Vanderlip.
Economist, diplomat, and humanitarian.
Collection material in English.
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