John Barrett papers, 1861-1943 (bulk 1907-1933).

Open to research.

Family and general correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, writings, reports, notebooks, subject files, biographical material, financial records, scrapbooks, clippings, and other papers relating principally to Barrett's career as a journalist in California, Washington, and Oregon; his appointments as U.S. minister to Argentina, Colombia, Panama, and Thailand; his duties as director general of the Pan American Union; and his work as a counselor and arbiter in the area of Pan American commercial relations. Other topics include Barrett's travels in East Asia, his duties as special adviser to Admiral George Dewey during the Philippine Insurrection, the Venezuelan boundary dispute, the Panama Canal, and the general area of relations between the U.S. and Latin America.

Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Maps Division.

Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Journalist and diplomat.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011111

Card index to correspondents available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room