W. Morgan Shuster papers, 1900-1964 (bulk 1911-1939).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 560 items; 11 containers plus 1 oversize; 0.4 linear feetSubject(s): - Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 -- Correspondence
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 -- Correspondence
- United States. Philippine Commission (1900-1916)
- Customs administration -- Cuba
- Customs administration -- Philippines -- Manila
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Iran
- Finance -- Iran
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Russia
- Iran -- Economic conditions
- Iran -- History -- 1905-1911
- Russia -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Diplomats
- Financiers
- Lawyers
- Publishers
- Scrapbooks available only on microfilm, no. 22,324.
Open to research.
Correspondence (1911-1964), diary (1911-1912), scrapbooks (1900-1923, 10 volumes), certificates (1901-1951), and other papers documenting Shuster's diplomatic career as treasurer-general and financial advisor for Persia (1911-1912) and his earlier posts in the customs service in Cuba (1899-1901) and as insular collector of customs in Manila and member of the Philippine Commission (1901-1909). Includes letters from William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson and from family members. Also includes an unpublished thesis by Elisha P. Douglass entitled, "Anglo-Russian Friction, 1907-1911, and the Morgan Shuster Affair."
Scrapbooks available only on microfilm, no. 22,324.
Microfilm produced from scrapbooks in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2002.
Diplomat, financier, lawyer, and publisher.
Collection material in English.
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