Ayres, Leonard Porter 1879-1946 creator mixed material monographic eng 2,200 25 2 10 Correspondence, memoranda, journals, reports, notes, subject files, printed matter, statistical tables and graphs, clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Ayres's career as a statistician, military officer, and educator. Documents his service as chief statistical officer for the U.S. War Dept. during World War I, technical adviser to the Allied Powers Reparation Commission as part of the Dawes Committee in 1924, consultant to the War Dept. between the wars, and statistical coordinator for the War Dept. and consultant to the U.S. War Manpower Commission during World War II. Also documents his years as an educator in Puerto Rico, 1902-1908; his work with the Cleveland Foundation Survey Committee, Cleveland Trust Company, and Russell Sage Foundation; and his travels in Europe. Subjects include education, especially in Puerto Rico and Cleveland, Ohio; and the American colonial administration and life in Puerto Rico. Includes a journal kept by Agnes Brooks Young as Ayres's secretary at the War Dept. and War Manpower Commission, a file of correspondence between Christian Herter and Alan Goldsmith relating to the Dawes Committee, and Ayres family correspondence. Open to research. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Statistician, economist, educator, and army officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Goldsmith, Alan Gustavus 1892-1961 Correspondence Herter, Christian Archibald 1895-1966 Correspondence United States. War Department. United States. War Manpower Commission. Allied Powers (1919- ). Reparation Commission. Cleveland Foundation. Survey Committee. Cleveland Trust Company. Russell Sage Foundation. Education Education Ohio Cleveland Education Puerto Rico World War, 1914-1918 Reparations World War, 1914-1918 Statistics World War, 1939-1945 Statistics Europe Description and travel Puerto Rico History 20th century Puerto Rico Social life and customs Ayres family Correspondence Army officers Economists Educators Statisticians Young, Agnes Brooks, 1898-1974 mm 78011445 Open to research. DLC 780629 20260227111621.0 mm 78011445