09231cpcaa2201405 4500 mm 78017210 DLC 20260227111622.0 cr ||||||||||| 781106|||||||||||| eng mm 78017210 ms 60000154 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Creel, George, 1876-1953. George Creel papers, 1857-1953 (bulk 1896-1953). 500 items. 8 containers plus 22 oversize. 9.2 linear feet. Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Woodrow Wilson and the Committee on Public Information, 1917-1931; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1894-1953; Series 3: Speeches and Writings, 1916-1953; Series 4: Miscellany, 1857-1953; Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1896-1951; Series 6: Addition, undated; and Series 7: Oversize, 1896-1951. Open to research. Chiefly scrapbooks and bound volumes of writings by and about Creel. Also includes correspondence, notes, speeches, lectures, book reviews, an unpublished manuscript titled Liberty Bells, and campaign material relating to Creel's unsuccessful 1934 campaign for governor of California. A series on Woodrow Wilson and the U.S. Committee on Public Information contains correspondence with Wilson as well as Wilson's corrections of drafts of Creel's cables, letters, speeches, and other writings relating to the Wilson administration during World War I and subsequent peace negotiations. Includes a manuscript of Wilson's Fourteen Points speech of January 8, 1918, bearing corrections and revisions in the president's hand. Subjects include Russia and the Russian revolution, African Americans during World War I, air power and aircraft production, the teaching of the German language in American schools, Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference, the Versailles Treaty, world peace and the League of Nations, friction between Creel and the U.S. Dept. of State, America's postwar problems, national politics, candidacies of William Gibbs McAdoo and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the programs of the New Deal, the U.S. National Recovery Administration, the Central Valley irrigation project in California, Creel's disillusionment with the Democratic Party, Republican Party candidacies of Robert A. Taft and Dwight D. Eisenhower, state and national politics in California during World War II, the Cold War, and women's rights. Documents Creel's work as editor of the Kansas City Independent, editorial writer for the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, columnist for Collier's, lecturer, writer, commissioner for the Golden Gate International Exposition, and police commissioner of Denver; his activities as an amateur athlete in Kansas City and Denver; and his marriage to Blanche Bates. Correspondents or individuals discussed include Bernard M. Baruch, Randolph Bolling, Harry Flood Byrd, Josephus Daniels, Joseph Edward Davies, George Dewey, Robert Donner, James A. Farley, Garet Garrett, Carter Glass, Jr., Samuel Gompers, Henry Hazlitt, Herbert Hoover, Robert Houghwout Jackson, Robert F. Kelley, William F. Knowland, Arthur Bliss Lane, Robert Lansing, Breckinridge Long, W.G. McAdoo, Joseph McCarthy, Raymond Moley, Thomas J. Mooney, Felix M. Morley, Karl E. Mundt, Richard M. Nixon, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Walter Hines Page, J. Westbrook Pegler, Donald R. Richberg, Robert A. Taft, Lowell Thomas, Albert C. Wedemeyer, Burton K. Wheeler, and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. Author, editor, and U.S. government official. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010162 Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 Correspondence. Bates, Blanche, 1873-1941. Bolling, Randolph Correspondence. Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 Correspondence. Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 Correspondence. Davies, Joseph Edward Correspondence. Dewey, George, 1837-1917 Correspondence. Donner, Robert, -1964 Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 Correspondence. Garrett, Garet, 1878-1954 Correspondence. Glass, Carter, 1858-1946 Correspondence. Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 Correspondence. Hazlitt, Henry, 1894-1993 Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Correspondence. Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954 Correspondence. Kelley, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1894-1976 Correspondence. Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974 Correspondence. Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1894-1956 Correspondence. Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 Correspondence. Long, Breckinridge, 1881-1958 Correspondence. McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941 Correspondence. McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 Correspondence. Moley, Raymond, 1886- Correspondence. Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942 Correspondence. Morley, Felix M. (Felix Muskett), 1894-1982 Correspondence. Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974 Correspondence. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Correspondence. Norris, Kathleen Thompson, 1880-1966 Correspondence. Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 Correspondence. Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969 Correspondence. Richberg, Donald R. (Donald Randall), 1881-1960 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953 Correspondence. Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981 Correspondence. Wedemeyer, Albert C. (Albert Coady), 1896-1989 Correspondence. Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975 Correspondence. Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961 Correspondence. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Denver (Colo.). Police Department. United States. Committee on Public Information. United States. Department of State. United States. National Recovery Administration. Democratic Party (U.S.) League of Nations. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.) Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) Collier's. Denver post. Rocky Mountain news. Treaty of Versailles (1919) Air power United States. Aircraft industry Military aspects United States. American newspapers Colorado Denver. American newspapers Kansas Kansas City. Athletics Colorado Denver. Athletics Kansas Kansas City. Authors, American 20th century. Cold War. Elections California. German language Study and teaching United States. Governors California Election. Irrigation California Central Valley (Valley) New Deal, 1933-1939. Peace. Political campaigns California. Women's rights United States. World politics 1945-1989. World War, 1914-1918 African Americans. World War, 1914-1918 Peace. World War, 1914-1918 United States. California Politics and government 1850-1950. Central Valley (Calif. : Valley) Russia History 1801-1917. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. United States Economic conditions 1918-1945. United States Economic policy 1933-1945. United States History 20th century. United States Politics and government 20th century. United States Social conditions 1933-1945. Kansas City independent. Authors. itoamc Editors. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010162 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010162.3 39806 39806