TY - GEN AU - Bristol,Mark L. AU - Bristol,Helen Moore TI - Mark L. Bristol papers, KW - Andrews, Philip, KW - Brown, Constantine, KW - Daniels, Josephus, KW - Earle, Ralph, KW - Gleaves, Albert, KW - Grew, Joseph C. KW - Hobson, Richmond Pearson, KW - McVay, Charles B. KW - Mustin, Henry Croskey, KW - Richardson, Holden Chester, KW - Sims, William Sowden, KW - Thomas, Lucien Irving, KW - Bristol family. KW - United States KW - Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters KW - Navy KW - Foreign service KW - Mediterranean Region KW - Asiatic Fleet KW - Office of the High Commissioner for Turkey KW - American Peace Society KW - Democratic League of the District of Columbia KW - Conference on Near Eastern Affairs KW - (1922-1923 KW - Lausanne, Switzerland) KW - Diplomatic and consular service, American KW - Turkey KW - Drug control KW - Peace KW - Societies, etc KW - Shipbuilding industry KW - Florida KW - China KW - Politics and government KW - 1912-1949 KW - Middle East KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Foreign relations KW - Soviet Union KW - Revolution, 1917-1921 KW - Refugees KW - Diplomats KW - itoamc KW - Naval officers N1 - Open to research N2 - Correspondence, diaries, speeches, reports, memoranda, official dispatches, appointment sheets, press releases, scrapbooks, and other papers pertaining primarily to Bristol's diplomatic and naval career. Documents his duties as commander of the U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters and as U.S. Office of the High Commissioner for Turkey, 1919-1927; his role in the Conference on Near Eastern Affairs held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1922-1923; and his command of the U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet, 1927-1929. Includes Bristol's observations on foreign relations between the United States, Turkey, and the Middle East; conditions in the Middle East following World War I; aspects of the Russian revolution including the refugee situation in southern Russia; and political events in China, 1927-1929. Also reflects Bristol's interests following his retirement including the control of narcotics, his work with the American Peace Society and the Democratic League of the District of Columbia, and his efforts to establish a shipbuilding operation in Florida. Includes the papers of Bristol's wife, Helen Moore Bristol, and other family papers. Correspondents include Philip Andrews, Constantine Brown, Josephus Daniels, Ralph Earle, Albert Gleaves, Joseph C. Grew, Richmond Pearson Hobson, Charles B. McVay, Jr., Henry Croskey Mustin, Holden Chester Richardson, William Sowden Sims, and Lucien Irving Thomas UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013044 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013044.3 ER -