William Smith Culbertson papers, 1897-1965.
- 55,000 items. 194 2 containers plus classified. 78 linear feet. Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Diaries, 1897-1958; Series 2: Correspondence, 1897-1960; Series 3: Book, Article, and Speech File; Series 4: Subject File; Series 5: Miscellany; Series 6: Addition, 1900-1965; and Series 7: Classified, 1922-1953.
Open to research. Classified, in part.
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, lecture notes, writings including Culbertson's unpublished memoirs titled "Ventures in Time and Space," public documents, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to his career as a diplomat, professor of law, and lawyer. Documents Culbertson's work as member and vice chairman of the U.S. Tariff Commission, U.S. minister to Romania, and U.S. ambassador to Chile. Also documents his World War II service as chief of the Geopolitical Section, U.S. War Dept. Military Intelligence Service; member of the Planning Group of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services; chairman of the U.S. Special Economic Mission to the Middle East in 1944; and member of a technological mission to Germany in 1945. Subjects include commercial policy, tariff, and the Tacna-Arica border dispute between Chile and Peru. Includes material pertaining to Culbertson's career as a lawyer in Washington, D.C.; professor and executive faculty member of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, D.C.; and member of the Presbyterian Church especially his involvement in establishing a national Presbyterian church and center in Washington, D.C. Correspondents include Calvin Coolidge, Henry Crosby Emery, John H. Finley, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, Charles Evans Hughes, Cordell Hull, Edward N. Hurley, Charles Foster Kent, Robert M. La Follette, Theodore Roosevelt, H. G. Wells, William Allen White, and members of the Culbertson family.
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Diplomat, lawyer, and educator.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012146
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Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 --Correspondence. Emery, Henry Crosby, 1872-1924 --Correspondence. Finley, John H. 1863-1940 --Correspondence. Harding, Warren G. 1865-1923 --Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 --Correspondence. Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948 --Correspondence. Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 --Correspondence. Hurley, Edward N. 1864-1933 --Correspondence. Kent, Charles Foster, 1867-1925 --Correspondence. La Follette, Robert M. 1855-1925 --Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Correspondence. Wells, H. G. 1866-1946 --Correspondence. White, William Allen, 1868-1944 --Correspondence. Culbertson family--Correspondence.
United States. Office of Strategic Services. Planning Group. United States. Special Economic Mission to the Middle East. United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service. Geopolitical Section. Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. United States Tariff Commission.
Commercial policy. Diplomatic and consular service, American--Chile. Diplomatic and consular service, American--Romania. Geopolitics. Practice of law--Washington (D.C.) Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian Church--Washington (D.C.) Tacna-Arica question. Tariff. Technology--Germany. Universities and colleges--Washington (D.C.) World War, 1939-1945--Political aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Technology. World War, 1939-1945--Middle East.
Chile--Boundaries--Peru. Chile--Foreign relations--United States. Peru--Boundaries--Chile. Romania--Foreign relations--United States. United States--Foreign relations--Chile. United States--Foreign relations--Romania.