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    <title>W. Morgan Shuster papers, 1900-1964 (bulk 1911-1939)</title>
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    <namePart>Shuster, W. Morgan (William Morgan)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1877-1960</namePart>
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  <abstract>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  Also includes an unpublished thesis by Elisha P. Douglass entitled, "Anglo-Russian Friction, 1907-1911, and the Morgan Shuster Affair."</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Scrapbooks available only on microfilm, no. 22,324.</note>
  <note>Microfilm produced from scrapbooks in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2002.</note>
  <note>Diplomat, financier, lawyer, and publisher.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Taft, William H. (William Howard)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1857-1930</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wilson, Woodrow</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1856-1924</namePart>
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      <namePart>Philippine Commission (1900-1916)</namePart>
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    <geographic>Philippines</geographic>
    <geographic>Manila</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Diplomatic and consular service, American</topic>
    <geographic>Iran</geographic>
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    <topic>Finance</topic>
    <geographic>Iran</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Russia</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Iran</geographic>
    <topic>Economic conditions</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Iran</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>1905-1911</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Russia</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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    <occupation>Financiers</occupation>
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      <namePart>Douglass, Elisha P.</namePart>
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