Arthur Woods papers, 1884-1938 (bulk 1914-1923).
- 150 items. 1 6 container plus oversize. 3 microfilm reels. 1.4 linear feet.
Open to research.
Diary, correspondence, reports, notes, scrapbooks, clippings, and photographs pertaining chiefly to Woods's service as New York City police commissioner, colonel in the U.S. War Dept. Division of Military Aeronautics, and assistant to the U.S. secretary of war. Also documents Woods's work with John D. Rockefeller during the 1920s and 1930s. Subjects include Woods's youth in Boston, Mass.; airplane production and maintenance, pilot training, and military preparedness during World War I; vocational rehabilitation for servicemen and unemployment following World War I; and restoration of Williamsburg, Va.
Microfilm edition produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1987.
U.S. Army officer and New York city police commissioner.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007032
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Rockefeller, John D., Jr. 1874-1960.
United States. War Department. United States. War Department. Division of Military Aeronautics.
Airplanes, Military--Maintenance and repair.--United States Airplanes, Military--Piloting--United States. Airplanes, Military--Design and construction.--United States Military readiness. Police administration--New York (State)--New York. Unemployment--United States. Vocational rehabilitation--United States. World War, 1914-1918.
Boston (Mass.)--Social life and customs. United States--Defenses. Williamsburg (Va.)--History.