Rogers, Leighton W.  1893-1962. <br/><br/>
Leighton W. Rogers papers, 1912-1982  (bulk 1912-1944). 

 - 26  items. 4  1  containers plus  oversize. 1.5  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, diary (1916 September-1919 April), autobiographical sketch, writings, obituaries, scrapbooks, and a map documenting Rogers's studies at Dartmouth College (1912-1916); experiences in Saint Petersburg, Russia, as an employee of the National City Bank of New York (1916-1918); service as an intelligence officer in Great Britain and France for the American Expeditionary Forces (1918-1919), as a trade commissioner in Europe (1921-1926) representing the Aeronautics Trade Division of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, as president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America (1926-1936), and as a representative on missions to Japan and China for the transportation committee of the American Economic Mission to the Far East (1935); his mission (1943-1944) to the Soviet Union on behalf of the U.S. Army Air Forces to obtain information vital to the Allied war effort; and his life as a consultant in Connecticut.  Includes his writings on the Soviet theater and other writings presenting an American's perspective on the Russian revolution and Soviet life. 
<br/><br/><br/>Aeronautical executive, army officer, and public official.  Also known as Leigh Rogers. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 97083974  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America.<br/>Allied Forces.<br/>American Economic Mission to the Far East.<br/>Dartmouth College--Students.<br/>National City Bank of New York.<br/>United States. Army.  American Expeditionary Forces. <br/>United States. Army Air Forces. <br/>United States. Department of Commerce.  Aeronautics Trade Division. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aeronautics.<br/>Banks and banking--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.<br/>Consultants--Connecticut.<br/>Theater--Soviet Union.<br/>Transportation--China.<br/>Transportation--Japan.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Military intelligence--France.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Military intelligence--Great Britain.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Soviet Union.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Economic conditions--1912-1949.<br/>Japan--Economic conditions--1918-1945.<br/>Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.<br/>Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.<br/>Soviet Union--Social life and customs.<br/>United States--Commerce--Europe.<br/>United States--Commerce--Russia.<br/>United States--Commerce--Soviet Union.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army officers.<br/>Executives.<br/>Public officials.