03794cpcaa2200637 a 4500 mm 97083974 DLC 20260227111726.0 cr ||||||||||| 970228|||||||||||| eng mm 97083974 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Rogers, Leighton W. (Leighton William), 1893-1962. Leighton W. Rogers papers, 1912-1982 (bulk 1912-1944). 26 items. 4 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.5 linear feet. Open to research. 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. Aeronautical executive, army officer, and public official. Also known as Leigh Rogers. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040 Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America. Allied Forces. American Economic Mission to the Far East. Dartmouth College Students. National City Bank of New York. United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. United States. Army Air Forces. United States. Department of Commerce. Aeronautics Trade Division. Aeronautics. Banks and banking Russia (Federation) Saint Petersburg. Consultants Connecticut. Theater Soviet Union. Transportation China. Transportation Japan. World War, 1914-1918 Military intelligence France. World War, 1914-1918 Military intelligence Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence Soviet Union. China Economic conditions 1912-1949. Japan Economic conditions 1918-1945. Saint Petersburg (Russia) History Revolution, 1917-1921. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. Soviet Union Social life and customs. United States Commerce Europe. United States Commerce Russia. United States Commerce Soviet Union. Army officers. itoamc Executives. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040.3 44436 44436