Rogers, Leighton W. (Leighton William) 1893-1962 creator mixed material monographic eng 26 4 1 1.5 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. Open to research. 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 Executives Public officials mm 97083974 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040.3 Open to research. DLC 970228 20260227111726.0 mm 97083974