Oscar Terry Crosby papers, 1878-1947 (bulk 1900-1938).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 1,400 items; 9 containers; 3.6 linear feetSubject(s): - Chamberlain, Austen, Sir, 1863-1937 -- Correspondence
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 -- Correspondence
- House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 -- Correspondence
- Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946 -- Correspondence
- Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921 -- Correspondence
- Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928 -- Correspondence
- Law, Andrew Bonar, 1858-1923 -- Correspondence
- Leffingwell, R.C. (Russell Cornell), 1878-1960 -- Correspondence
- McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941 -- Correspondence
- Quezon, Manuel Luis, 1878-1944 -- Correspondence
- Tardieu, André, 1876-1945 -- Correspondence
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 -- Correspondence
- United States. Department of the Treasury
- Commission for Relief in Belgium
- International finance
- International peace
- International relief -- Belgium
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Reparations
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
- Africa -- Description and travel
- Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918
- East Asia -- Description and travel
- Europe -- Description and travel
- Germany -- History -- Allied occupation, 1918-1930
- Middle East -- Description and travel
- Authors
- Explorers
- Public officials
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, subject files, clippings, printed material and other papers relating to Crosby's work with the Commission for Relief in Belgium and as assistant secretary of the treasury and special commissioner of finance in Europe. Also documents his travels in Africa, East Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Subjects include international finance, post-World War I German reparations and Allied debts, world peace, and the establishment of an international peace tribunal.
Correspondents include Austen Chamberlain, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, John Maynard Keynes, Philander C. Knox, Robert Lansing, Andrew Bonar Law, Russell C. Leffingwell, William Gibbs McAdoo, Manuel Luis Quezon, André Tardieu, and Woodrow Wilson.
Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Tibetan manuscript transferred to Library of Congress Asian Division.
Abyssinian manuscripts transferred to Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division.
U.S. assistant secretary of the treasury, public utilities executive, explorer, and author.
Collection material in English.
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