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100	1		_aRogers, Leighton W. _q(Leighton William), _d1893-1962.
245	0	0	_aLeighton W. Rogers papers, _f1912-1982 _g(bulk 1912-1944).
300			_a26 _fitems.
300			_a4 _fcontainers plus _a1 _foversize.
300			_a1.5 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, 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.
545	0		_aAeronautical executive, army officer, and public official. Also known as Leigh Rogers.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040
610	2	0	_aAeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America.
610	2	0	_aAllied Forces.
610	2	0	_aAmerican Economic Mission to the Far East.
610	2	0	_aDartmouth College _xStudents.
610	2	0	_aNational City Bank of New York.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bAmerican Expeditionary Forces.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy Air Forces.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bDepartment of Commerce. _bAeronautics Trade Division.
650		0	_aAeronautics.
650		0	_aBanks and banking _zRussia (Federation) _zSaint Petersburg.
650		0	_aConsultants _zConnecticut.
650		0	_aTheater _zSoviet Union.
650		0	_aTransportation _zChina.
650		0	_aTransportation _zJapan.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xMilitary intelligence _zFrance.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xMilitary intelligence _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xMilitary intelligence _zSoviet Union.
651		0	_aChina _xEconomic conditions _y1912-1949.
651		0	_aJapan _xEconomic conditions _y1918-1945.
651		0	_aSaint Petersburg (Russia) _xHistory _yRevolution, 1917-1921.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xHistory _yRevolution, 1917-1921.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aUnited States _xCommerce _zEurope.
651		0	_aUnited States _xCommerce _zRussia.
651		0	_aUnited States _xCommerce _zSoviet Union.
656		7	_aArmy officers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aExecutives. _2itoamc
656		7	_aPublic officials. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006040.3
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