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Newton Diehl Baker Papers

A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Manuscript Division Staff

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Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2009

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009070

Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

Personal Names

Organizations

Subjects

Locations

Occupations

Administrative Information

Provenance:

Processing History:

Related Material:

Copyright Status:

Access and Restrictions:

Microfilm:

Preferred Citation:

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Organization of the Papers

Description of Series

Container List

Correspondence and Other Papers, 1916-1922

Personal Correspondence, 1916-1922
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1916-1921
Subject File, 1917-1918

General Correspondence, 1922-1937

Speeches and Writings, 1915-1937

Miscellany, 1918-1935

Ralph Hayes File, 1916-1962

Letterbooks, 1896-1917

Addition, 1917-1930

Collection Summary

Title: Newton Diehl Baker Papers
Span Dates: 1896-1962
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1916-1937)
ID No.: MSS11585
Creator: Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937
Extent: 100,000 items; 276 containers; 110.4 linear feet; 31 microfilm reels
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: U.S. secretary of war, author, lawyer, and municipal official of Cleveland, Ohio. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches and articles, newspaper articles, and printed material relating primarily to Baker's post-World War I activities as the head of several business firms and of organizations devoted to education, law and jurisprudence, and philanthropy, relief, and other types of human services.

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.



Personal Names
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937.
Clarke, John H. (John Hessin), 1857-1945--Correspondence.
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948--Correspondence.
Davis, Norman H. (Norman Hezekiah), 1878-1944--Correspondence.
Frothingham, Thomas Goddard, 1865-1937--Correspondence.
Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937--Correspondence.
Hayes, Ralph A.--Correspondence.
Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948--Correspondence.
Lape, Esther Everett, 1881-1981--Correspondence.
Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974--Correspondence.
Mooney, Charles A., 1879-1931--Correspondence.
Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938--Correspondence.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence.
Selzer, Louis B.--Correspondence.
Shotwell, James Thomson, 1874-1965--Correspondence.
Ungerleider, Samuel--Correspondence.
Wickersham, George W. (George Woodward), 1858-1936--Correspondence.
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1872-1961--Correspondence.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Wright, Howell, 1882-1954--Correspondence.

Organizations
American Institute of Pacific Relations--Correspondence.
American Judicature Society.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce (Cleveland, Ohio)
Cleveland Trust Company.
National Consumers' League.
Phi Gamma Delta.
United States. War Dept.
Woodrow Wilson Foundation.

Subjects
Banks and banking--Ohio--Cleveland.
Consumers' leagues.
Education--Societies, etc.
Human services.
Justice, Administration of.
Railroads--Management.
Trust companies--Ohio--Cleveland.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.

Locations
Cleveland (Ohio)--Commerce.
United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.

Occupations
Authors.
Cabinet officers.
Lawyers.
Public officials--Ohio.

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The papers of Newton Diehl Baker, U.S. secretary of war, author, lawyer, and municipal official of Cleveland, Ohio, were given to the Library of Congress by Baker's children, Elizabeth Baker McGean, Newton D. Baker III, and Margaret Baker Wright in 1952. Major additions were made by Ralph Hayes in 1956 and the Cleveland Municipal Reference Library, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1966; other material was added through multiple gifts, 1939-1993.

Processing History:

The Baker Papers were processed in 1952. Additions and revisions were made between 1957 and 2002, and the finding aid was revised in 2009.

Related Material:

Related collections in the Manuscript Division include a microfilm edition of Newton Diehl Baker Letterbooks consisting of letters written or signed by Baker during his terms as city solicitor (1903-1912) and mayor (1932-1915) of Cleveland, Ohio, held in the original by the Cleveland Municipal Reference Library.

Copyright Status:

Copyright in the unpublished writings of Newton Diehl Baker in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.

Access and Restrictions:

The Newton Baker Papers of are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

Microfilm:

A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on thirty-one reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Newton Diehl Baker Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

1871, Dec. 3 Born, Martinsburg, W.Va.
1892 B.A., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
1894 L.L.B. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.
1902 Married Elizabeth Leopold
1896-1897 Private secretary to Postmaster General William L. Wilson
1897-1899 Private law practice, Martinsburg, W.Va.
1899 Private law practice, Cleveland, Ohio
1901-1902 First assistant city solicitor, Cleveland, Ohio
1902-1912 City solicitor, Cleveland, Ohio
1912-1916 Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio
1916-1921 Secretary of war
1918 Published Frontiers of Freedom. New York: George H. Doran Co.
1921 Private law practice, firm of Baker, Hostetler, and Sidlo, Cleveland, Ohio
1925 Published Progress and the Constitution. New York: Scribner's Sons
1928 Appointed to permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, Netherlands
1929 Appointed to Law Enforcement Commission
1932 Published Bolshevism, Fascism and Capitalism. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press
1936 Published Why We Went to War. Freeport, N.Y.: Harper & Brother for the Council on Foreign Relations
1937, 25 Dec. Died

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) span the years 1896-1962, with the bulk concentrated in the period 1916-1937. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches and articles, newspaper articles, and printed material relating primarily to Baker's post-World War I activities as the head of several business firms and of organizations devoted to education, law and jurisprudence, and philanthropy, relief, and other types of human services. The firms and organizations include the American Judicature Society, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland Trust Company, National Consumer's League, Phi Gamma Delta, and Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Included is material relating to Baker's post as secretary of war in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet during World War I.

Correspondents include the American Institute of Pacific Relations, John H. Clarke, Josephus Daniels, Norman H. Davis, Thomas Goddard Frothingham, Norman Hapgood, Ralph A. Hayes, Thomas W. Lamont, Esther Everett Lape, Walter Lippmann, Charles A. Mooney, George Foster Peabody, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Louis B. Selzer, James Thomson Shotwell, Samuel Ungerleider, George W. Wickersham, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, and Howell Wright.

Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in seven series:

Description of Series

Container Series
BOX 1-15
REEL 1-13

Correspondence and Other Papers, 1916-1922

Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 17,577
BOX 1-13
REEL 1-12
Personal Correspondence, 1916-1922
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year and therein alphabetically.
BOX 14
REEL 12-13
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1916-1921
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year.
BOX 15
REEL 13
Subject File, 1917-1918
Letters sent and received and minutes and reports relating to the Supreme War Council and to shipping during World War I.
Arranged by topic.
BOX 16-243
not filmed

General Correspondence, 1922-1937

Letters and memoranda sent and received with attached and related reports, printed matter, and other material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization.
BOX 244-252
not filmed

Speeches and Writings, 1915-1937

Correspondence, notes, drafts, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to speeches and writings by Baker.
Arranged by type of writing and speeches organized chronologically therein.
BOX 253-254
not filmed

Miscellany, 1918-1935

Miscellaneous topical files.
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization, subject, or title of writing.
BOX 255-265
not filmed

Ralph Hayes File, 1916-1962

Correspondence between Baker and Ralph Hayes, subject files, speeches and writings, and printed matter.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein.
BOX 266-275
REEL 1-18

Letterbooks, 1896-1917

Bound volumes of copies of personal letters sent, 1896-1916, and of letters sent as secretary of war, 1916-1917.
Arranged chronologically.
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 18,549
BOX 275
not filmed

Addition, 1917-1930

Letters to D. C. Westenhaver and Paul Westenhaver.
Arranged chronologically.

Container List

Container Contents
BOX 1-15
REEL 1-13

Correspondence and Other Papers, 1916-1922

Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 17,577
BOX 1-13
REEL 1-12
Personal Correspondence, 1916-1922
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year and therein alphabetically.
BOX 1
REEL 1
1916
"A-W" miscellaneous
(5 folders)
Wilson, Woodrow
1917
"A-F" miscellaneous
(6 folders)
BOX 2
REEL 1-2
"G-L" miscellaneous
(11 folders)
BOX 3
REEL 2
"M-V" miscellaneous
(10 folders)
BOX 4
REEL 3
Wilson, Woodrow
(10 folders)
BOX 5
REEL 3-4
"W" miscellaneous
(2 folders)
Yeates, Charles E., report on the Philippines, 1917
1918
"A-F"miscellaneous
(8 folders)
BOX 6
REEL 4-5
"G-L" miscellaneous
(11 folders)
BOX 7
REEL 5
"M-V" miscellaneous
(10 folders)
BOX 8
REEL 5-6
Wilson, Woodrow
(9 folders)
"W-Z" miscellaneous
(3 folders)
BOX 9
REEL 6-7
1919
"A-G" miscellaneous
(9 folders)
BOX 10
REEL 7-8
"H-P" miscellaneous
(12 folders)
BOX 11
REEL 8-9
"R-V" miscellaneous
(4 folders)
Wilson, Woodrow
(2 folders)
"W" miscellaneous
(3 folders)
1920
"A-C" miscellaneous
(3 folders)
BOX 12
REEL 9-10
"D-P" miscellaneous
(13 folders)
BOX 13
REEL 10-11
"Q-Z" miscellaneous
(7 folders)
1921
"A-F" miscellaneous
(6 folders)
BOX 13(a)
REEL 11-12
"G-Z" miscellaneous
(13 folders)
1922, "A-Z" miscellaneous
(2 folders)
BOX 14
REEL 12-13
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1916-1921
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year.
BOX 14
REEL 12-13
1916-1921
(9 folders)
BOX 15
REEL 13
Subject File, 1917-1918
Letters sent and received and minutes and reports relating to the Supreme War Council and to shipping during World War I.
Arranged by topic.
BOX 15
REEL 13
Supreme War Council, minutes of meetings, 1917-1918
(9 folders)
"Shipping AEF," war transport, 1917
(2 folders)
BOX 16-243
not filmed

General Correspondence, 1922-1937

Letters and memoranda sent and received with attached and related reports, printed matter, and other material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization.
BOX 16 "Aa-Al" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 17 1934-1937
Academy of Political Science, speech, 1934
Adult Education Association
1927-1928
BOX 18 1933-1937
"Am-Ar" miscellaneous
1922-1930
BOX 19 1931-1937
BOX 20 American Arbitration Association, 1927-1932
American Association for Adult Education, 1929-1936
American Bar Association
1932-1933
BOX 21 1934-1935
BOX 22 1935-1937
BOX 23 1937
Audit report, 1936-1937
Booklets, statements, etc. 1937
BOX 24 Board of Governors, 1936-1937
BOX 25 Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, 1937
Committee on Portraits, 1935
Committee on Radio, Press, and Bar, 1936-1937
Committees of state and local bar associations, 1936-1937
Coordination Committee, 1935
BOX 26 Executive Committee, 1936
House of Delegates, 1937
Memoranda, comments, clippings, etc. 1936
American-British Friendly Relations Society, 1935
American Foreign Bondholders' Protective Committee, 1933
American Foundation Committee of the American Peace Awardn
1931-1932
BOX 27 1933-1934
American Foundation for the Blind, 1934
American Iron and Steel Institute, speech, 1937
American Judicature Society
1930-1936
BOX 28 1937
American Law Institute
1931-1937
Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice, 1934
BOX 29 American Legion Convention, 1931
American Legion Convention Corporation, speech, 1936
American Philosophical Society, 1936
American Red Cross, 1932-1937
BOX 30 American Shakespeare Foundation, 1927-1929
American Social Hygiene Association
1929-1937
Report by the Special Body of Experts
BOX 31 American Youth Commission, 1936-1937
BOX 32 Applications for positions, 1931-1937
Armistice Day, American Legion, 1930
Armstice Day, speech, 1932
"As-Az"
1922-33
BOX 33 1934-37
Atlantic Monthly, article, 1934
Atkinson, Will, 1927
Ayres, Leonard P., 1922-1925, 1936
BOX 34 "Baa-Bar" miscellaneous
1922-1930
BOX 35 1931-1936
BOX 36 1937
Baker, Frank H.
1922-1936
BOX 37 1937
Baker, Julian C., 1922-1937
Baker, Newton Diehl
Birthday greetings, 1936-1937
Personal, 1937
Baker, Newton D., III, 1932
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co.
1922-1923
BOX 38 1925-1931
BOX 39 1932-1937
"Bas-Bd" miscellaneous
1923-1931
BOX 40 1932-1937
"Be-Bh"miscellaneous
1922-1928
BOX 41 1929-1936
BOX 42 1937
"Bi-Bn" miscellaneous
1922-1931
BOX 43 1932-1937
Biskind, Elliot, 1930-1931
Bliss, E. Goring
1930
BOX 44 1934
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1929-1930
Block, Elizabeth D., 1933-1936
"Bo-Bq" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 45 1934-1937
Boston, Mass., speech, 1931-1932
Boy Scouts of America, 1934-1937
"Bra-Brn" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 46 1924-1937
BOX 47 Brett, Zillah Quayle, 1935
"Bro-Bt" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 48 1934-1937
Brooklyn, N.Y., speech, 1932
1922-1929
BOX 49 1930-1935
BOX 50 1936-1937
"Ca-Cd" miscellaneous
1922-1930
BOX 51 1931-1937
BOX 52 Callahan, P. H., 1926-1937
Carnegie Corp.
1931-1932
BOX 53 1933-1935
BOX 54 1936-1937
"Ce-Cn" miscellaneous
1922
BOX 55 1923-1930
BOX 56 1931-1934
BOX 57 1935-1937
Century Association, 1932-1937
Chambers, D. L., 1933
BOX 58 Chestnut, W. Calvin, 1922-1937
Child Guidance Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, 1932
Church Peace Union, 1931
Cincinnati, Ohio, speech, 1932
Citizen's League of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, 1936
BOX 59 Clarke, John H.
1922-1933
BOX 60 1934-1937
Clayton v. Crowell, 1924
Cleveland American Legion Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-1932
Cleveland Association for Adult Education, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929-1932
Cleveland Association for Criminal Justice, Cleveland, Ohio
1922-1924
BOX 61 1925-1934
BOX 62 1935-1936
Committee on Parole, 1927
"A Study of Criminal Court Bail Bonds in Cleveland, Ohio," 1936
Cleveland Bar Association, Cleveland, Ohio
1923-1924
BOX 63 1925-1933
BOX 64 1934-1937
Speech, 1933
Cleveland Baseball Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1932-1934
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, Ohio
1922-1926
BOX 65 1927-1937
Cleveland Community Fund, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929
Cleveland College, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio See also Containers 231-233, Western Reserve University
1927-1928
BOX 66 1927-1933
BOX 67 1933-1936
BOX 68 1937
Guarantor Solicitation, 1927
Cleveland Community Fund, Cleveland, Ohio
1930-1934
BOX 69 1935-1937
Cleveland Conference for Educational Cooperation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1928-1932
BOX 70 Cleveland Grays, Cleveland, Ohio, 1937
Cleveland Humane Society, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-1933
Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland, Ohio, 1928-1937
BOX 71 Cleveland Packard Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-1937
Cleveland Port Advisory Board, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-1932
Cleveland Public Works Committee, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-1932
Cleveland Safety Council, Cleveland, Ohio, 1932
Cleveland Trust Co., Cleveland, Ohio
1928-1935
BOX 72 1936-1937
In the matter of A. F. Holden's Trust, 1930
Cleveland World Court Committee, Cleveland, Ohio
Clothing Arbitration, 1935
BOX 73 "Coa-Con" miscellaneous
1924-1932
BOX 74 1933-1937
Colcord, Samuel George Gordon Battle, 1930-1932
Colletti investigation, 1931
Collver-Miller Co.
1933-1936
BOX 75 1937
Columbia University Law School Alumni Association, New York, N.Y., speech, 1932
Commission on Care and Education of American Youth, 1935
Committee for the Nation
1932-1933
BOX 76 1934-1936
Committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students, 1929-1930
Connor, W. D. 1929-1931
Consolidated Reporting Co., Conference of Trustees of Colleges and Universities, 1935
Constitution Day, speech, 1932
"Coo-Cq" miscellaneous
1922-1924
BOX 77 1925-1935
BOX 78 1936-1937
Cook Lectures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1930
Council on Foreign Relations, 1926-1937
BOX 79 Country Club., Chagrin Falls, Ohio 1933
County Emergency Committee, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1931-1932
Cox, James M., 1930-1933
"Cr-Ct" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 80 1934-1937
Credit Extension Union
1928-1934
BOX 81 1935
Crile Clinic Committee, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929
"Da-Dh" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 82 1924-1931
BOX 83 1932-1935
BOX 84 1935-1937
Dalton, H. G., 1933-1937
Daniels, Josephus, 1926-1937
Davey, Martin L., 1932
Davis, John W., 1929-1936
Davis, Norman H., 1930
Deane Plan, 1933
Delta Theta Phi Fraternity
1929-1936
BOX 85 1937
Democratic party committees, 1928-1936
Democratic Party County Executive Committee, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1922-1924
BOX 86 Democratic party (local), 1922
Democratic party, Ohio
"Di-Dq" miscellaneous
1922-1931
BOX 87 1932-1937
Disarmament, 1931
Distinguished Service Medal
Douglas, Wolman, regarding Baker letter, 2 June 1936
BOX 88 "Dr-Dz" miscellaneous
1922-1934
BOX 89 1935-1937
Durbin, James, 1927-1929
"Ea-En" miscellaneous
1922-1929
BOX 90 1930-1935
BOX 91 1936-1937
Education Extension Council, Cleveland, Ohio, 1925-1926
Ellis, Lynn W., 1933
"Eo-Ez" miscellaneous
1922-1934
BOX 92 1935-1937
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., 1933-1937
"Fa-Fk" miscellaneous
1922-1926
BOX 93 1927-1932
BOX 94 1933-1937
BOX 95 Federal Home Loan Banking System, civic committee, Cleveland, Ohio, 1932
Federated churches, Cleveland, Ohio, speech, 1932
Fels, Mary, 1929-1936
Fesler, Mayo, 1929-1935
Filene, E. A., 1929-1936
"Fl-Fq" miscellaneous
1922
BOX 96 1923-1935
BOX 97 1936-1937
Foch, Marshal Ferdinand, Memorial Committee of New York and New Jersey, 1930
Foreign Affairs
1931-1937
"Why We Went to War," 1936
Foreign Affairs Council
1934-1935
BOX 98 1936-1937
Foreign Affairs Institute, 1933
Foreign Bondholders Protective Council
1934-1935
BOX 99 1936-1937
Foreign Policy Association, 1929-1937
Fosdick, Raymond B.
1922-1928
BOX 100 1929-37
"Fr-Fz" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 101 1934-1937
Frothingham, Thomas G.
1925
Book, 1927
1928
"Ca-Gh" miscellaneous
1922-1926
BOX 102 1927-1937
Gas formula, 1935
"Gi-Gq" miscellaneous
1922
BOX 103 1923-1931
BOX 104 1932-1937
Glass, Carter, 1929
Gongwer, W. B.
1924-1927
BOX 105 1928-1936
Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1930-1931
Goodrich Social Settlement, 1926-1934
BOX 106 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
1935-1937
Board of Directors, 1934
BOX 107 "Gr-Gz" miscellaneous
1922-1928
BOX 108 1929-1937
BOX 109 Griswold, B. Howell, 1929-1933
"Haa-Haq" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 110 1934-1937
Hall of Fame, New York University, New York, N.Y.
1930-1935
BOX 111 1936
Hapgood, Norman, 1932
"Har-Hd" miscellaneous
1922-1928
BOX 112 1929-1936
1937
BOX 113 Harbord, James G., 1929-1936
Harper, J. C, 1929-1933
Havens, Munson, 1926-1934
Hayden, Joel B., 1925-1929
Hayes, Ralph
1922
BOX 114 1923-1927
BOX 115 1928-1931
BOX 116 1932
BOX 117 1933-1937
"He-Hh" miscellaneous
1922-1926
BOX 118 1927-1937
"Hi-Hn" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 119 1924-1937
"Ho-Ht" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 120 1924-1930
BOX 121 1931-1935
BOX 122 1936-37
House and Senate bills, 1930-1932
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1932-1934
Howells, Thomas J., 1924
Howie, John McF., 1930
"Hu-Hz" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 123 1924-1933
BOX 124 1934-1937
Hudson, Manley O., 1929, 1935-1937
"I" miscellaneous
1922-1935
BOX 125 1936-1937
Illinois v. Lucas, 1931
Institute of Pacific Relations
1928-1932
BOX 126 1932-1934
BOX 127 1934-1936
BOX 128 1936-1937
American Council
1929-30
BOX 129 1931
Institute of Politics, Williamstown, Mass., 1931
Institute of Public Administration & Public Administration Clearing House, 1932-1933
BOX 130 Investigation of Army Air Corps, 1934
International Chamber of Commerce, 1929-1931
Italian decoration, 1931
"J" miscellaneous
1922-1928
BOX 131 1929-1934
BOX 132 1935-1937
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association
Joffre, Marshal, Monument Committee, 1937
John, Henry J., 1930-1934
BOX 133 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
1923-1929
BOX 134 1930-1936
BOX 135 1936-1937
Presidential search
1928-29
1934-35
BOX 136 Judge Advocate General's Office, 1922-1925
Judicial Council of Ohio, 1930-1932
Juvenile Court, Harry L. Eastman, 1930-1931
"Ka-Kh" miscellaneous
1922-1924
BOX 137 1925-1932
BOX 138 1933-1937
Kates, Philip, 1932
Keppel, Frederic P., 1929-1932
"Ki-Kq" miscellaneous
1922-1926
BOX 139 1927-1937
BOX 140 "Kr-Kz, 1922-1937
"La-Ld" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 141 1924-1932
BOX 142 1933-1937
Labor, 1922-1923
Lamont, Thomas W., 1936-1937
Lape, Esther Everett
1927
BOX 143 1928-1930
"Le-Lh" miscellaneous
1922-1932
BOX 144 1933-1937
League for the Organization of Progress, 1930
League of Nations, 1923-1935
League of Nations Association
1929-1930
BOX 145 1931-1937
League of Nations Non-Partisan Association
1922-1926
BOX 146 1922-1928
League of Nations, statement, 1932
Leopold, Howard, estate of, 1931
"Li-Lz" miscellaneous
1922
BOX 147 1923-1932
BOX 148 1933-1937
Lippmann, Walter
1929-1931
BOX 149 1932-1937
"Ma-Mb" miscellaneous
1922-1936
BOX 150 1927-1931
BOX 151 1932-1935
BOX 152 1936-1937
"Mc" miscellaneous, 1922-1928
"McA-McD" miscellaneous
1929-1930
BOX 153 1931-1937
McDonald, James G., 1926-1928
"McE-McK" miscellaneous
1929-1932
BOX 154 1933-1937
McGean, John P. and Betty Baker, 1926-1927
McGuire, Murray M., 1926
"McL-Md" miscellaneous, 1929-1937
March, Peyton
1931
BOX 155 1932-1936
Mather, Samuel, 1929-1931
Matson, Carlton, 1926
"Me-Mn" miscellaneous
1922-1927
BOX 156 1928-1933
BOX 157 1934-1937
Military justice
Miller, Ray T., 1932
"Mo-Mx" miscellaneous
1922-1924
BOX 158 1925-1931
BOX 159 1932-1937
Mirian Kerruish Stage Memorial, 1933, 1937
Mooney, Charles A.
1929
BOX 160 1930
Municipal Light Plant, Cleveland, Ohio, 1924
Muscle Shoals, Tenn., 1924
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, 1931-1937
"My-Mz" miscellaneous
1927-1928
BOX 161 1929-1937
"Na-Nn" miscellaneous
1922-1927
BOX 162 1928-1935
BOX 163 1936-1937
National Advisory Council on Radio in Education, 1931-1937
BOX 164 National Aeronautic Association, 1923
National Broadcasting Co.
1933-1937
BOX 165 1931-1936
National Citizens Committee for the Welfare & Relief Mobilization
1932
BOX 166 1933
National Citizens' Council Board, 1936
BOX 167 National Commission on Law Observance & Enforcement,
1928-1931
BOX 168 1931
National Committee on Calendar Simplification, 1931
National Conference of Jews and Christians
1929-1932
BOX 169 1932-1935
BOX 170 1935-1937
Williamstown Institute of Human Relations, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1935
National Consumers League
1922-1930
BOX 171 1931-1937
National Crime Commission
1925-1926
BOX 172 1926-1928
BOX 173 1929-1932
National Economy League, 1932-1935
National Educational Survey Voluntary Appointing Committee, 1930-1932
National Institute of Public Administration
1929
BOX 174 1930-1931
National Peace Conference
1936-1937
BOX 175 1937
National Relief Committee
1934-1937
National Relief Work (Alan Burns), 1935
BOX 176 National Society of Penal Information, 1929-1931
National World Court Committee, 1931-1935
New York County Lawyers Association, 1931-1934
New York Times, letter, 11 Nov. 1935
Newspaper clippings
1927-1932
BOX 177 1933-1937
"No-Nz" miscellaneous
1922-1936
BOX 178 1937
"O" miscellaneous
1922-1932
BOX 179 1933-1937
Ohio Bar Association, 1928-1931
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1932
BOX 180 1933-1935
BOX 181 1936-1937
Industrial Research, 1935
Military training
1934
BOX 182 1935
"Pa-Ph" miscellaneous
1922-1929
BOX 183 1930-1934
BOX 184 1935-1937
Palmer, Frederick D.
1930-1935
BOX 185 Comments and acknowledgments on Newton D. Baker: America at War, by Palmer, 1931
Park School of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 1933
Peabody, George Foster
1922-1929
BOX 186 1930-1935
Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague Tribunal, Netherlands
1928-1930
BOX 187 1930,1935-1936
Pershing, John J.
National Military Park Association, 1931
Memoirs, 1931
Phi Gamma Delta
1922-1927
BOX 188 1928-1935
BOX 189 1935-1937
Photographs
1929-1931
BOX 190 1932
"Pi-Pq" miscellaneous
1922-1934
BOX 191 1935-1937
"Pr-Pz" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 192 1934-1937
Presidential campaign, 1932
President's Organization on Unemployment Relief
1931
BOX 193 1931-1932
Progress and the Constitution, 1923
Prohibition report, 1931
"Q" miscellaneous
1924-1934
BOX 194 1935-1937
"Ra-Rh" miscellaneous
1922-1931
BOX 195 1932-1937
Radio Corp. of America
1933-1934
BOX 196 1934-1936
BOX 197 1936-1937
Religious Education Foundation
1928-1934
BOX 198 1935-1937
Rhodes Scholarship Trust, 1931
"Ri-Rof" miscellaneous
1922-1931
BOX 199 1932-1937
"Rog-Rz" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 200 1924-1932
BOX 201 1932-1936
BOX 202 1937
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1935-1936
Rotary Foundation, 1935
"Sa-Scg" miscellaneous
1922-1932
BOX 203 1933-1937
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y., 1930-1935
"Sch-Sd" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 204 1924-1937
BOX 205 Scott, Frank A., 1922-1937
"Se-Shd" miscellaneous
1922-1923
BOX 206 1924-1937
Security Owners Association, 1933-1935
BOX 207 Selzer, Louis B., 1930
"She-Shz, 1922-1937
BOX 208 Shotwell, James Thomson, 1929-1937
"Si-Sn" miscellaneous
1922-1927
BOX 209 1928-1933
BOX 210 1934-1937
"So-Ss" miscellaneous
1922-1930
BOX 211 1931-1937
Social Science Research Council
1932
Advisory Committee on International Relations, 1931
"Sta-Sth" miscellaneous
1922-1930
BOX 212 1931-1937
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., Committee on Educational Finance, 1932
"Sti-Stz" miscellaneous
1922-1927
BOX 213 1928-1937
Stocks, 1928
Stone Mountain Confederate Association, Stone Mountain, Ga.
1927
BOX 214 1928-1929
"Su-Sz" miscellaneous
1923-1936
BOX 215 1937
Survey Associates, 1930-1936
"Ta-Tn" miscellaneous
1922-1928
BOX 216 1929-1936
BOX 217 1937
"To-Tz" miscellaneous
1922-1936
BOX 218 1937
Town Hall Club of New York, 1935-1937
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., 1937
Twentieth Century Fund
1922-1927
BOX 219 1928-1931
BOX 220 1931-1934
BOX 221 1934-1936
BOX 222 Reports for annual meeting, 1927
"U" miscellaneous
1922-1937
Ungerleider, Samuel, 1929-1935
United Educational Program, 1932
BOX 223 United States Attorney General, Department of State
United States Chamber of Commerce, 1930
United States Society
1932-1934
BOX 224 1935-1937
"V" miscellaneous
1922-1927
BOX 225 1928-1937
Van Sweringen, O. P. and M. J., 1929-1931
Vaness Co., 1927-1928
BOX 226 Vinson, Robert E., 1934
"Wa-Wd" miscellaneous
1922-1932
BOX 227 1933-1937
War Policies Commission, 1931
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.
1928-1931
BOX 228 1932-1937
"We-Wg" miscellaneous
1922
BOX 229 1922-1931
BOX 230 1932-1937
Welfare Federation
1927
BOX 231 1928-1933
Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
1923-1927
BOX 232 1927-1934
BOX 233 1935-1937
Request Committee
School of Applied Social Sciences, Group Work Committee, 1929-1930
University Neighborhood Centers, 1929
"Wh" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 234 1934-1937
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, 1927-1928
"Wia-Wil" miscellaneous
1922-1927
BOX 235 1928-1933
BOX 236 1934-1937
Wickersham, George W., 1929-1935
Wilkins, Ernest H., 1929
Willard, Daniel
1929-1934
BOX 237 1935-1937
Williamsburg, Va., speech, 1934
"Wim-Wn" miscellaneous
1923-1936
BOX 238 1937
"Wo-Wz" miscellaneous
1922-1933
BOX 239 1934-1937
Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt, 1929-1933
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
1926-1929
BOX 240 1929-1933
Woodrow Wilson Memorial, speech, 1932
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Society, 1929-1933
World Peace Foundation
1932-1933
BOX 241 1933-1935
BOX 242 1936-1937
Cooperation of peace agencies, 1935
Wright, Fulton and Peggy Baker, 1930-1937
Wright, Howell, 1929-1930
"X-Z" miscellaneous
1923-1928
BOX 243 1929-1937
Young, Hugh H., 1929-1932
Young Democratic Clubs of America, 1932-1935
"Z" miscellaneous, 1929-1937
BOX 244-252
not filmed

Speeches and Writings, 1915-1937

Correspondence, notes, drafts, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to speeches and writings by Baker.
Arranged by type of writing and speeches organized chronologically therein.
BOX 244 Speeches
1915-1918
BOX 245 1919-1922
BOX 246 1923-1926
BOX 247 1927-1931
BOX 248 1931-1932
BOX 249 1933-1935
BOX 250 1935-1937, undated
BOX 251 Miscellaneous, 1918-1919, 1932
Writings
Why We Went to War, draft, notes, and related matter, 1936
BOX 252 "Cancellation of War Debts," public response to article, A-Z, 1926-1927
BOX 253-254
not filmed

Miscellany, 1918-1935

Miscellaneous topical files.
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization, subject, or title of writing.
BOX 253 John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., Presidential Committee, master file and notes, 1934-1935
"Report of General T. H. Bliss on the Supreme War Council," 1918
BOX 254 Senate investigation (Chamberlain), congratulations on Baker's reply to committee, A-Z, 1918
Your Hall of Fame, by Robert Underwood Johnson, 1935
BOX 255-265
not filmed

Ralph Hayes File, 1916-1962

Correspondence between Baker and Ralph Hayes, subject files, speeches and writings, and printed matter.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein.
BOX 255 Correspondence
Baker and Ralph Hays
1916-1924
(12 folders)
BOX 256 1925-1927
(12 folders)
BOX 257 1928-1929
(24 folders)
BOX 258 1930-Mar. 1932
(27 folders)
BOX 259 Apr.-Dec. 1932
(12 folders)
BOX 260 1933-1934
(24 folders)
BOX 261 1935-1949
(44 folders)
Pauer, Lewis, 1962
Subject file
Baker, Newton D.
Funeral, 1937-1938
Memorial meeting, 1943-1944
BOX 262 Encyclopedia Britannica, May 1922-1945, undated
(22 folders)
Replies to speech, Institute of Politics, Williamstown, Mass., July-Sept. 1931
(3 folders)
Sugar processing tax, 1933-1934
BOX 263 Speeches, articles and clippings, 1918-1945
(9 folders)
BOX 264 Miscellaneous printed matter
Jan.-Mar. 1932
BOX 265 Appointment to Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague Tribunal, Netherlands, 1928
Cleveland contempt case, 1929
General, 1928-1937
BOX 266-275
REEL 1-18

Letterbooks, 1896-1917

Bound volumes of copies of personal letters sent, 1896-1916, and of letters sent as secretary of war, 1916-1917.
Arranged chronologically.
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 18,549
BOX 266
REEL 1
Personal
30 July 1896-20 Mar. 1905
REEL 2 22 Mar. 1905-21 July 1906
BOX 267
REEL 3
13 July 1906-22 Jan. 1908
REEL 4 23 Jan. 1908-14 Jan. 1909
BOX 268
REEL 5
14 Jan. 1909-9 Mar. 1910
REEL 6 9 Mar.-22 Dec. 1910
BOX 269
REEL 7
22 Dec. 1910-22 Sept. 1911
REEL 8 22 Sept. 1911-2 Apr. 1912
BOX 270
REEL 9
2 Apr.-29 Aug. 1912
REEL 10 29 Aug. 1912-6 Feb. 1913
BOX 271
REEL 11
6 Feb.-10 July 1913
REEL 12 11 July-1 Dec. 1913
BOX 272
REEL 13
2 Dec. 1913-20 Aug. 1914
REEL 14 21 Aug. 1914-8 Apr. 1915
BOX 273
REEL 15
8 Apr.-31 Dec. 1915
REEL 17 9 Mar.-10 May 1916
BOX 274
REEL 16
Secretary of war
10 May-13 July 1916
13 July-25 Sept. 1916
BOX 274
REEL 18
23 Sept.-5 Dec. 1916
BOX 275
REEL 18
4-20 Dec. 1916
Secretary of war, presidential
10 Mar. 1916-10 Apr. 1917
BOX 275
not filmed

Addition, 1917-1930

Letters to D. C. Westenhaver and Paul Westenhaver.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 275 Letters to D. C. Westenhaven and Paul Westenhaven, 1917-1930
(2 folders)
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