Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Lloyd Carpenter Griscom papers, 1898-1951

Title

• Lloyd Carpenter Griscom papers, 1898-1951

Summary

• Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating chiefly to Griscom's diplomatic career and to his military service during World War I. Documents his years as minister to Iran (1901-1902) and ambassador to Japan (1902-1906) and Italy (1907-1909) as well as his World War I service in France as liaison officer to General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, U.S. Army. Griscom describes a trip to Messina, Italy, following the 1908 earthquake; a 1908 meeting with German Emperor William II concerning President Theodore Roosevelt's appointment of David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Berlin; and the reaction of Pershing, his staff, and President Woodrow Wilson's daughter, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, to the news of the armistice. Correspondents include Mabel Thorp Boardman, Arthur Meeker, John J. Pershing, Elihu Root, Francis Lynde Stetson, Wesley Winans Stout, William H. Taft, and members of the Griscom family.

Names

• Griscom, Lloyd Carpenter, 1872-1959

Headings

• -  Boardman, Mabel Thorp,--1860-1946--Correspondence
• -  Hill, David Jayne,--1850-1932
• -  Meeker, Arthur,--1866-1946--Correspondence
• -  Pershing, John J.--(John Joseph),--1860-1948
• -  Pershing, John J.--(John Joseph),--1860-1948--Correspondence
• -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919
• -  Root, Elihu,--1845-1937--Correspondence
• -  Stetson, Francis Lynde--Correspondence
• -  Stout, Wesley Winans,--1890---Correspondence
• -  Taft, William H.--(William Howard),--1857-1930--Correspondence
• -  William--II,--German Emperor,--1859-1941
• -  Wilson, Margaret Woodrow,--1886-1944
• -  Griscom family--Correspondence
• -  United States.--Army.--American Expeditionary Forces
• -  Diplomatic and consular service, American--Germany
• -  Diplomatic and consular service, American--Iran
• -  Diplomatic and consular service, American--Italy
• -  Diplomatic and consular service, American--Japan
• -  Earthquakes--Italy--Messina
• -  World War, 1914-1918--Peace
• -  World War, 1914-1918--France
• -  World War, 1914-1918--United States
• -  Germany--Foreign relations--United States
• -  Iran--Foreign relations--United States
• -  Italy--Foreign relations--United States
• -  Japan--Foreign relations--United States
• -  Messina (Italy)--Description and travel
• -  United States--Foreign relations--Germany
• -  United States--Foreign relations--Iran
• -  United States--Foreign relations--Italy
• -  United States--Foreign relations--Japan

Notes

• -  Organized by type of material. Diaries, 1901-1921; Correspondence, 1898-1951; Subject File, 1905-1911; and Oversize.
• -  Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Lloyd Carpenter Griscom Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  Gift, Audrey M. Griscom, 1962.
• -  Author, diplomat, lawyer, politician, and soldier.
• -  Collection material in English.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms016067

Medium

• 900 items.
• 3 containers plus 1 oversize.
• 1.2 linear feet.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm79024208

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79024208

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• MARCXML Record
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