Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.

Civil Service Reform Association records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 549

Dates: 1880-1947.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Civil Service Reform Association records

Frank Thilly papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 14-21-623

Abstract

Correspondence and lecture notes relating to Thilly's career at the University of Missouri (1893-1904), Princeton (1904-1906), and Cornell University (1906-1934); notes in German (ca. 1889-1890) taken by Thilly while studying at the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg.

Dates: 1889-1935.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Frank Thilly papers

Gerow D. Brill papers

Collection

Identifier: 1379

Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, accounts, and manuscript articles and reports, pertaining chiefly to Brill's work in Wuchang, China, as head of the Hupeh Agricultural College and Experimental Farm and as a scientific explorer for the United States Department of Agriculture (1897-1901) and later in a similar capacity with the Department of Public Instruction on the Philippine Islands (1901-1902).

Dates: 1884-1924.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Gerow D. Brill papers

Jacob Gould Schurman papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 3-4-6

Abstract The Schurman papers consist of correspondence, addresses, photographs, testimonials, diplomas, certificates, newspaper clippings, printed material, and records of the New York Constitutional Convention (1915). The material listed covers Schurman's career as a teacher, college president, and diplomat; the majority of the papers involve his role in national and foreign affairs. His views on American imperialism are reflected in letters to President McKinley, David Starr Jordan, David J. Hill,...

Dates: 1867-1942, [1986].

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Jacob Gould Schurman papers

Willard Dickerman Straight papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1260

Abstract

Microfilmed papers of Willard D. Straight consist of personal and official correspondence, both original and typescript copies, and reports chiefly concerning his association with the Chinese Imperial Customs Service (1902-04). Documented is his employment with Reuters during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05); with the United States Department of State in Korea and Manchuria (1904-09); and with Edward H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff, and J.P. Morgan and Company (1904-09).

Dates: 1825-1925.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Willard Dickerman Straight papers

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Civil Service Reform Association records

Frank Thilly papers

Gerow D. Brill papers

Jacob Gould Schurman papers

Willard Dickerman Straight papers

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