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H-M in preparation for Asia articles and biography.

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N-R in preparation for Asia articles and biography.

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S-W in preparation for Asia articles and biography.

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For Asia article, includes copy of advertisement for The New Republic announcing the series.

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Drafts of article series for Asia magazine.

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Rough drafts of chapter three, proofs of chapter one, and proofs of Willard Straight in the Orient, based on these articles.

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For preparation of biography.

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Notes on biography, list of people who sent letters to the Straights, lists of Straight's sketches.

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For biography: biographical information, lists of places visited and friends, transcription of grades from Bordentown Military Institute and Cornell, list of people to whom copy of biography was sent, outline of events in Willard Straight's life.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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). Letters and...