MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 mm 97083974
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010 $amm 97083974
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$edacs
072 7 $aR$2lcmd
100 1 $aRogers, Leighton W.$q(Leighton William),$d1893-1962.
245 00 $aLeighton W. Rogers papers,$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.
541 $cGift,$aCharlotte E. Roe,$d1997-2004.
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 20 $aAeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America.
610 20 $aAllied Forces.
610 20 $aAmerican Economic Mission to the Far East.
610 20 $aDartmouth College$xStudents.
610 20 $aNational City Bank of New York.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bAmerican Expeditionary Forces.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDept. 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
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
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