Brand Whitlock papers
by Brand Whitlock
Correspondence; diaries; journals; speeches; addresses; manuscripts of novels, short stories, and other works; literary notes; reviews; biographical material; financial records; scrapbooks; clippings; printed matter; memorabilia; photographs; and other papers relating chiefly to Whitlock's career as a writer, diplomat, and politician. Documents Whitlock's interest in civic progress, municipal administration, improved methods in law enforcement, and conditions in Belgium during World War I, with emphasis on American relief work. Includes Whitlock's journal of a visit by the King and Queen of Belgium to America (1919). Correspondents include Newton Diehl Baker, Nicholas Murray Butler, George Creel, Clarence Darrow, Hamlin Garland, Norman Hapgood, Herbert Hoover, Edward Mandell House, William Dean Howells, Tom Loftin Johnson, Albert Bigelow Paine, Louis F. Post, Lincoln Steffens, and Owen Wister.
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Correspondence, World War, 1914-1918, Politics and government, Law enforcement, Civic improvement, Civilian relief, Municipal government, Foreign relationsPeople
Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937), Louis F. Post (1849-1928), George Creel (1876-1953), Norman Hapgood (1868-1937), William Dean Howells (1837-1920), Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), Tom Loftin Johnson (1854-1911), Elisabeth Queen, consort of Albert I, King of the Belgians (1876-1965), Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936), Albert I King of the Belgians (1875-1934), Edward Mandell House (1858-1938), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), Owen Wister (1860-1938), Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937), Hamlin Garland (1860-1940)Places
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Open to research.
Microfilm edition of a portion of the collection available, no. 20,471.
Microfilm produced by Library of Congress Photoduplication Service from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Gift, Mrs. Brand Whitlock, 1936-1938.
Gift, James L. Brainerd, 1948.
Gift, Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1984.
Author, lawyer, diplomat, and mayor of Toledo.
Collection material in English, with French and German.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
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