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• Author/Creator:
  Auchincloss, Gordon, 1886-1943.
  
• Title:
  Gordon Auchincloss papers, 1914-1951 (inclusive).
  
• Physical Description:
  4 linear ft. (11 boxes)
  
• Links:
  Finding aid
  

• Yale Holdings

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  Location:
  SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
  To request for use in the Manuscripts and Archives Reading Room select a box in the finding aid
  
  
  Call Number:
  MS 580
  
  Status:
  Not Checked Out
  
  
  
   
• Notes:
  Gift of Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss, 1943. Gift of Edward H. Auchincloss, 1991.
  
• Organization:
  Arranged in three series: I. Diary. II. Correspondence. III. Subject File.
  
• Biographical / Historical note:
  Gordon Auchincloss was the Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1913-1915; assistant to Frank Polk, Counselor of the State Department from 1917-1918; and secretary to Edward M. House at the Interallied Conference (1917) and during the Armistice negotiations and the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1919).
  
• Summary:
  The papers consist of correspondence, a diary, memoranda, and printed material largely relating to Gordon Auchincloss's position as assistant counselor in the State Department, 1917, and to his position as secretary to Colonel E. M. House at the armistice negotiations and the Paris Peace Conference, with some material on personal affairs. The diary lists his daily activities between 1914 and 1920, including many summaries of conversatons, and with a retrospective entry on his first meeting with Colonel House in 1909. The subject files include memoranda and printed matter on the Peace Conference, American foreign policy and other political matters.
  
• Format:
  Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:
  Finding aid is available in repository and on Internet.
  
• Cite as:
  Gordon Auchincloss Papers. Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
  
• Subjects:
  Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970.
  Aldrich, Winthrop W. (Winthrop William), b. 1885.
  Aubert, Louis, 1876-
  Auchincloss, Charles Crooke, 1881-
  Auchincloss, Gordon, 1886-1943.
  Bonsal, Stephen, 1863-1951.
  Crane, Richard C.
  Cravath, Paul Drennan, 1861-1940.
  Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-
  Cutting, Robert Fulton, 1852-
  Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955.
  Davis, Walter Goodwin, 1885-
  Drummond, Eric, Sir.
  Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.
  Frazier, Arthur Hugh, 1868-
  Greene, Jerome Davis, 1874-
  Gregory, Thomas Watt, 1861-1933.
  Grew, Joseph Clark, 1880-
  Haight, Charles Sherman, 1870-
  Hayward, Robert.
  Heely, Augustus V.
  Heineman, Dannie N., 1872-1962.
  Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
  House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938.
  Long, Breckinridge, 1881-1958.
  McCormick, Vance Criswell, 1872-1946.
  McFadden, George, 1893-1931.
  Miller, David Hunter, 1875-1961.
  Phillips, William, 1878-
  Polk, Frank Lyon, 1871-1943.
  Shaw, Gardiner Howland, 1893-1965.
  Sloan, Samuel.
  Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958.
  Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926.
  Trumbull, Frank, 1858-
  Tucker, Randolph F.
  Tyrrell, William.
  Whitlock, Brand, 1869-1934.
  Willert, Arthur, Sir, 1882-
  Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
  Wiseman, William, Sir, b. 1885.
  Woods, Arthur, 1870-1942.
  Woolsey, Lester Hood, 1877-
  Wright, Joshua Butler, 1877-1939.
  Young, Harvey R.
  League of Nations.
  YMCA of the USA.
  Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920). United States Territorial Section.
  Law.
  World War, 1914-1918.
  Argentina--Foreign relations--United States.
  Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
  Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.
  New York (State)
  Poland--History--1918-1945.
  Soviet Union--History--Allied intervention, 1918-1920.
  United States--Commerce.
  United States--Foreign relations--Argentina.
  United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
  United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.
  United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.
  
• Genre/Form:
  Diaries.
  
• Occupation:
  Diplomats.
  Lawyers.