Register of the Henry Mauris Robinson papers

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Title: Henry Mauris Robinson papers

Date (inclusive): 1917-1936

Collection Number: 43001

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 34 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope (13.7 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, minutes of meetings, memoranda, conference documents, notes, and printed matter, relating to the United States Council of National Defense during World War I, the Paris Peace Conference, the Allied Supreme Economic Council, the Dawes and Young Committees on Reparations, and the International Economic Conference of 1927

Creator: Paris Peace Conference (Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1919-1920)

Creator: Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937

Creator: Monetary and Economic Conference (Location of meeting: Geneva, Switzerland. Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1927.)

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1943.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henry M. Robinson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1868, September 12	born, Ravenna, Ohio
1886-1888	student, Cornell University
1917-1918	staff, Council of National Defense
1919	member, Supreme Economic Council, Paris Peace Conference
1919	commissioner, U.S. Shipping Board
1919	representative of U.S., First International Labor Conference
1919	member, President's 2nd Industrial Conference
1920	Chairman, Bituminous Coal Commission
1924	member 2nd Committee of Experts on Reparations
1927	chairman, American Delegation to International Economic Conference
1929	member, Young Committee on Reparations
1929	member, President's Economic Stabilization Conference
1929-1930	member, Executive Committee, National Business Survey Conference, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, minutes of meetings, memoranda, conference documents, notes, and printed matter, relating to the United States Council of National Defense during World War I, the Paris Peace Conference, the Allied Supreme Economic Council, the Dawes and Young Committees on Reparations, and the International Economic Conference of 1927. Includes letters sent by Henry M. Robinson as well as letters, telegrams, and memoranda received from Rufus Dawes, Leon Fresor, Owen D. Young, Herbert Hoover, Fred Bate, and others, relating to reparations.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace

World War, 1914-1918 -- United States

World War, 1914-1918 -- Reparations

International economic relations

United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920). Supreme Economic Council

Inter-Allied Commission for Reparations

United States. Council of National Defense

Correspondence 1917-1924

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Allen, Frederick L.

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Baker, Newton W.

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Bamberger, J.E.

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Barber, John E.

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Baruch, Bernard

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Beaton, G.A.

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Benson, Admiral W.S.

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Blackman, William

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Bloomfield, Meyer

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Buehl, C.L.

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Clarkson, Grosvenor

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Clementel, M. Paris

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Collins, James H.

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Constantine, Arthur

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Cowen, C.P.

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Cravens, John S.

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Davis, Norman H.

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Douglas, J.S.

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Dulles, John Foster

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Fleming, Arthur H.

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Flint, Frank P.

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Forbes, Allan B.

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Gompers, Samuel

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Graham, S.C.

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Grew, J.C.

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Haight, Charles S.

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Halinbourg, F.

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Hoover, Herbert

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Howard, Roy W.

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Hurley, Edward N.

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Hyman, David M.

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Lansing, Robert

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Lord, Frank B.

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McAdoo, William G.

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Moore, John Bassett

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Payne, John B.

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Reynolds, D.M.

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Robinson, L.A.

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Robinson, R.H.M.

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Scott, Thomas A.

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Shoup, Paul

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Smuggler Leasing Company

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Stayton, William H.

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Suzzallo, Henry

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Thane, A.F.

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Ward, William C.

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Wilson, Woodrow

Subject File 1917-1932

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Agriculture, Co-operative Marketing

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Bessemer Process for Steel Production in Europe

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Biographical Sketch

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Bituminous Coal Commission 1920

Council of National Defense 1917-1918

Correspondence

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General

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Idaho

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Mississippi

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Nevada

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New Mexico

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Oregon

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Utah

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Washington (State)

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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Minutes of Governing Board

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Minutes of Staff Meetings

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Memoranda and Reports

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Weekly Reports of Activities by State Councils

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Weekly Supplements to Reports

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Organization Chart

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Partial List of Bulletins, Information Circulars, and General Letters by Subject

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Bulletins

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Bulletins

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Information Circulars

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General Letters, No. 6-163

Subject File

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American Defense Society

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Americanization of Aliens

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Housing for Labor

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Labor

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Shipbuilding Industry

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War Savings Campaign

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Letters of Introduction

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Mailing List

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Speech July 3 (1917)

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Posters

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Editorials

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Miscellaneous Printed Matter

Dawes Committee on Reparations 1924

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Correspondence December 1923 - October 1924

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Agenda and Assignments

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List of Members and Organization Chart

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Minutes of Meetings, First Committee of Experts

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Minutes of Meetings, Second Committee of Experts

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London Conference Final Protocol August 16, 1924

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Report of the First Committee of Experts to the Reparations Commission

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Report of the Second Committee of Experts to the Reparations Commission

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General Report on German Railways

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Report of Technical Experts on Consumption Taxes

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Budget Memoranda

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Memoranda of Technical Experts

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Questionaires on Flight of Capital

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Questionaires

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Plans, Drafts, and Corrections for Final Reports

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Preliminary Reports

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Information Collected by the First Committee of Experts on German Railways

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Information Collected by the First Committee of Experts on the German Budget

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Information Collected by the Second Committee of Experts on Flight of Capital

Subject File of Memoranda

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Agriculture

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Army Costs

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Austrian Reconstruction

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Balance of Trade and Payments

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Bank and Currency Plans

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Banking Conditions

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Belgian Debt

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British Position

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Deliveries in Kind

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Exchange and Exchange Control

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Flight of Capital from Germany

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French Position

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General Economic Conditions in Germany

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German Budget

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German Debt

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German Exploitation of Occupied Territory

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German Foreign Assets

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German Mortgages

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German Public Works

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German Railway Company

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German Railways

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Implementation of Dawes Plan

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Interallied Debts

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Italian Position

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Joseph Stamp Proposal

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Loans and Financing

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Measurement of Prosperity

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M.I.C.U.M. (Interallied Mission of Control of Factories and Mines) Agreements

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Monopolies and Consumption Taxes

Subject File of Memoranda

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Prices

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Rentenbank and Reichsbank

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Reparation Plans

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Summary of Reparations Problem

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Taxation

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The Ruhr

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Transferability of German Payments

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Treaty of Versailles

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U.S. Position

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Miscellaneous

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Reparation Commission Official Communiques

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Reparation Commission Memoranda

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Reparation Commission Minutes

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Reparation Commission Annexes

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Committee on Guarantees Intelligence Service Reports (Berlin), nos. 698-2632 (incomplete)

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Committee on Guarantees Intelligence Service Reports (Berlin), nos. 2637-3050 (incomplete)

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Committee on Guarantees Intelligence Service Reports (Berlin), nos. 3066-3243 (incomplete)

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Committee on Guarantees Intelligence Service Reports (Paris), nos. 475-3308 (incomplete)

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Committee on Guarantees Intelligence Service Weekly Summaries

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Committee on Guarantees Annexes

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Committee on Guarantees Index of Minutes

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List of Dawes Committee Records

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Document Check-our Slips

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Notes

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Belgian Press Coverage

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French Press Coverage

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German Press Coverage

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Clippings

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Memorabilia

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Hoover, Herbert, Speech by H.M. Robinson, A Non-solipsistic Stay in the White House

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Income Tax, Personal

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International Chamber of Commerce

International Economic Conference 1927

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Correspondence

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Conference Report

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Commerce Commission Reports

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Co-ordination Commission Reports

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Industrial Commission Reports

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Preparatory Committee Reports and Minutes

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U.S. Position Papers and Statements

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Documents Submitted to the Conference

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Miscellaneous Conference Documents

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List of Delegates

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Printed Matter

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Clippings

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International Labor Conference of the League of Nations 1919

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Miscellany

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Morson School of Practical Economics

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National Conference on Public Spending and Private Business 1927

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National Industrial Conference 1919

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Navy League of the U.S.

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Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous

Paris Peace Conference 1919

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Miscellaneous

Commission on International Labor Legislation

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Correspondence March - May 1919

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Final Report to Peace Conference

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Official Minutes of Proceedings

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Convention Creating Permanent Organization

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Official Communiques

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Draft Proposals

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Notes on Meetings of Commission

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U.S. Position Statements

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Delegate's Pass and Form Letters

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Clippings

Commission on Reparations of Damages 1919

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Reports

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Minutes of Meetings

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Memoranda and Draft Proposals

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Notes

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Reparations and War Debt 1929-1932

Supreme Economic Council 1919

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Organization Chart and Miscellaneous Documents

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Documents of Special Meetings

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Documents of Meetings 1-10, February 17 - March 24 (Meeting 6, missing)

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Documents of Meetings 11-13, April 7 - April 22

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Documents of Meetings 15-20, April 28 - May 28

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Turkey

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U.S. Shipping Board 1919

Young Committee on Reparations 1929

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List of Notes of Economic Service

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Notes of Economic Service, nos. 1-29

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Notes of Economic Service, nos. 30-67

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List of Documents of Economic Service

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Documents of Economic Service

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Reparation Commission Annexes 1925

Increment

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Letters sent by Henry M. Robinson as well as letters, telegrams, and memoranda received from Rufus Dawes, Leon Fresor, Owen D. Young, Herbert Hoover, Fred Bate, and others, relating to reparations.

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2 photos of Henry M. Robinson, including one of a painting of Robinson by Seymour Thomas. undated

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