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Series I, Biographical Material - chronologically arranged. The "Biographical Material 1879-1929" folder contains excerpts from a book on Bullard written by Earnest Poole, Arthur Bullard in Russia During the War. There are letters of recommendation from George Creel and Woodrow Wilson for Bullard's Committee on Public Information commission in the "Wilson-Creel Letters 1917" folder.

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Series II, Manuscripts of Books - arranged alphabetically by title. These are undated manuscripts of novels, very political in nature, written by Bullard. The manuscript for A Man's World,listed on the original register,is missing. The manuscript for Under the White Terror, which was published in serial form in COLLIER'S, is also missing, but copies of the printed serials are in this section.

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Series III, Writings Titles A-Z - alphabetically arranged. These are essays and articles concerning issues for which there are no subject files. The first folder, "Index of Bullard's Writings Published in Periodicals," contains a chronological listing of Bullard's articles, grouped under the name of the journal in which they were published. "The Business of Prostitution," an undated article, was probably written between 1900-1904, when Bullard worked as a probation officer.

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Series IV, Writings Subjects A-Z - Subject headings are arranged alphabetically, but material under the headings is arranged chronologically. The "Russia" subject file is the largest; Bullard was fluent in Russian and spent a number of years in the country in journalistic and official capacities. His accounts of the Russian Revolutions of 1905 (in "Russia's Revolution: 1905-1906") and 1917 (in "Russia: 1917-1919") might be of particular interest to scholars. Also notable is Bullard's close documentation of the operations of the Committee on Public Information (created by Woodrow Wilson in 1917) in Washington and Russia. Included among the folders on "The War 1914-1918" is a pamphlet entitled "How the War Came to America." Commissioned by Woodrow Wilson as part of the Committee on Public Information's activities, 25,000,000 copies of the pamphlet were printed in a dozen languages. Bullard authored many more careful accounts of World War I Europe, with attention to the post-war tensions among the european colonies that preceded World War II. His involvement in the formation and operation of the League of Nations in Geneva is recorded in several articles and political volumes specifically about the League. A small file of articles from two french socialist newspapers, LES TEMPS NOUVEAUX and LA GUERRE SOCIALE,is under its own subject heading.

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Series V, Correspondence - arranged alphabetically by sender or receiver's name; it is a collection of general correspondence. The letters concern Bullard's work as a writer and official, although many are somewhat personal in nature. The largest set of correspondence, between Bullard and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Leonora L.S. Bagg, often discusses Bullard's work and plans for the future. There is also extensive correspondence with Colonel Edward M. House--principally typed copies, because most of the originals have been kept with the House Papers Collection at Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University. There is a folder of OUR WORLD miscellaneous general correspondence which covers Bullard's term as editor of that magazine, and a folder of League of Nations Non-Partisan Association correspondence covering his service in that group.

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Series VI, Photographs and Post Cards - are arranged chronologically. The photographs were taken in Russia and Poland, probably in conjunction with Bullard's political work there; the subjects are military officers, members of the Committee on Public Information, villagers, victims of Jewish pogroms, and landscapes and buildings. The post cards are depictions of local landscapes, interiors, and paintings.

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Scope and Contents

Consists of the papers of Bullard, chronicling the major world political and economic events of World War I and its aftermath. Included are the manuscripts of several of Bullard's novels written under the pseudonym of "Albert Edwards", including COMRADE YETTA (1913) and THE STRANGER (1920), and a large file of miscellaneous writings in the form of articles, essays, memoranda, printed materials, and pertinent correspondence related to various subjects and organizations, such as the Council on Foreign Relations, disarmament, international relations, the Committee on Public Information, the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, Anglo-American relations, the League of Nations (the Secretariat of which Bullard was a member, 1926-1927), trade, economics, and World War I.

Collection Creator Biography:

Bullard, Arthur, 1879-1929

Born in Missouri in 1879, Bullard graduated from the Blair Academy in Blairstown, NJ and attended Hamilton College for two years. He subsequently worked as a probation officer in New York City, during which time he wrote several essays on criminology. His work as a foreign correspondent for various american and european journals, which began in 1904, was highlighted by editorships with THE OUTLOOK (1914) and OUR WORLD (1922-1924). Like his press writings (sometimes published under the pseudonym "Albert Edwards") his later novels, travel books, and political volumes drew on his travels through Eastern and Western Europe, Russia, North Africa, and Central America. Bullard was also a statesman. He served on the Committee on Public Information's divisions in Washington, Western Russia, and Siberia from 1917 to 1919, was chief of the Russian Division of the Department of State from 1919 to 1921, worked for John W. Davis during his presidential campaign in 1924, and was a representative of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association in Geneva. He died in Geneva on September 10, 1929.

Further details on Bullard's life may be obtained from the "Biographical Material" folders in this collection.

Acquisition:

No acquisition information is available.

Custodial History

The Papers were the property of Bullard's wife, Ethel Bullard. What was not already in Bullard's private files was collected from the respective owners, as the "Miscellaneous Correspondence re Writings" folder in the Biographical Material section indicates.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Andrea Schorr in January 1991. Finding aid written by Andrea Schorr in January 1991.

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Arthur Bullard Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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