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Creator:
Carver, Clifford Nickels (1885-1965)
Title:
Clifford Nickles Carver Papers
Repository:
Public Policy Papers
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/p8418n22w
Dates:
1885-1965 (mostly 1910-1918)
Size:
50 boxes
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-50
Language:
English

Abstract

Consists primarily of correspondence relating to the work of Carver (Princeton Class of 1913) as secretary (1914-1915) to Walter H. Page, the American ambassador in London, as secretary (1915) to Edward Mandell House in Europe, and as assistant to Bernard M. Baruch working for the War Industries Board, and to his commission in the U.S. Navy attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence (1917-1918).

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists primarily of correspondence relating to the work of Carver (Princeton Class of 1913) as secretary (1914-1915) to Walter H. Page, the American ambassador in London, as secretary (1915) to Edward Mandell House in Europe, and as assistant to Bernard M. Baruch working for the War Industries Board, and to his commission in the U.S. Navy attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence (1917-1918). During those years Carver became acquainted with and corresponded with a great number of prominent statesmen and members of the royal families of Austria, Norway, Great Britain, Belgium, Greece, Monaco, and others, including Theodore Roosevelt, Lord Fairfax, Lord Northcliffe, Princess Grace of Monaco, Archduke Felix of Austria, Prince Otto of Norway, Bernard M. Baruch, Andrew Carnegie, and Woodrow Wilson. There is also correspondence related to the American Friends of Norway, of which Carver was chairman (1942).

Another facet of Carver's interests is well-represented by his collection of hundreds of bookplates of well-known Americans, Princetonians, and Europeans, with related correspondence and articles including "Modern American Book-plates" and "Three Victorian Book-plates."

Also included are diaries (1914-1924); Princeton undergraduate lecture notes; articles, and reports, including a report on the sinking of the S.S. Lusitania (1915); documents; printed matter; memorabilia; photographs of family, friends, and royalty; and a group of additional papers containing correspondence, reports, clippings, and bookplates.

Collection Creator Biography:

Carver

Clifford Nickles Carver (Princeton Class of 1913) served as secretary (1914-1915) to Walter H. Page, the American ambassador in London, as secretary (1915) to Edward Mandell House in Europe, and as assistant to Bernard M. Baruch working for the War Industries Board, and to his commission in the U.S. Navy attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence (1917-1918).

Collection History

Custodial History

A portion of the collection was transferred to the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library from the Graphic Arts Division of Special Collections, Princeton University in January 2011 [ML.2010.033].

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Clifford Nickles Carver Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/p8418n22w
Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
(609) 258-6345
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-50

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Existence and Location of Copies

Publications: One work by Clifford N. Carver, Book-Plates Of Princeton and Princetonians (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1912), and a work by Sir Arthur Everett Shipley, Life; A Book For Elementary Students (Cambridge, England: The University Press, 1923).

Subject Terms:
Bookplates.
Diplomats -- United States -- 20th century
Kings and rulers. -- 20th century
Lusitania (Ship)
Submarines (Ships) -- United States -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects.
Genre Terms:
Christmas cards.
Correspondence
Diaries.
Names:
American Friends of Norway
United States. Navy
United States. War Industries Board
Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes) (1870-1965)
House, Edward Mandell (1858-1938)
Places:
United States -- Foreign relations. -- 20th century