- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Hugh Lenox Scott Papers
- Repository:
- Public Policy Papers
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ww72bb53f
- Dates:
- 1898-1923
- Size:
- 8 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-8
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of papers of Scott relating primarily to his mission as a military member of the Special Diplomatic Commission headed by Elihu Root, which was sent to Russia by Woodrow Wilson in 1917.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
Consists of papers of Scott relating primarily to his mission as a military member of the Special Diplomatic Commission headed by Elihu Root, which was sent to Russia by Woodrow Wilson in 1917 to encourage the Russian people to continue participation in World War I and to assure them of American aid. Included are reports to the secretary of state on railroads, munitions, and industry, a transcript of Scott's conference with General Manikovsky, and various speeches, propaganda releases, correspondence, and other documents regarding the Commission.
In addition, there are seven scrapbooks (1891-1923?) of newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and a few photographs compiled by Scott and related to his military career and his service as superintendent of West Point (1906-1910).
- Collection Creator Biography:
Hugh Lennox Scott military member of the Special Diplomatic Commission headed by Elihu Root, which was sent to Russia by Woodrow Wilson in 1917 to encourage the Russian people to continue participation in World War I and to assure them of American aid.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Available information about how this material was acquired indicates it was presented as a gift in 1947, but the donor is not identified.
- Archival Appraisal Information:
No information about appraisal is available for this collection.
- Processing Information:
No information is available about the physical processing of this collection. An EAD finding aid was created from a MARC record in 2007. An inventory was created in Archivist's Toolkit in 2008.
Access & Use
- Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions for Reproduction and Use:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
- Credit this material:
Hugh Lenox Scott Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ww72bb53f
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA(609) 258-6345
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history.
- Genre Terms:
- Clippings.
Correspondence.
Memorabilia.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks. - Names:
- United States
- Places:
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- 20th century.
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Participation, Foreign.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- 20th century.
