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SERIES Identifier: MS Am 1687-1687.9, MS Am 1687

I. Diaries, letters, and clippings, 1909-1945

Dates

  • Creation: 1904-1948

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

34 linear feet (120 volumes, 38 boxes)

General note

Most of this series are bound volumes containing typescript (carbon) file copies, though there is some printed material such as pamphlets and clippings, and also contains photographs (especially of Turkey and Japan, ) and typescripts. There are autograph annotations on some pages. There are often other texts inserted into the diary format such as transcripts of conversations, speeches, essays, letters, and telegrams. Letters to the Grew family, especially his mother and father are found in different places in various years and are noted in the notes for each volume.

*52M-1 (1-3)

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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