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Title: Emil J. Dillon Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1873-1933
Collection number: M0935
Creator:
Dillon, Emil Joseph, 1854-1933
Extent:
80 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Correspondence with statesmen, historians, staff of the Daily Telegraph, family, etc., memoranda, diaries, subject files,
articles, materials on Oriental studies, books and journals, and photographs.
Language:
English.
There are no restrictions on access.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Emil J. Dillon Papers. M0935. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Purchased, 1997.
An academic (Professor of Philology at University of Kharkov, authority on oriental languages, ancient Armenian and Sanskrit),
Dillon was best known as a foreign correspondent for London's Daily Telegraph from 1886 unti well after the 1914-1918 war.
He was considered a "semi-official ambassador", and wrote frequently on foreign affairs in CONTEMPORY REVIEW and other leading
magazines and journals. He traveled widely and covered such major events as the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Russo-Japanese
War, the Balkan wars, Mexico, and the Dreyfus case. He was considered particularly an expert on Russia, and was the confidential
adviser to Count Witte, the Russian Minister and Prime Minister.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Correspondence with statesmen, historians, staff of the Daily Telegraph, family, etc., memoranda, diaries, subject files,
articles, materials on Oriental studies, books and journals, and photographs.
Daily Telegraph (London, England)
Diplomacy--Great Britain.
Foreign correspondents.
Journalism.
Witte, Count, 1849-1915.