William Martin notes, 1915-1933

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Summary

Creators:
Martin, William, 1888-1934
Abstract:
Summaries of interviews of European diplomats and statesmen, relating to European and world military, political, and diplomatic events during and after World War I. In part, photocopy.
Extent:
5 manuscript boxes (2.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
In French
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Martin notes, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Summaries of interviews of European diplomats and statesmen, relating to European and world military, political, and diplomatic events during and after World War I. In part, photocopy.

Biographical / historical:

WIlliam Louis Martin was born in Geneva, in 1888, of Swiss parents. He was educated at Geneva and Berlin and, in 1908, earned a degree in law, the following year in political science, and, in 1910, his doctorate in law. From 1907 to 1914 he was in Berlin as a correspondent for the Journal de Genève and for the Journal des Débats (Paris). During the first year of World War I he was attached to the General Staff of the Swiss army. He was the Paris correspondent for the Journal de Genève in 1915 and 1916 and political lead writer from 1917 to 1919. In 1918, as a member of a Swiss press mission, he traveled widely through the United States. In 1919 he was in the Section of Information of the Secretaries of the League of Nations and for the next four years he was technical adviser for the International Labor Office. In 1924 he became the Foreign Editor of the Journal de Genève.

Martin was a professor ad interim of the diplomatic history of Switzerland and International Law at the University of Geneva. He wrote the La Crise Politique de l'Allemagne Contemporaine (1913) ; Sur les routes de la Victoire (1916) ; and Histoire de la Suisse (1926). He contributed to many English and American newspapers and magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, The Forum, the New York World, The Christian Science Monitor, The Spectator, The Contemporary Review, and The Quarterly Review.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], William Martin notes, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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