Anson Conger Goodyear papers, 1919-1922

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Summary

Creators:
Goodyear, A. Conger (Anson Conger), 1877-1964
Abstract:
Correspondence, diary, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, maps, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to coal production and distribution in Silesia, Bohemia, Galicia, and Serbia, political and economic conditions in Poland, and the partition of Silesia.
Extent:
3 manuscript boxes, 3 envelopes, 1 oversize folder (1.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Anson Conger Goodyear papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1877, June 20
Born, Buffalo, New York
1899
Bachelor Degree, Yale University
1900-1911
President, Goodyear Lumber Company
Director, Crown Zellerbach Corporation
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Director, G.M. & O. Railroads
1911-1917
President, Norwich Lumber Company
1917
Captain, Field Artillery, U.S. Army
1918
Colonel; Commander, 307th Field Artillery
1918
Commander, 81st Field Artillery, France
1918
General Inspector, Transportation Corps, A.E.F.
1918, May 2
President, Coal Commission for Central Europe
1919, September 5
Member, Inter-Allied Commission on Upper Silesia
1919, October
Discharged honorably from the two last posts
1919
Major General, 1st Division, New York National Guard
1929-1960
Trustee, President, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944-1945
Deputy Commander, American Red Cross, Pacific Ocean Areas
1947
Personal Representative of Secretary of War, American Zone, Germany and Austria
1952
Master of Laws, Norwich University
1958
Doctor of Fine Arts, Adelphi College
1964, April 23
Died, Old Westbury, New York
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1975.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Anson Conger Goodyear papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
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