Charles Wellington Furlong papers, 1917-1963

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Summary

Creators:
Paris Peace Conference (Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1919-1920) and Furlong, Charles Wellington, 1874-1967
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, clippings, maps, and photographs, relating to Woodrow Wilson, the Paris Peace Conference, military, political, and economic conditions in the Balkans (particularly relating to Fiume and Montenegro), the Tacna-Arica dispute between Peru and Chile, and the work of the Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission, 1925-1926.
Extent:
11 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 oversize portfolio, 9 envelopes (5.3 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles Wellington Furlong papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, clippings, maps, and photographs, relating to Woodrow Wilson, the Paris Peace Conference, military, political, and economic conditions in the Balkans (particularly relating to Fiume and Montenegro), the Tacna-Arica dispute between Peru and Chile, and the work of the Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission, 1925-1926. Includes drafts, notes, typescripts of reports, articles by Charles W. Furlong. Includes photographs of Woodrow Wilson and C.W. Furlong, many with high-ranking army personnel, ambassadors, and heads of state.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1895
Graduated, Massachusetts Normal Art School
1901-1902
Student, Cornell, Harvard, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
1896-1904
Faculty, Cornell
1909
Author, The Gateway to the Sahara
1911
Author, Tripoli in Barbary
1914-1918
General Staff, U.S. Army
1918-1919
Member, American Peace delegation, Paris
1919
Special Military aide to President Woodrow Wilson
1919
Military observer, intelligence officer in the Balkans, Near East and Middle East
1921
Author, Let 'er Buck
1926
Member, Tacna-Arica Commission
1967
Died
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1963.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles Wellington Furlong 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:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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