Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States and Cuba (January - March 1946), invitations declined., 03 Mar 1945 - 07 Mar 1946
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on invitations during WSC's visit to the United States include: Douglas Robey, British Vice-Consul, New York (4); John Gibson, United States Congress; J C Thomson, British Consul, Miami (5); Henry Wallace, United States Secretary of Commerce; George Humphrey, Chairman, United States Business Advisory Council; William Chenery, Publisher, Collier's Magazine; John Bankhead, United States Senate; 2nd Lord Lytton; Clark Eichelberger, Director, American Association for the United Nations Incorporated (6); Albert Baker, Chairman, Convention Committee of Rotary International (4); Leander McCormick- Goodhart; Ray Williams, United States Senate; Espinosa de los Monteros, Mexican Ambassador [to the United States]; John Lyle, United States Congress; Myron Taylor; Claude Pepper, United States Senate; Joseph Davies; 1st Lord Godber; John Davis, Council on Foreign Relations; James Angell, President, English-Speaking Union of the United States; 1st Lord Greenwood, Chairman, Pilgrims Society; Winston Guest; Sir Lynden Macassey, President, Institute of Arbitrators; Edward [1st Lord Halifax, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] (2); William Murphy, Governor of the Bahamas (2); Douglas Fairbanks junior; Sir George Nelson, Chairman, English Electric Company Limited; Owen Roberts, United Nations Council of Philadelphia; Grace Vanderbilt; Sir Lloyd Griscom; John McCloy; Henry Noble Hall, Overseas Press Club. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Peter Solly-Flood, British Embassy, Washington, and "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], Kathleen Hill and Elizabeth Layton, WSC's secretaries.Also includes: resolutions from state assemblies inviting WSC to visit; pamphlet on the Cayman Islands; pamphlet on the New York Economic Club; notes on the Educational Reconditioning Forum; list of invitations for WSC.
Dates
- Creation: 03 Mar 1945 - 07 Mar 1946
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (407 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
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Repository Details
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