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Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Processed by: Aparna Mukherjee Date Completed: Revised 2007 Encoded by: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications and Elizabeth Konzak 2007 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: James Addison Dates: 1913-1924 Collection number: 56013 Creator: Logan, James Addison, 1879-1930. Collection Size: 17 manuscript boxes(6.8 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports that reflect the prevalent international situation during and after World War I. They relate to the U.S. war effort, conditions of prisoners of war, the Paris Peace Conference, postwar reconstruction in Europe, and war reparations. Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], James Addison, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1930 Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/. Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. 1879 November Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 1901 Joined U.S. Army as captain 1911? Student, Haverford College, Pennsylvania 1912 Graduated, Army War College 56013 2
1914 September -Chief, U.S. military mission with French army 1917 June 1919 December - Assistant U.S. unofficial delegate to Reparation Commission 1923 July 1 1921 U.S. unofficial representative, London conference of prime ministers 1921 June - Adviser, American Relief Administration in connection with Russian relief 1923 June 1922 July 15Resigned from U.S. Army 1923 August 1 - U.S. unofficial delegate to the Reparation Commission 1925 May 31 1925 Attended finance ministers' conference, Paris, France LL.D., Haverford College, Pennsylvania 1925 June Associated with Dillon, Read & Company 1930 Died, Protestant Home, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania October 27 Scope and Content of Collection The papers of James Addison Logan consist of correspondence, memoranda, and reports that reflect the prevalent international situation during and after World War I. They relate to the U.S. war effort, conditions of prisoners of war, the Paris Peace Conference, postwar reconstruction in Europe, and war reparations. Correspondence constitutes the bulk of the materials. It is organized in two main groups, personal and secret. The secret letters deal with the more complex postwar issues. Many of the secret letters are incorporated in the bound volumes. The papers were acquired in 1930. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920) Supreme Economic Council. Inter-Allied Commission for Reparations. United States. Army. Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) Prisoners of war. Reconstruction (1914-1939)--Europe. World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects. World War, 1914-1918--Peace. World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons. World War, 1914-1918--Reparations. World War, 1914-1918--United States. Box/Folder: 1 1-2 3-10 11-22 23-25 Box/Folder: 2 : 1-9 Personal Correspondence 1919 January-February May- December 1920 January 1921 January-March April-December 56013 3
Container List 1922 Box/Folder: 2 : January-April 10-13 Box/Folder: 3 : 1-8 May- December Box/Folder: 4 1923 Box/Folder: 4 : January-October 1-10 Box/Folder: 5 : 1-2 November- December 1924 Box/Folder: 5 : January- October 3-12 Box/Folder: 5 : 13 Polish finance and Poland-U.S. trade, 1920 November 18 - December 7 Box/Folder: 6 Secret Correspondence. See also bound volumes Box/Folder: 6 : 1-2 1922 Box/Folder: 6 : 3-4 1923 Box/Folder: 7 : 1 1923 September - 1925 February Bound volumes Box/Folder: 7 : 2 Supreme Economic Council--Minutes of proceedings--volumes I and II, 1919 February - May. See also box 15 Box/Folder: 7 : 3 Miscellaneous documents in connection with treaties of peace--volume I, 1919 June 28 Secret letters Box/Folder: 7 : 4 Volume I, 1918 November 11-1923 November 23. Chronological statement of the sequence of events bearing on reparation from the armistice of November 11, 1918, until the creation of the Dawes Committee, November 23, 1923 Box/Folder: 8 : 1 Volume II, undated Box/Folder: 8 : 2 Volume III, Volume III, 1918 November 11-1921 February 24. Reparation question Box/Folder: 8 : 3 Volume IV, 1921 February 24 - March 11 Box/Folder: 9 : 1 Volume V, 1921 March 11-1922 February 17 Box/Folder: 9 : 2 Volume VI, 1922 February 17 - June 26 Box/Folder: 10 : 1 Volume VII, 1922 June 26 - December 22 Box/Folder: 10 : 2 Volume VIII, 1922 December 22-1923 March 9 Box/Folder: 11 : 1 Volume IX, 1923 March 9 - September 6 Box/Folder: 11 : 2 Volume X, 1923 September 6-1924 April 1 Box/Folder: 12 Commission des Réparation Box/Folder: 12 : 1 Extraits des Protocoles des Correspondences Echangees et du Traite de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et L'Allemagne, undated Box/Folder: 12 : 2 Minutes of proceedings, 1919 Box/Folder: 12 : 3 Documentary history of the treaty of peace between the Allied and associated powers and Germany, undated Box/Folder: 13 : 1-3 Reports following the entry of the United States into the World War I--Ports of debarkation, American military cooperation with France, French and American military missions, liaison, military information, and utilization of Red Cross units, 1917 56013 4
Container List Box/Folder: 13 : 4 Reports on prisoners of war, the Hague Conference, and the International Red Cross, 1915 Box/Folder: 14 : Reports on politico-military subjects and censorship, 1914 September - 1917 April 1-3 Box/Folder: 14 : 4 Report on Serbia in the European War, 1913-1916 Box/Folder: 15 1 Supreme Economic Council--Minutes of proceedings. See also box 7 Box/Folder: 15 : 1 Volumes III-V, 1919 June - July Box/Folder: 15 : 2 Volumes VI and VII, 1919 October - 1920 February Observations Box/Folder: 15 : 3 German delegation on conditions of peace, undated Box/Folder: 16 : 1 Bulgarian delegation on conditions of peace with Bulgaria and reply of the Allies and associated powers, 1919 Box/Folder: 16 : 2 Traité de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et L'Allemagne et Protocole signés a Versailles, 1919 June 28 Box/Folder: 16 : 3 Traité de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et L'Autriche Protocole et Déclarations Signés à Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1919 September 10 Box/Folder: 17: 1 Traité de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et la Bulgarie Protocole et Déclarations Signés à Neuilly-Sur-Seine, 1919 November 27 Box/Folder: 17 : 2 Traité de Paix Entre les Puissances Alliées et Associées et la Hongrie Protocole et Déclaration (Trianon), 1920 June 4 Box/Folder: 17 : 3 Personal papers, Paris, 1910-1920 Box/Folder: 17 : 4 Shoe string adventurers, 1921 January - March. Correspondence Box/Folder: 17 : 5 Supreme Economic Council, 1919 December - 1921 April. Correspondence 56013 5