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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1192-1192.13

W. Cameron Forbes additional papers

Overview

Papers of American businessman William Cameron Forbes.

Dates

  • Creation: 1904-1931

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

Extent

14.8 linear feet (3 boxes, 64 volumes)

Includes: journals concerning Forbes' administration of the Philippines, 1904-1911, and scrapbooks with copies of outgoing correspondence, speeches, and memorabilia about political, economic, and other matters in the Philippines, 1904-1931; copies of Forbes' reports, including photographs, on the Philippines and Haiti, 1921 and 1930; U.S. Philippine Commission railway records; and printed maps of the Philippines. Also includes a bound index (fMS Am 1192.13) to the first series (the first 5 volumes), of the journals (complete typescript journals found under MS Am 1365).

Biographical / Historical

Forbes was an American business and government executive. He served as governor-general of the Philippines, 1909-1913, and ambassador to Japan, 1930-1932.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Physical Location

MS, f

Immediate Source of Acquisition

50M-50F-62F, 52M-234. Deposited by Hon. W. Cameron Forbes, Upland Road, Norwood, Massachusets; received: 1950 October; gift: 1951. [(f & b) MS Am 1192 - 1192.12]

52M-234. Gift of Hon. W. Cameron Forbes, 614 Sears Building, Boston, Massachusetts; received: 1953 January 20. [fMS Am 1192.13]

Title
Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1959. W. Cameron Forbes additional papers, 1904-1931: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou01100

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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