Overview
Correspondence between the Boston lawyer Boylston Adams Beal and the American diplomat Ellis Loring Dresel.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1927
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
.5 linear feet (1 box)Primarily correspondence between Beal and Ellis Loring Dresel concerning the First World War, politics in London, the care of prisoners in Germany, and the actions of the Red Cross. Letters also discuss questions about the Executive Polish Relief Committee and funding for the committee, a secret memorandum on the raid on Arcos, and the redecoration of the United States Embassy in London. Collection contains programs and photographs of the Sulgrave Manor Dedication and memorial service pamphlet and obituary for Walter Hines Page.
Biographical / Historical
Beal was a lawyer in Boston, Mass. Dresel was an American diplomat and U.S. Commissioner to Germany.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
49M-283. Gift of Boylston Adams Beal, 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts; received: 1941.
- Title
- Beal, Boylston Adams, 1865-1944. Boylston Adams Beal correspondence, 1914-1927 : Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01668
Repository Details
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