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Box 3

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Contains 9 Results:

Box 3

 File — Box: 3
Identifier: id222861
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers 1818-1955, of William Willoughby, economist, government official, director for the Institute of Research. The papers of William F. Willoughby, mostly concern his service as treasurer and secretary of Puerto Rico and as deputy legal adviser to President Yuan Shikai of China during the period when Yuan made an unsuccessful attempt to restore the monarchy to China by having himself crowned emperor. The collection includes personal correspondence of Willougby with his twin brother Westel...
Dates: 1818-1955

William F. Willoughby letters to brother Westel Woodbury Willoughby, mother Jennie Rebecca (Woodbury) Willoughby, and wife Bess[ie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby], Puerto Rico and Cosmo Club, Washington, D.C., while serving as Treasurer, President of Executive Council, Secretary and Acting Governor of Puerto Rico, 1907 March 26 - December 9

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: id148780
Scope and Contents Concerns his bill for a capital building in San Juan, a penitentiary, roads and bridges and a long-distance telephone system. His election as President of Executive Council. Opinion of [Beekman] Winthrop as governor. Arrival by Taft for a visit. His appointment and work as Secretary. Favorable opinion of Taft. Mentions [?] Word, [?] Groner, and [?] Graham. Relationship of Governor Regis H. Post and his wife. Service as acting Governor in Post's absence. Effect of Post's speech to school...
Dates: 1907 March 26 - December 9

William F. Willoughby letters, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to wife Bess[ie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby] and mother-in-law, Mrs. James Frederick Ross Appleby while serving as Secretary of Puerto Rico, 1908 January 20 - April 28

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: id148787
Scope and Contents

Relationship between Governor and Mrs. Regis H. Post; Social life among governing Americans; Willoughby's attitude toward Puerto Rican people; his work on The Official Gazette. 15 autograph letters signed.

Dates: 1908 January 20 - April 28

William F. Willoughby letters, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to wife Bess[ie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby] while serving as Secretary of Puerto Rico, 1908 May 3 - October 10

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: id223059
Scope and Contents

Relationship between Governor and Mrs. Regis H. Post; Social life among governing Americans; Willoughby's attitude toward Puerto Rican people; his work on The Official Gazette. 16 autograph letters signed.

Dates: 1908 May 3 - October 10

William F. Willoughby letters, Puerto Rico, to his wife Bess [Bessie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby] and brother Westel [Woodbury] Willoughby, 1909 April 9 - July 13

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: id148791
Scope and Contents

Concerning his [William F. Willoughby's] attempts to be appointed Governor of Puerto Rico and his fight with the Unionist Party over judicial appointments. 9 autograph letters signed and 2 typed letters signed.

Dates: 1909 April 9 - July 13

William F. Willoughby letters, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. to his sister Alice [Estelle Willoughby], 1913 22 September - January 10

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: id148794
Scope and Contents

Lecture at Princeton; he is for Roosevelt; thinks Westel is for Wilson; his main desire is that "Taft shall be overwhelmingly defeated." 4 autograph letters signed.

Dates: 1913 22 September - January 10

William F. Willoughby letters, Princeton, Stony Lake, Ontario,and Washington, D.C. to his brother Westel Woodbury Willoughby, his nephew [Westel] Rob[inson] Willoughby and Prof. E.H. Daire, 1916 May 20 - 1917 July 27

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: id148804
Scope and Contents

Concerning death of Yuan, ruler of China, polio epidemic, disappointment at Wilson's re-election in 1916, his work as Director of Institute for Government Research, demands made on China by Japan; entry of United States into World War I, and work done by Institute for Government Research for Council of National Defense. 22 typed letters signed and 15 typed letters signed.

Dates: 1916 May 20 - 1917 July 27

William F. Willoughby letters, Washington, D.C. and Concord, New Hampshire, to his wife Bess [Besssie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby], 1919, 1921, 1933, undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Identifier: id148808
Scope and Contents

Expressing his loneliness at being separated from her and his love for her. 4 autograph letters signed and one incomplete autograph letter.

Dates: 1919, 1921, 1933, undated

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of William F. Willoughby, 1923-1955

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: id148812
Scope and Contents

Letters of J.H.O. Bunge to William F. Willoughby; pages, 1923, from Congressional Record concerning amendment process; letter, 1938, of Joseph Prendergast; and papers, 1955, concerning American Political Science Association.

Dates: 1923-1955