WILLIAM R. CASTLE PAPERS
The papers of William R. Castle, Jr., Undersecretary of State and Ambassador
to Japan in the Herbert Hoover Administration, were given to the Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library in April, 1970, by his grandsons: Donald F. Winslow; David C.
Winslow; and Alan F. Winslow.
Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 11.31
Approximate number of items: 19,400
Literary rights in the unpublished writings of William R. Castle, Jr. in these
papers, and in other collections of papers in the custody of the United States of
America, have been dedicated to the public.
Notice published in Prologue,Fall, 1970.
Notice published in NUCMC MS 72-1437
Biographical Note
1878
Born, Honolulu, Hawaii
1900
A.B., Harvard
1900-13
Asst. Dean, Harvard College
1917-19
Director, Bureau of Communications, National American Red Cross
1919
Special Assistant, Department of State
1921-27
Chief, Division of Western European Affairs,Department of State
1927
Assistant Secretary of State
1930
Ambassador to Japan during period of Naval Arms Conference, London
1931-33
Under-Secretary of State
1932
LL.D., University Rochester
1935
D.C.L. University of South
1935-41
Overseer, Harvard University
1936
M.B.A., Bryant Business College
1937
Aide to Republican National Chairman Hamilton
1945-52
President, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, D. C.
1963
Died (October 13, 1963) Washington, D. C.
Author:
The Green Vase, 1912;
Hawaii, Past and Present, 1913;
The Pillar of Sand, 1914;
Wake Up America, 1916
Description of Series
Boxes Series
1-14
Countries Correspondence File - 1920-1961
14 containers. Bound (1921-1925) and
unbound correspondence (1921-1933) between
Mr. Castle and the legation office in
various countries. Arranged alphabetically
by countries.
Where bound correspondence includes more
than one country, it is filed under the
first country; the container list gives
a cross reference, indicating where
the material may be found.
Under each country is a list of persons
represented in that correspondence file.
15-23
Subject File - ca 1927-1968 (mainly 1930-32)
9 containers. Correspondence, memoranda
of conversations, reports, telegrams,
lists, pamphlets, and telephone conver-
sations. The folders are alphabetically
arranged by subject. The material is
arranged either alphabetically or
chronologically within folders.
24-25
Name File - ca 1927-1951 (mainly 1930-32)
2 containers. Mostly correspondence to
and from Mr. Castle with a few clippings
and booklets. Chronologically arranged
by days within folders.
26-36
Articles and Speeches File 1919-1952
11 containers. Typewritten, reading,
printed, mimeograph and tearsheet copies.
of articles and speeches of Wm. R. Castle, Jr.
Chronologically arranged except, for 2 boxes
of undated materials arranged alphabetically
by subject and 2 boxes of an -undated and
untitled manuscript original and a xerox
copy.
37
Calendar File - Nov.28, 1927-Dec. 31, 1932
1 container. 7 bound volumes of
appointments by the hour with an index
for each year.
38
Clippings File - 1917-1951
3 containers. Clippings from newspapers
and magazines in a chronological
arrangement. The material relates to
Wm. R. Castle, Jr. and his activities.
Included are 4 scrapbooks of mounted
clippings, 1929-1934.
Countries Correspondence File
Box Contents
1
ALBANIA - 1927 - 1928
Hart, Charles C.
ARGENTINA - 1926 - 1930
Bliss, Robert W.
Jay, Peter A.
AUSTRALIA - 1926
Garrels, Arthur
AUSTRIA - 1925 - 1927
Newton, Miss Caroline
Washburn., Albert H.
White, Mr.
AUSTRIA - 1928 - 1929
Burton, Theodore E.
Greene, Elbridge Gerry
Polk, Frank L.
Reed, David A.
Thayer, Mrs. B.
Washburn, Albert H.
Wright, Butler
BELGIUM - 1923-1925
Daniels, Thomas L.
Phillips, William
BELGIUM - 1925 - 1927
Gibson, Hugh
Phillips, William
Williams, Herbert 0.
BELGIUM - 1928
Gibson, Hugh
BELGIUM - 1929 - 1930
Gibson, Hugh
Gibson, Mrs. Hugh
2
BELGIUM - Jan. - July 1931
Gibson, Hugh
Lowery, Alan J.
Mayer, Ferdinand
BELGIUM - Aug. 1931 - June 1932
Gibson, Hugh
Armour, Allison
Lowery. Alan J.
Mayer, Ferdinand
Rickard, Edgar
BELGIUM - July 1932 - 1933
Gibson, Hugh
BOLIVIA - 1928 - 1932
Kaufman, David E.
Norweb, Harry
BRAZIL -1922
Blair, Percy
CANADA - 1927 - 1928
Akerson, George
Massey, Vincent
Mayer, Ferdinand L.
Phillips, William
CANADA - 1929 - 1932
Boal, Pierre de L.
Easley, Ralph M.
Frost, Wesley
MacNider, Hanford
Mayer, Fredinand L.
Newson, H. Dorsey
Phillips, William
CHILE - 1928 - 1929
Culbertson, W. S.
Lay, Julius G.
CHINA - 1927 - 1933
Buisseret, Francois de
Jenkins, Douglas
Johnson, Nelson T.
Mayer, Ferdinand L.
Woods, Colonel Arthur
COLOMBIA - 1927
Matthews, H. Freeman
CZECHOSLAVAKIA - 1920 - 1925
See Also: Hungary (Bound)
Blair, Percy
Causey, W. B.
Crane, Richard
Einstein, Lewis
Frazier, A. H.
Grew, Joseph
Howard, William
Hulshot, Albert
Klein, Julius
MacNider, Hanford
Owen, Percy
Schoenfeld, H. F. A.
Washburn, Albert H.
White, J. C.
Wright, J. Butler
CZECHOSLQVAKIA - 1925 - 1930
Einstein, Lewis
Rathshesky, Abraham C.
DENMARK 1921 - 1930
Brun, C.
Dodge, H. Percival
Grew, Joseph
Prince, John D.
Wiley, John C.
EGYPT - 1929 - 1931
Gunther, Frank It.
Jardine, W. W.
3
ENGLAND - 1920 - 1925 (Bound)
Beal, Boylston A.
Blair, Percy
Dolbeare, Frederick
Dumont, Frederick T. F.
Could, Herbert S.
Harvey, George
Hibbard, Frederick P.
Kellogg, Frank B.
LeClercq, F. D. K.
Skinner, Robert P.
Sterling, Frederick A.
Wheeler, Post
Wright, J. Butler
ENGLAND - 1924 - Aug. 1925
Beal, Boylston A.
Blair, Percy
Houghton, Alanson B.
Queensborough, Lady
Sterling, Frederick A.
ENGLAND - Sept. - Dec. 1925
Atherton, Ray
Beal, Boylston A.
Hibbard, Frederick P.
Houghton, Alanson B.
Stearns, Frank W.
Sterling, Frederick A.
ENGLAND 1926 - Jan. - March
Atherton, Ray
Beal, Boylston A.
Blair, Percy
Houghton, Alanson B.
Sterling, Frederick A.
ENGLAND - April - July 1926
Atherton, Ray
Beal, Boylston A.
Blair, Percy
Houghton, Alanson B.
Reed, David A.
Sterling, Frederick A.
ENGLAND - Aug. - Oct. 1926
Beal, Boylston A.
Blair, Percy
Houghton, Alanson B.
Sterling, Frederick A.
ENGLAND - Nov. - Dec. 1926
Atherton, Ray
Beal, Boylston A.
Blair, Percy
Houghton, Alanson B.
Sterling, Frederick A.
4
ENGLAND - Jan. - April 1927
Atherton, Ray
Beal, Boylston A.
Cox, Raymond E.
Houghton, Alanson B.
Sterling, Frederick A.
Vansittart, R.G.
ENGLAND - May - Dec. 1927
Atherton, Ray
Beal, Boylston A.
Clark, E.T.
Houghton, Alanson B.
Vansittart, R. G.
ENGLAND - Jan. - May 1928
Atherton, Ray
Beal, Boylston A.
Belin, F. Lamont
Houghton, Alanson B.
Wilson, Thomas M.
ENGLAND - June - Dec. 1928
Atherton, Ray
Beal, Boylston A.
Belin, F. Lamont
Cox, Raymond E.
Houghton, Alanson B.
White, Wallace H. Jr.
Wilson, Thomas M.
ENGLAND - 1929
Belin, F. Lamont
Hadfield, Sir Robert A.
Kellogg, Frank B.
Lindsay, Sir Ronald
Reid, Mrs. Whitelaw (Elizabeth)
Scotten, Mr.
Vansittart, R. G.
White, Wallace H. Jr.
Wilson, Thomas
ENGLAND - 1930
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish
Atherton, Ray
Beck, William Hopking
Dawes, Charles G.
Kellogg, Frank B.
Lodge, H. Cabot
Marriner, T.
Mayer, Ferdinand
Reed, David A.
Stebbins, L. A.
Vansittart, R. G.
ENGLAND - 1931 - 1933
Atherton, Ray
Dawes, Charles G.
Dooman, E. H.
Greene, Jerome D.
Kellogg, Frank B.
Mills, Ogden
Prendergast, W. T.
Reed, David A.
Thaw, Benjamin Jr.
Vansittart, R. G.
ESTONIA - 1928
Woods, Colonel Arthur
FINLAND - 1932
Meloney, Mrs. William B.
FRANCE - 1920 - 1925 (Bound)
See Also: Belgium(Bound)
Belin, F. Lamont
Harrison, Thomas S.
Herrick, Myron T.
Hill, Ralph
Richardson, Norval
Shoecraft, Eugene
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Young, Arthur N.
FRANCE - 1923 - 1925
Frost, Wesley
Gordon, George A.
Herrick, Myron T.
Miller, G. Harlan
Rand, Elbridge D.
Richardson, Dorsey
Skinner, Robert P.
Woods, Colonel Arthur
Whitehouse, Sheldon
5
FRANCE - Jan. - Aug. 1926
Frost, Wesley
Herrick, Myron T.
Johnson, Hallett
Miller, G. Harlan
Skinner, Robert P.
Whitehouse, Sheldon
FRANCE - Sept. - Nov. 1926
Dawson, Warrington
Herrick, Myron T.
Miller, G. Harlan
Whitehouse, Sheldon
FRANCE - Dec. 1926 - May 1927
Dawson, Warrington
Dolbeare, Frederic R.
Grew, Joseph
Herrick, Myron T.
Miller, G. Harlan
Richardson, D.
Whitehouse, Sheldon
FRANCE - June - Dec. 1927
Clark, E. T.
Dawson, Warrington
Frost, Wesley
Herrick, Myron T.
Maddux, Mrs. Parker S.
Whitehouse, Sheldon
FRANCE - Jan. - June 1928
Dawson, Warrington
Gordon, George A.
Herrick, Myron T.
Herrick, Parmely
Herter, Christian
Wilson, Edwin G.
Maddux, Mrs. Parker S.
FRANCE - July 1928 - March 1929
Armour, Norman
Curtis, John T.
Dawson, Warrington
Herrick, Myron T.
Herrick, Parmely
Jusserand
Knecht, Marcel
Reed, David A.
Roosevelt, Nicholas
Wilson, Edwin G.
FRANCE - April - Dec. 1929
Armour, Norman
Gilbert, Prentiss
Gordon, George A.
Herrick, Parmely
Knecht, Marcel
Wilson, Tom
FRANCE - 1930 - 1932
Armour, Norman
Edge, Walter E.
Kellogg, Frank B.
Marriner, T.
Salisbury, Laurence E.
Taylor, William
Thaw, Benjamin, Jr.
6
GERMANY - 1920 - 1921 (Bound)
Allen, Henry T.
Bonn, Dr. M. J.
Dresel, Ellis Loring
Foster, Reggie
Harvey, George
Taylor, A. E.
Wilson, Hugh R.
GERMANY - Jan. 1922 - June 1923 (Bound)
Beehler, W. P.
Dresel, Ellis Loring
Houghton, Alanson B.
Kent, Fred I.
Newson, H. Dorsey
Norris, E. E.
Pennoyer, Richard E.
Robbins, Warren D.
GERMANY - July 1923 - 1924 (Bound)
Houghton, Alanson B.
Lowry, Alfred
Newson, Dorsey
Robbins, Warren
7
GERMANY - 1923 - Feb. 1925
Houghton, Alanson B.
Norweb, Harry
Reed, David A.
Robbins, Warren D.
Newson, H. Dorsey
GERMANY - March - Dec. 1925
Caffrey, Jefferson
Coffin, William
Hanna, Matthew E.
Hendrick, Burton J.
Robbins, Warren D.
Schurman, Jacob G.
GERMANY - 1926
Coffin, William
Neilsen, William A.
Poole, DeWitt C.
Schurman, Jacob G.
Wiley, John
Belin, F. Lamont
GERMANY - Jan. - Aug. 1927
Coffin, William
Curtis, Charles B.
Gilbert, S. Parker
Klieforth, Alfred W.
Poole, DeWitt C.
Schurman, Jacob G.
Wiley, John C.
GERMANY - Sept. 1927 - 1929
Davis, Norman H.
Gilbert, S. Parker
Hathaway, Charles J. Jr.
Klein, Julius
Poole, DeWitt C.
Schurman, Jacob G.
Wiley, John C.
Woods, Arthur
GERMANY - 1930 - 1933
Feis, Herbert
Fleming, Lamar Jr.
Gordon, George A.
Kellogg, Frank B.
Klotts, Allen T.
Lichtenstein, Walter
Sackett, Frederic M.
Villard, Oswald C.
GREECE - 1925
Laughlin, Irwin B.
HAITI - 1931
De la Rue, Sidney
HAWAII - 1926
Donovan, Colonel William
8
HUNGARY - 1920 - June 1925 (Bound)
Ambrozy, L.
"Amerikai Magyar Nepszava" Clipping
Bandholtz, Harry Hill
Brentano, Theodore
Carr, Wilbur J.
Diary, of a British Officer
Gordon, R. S. G.
Grant-Smith, Ulysses
Kebelsberg, Count Kuno,
Newson, H. Dorsey
Upson, William Ford
HUNGARY - 1923 - 1926
Curtis, Charles B.
Gordon, George A.
HUNGARY - 1927 - 1932
Akerson, George
Gordon, George A.
Roosevelt, Nicholas
Wright, Butler
INDIA - 1926 - 1928
Frazer, Robert Jr.
Lay, Julius
IRELAND - 1924 - 1931
Sterling, F.A.
Strathaway, Charles
ITALY - 1922 - 1925
See Also: Belgium (Bound)
Armour, Norman
Child, Richard Washburn
Dominian, Leon
Fletcher, Henry P.
Gunther, Franklin M.
Veatch, Harlan
ITALY - 1925 - Sept. 1926
Crocker, Edward S.
Dominian, Leon
Fletcher, Henry P.
Nitti, Francesco
Robbins, Warren D.
Tittmann, Harold H.
ITALY - Oct. 1926 - 1927
Byington, Homer A.
Dominian, Leon
Fletcher, Henry P.
Robbins, Warren D.
9
ITALY - 1928 - 1932
Daniels, Thomas L.
Deuel, Wallace
Dominian, Leon
Fletcher, Leon
Gowen, Franklin C.
Hoover, J. Edgar
Lodge, H. Cabot
Robbins, Warren D.
Rosso, Augusto
Sedgwick, Ellery
Swain, Chester O.
JAPAN - 1921 - April 1930
Armour, Norman
Adatci, M.
Anderson, Larz
Cartier, Emile de
Clark, Edward T.
Davis, Dwight
Gibson, Hugh
Grew, Joseph
Howard, Esme and Isabella
Johnson, Robert Underwood
Kellogg, Frank B.
Kurosawa, R.
Laughlin, Irvin
MacVeagh, Charles
Maddux, Mrs. Parker
Mitchell Ernest Edward
Matsudaira, Ambassador
Moffat, J. P.
Neville, Edwin L.
Norweb, R. Henry
O'Brien, Thomas
Reed, David, A.
Schneder, D. P.
Sheffield, James B.
Shinomiya, Captain
Shioehart, K. S.
Spalding, John, T.
Vandenburg, Arthur
Walcott, Frederic C.
Washburn, Albert H.
Williams, Charley P.
Wilson, Frederic C.
Wilson, Hugh R.
Debuchi, K.
JAPAN - May - June 1930
Anderson, Larz
Beck, L. Adams
Berry, Arthur D.
Bradley, Willis
Dooman, Eugene H.
Forbes, W. Cameron
Harada, Kumao
Lamont, Mr.
Matsudaira, Ambassador
Neville, Edwin L.
Lindsay
Miyaoka, Tsunejiro
Kurosawa, R.
Reifsnider, C.S.
Schneder, D. B.
Shidehara, Baron
Tokygawa, Pruni
White, J. W.
Young, John Mason
Yukawa Kwankichi
JAPAN - July - Aug. 1930
Adatchi, M.
Akamatsu, S.
Debuchi, Ambassador
Dooman, Eugene H.
Forbes, W. Cameron
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