HUGH R. WILSON PAPERS
The papers of Hugh R. Wilson , ambassador to Germany 1938-39
and advisor to the Secretary of State, 1940-41, were given to the United States of
America for deposit in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library by his son Hugh R.
Wilson, Jr. in a deed of gift signed September 15, 1968. Literary rights in the
unpublished writings of Hugh R. Wilson have been given to the United States of America.
Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 2
Notice published in NUCMC: MS 69-749
The Hugh R. Wilson Papers are arranged in straight alphabetical
order. Case 1 holds correspondence from Ernest R. Ackerman
through Anthony Eden. Case 2 from James A. Farley through Cordell
Hull, Case 3 from Hallett Johnson through Sumner Welles, and Case
4 from John Wiley through Miscellaneous. Case 5 contains drafts
of two books which Hugh R. Wilson, Jr., wrote about his father
("A Career Diplomat" and "For Want of a Nail"). Wilson's diary
for 1938 and 1940 is filed under Wilson, Hugh R. - Diary.
Biographical Note
1885
Born, January 29th at Evanston, Illinois, son of Hugh
Robert and Alice (Tousey) W.
1902
Graduated, The Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
1906
B.A. Yale University.
1907-10
Wilson brothers wholesale men's furnishers.
1910
Studied at Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris.
1911
Private secretary, American Minister, Lisbon, Portugal.
1912-14
Secretary Legation, Guatemala.
1914
Married, April 25 to Katharine Bogle in London.
1914-16
2nd secretary in Argentina at Buenos Aires.
1916-17
2nd secretary of Legation at Berlin.
1917-20
Served in Vienna., Berne, Paris., Washington, D. C.
1920-21
Counsellor of Embassy in Berlin.
1921-23
Counsellor of Embassy in Tokyo.
1924-27
Chief division of Current Information; also chief of
executive committee Foreign Service personnel board.,
Washington, D.C.
1927
Secretary General Conference for Limitation of Naval
Armaments, Geneva.
American representative to Conference on Communications
and transit, Geneva.
1928
American representative to Conference for Abolition
of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions,
Geneva.
1927-37
E. E. and Y. P. to Switzerland, April, 1927 - August,
1937.
1928-30
Adviser and delegate Preparatory Commission for
Disarmament Conference, Geneva.
1928-29
Commission for Preparation of a Draft Convention on
the Private Manufacture of Arms and Ammunition and
Implements of War, 1928-29.
1929
Delegate Red Cross and Prisoners of War Conference,
Geneva.
1930
Adviser London Naval Conference.
1930
Representative in consultative capacity Discussions
on Armaments Truce 3rd (disarmament).
1932
Alternative delegate General Disarmament Conference.
1932-33
Delegate General Disarmament Conference.
1937
August 23, appointed assistant Secretary of State.
1938-39
Ambassador to Germany.
1940
Advisor to Secretary of State.
1941
Retired, January 1.
1946
Died, December, 1946.
Son:
Hugh Robert
Clubs:
Metropolitan, Burning Tree (Washington);
University (Chicago).
Author:
Education of a Diplomat, 1938
Diplomat Between Wars, 1941
Home:
2839 Woodland Drive, Washington D.C.
Folder List
Box Contents
1
Ackerman, Ernest R. 1926
Akerson, Garnet G. 1940
Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations 1940
Aghnides, Thanassis 1936
Aloisi, Baron Pompeo 1936
(ANSCHLUSS)
See:
Kennedy, Joseph
Moffat, Pierrepont
Wiley, John
Armour, Norman 1924-1932
(ARMS, manufacture and embargo)
See:
Castle, Wm. R.
Green, Joseph C.
Hull, Cordell
Atherton, Ray 1935
(AUSTRALIA)
See: Moffat, Pierrepont
(AUSTRIA)
See:
Kennedy, Joseph
Mackersen, George von
Moffat, Pierrepont
Wiley, John
Baruch, Bernard M. 1938
Belin, F. Lammot 1932-1939
Benes, Eduard
See: Moffat, Pierrepont
(BERLE, ADOLF)
See: Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations
Bernstorff, Count von 1938
See also: Gilbert, Prentiss
Biddle, Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. 1938
(BINGHAM, ROBERT W.)
See: Hull, Cordell
Bliss, Robert Woods 1925
Bovet, E. 1927-1936
Bowers, Claude G. 1934-1937
Bowman, Isaiah 1940
(BRAZIL)
See: Duggan, Laurence
Bullitt, William 1933-1939
See also: Kirk, Alexander
Burnett, Charles 1926
Caffery, Jefferson 1924
(1928 CAMPAIGN)
See: Donovan, William
Capper, Arthur 1927
Carr, Wilbur J. 1926-1938
Carroll, Joe 1924-1926
Castle, William R., Jr. 1927-1939
(CHAMBERLAIN, NEVILLE)
See:
Kennedy, Joseph
Lipski, Ambassador
Moffat, Pierrepont
Chase, Stuart 1940
(CHINA)
See:
MacMurray, John
Sweetser, Arthur
Wilson, Hugh R. - Memoranda
(CHURCHILL, WINSTON)
See: Kennedy, Joseph
CONFERENCES)
See:
Disarmament Conference
Geneva Conference
Coolidge, Calvin 1924
Crosby, Sheldon 1924
(CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
See:
Carr, Wilbur J.
Hull, Cordell
Johnson, Hallett
Kennedy, Joseph
Mastny, Vojtech
Moffat, Pierrepont
Weizsaecker, Baron von
Davis, James J. 1926
Davis, Norman 1932-1940
See also: Welles, Sumner
Day, Franklin 1935
Deneen, Charles S. 1927
(DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE 1933)
See:
Dulles, Allen W.
Hull, Cordell
Dolbeare, Fred 1924-1939
See also: Hull, Cordell
(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
See: Welles, Sumner
Donovan, William 1928
Drage, Geoffrey 1925-1940
Duggan, Lawrence 1938
Dulles, Allen W. 1927-1937
Dunn, James C. 1935-1937
See also: Wilson, Edwin
Eden, Anthony 1936-1937
See also:
Atherton, Ray
Hull, Cordell
Moffat, Pierrepont
(EMBARGOES)
See:
Castle, William R., Jr.
Green, Joseph C.
Hull, Cordell
(ENGLAND)
See:
Atherton, Ray
Henderson, Nevil
Kennedy, Joseph
Massigli, Rene
Moffat, Pierrepont
Strang, William
(ESTONIA)
See: Stuart, R. Douglas
(ETHIOPIA)
See:
Green, Joseph C.
Hull, Cordell
Madariaga, Salvador de
Massigli, Rene
Moffat, Pierrepont
Strang, William
Wilson, Hugh R., Jr.
2
Farley, James A. 1937-1938
(FINLAND)
See:
Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations
Moffat, Pierrepont
Funk, Reichminister 1938
Geist, Raymond 1938-1939
(GENEVA CONFERENCE, 1927)
See: Kellogg, Frank B.
(GENEVA CONFERENCE, 1932)
See: Stimson, Henry L.
(GENEVA CONFERENCE, 1937)
See: Welles, Sumner
(GENEVA DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE, 1935)
See: Atherton, Ray
(GERARD, JAMES)
See: Villard, Oswald G.
(GERMANY)
See:
Duggan, Lawrence
Geist, Raymond
Gilbert, Prentiss
Green, Joseph C.
Heath, Donald R.
Henderson, Nevil
Hull, Cordell
Johnson, Hallett
Kennedy, Joseph
Kirk, Alexander
Klieforth, A. W.
Lipski, Ambassador
Long, Breckinridge
Mackersen, George von
Massigli, Rene
Mastny, Vojtech
Messersmith, George
Moffat, Pierrepont
Murray, Wallace
Neurath, Konstantin von
Ribbentrop, Joachim von
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rublee, George
Sayre, Francis B.
Smith, Truman
Stuart, R. Douglas
Titulesco
Weizaecker, Baron von
Wiley, John
Wilson, Hugh R. - Memoranda
Wilson, Hugh R. - Speeches
Gibson, Hugh 1923-1938
See also:
Hull, Cordell
Kellogg, Frank B.
Mills, Edward S.
Gilbert, Prentiss 1937-1939
Goering, Hermann 1938
See also: Moffat, Pierrepont
(GREECE)
See: Aghnides, Thanassis
Green, Joseph C. 1932-1938
Greene, Winthrop 1938
Grew, Joseph C. 1924-1940
Haggard, Godfrey 1938
(HAITI)
See: Mayer, Fred
Hanna, Margaret 1938
Heath, Donald R. 1938-1939
(HELIUM)
See:
Green, Joseph C.
Meister, F. W. von
Welles, Sumner
Henderson, Nevil 1939-1940
(HERRICK, MYRON T.)
See: Villard, Oswald G.
Herter, Christian 1927-1938
(HESS, RUDOLF)
See: MacMurray, John
(HITLER, ADOLF)
See:
Hull, Cordell
Kirk, Alexander
Moffat, Pierrepont
(HOARE, SIR SAMUEL)
See: Hull, Cordell
Hoover, Herbert 1928-1938
(HOOVER INSTITUTION)
See: Herter, Christian
3 Hornbeck, Stanley 1933-1934
Hughes, Charles Evans 1924
See also: Wright, J. Butler
Hull, Cordell 1933-1940
See also:
Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations
Castle, William R., Jr.
(HUNGARY)
See:
Ackerson, Garnet G.
Bowman, Isaiah
Weizsaecker, Baron von
Wiley, John
(HUXLEY, JULIAN)
See: Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations
(ICKES, HAROLD)
See: Green, Joseph C.
(INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE)
(on refugees)
See:
Taylor, Myron
Wilson, Hugh R. - Memoranda
3
(ITALY)
See:
Aloisi, Baron Pompeo
Green, Joseph C.
Hull, Cordell
Kennedy, Joseph
Lipski, Ambassador
Long, Breckinridge
Madariaga, Salvador de
Moffat, Pierrepont
Strang, William
Straus, Jesse L.
Titulesco
Wilson, Hugh R., Jr.
(JAPAN)
See:
Armour, Norman
Burnett, Charles
Castle, William R., Jr.
Grew, Joseph C.
Hull, Cordell
MacMurray, John
Moore, R. Walton
Sweetser, Arthur
Wilson, Hugh R. - Memoranda
Wilson, Hugh R. - Speeches
Wilson, Mrs. Hugh R.
(JEWS, JEWISH EMIGRATION, REFUGEES)
See:
Bullitt, William 2-2-36
Geist, Raymond 12-5-38
Hull, Cordell 7-30-38
Moffat, Pierrepont 8-26-38
Rublee, George Oct 5 & 14 and Nov 9,10,12 1938
Sayre, Francis B. Nov 10 & 14 1938
Taylor, Myron July 24, 27 1938; 7-10-39
Wiley, John 6-22-38
Johnson, Hallett 1937
Johnson, Louis 1937
Kellogg, Frank B. 1927-1931
Kelly, Edward J. 1937
Kennedy, Joseph 1938
Kirk, A1exander 1935-1940
See also: Hull, Cordell
Klieforth, A. W. 1939
(LABOR) (Comparative International Wages)
See: Davis, James J.
LaFollette, Philip 1938
Lane, Arthur Bliss 1938
(LATIN AMERICA)
See:
Mayer, Fred
Welles, Sumner
(LAVAL, PIERRE)
See: Hull, Cordell
(LEAGUE OF NATIONS)
See:
Castle, William R., Jr.
Davis, Norman
Dunn, James C.
Eden, Anthony
Hornbeck, Stanley
Hull, Cordell
Sweetser, Arthur
Wilson, Hugh R., Jr.
Leahy, William D. 1940
Ley, Robert 1938
(LINDBERGH, CHARLES)
See:
Goering, Herman
Bullitt, William
Lipski, Ambassador 1938
(LITHUANIA)
See: Mackersen, George von
Long, Breckinridge 1936-1940
(LONGMANS, GREEN, AND COMPANY)
See: Mills, Edward S.
McCormick, Robert 1939
Mackensen, George von 1938
See also: Ribbentrop, Joachim von
MacMurray, John 1924-1938
Madariaga, Salvador de 1936
See also: Bullitt, William
Magruder, John 1937
(MANCHURIA)
See:
Grew, Joseph C.
Hornbeck, Stanley
Hull, Cordell
Sweetser, Arthur
(MANN, HENRY)
See: Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations
Massigli, Rene 1936-1937
Mastny, Vojtech 1938
Mayer, Fred 1939
Meister, F. W. von 1938
Messersmith, George 1938
Mills, Edward S. 1937
Moffat, Pierrepont 1924-1940
Moore, R. Walton 1938
Morgenthaw, Henry, Jr. 1938
See also: Welles, Sumner
Morris, David H. 1936
(MUNICH AGREEMENT - 1938)
See:
Hull, Cordell
Moffat, Pierrepont
Murray, Wallace 1938
(MUSSOLINI)
See:
Hull, Cordell
Moffat, Pierrepont
(NAVAL TALKS, NAVAL PACT)
See:
Davis, Norman
Day, Franklin
Grew, Joseph C.
Massigli, Rene
Neurath, Baron Konstantin von 1938
(NEUTRALITY, U. S.)
See:
Davis, Norman
Dulles, Allen W.
Dunn, James C.
Shotwell, James T.
Simonds, Frank
Wilson, Hugh R., Jr.
Newson, H. Dorsey 1925
Offie, Carmel 1938
(PAGE, WALTER HINES)
See: Villard, Oswald G..
(PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE)
See: Versailles
Pasvolsky, Leo 1940
See also: Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations
(PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE)
See: Kellogg, Frank B.
Phillips, William 1937
(POLAND)
See:
Belin, F. Lammot
Biddle, Anthony J. Drexel, Jr.
Hull, Cordell
Johnson, Hallett
Lipski, Ambassador
Mackensen, George von
Smith, Truman
Reed, David 1927-1930
Reed, Mr. & Mrs. Stanley 1937-1938
Reynolds, R. W. 1939
Ribbentrop, Joachim von 1938
See also: Moffat, Pierrepont
(ROGERS ACT - Professionalization of foreign service)
See:
Armour, Norman
Caffery, Jefferson
Castle, William R., Jr.
Crosby, Sheldon
Dalbeare, Fred
Gibson, Hugh
Grew, Joseph C.
Hughes, Charles Evans
MacMurray, John
Moffat, Pierrepont
Newson, H. Dorsey
Schoenferd, J. F. Arthur
Sterling, F. A.
Wiley, John
Wilson, Hugh R. - Memoranda
Wilson, Hugh R., Jr.
Wright, J. Butler
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1938-1940
See also:
Castle, William R., Jr.
Davis, Norman
Hornbeck, Stanley
Rublee, George 1938
(RUSSIA)
See:
Green, Joseph C.
MacMurray, John
Moffat, Pierrepont
Saltonstall, Leverett 1939
(SANCTIONS)
See:
Davis, Norman
Dulles, Allen W.
Eden, Anthony
Green, Joseph C.
Hull, Cordell
Long, Breckinridge
Madariaga, Salvador de
Strang, William
Titulesco
Wilson, Hugh R., Jr.
Sayre, Francis B. 1938
Schoenfeld, J. F. Arthur 1924
(SCHUSCHNIGG, KURT VON)
See:
Hull, Cordell
Wiley, John
(SENATE MILITARY COMMITTEE, 1939)
See: Wilson, Hugh R. -Memoranda
(SUEDETENLAND)
See:
Hull, Cordell
Weizsaecker, Baron von
Seymour, Charles 1939
(SEYSS-INQUART, ARTUR)
See: Wiley, John
Shotwell, James T. 1936
Simonds, Frank 1934
Smith, Truman 1938-1939
(SPAIN)
See: Bowers, Claude G.
Sterling, F. A. 1924
Stimson, Henry L. 1932
Strang, William 1936
4
Straus, Jesse L. 1936
Stuart, R. Douglas 1940
Sweetser, Arthur 1937
(SWITZERLAND)
See:
Magruder, John
Wilson, Hugh R. -Speeches
(TARIFF, U. S.)
See: Welles, Sumner
Taylor, Myron 1938-1939
Titulesco 1936
Tuck, S. Pinckney 1925
(TURKEY)
See:
Carroll, Joe
Grew, Joseph C.
MacMurray, John
(VERSAILLES PEACE CONFERENCE)
See: Baruch, Bernard M.
Villard, Oswald G. 1938
Warren, Lee P. 1938
Weizsaecker, Baron von 1938
See also: Kirk, Alexander
Welles, Sumner 1936-1940
See also:
Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations
Hull, Cordell
Wiley, John 1924-1938
Wilson, Edwin 1936
Wilson, Hugh R. 1938
Diary
Wilson, Hugh R. 1940
Diary
Wilson, Hugh R. 1924-1939
Memoranda
Wilson, Hugh R.
Speeches
Wilson, Mrs. Hugh R. 1923
Memoranda
Wilson, Hugh R., Jr. 1935-1936
(WILSON, WOODROW)
See: Villard, Oswald G.
(WORLD WAR I DEBTS)
See: Taylor, Myron
Wright, J. Butler 1924-1938
(YUGOSLAVIA)
See: Lane, Arthur Bliss
(ZEPPELINS)
See:
Green, Joseph C.
Meister, F. W. von
Welles, Sumner
Miscellaneous
5
Book Drafts - Hugh R. Wilson, Jr.
"A Career Diplomat"
Drafts and Notes
"For Want of a Nail"
"A Career Diplomat"