Memoranda., 11/28/1922-08/24/1923
Series-level Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, reports and other despatches accumulated by CVHE during his service in Washington, D.C. from 1922 to 1923.
Dates
- 11/28/1922-08/24/1923
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (12 Hollinger Record Storage boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Carbon memos and other despatches, mostly by Cornelius Van H. Engert for State Department use, mostly regarding oil and archeological rights and other affairs in Persia and Afghanistan. References to Sir George Lloyd, Arthur C. Millspaugh, W. Morgan Shuster, Joseph S. Kornfeld, Paul Kanbenshue, King Faisal, the Chester concession, the Khoshtaria concession, the Ottoman-American Development Company, Standard Oil Co., Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Sinclair Oil Co., American Red Cross, Near Eastern Relief, Ras Tafari of Abyssinia, Allen W. Dulles, and Anti-Semitism in Persia
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
IRAN (1923) - ANTI-SEMITISM - REPORT: Manuscript
JEWS (1923) - ANTISEMITISM IN IRAN - CORRESP. RE: Manuscript
AFGHANISTAN (1923) - ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS - CORRESP. RE: Manuscript
STANDARD OIL COMPANY (1923) - OIL CONCESSIONS IN IRAN - REPORT: Manuscript
SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY (1923) - OIL CONCESSIONS IN IRAN - REPORT: Manuscript
ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY (1923) - OIL CONCESSIONS IN PERSIA - REPORT: Manuscript
KHOSHTARIA CONCESSION (1922) - NEGOTIATIONS RE - REPORT: Manuscript
CHESTER CONCESSION (1923) - NEGOTIATIONS RE - REPORT: Manuscript
IRAN (1923) - OIL CONCESSIONS WITH U.K. & U.S. - REPORT: Manuscript
AFGHANISTAN (1923) - FOREIGN RELATIONS - CORRESP. RE: Manuscript
LLOYD, GEORGE, SIR - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
MILLSPAUGH, ARTHUR C. - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SHUSTER, W. MORGAN - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
KORNFELD, JOSEPH S. - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
KNABENSHUE, PAUL - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
FAISAL, KING (1923) - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
OTTOMAN-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (1923) - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
AMERICAN RED CROSS (1923) - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
NEAR EASTERN RELIEF (1923) - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
RAS TAFARI - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
TAFARI, RAS - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
ETHIOPIA (1923) - GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Autographed Letter
DULLES, ALLEN W. - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
Creator
- From the Collection: Engert, Cornelius Van Hemert, 1887-1985 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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