Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Declassified., 06/15/1943-10/02/1987
Series-level Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, reports, and printed materials collected by CVHE during his service in Afghanistan from 1942 to 1945.
Dates
- 06/15/1943-10/02/1987
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
Miscellaneous TMss on various topics collected by Cornelius Van H. Engert during his service in Afghanistan, all found in a folder with a letter from the National Archives declassifying the material. Includes American films in Afghanistan, German agent Dr. Heinrich Northe, codes and ciphers of the U.S. Legation, P. Quaroni of the Italian Legation, postal and telegraph censorship, Skodaworks, relations with Czechoslovakia, "Freedom of Conscience in the Levant" (TMs by Canon Bridgeman), and "Detailed Recommendations in Relation to the Levant Mandated Territory but Particularly to Syria" (TMs by Apostolic Delegate, Beirut).
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
"DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS..LEVANT MANDATED TERRITORY" (1941) - MSS.: Manuscript
SYRIA (1941) - VATICAN RECOMMENDATIONS ON STATUS - MSS.: Manuscript
NATIONAL ARCHIVES (1987) - DECLASSIFICATION - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter
AFGHANISTAN (1943) - AMERICAN FILMS - REPORT: Manuscript
NORTHE, HEINRICH - ACTIVITIES IN INDIA & AFGHANISTAN - REPORT: Manuscript
GERMANY (1943) - AGENTS IN INDIA & AFGHANISTAN - REPORT: Manuscript
CODES & CIPHERS - U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT (1940'S) - REPORT: Manuscript
QUARONI, P. - REPORTS: Manuscript
AFGHANISTAN (1944) - RELATIONS WITH ITALY - REPORT: Manuscript
ITALY (1944) - RELATIONS WITH AFGHANISTAN - REPORTS: Manuscript
AFGHANISTAN (1944) - POSTAL & TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP - REPORT: Manuscript
SKODAWORKS (1944) - REPORTS: Manuscript
AFGHANISTAN (1944) - RELATIONS WITH CZECHOSLOVAKIA - REPORTS: Manuscript
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1944) - RELATIONS WITH AFGHANISTAN - REPORT: Manuscript
"FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE IN THE LEVANT" (1941) - MSS.: Manuscript
BRIDGEMAN, CANON - MSS.: Manuscript
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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