Correspondence, Invitations, and Responses to Lecture for Foreign Service School, 1919 - 1921

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection primarily contains correspondence and speeches from 1918-1929 during Constantine McGuire's time at the Foreign Service College at Georgetown that document the opening and promotion of the school. The collection includes numerous invitations and responses for lecturerers to teach classes at the Foregin Service College between 1919 and 1922. It also highlights McGuire's continued investment in the college's expansion from 1923 to the end of his life in 1965, including his proposals for the additions of a graduate school, a Journal of International Affairs, and a Slavic Studies Institute. The collection contains personal materials from his later life (1960-1965), including correspondence between McGuire and others, such as Edmund A. Walsh and Edward B. Bunn. The collection also includes McGuire's obituaries.

Dates

1919 - 1921

Conditions Governing Access

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