Denys P. Myers, 1911 - 1916
Scope and Contents
Approximately 65 items of correspondence sent to American journalist and civil servant Dennis Myers between 1910 and 1916, mainly regarding arial law; the bulk of the letters are to Myers from Alfred W. Lawson, editor of Aircraft, a journal in which he regularly published.
Dates
- 1911 - 1916
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Denys Peter Myers (June 26, 1884- February 11, 1972) was born in Newton, Iowa and graduated from Harvard University in the class of 1906. In 1910 he began working for the World Peace Foundation and then later worked at the Fletcher School at Tufts where he helped to build their library collections. During WWII, Myers worked for the State Department in the department for multilateral treaties. He was an advisor at the Dumbarton Conference and the San Francisco conference. An aviation enthusiast, Myers was the first passenger to fly over Boston Harbor and regularly wrote for the journal Aviation.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu