George Creel papers, 1857-1953 (original) (raw)

Collection Summary

Title George Creel papers, 1857-1953
Span Dates 1857-1953
Bulk Dates (bulk 1896-1953)
ID No. MSS17210
Creator Creel, George, 1876-1953
Extent 500 items
Extent 8 containers plus 22 oversize
Extent 9.2 linear feet
Language Collection material in English
Location Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010162
LCCN Permalink LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78017210
Summary Author, editor, and government official. Scrapbooks and bound volumes of writings by and about Creel form the bulk of the collection. Includes correspondence, notes, speeches, lectures, book reviews, and campaign material. A series on Woodrow Wilson and the United States Committee on Public Information contains correspondence with Wilson as well as his corrections of drafts of Creel's cables, letters, speeches, and other writings relating to the Wilson administration during World War I and subsequent peace negotiations.