This series contains carbon copies of correspondence sent by CBL toinnumerable friends and associates. Arrangement is chronological. Arranged by year and alphabetically by company name. This series includes correspondence by notable individuals as well as bylong-time colleagues of CBL who were frequent writers. Arrangement isalphabetical by individual name.
Letters are in chronological order.
In cases whereonly one or two original letters are filed, datespan includes the earliestto the most recent letter in the entire folder, inclusive of carbons. Ineither case, datespan should be considered approximate. Subject Files Pt. Filesare arranged chronologically from the earliest tour of duty in Havana, Cuba, in 1930 through retirement from the last post held by Mr. Lyon asambassador to Ceylon in 1967. Note that for more extensive correspondence regarding the various posts,the Correspondence Series should be consulted.