George von Lengerke Meyer papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Politics and government; United States; Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905; American Diplomatic and consular service; Peace; United States. Post Office Dept.; Cabinet officers; Foreign relations; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Description: Correspondence, diaries, scrapbook, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Meyer's service as ambassador to Italy and Russia and as U.S. postmaster general.  Subjects include Cabinet meeting summaries, negotiations leading to peace after the Russo-Japanese War, and the Republican Party.  Diary entries pertain to national and international events, social affairs, and Meyer (Myers) family life.  Individuals represented include J.J. Jusserand, Henry Cabot Lodge, Elihu Root, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Julia Meyer Brambilla and Alice Meyer Coffin, 1954-1955.

U.S. ambassador to Italy and to Russia, U.S. postmaster general, and U.S. secretary of the navy.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.