W. Morgan Shuster papers
Contributors: Douglass, Elisha P.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
Subjects: Correspondence; United States; Economic conditions; American Diplomatic and consular service; Finance; Customs administration; United States. Philippine Commission (1900-1916); Foreign relations; History
Description: Correspondence (1911-1964), diary (1911-1912), scrapbooks (1900-1923, 10 volumes), certificates (1901-1951), and other papers documenting Shuster's diplomatic career as treasurer-general and financial advisor for Persia (1911-1912) and his earlier posts in the customs service in Cuba (1899-1901) and as insular collector of customs in Manila and member of the Philippine Commission (1901-1909).  Includes letters from William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson and from family members.  Also includes an unpublished thesis by Elisha P. Douglass entitled, "Anglo-Russian Friction, 1907-1911, and the Morgan Shuster Affair."
Notes: Open to research.

Scrapbooks available only on microfilm, no. 22,324.

Microfilm produced from scrapbooks in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2002.

Gift, Katherine Shuster, 1965-1975.

Gift, Perla Cacciaguerra, 1999.

Diplomat, financier, lawyer, and publisher.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009051