Guide to the Charles Henry MacDowell Papers 1919-1924

Organization, American Commission to Negotiate Peace

• Composition and Functions
• Signal Corp telephone directory
• Memoranda for Mr. Baruch - June 4, 1919; June 26, 1919

Economic Commission

• List of members and addresses
• Minutes of 4th meeting, April 3
• Report of Section on Permanent Commercial Relations
• Report of sub-commission on Ex-Enemy Aliens
• Report of sub-commission on Pre-War contracts

Economic Commission; Minutes of 2nd meeting, March 24

• German customs regulations after peace preliminaries
• Economic clauses to be inserted in Peace Treaty

Economic Commission; Proof - Draft of clauses to be inserted in the Peace Preliminaries with Germany

• Part 1 - Customs duties, shipping, unfair competition, treatment of nations
• Part 2 - Revival or abrogation of economic treaties
• Part 3 - Liquidation of enemy property
• Part 4 - Pre-war contracts
• Part 5 - Pre-war contracts

First meeting, Feb. 17

• Constitution
• Transport in South Eastern Europe
• Austrian Trade
• Enemy Ships in Spanish Ports
• Relaxation of Blockade on Northern Neutrals
• Supplies of Foodstuffs for Italy

Second meeting, Feb. 25

• Powers of the Council
• Food supplies for France and Italy
• Relaxation of blockade on neutral countries of northern Europe
• Blockade of Austria
• Supplies for liberated countries
• Supplies for Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria
• Revictualing of Germany
• Revictualing of left bank of Rhine
• Transport
• Communications in Eastern Europe
• Organization

Third-Fourth meetings, March 1-3

• Instructions to delegates at Spa conference
• Replacements to neutrals of food shipped to Germany
• Powers of communications committee
• Financial arrangements for relief of countries other than Germany
• Credits to enemy countries other than Germany
• Credits for liberated countries
• Finance of supplies for Austria
• Argentine cereals for Austria
• Finance for supplies of Bulgaria
• Austria trading with Neutrals

Fifth meeting, March 6

• Italian food position
• French food position
• Communication from "Council of ten" with regard to preliminaries of peace
• Report of communications committee
• Austrian trading with neutrals
• Instructions to delegates at Spa conference
• Supplies for Germany
• Supplies for Italy
• Relaxation of the blockade

Sixth meeting, March 7

• Supplies for Germany

Seventh meeting, March 10

• Italian supply
• French supply position
• Report of communications committee
• Supplies for Germany
• Reopening of the Rhine to Swiss traffic with Holland, Scandinavia and associated countries
• Finance of supplies for Bulgaria.

Eighth meeting, March 17

• Conference with German delegates at Brussels
• Trade with German Austria
• European coal situation
• Italian and French supplies
• Report of Communications Committee
• Preliminaries of Peace

Ninth meeting, March 22

• Exports to Germany
• Finance Section report regarding administration Brussels agreement
• Blockade Section report
• Report of Food Section
• Report of Shipping Section

Tenth meeting, March 24

• Negotiations with Germany
• German coastal and fishing trade
• German trading with black listed firms
• Requirements of allied, liberated and enemy territories
• Supplies for Germany and Czecho-Slovakia
• Communications from Finance Section; Norwegian Herrings, Italian Situation, Austrian Finance Commission, Communication with Austria
• Relaxation of Adriatic blockade.
• Communications from Blockade Section; Trade with Poland; Estonia; Luxemburg; Rhine Provinces
• Coal situation
• Communications Section

Eleventh meeting, April 7-9

• General economic position
• Communications from Supreme War Council; Raising blockade on German Austria; Hungary; Reopening of trade with Estonia; Reopening of trade with Latvia and Lithuania; Removal of restriction on trade with Poland; Reopening of Rhine traffic
• Foodstuffs for Bavaria
• Transport of Polish troops to Danzig
• Tonnage requirements for Allied Liberated and Enemy territories
• German coastal traffic
• Ships in the Adriatic claimed by Jugo-Slavs
• Nitrates to countries contiguous to Germany
• Private remittances to Germany
• Need of rolling stock for liberated countries
• German exports
• Communications from Blockade Section
• Report of Communications Section
• Import of Vegetables from neutral countries into Germany
• Suspension of enemy trade and black lists
• Abolition of telegraphic and cable censorship
• Relations with Germany
• Relief of Odessa
• Italian coal supply

Twelfth meeting, April 14

• Belgian representation on sections of the council
• Sale to Germany of raw materials
• Resumption of German trade
• Position of relief operations; (a) Austria (b) General relief
• Programme for May arrival
• Use of Enemy tonnage
• Situation in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
• Relations with Germany
• Italian coal situation
• Relief and Reconstruction credits for liberated territories
• Black list on neutral ships
• Use of enemy wireless stations
• Report of Sub-committee on Personnel

Thirteenth meeting, April 22

• Transitory measures
• Coal situation in Europe
• Enemy finance - Circulation by Enemy of Austrian kronen and Allied currencies; Interest on German credits maturing in neutral countries; Private remittances to Germany
• Enemy tonnage
• Ships in the Adriatic claimed by the Jugo-slavs
• Suspension of enemy trade and black lists
• Relief measures - Austria; General relief
• Removal of fishing restrictions
• Supplies for Czecho Slovakia via the Elbe
• Situation in Latvia and Lithuania
• Armistice locomotives
• Relations with Germany and derationing of northern neutrals
• Purchase of dyestuffs

Fourteenth meeting, April 23

• Relations with Germany and derationing of northern neutrals
• Resumption of trade with occupied German territories
• Transport by the Danube

Fifteenth meeting. April 28

• Coal production and distribution in Poland and the former Austro-Hungarian empire
• Relief measures - Austria
• Removal of fishing restrictions
• Situation in Latvia and Lithuania
• Relations with Germany
• Shipments through Germany, Hungary and Bolshevik Russia
• Transitory measures
• Armistice locomotives and wagons
• Transport by the Danube
• Resumption of trade with occupied German territories
• Food shipments to Germany
• Supply of coal to Italy

Sixteenth meeting, May 5

• Conditions in Hungary - Blockade; Food
• Situation in Latvia and Lithuania
• Relations with Germany
• Trade with occupied German territories
• Requisitioning of foreign securities on the left bank of the Rhine
• Failure by Germany to sign preliminaries of peace
• Rationing of raw materials to Germany
• Purchase by Allies of commodities available for export from Germany - Dyestuffs; Prohibition and pre-emption lists
• Financial restrictions on Germany
• Control of German wireless stations
• Use of enemy tonnage
• Food prices in Germany
• Control of traffic on the Danube
• Commercial traffic on the Elbe
• Raw materials for Poland and Czecho-Slovakia
• Coal for Poland and Austro-Hungarian empire

Seventeenth meeting, May 12

• Conditions in Hungary
• Prohibition and pre-emption lists
• Relations with Germany
• Trade with occupied Germany territories
• Situation in the Baltic states
• Enemy tonnage
• Work of the shipping section
• Control of traffic on the Danube
• Heath conditions in Southern and Eastern Europe
• Organization of conferences and communications on current economic negotiations with German Economic Delegation, Versailles

Special meeting, May 13

• Prohibition and pre-emption lists
• Relations with Germany

Nineteenth meeting, May 19

• Report from director general of relief on relief operations in April
• Germany exports. Blockade Section-minute 182
• Administration of occupied territories. Report from Sub-Committee on Germany
• Payment of French food supplies to Germany
• Italian coal situation
• Coal for Serbia
• Situation in the Baltic States. Proposals put forward by the Sub-Committee to the Council of foreign ministers
• Control of traffic in the Danube
• Health situation in southern and eastern Europe
• Shipping in the Adriatic
• Organization of conferences and communications with the Germans at Versailles

Twentieth meeting, May 26

• Organization of Shipping Section
• Use of enemy tonnage - Report from Food Section (Freight Committee); Rates of freight for relief (Resolution from Food Section); Allocation of enemy ships in Central and South America ports from A.M.T.E.; Disposition of Austrian steamers under construction
• Financial arrangements for Austrian food supplies
• Relaxation of financial restrictions
• Control of Rhine traffic
• Dispatch of supplies to Poland - Report of Communications Section; Draft telegram to German armistice commission
• Purchase of dyestuffs from Germany
• Relations with Germany - Note from Sub-committee on Germany; Organization of conferences and communications with Germany at Versailles.
• Blockade of Hungary
• Coal for Serbia
• Financial restrictions on Germany
• Administration of the occupied territories
• Trade between Alsace and unoccupied Germany
• Health conditions in Europe

21st meeting, June 2

• Dispatch of supplies to Poland
• Trade between Germany and Austria
• Finance of Austrian relief supplies
• Restrictions on trade with Hungary and Bolshevist Russia - Minutes of Blockade Section; Note by French delegates; Note by American delegates
• Control of traffic on the Rhine
• Trade between Alsace and unoccupied Germany
• Importation into Germany of medical supplies.
• German exports - Letter from German Economic Commission and note from sub-committee on Germany; Note by Italian delegates on timber purchased
• Measures to be taken subsequent to completion of relief programs in various countries

22nd meeting, June 10

• Italian coal position
• Transfer of shares of Austrian shipping companies
• Work and organization of Council
• Finance of German coal supplied to France
• Report from Fin. Sec
• Navigation on the Danube
• Allied economic policy in connection with Rhineland Republic
• Finance of Austrian food supplies (Note by French delegation)
• Allied economic policy in Russia (Note by British delegation)
• Restriction of trade with Hungary and Bolshevik Russia
• Reported violation of blockade of Hungary
• German imports of raw materials

23rd meeting, June 16.

• Imposition of blockade on Germany - Decision by Council of Heads of States; Minutes of Blockade Section
• Private trade relations with Germany
• Finance of German coal
• Finance of Austrian food supplies
• Cotton for Poland
• Allied economic policy in Russia - Food
• Italian coal situation
• Work and organization of the council
• Export of gold and securities from German Austria

24th meeting, June 23

• Blockade of Hungary and Bolshevik Russia
• Trade between Austria and Hungary (Note by American delegates)
• Reported seizure by Hungarians of Austrian gold and securities
• Control of traffic on the Danube
• U.S. locomotives for Lithuania
• Use of enemy tonnage in May 1919
• Operation of communications for relief of old Austrian empire
• Report from Communications Section
• Finance of German coal
• Health conditions in eastern Europe - Letter from League of R.C.S.; Memorandum from Minister of Public Health in Poland
• Allied economic policy in Russia
• Allied economic cooperation after Peace, memoranda - by British delegation; by French delegation; by Belgian delegation; Report by Committee on policy
• Relief operations through May 1919

Meetings April 14 and 15 (three session)

• Draft minute of Supreme Economic Council rework of subcommittee
• Memorandum on present status of Commissions set up under the armistice with Germany and their relations to the S.E.C
• Note of establishment of German Commission to facilitate conduct of current economic negotiations
• Memorandum for submission to Council of Ten

Second meeting, April 18.

• Net Thread in Holland for Germany. Communication from German Finance Commission
• Propaganda in Germany and neutral countries
• List of prohibited exports - Telegram from Marshal Foch 3/24/19; Reply of German delegates 4/2/19; Telegram to Germans 4/10/19; Memorandum by Sir Wm. Mitchell Thompson 4/18/19
• Centralization of information and statistics
• Organization of communications with Germans on economic matters

Third meeting, April 24.

• Consideration of steps to be taken to bring into effect the organization of economic relations with Germany approved by the Council of Five
• Import and export regulations in occupied territories
• Communications with. German government on economic matters
• Future meetings

Fourth meeting, April 29

• Wool from Spain to Germany. Resolution of Raw Materials Section.
• Requisition of dyes by the French
• Restriction of importation of salt from unoccupied to occupied territory.
• Draft resolution
• Procedure for facilitating visits of inspection in occupied territory
• Protection of inhabitants against penalties for having broken laws of the German government
• Procedure for obtaining information from Food Section as to distribution of good in Germany and passing information to I.A.R.C

Fifth meeting, May 6

• Visit of industrial missions to occupied territories
• Restriction on import of salt to Left Bank from unoccupied Germany
• Future economic control of occupied part of Germany
• Irregular communication of decisions of Blockade Section
• Draft telegram from Marshal Foch to General Nudant relative to freeing of German exports other than those on prohibited lists

Sixth meeting, May 13.

• Protection of inhabitants of occupied territories against action of German authorities based on breaches of German laws during occupation
• Deliveries of corn to occupied territories. Memorandum
• Demands for exorbitant prices to French and Belgian purchasers in Rhenish provinces
• Importation into Germany of fruit from Italy
• Traffic in foodstuffs in Schleswig
• Deliveries of agricultural machinery
• German aero planes for Sweden
• Commercial relations between Luxemburg and unoccupied Germany

Seventh meeting, May 16

• Imports into occupied territories
• Shipments through Germany. Communications from Secretary Superior Blockade Council
• Export of steel rails to Sweden. Communication from President of German Armistice Commission
• Delay in handing over German ships in neutral ports
• Sequestration of Allied property in occupied territories
• Reorganization of Customs regulations between occupied Rhenish territories and French and Belgian territories
• Present and future status of Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission

Eighth meeting, May 20.

• Draft letter to German delegates at Versailles
• Draft telegram to President of German Armistice Commission
• Present and future status of Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission
• Inter-Allied Military Food Committee
• Sequestration of Allied property in occupied territory
• Communications with German Economic delegation at Versailles
• Export of dyestuffs. Note by Sir H. Llewellyn Smith

Ninth meeting, May 23

• Note to S.E.C. regarding action by German government likely to prejudice workings of Reparation and Economic clauses of draft Treaty of Peace
• Communication with the German Economic Delegation at Versailles
• Organization of Secretariat
• Export to Denmark of German coal. Letter from German Economic Delegation
• Imports and exports. Memorandum by Mr. Urwick on instructions given by the sub-committee April 29

Tenth meeting, May 27

• Prevention of economic action on the part of Germany tending to avoid stipulations of the Peace Treaty
• Export to Denmark of German coal
• Relations between I.R.A.C. and Inter-Allied Military Food Committee
• Commercial correspondence with Germany
• Distribution of foodstuffs to civil population. German exports. Prohibition and pre-emption lists
• Import into Germany of Vaseline and other drugs

Eleventh meeting, June 3

• Control of sugar in occupied territories
• Letter from representative of German government on Armistice Commission at Spa.
• Nomination of former economic committee of Luxemburg
• Economic position of Germany. Letter from President of German Peace delegation.
• Payment for German coal to credit of food account
• Deliveries of minette under modus vivandi of May 7
• Export of timber from Germany
• Stoppage of minette trains at Oberkassel
• Prevention of economic action by Germany tending to evade the stipulations of the Treaty of Peace
• Exports of German coal to Denmark
• Trading with the enemy
• Policy to be pursued regarding recent political developments in Rhineland

Twelfth meeting, June 6

• Policy to be pursued regarding recent political developments in Rhineland
• Dyestuffs for Czecho-Slovakia
• Tabulation of industrial information collected by armies of occupation
• Import into Germany of drugs and medical accessories

Thirteenth meeting, June 10

• Export of German phosphates to Finland
• Letter from Finnish Legation at Berlin
• Export of butter from Finland to Germany
• Letter from representative of German government on Armistice Commission
• Conditions of purchase of German exportable produce. Note by Secretariat
• Request for resumption of coal negotiation
• Letter from German Economic delegation
• Diversion of coke for French blast furnaces
• Letter from German Economic delegation
• Communications with Versailles. Position of Finance Section
• Prohibition of export from Left to Right Bank of Rhine
• Communications with Austrian Peace Delegation at St. Germain-en-Laye

Fourteenth meeting, June 17

• Export of aniline dyes from occupied to unoccupied territory
• Export license for cotton yearn and import of hides and skins into occupied territories and return of manufactured goods
• Import of German coal into Austria
• Transport of Dutch potatoes through Belgian zone
• Exorbitant prices demanded by German merchants from French and Belgian purchasers
• Negotiations arising under Luxemburg Protocol
• Purchase by Belgium of German wool in Spain and South America
• Communications with Versailles. Position of Finance Section
• Private trade relations with Germany
• Sale of German armoured ships to Holland
• Economic organization after signature of Peace Treaty
• Ratification of potash agreement.
• Draft letter to German Economic Delegation.
• Food conditions in occupied territories

Fifteenth meeting, June 24

• Delivery of agricultural machinery by Germany under terms of armistice
• Abrogation of German order on securities
• Protection of inhabitants against action by German authorities based upon breaches of German laws during occupation
• Distribution of grain and flour between right and left bank
• Export of cotton yarn
• Communications with Versailles. Letter from Amer. Relief Comm.
• Distribution of foodstuffs to civilian population
• Export of electric machines from unoccupied Germany
• Export of dyestuffs
• Purchase by Belgium of German owned goods in Spain and South America.
• Negotiations under Luxemburg protocol
• Communications with Versailles. Position of Finance Section
• Export of chlorcalcium from Germany
• German owned goods in Switzerland
• Procedure for correspondence adopted by I.A.R.C
• Control of sugar
• Potash agreement

Sixteenth meeting, July 1

• Finance for German coal
• Position of I.A.R.C. if Peace Treaty is not signed
• License for export of dyestuffs to unoccupied Germany
• Payment for foodstuffs distributed to civil population
• Transport of foodstuffs from Holland through Belgian zone
• Export of Hoover supplies from left to right bank
• Ratification of potash agreement
• Relevant clauses of Peace Treaty regarding raising of blockade

Seventeenth meeting, July 8

• Coke and minette prices
• Purchase by Belgium of German owned goods in Spain and South America
• Organization of Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission under Convention
• Purchase of German Dyestuffs
• Purchase of sleepers from Germany by Italian Government
• Traffic to and from unoccupied Germany after ratification of Peace Treaty
• Status of German Economic Commission at Versailles
• Ratification by German Government of potash agreement
• Export of coal from North German ports
• Restitution by Germany to Belgium of industrial machinery
• Trade restrictions on Germany during the period between raising of blockade and coming into force of Peace Treaty

Meeting, March 20

• Proposed resolution regarding regulation of German exports during the transitory period

Meeting, March 27

• Summary report of statistical sub-committee on supplies of raw materials available during the next three months
• Transitory measures - Consideration of what economic measures, should be taken in common during the period of reconstruction following the war with a view to ensuring - Due supply of materials and other commodities necessary for the restoration of the devastated areas; Economic restoration of countries which have suffered most from the war; Supply of neutral and ex-enemy countries without detriment to supply of needs of Allied and associated countries
• Clause to be inserted in the Preliminary Peace.
• War stocks of materials in possession of Allied and associated governments

Meeting of April 4.

• Use of war stocks of raw materials possessed by allied and associated countries
• Transitory measures during the reconstruction period
• Question asked by Section on Blockade, provisional authorization to import raw materials into Germany

Meeting of April 16.

• Special questions referred to Raw Materials Section - Request transmitted by Marshal Foch for oil products required by the railways of the left bank of the Rhine; Request transmitted by Marshal Foch for various raw materials for the German navigation companies; Request transmitted by Marshal Foch for authorization of the export from Spain to Germany of 36, 300 kilos of wool; Request submitted to the President of the Inter-allied Food Committee by the American and Canadian Imports and Exports Co. for disposal of certain stocks of animal oils to central powers
• Report of Special Committee on the coal situation in Europe
• Report of Statistical Sub-committee on rationing of raw materials to Germany in response to request of Blockade Section
• Relief of European countries in raw materials and semi-manufactured goods. Communicated by British delegation
• Reference from minutes of Supreme Economic Council, meeting April 7, "Agreed that a committee composed of representatives of the Blockade and Raw Materials Sections should meet immediately to fix the prices for exports from Germany to be purchased by the Allies."
• Reference from minutes of Finance Section April 9, Resolution rejecting proposal contained in paragraph 2 of note submitted by French delegation of Raw Materials Section April 1. Supply of raw materials to Germany

Meeting with Polish representatives, April 26.

• Notes on Memorandum of economic situation in Poland

Meeting of May 8

• Importation of stocks for coal mining industry, Germany
• Modus vivendi in respect of Luxemburg agreement

Tenth meeting, May 15

• Dyestuffs
• Negotiations relative to Luxemburg protocol
• Committee on supply of raw materials and sale of war stocks - Memorandum on financing of cotton for Germany and liberated countries; Report of Committee - supply of materials for mines. List of German owned stocks to be imported by them; Serbian coal requirements
• Report on general materials situation, W.T. Layton, 5/19/19
• List of supplies sold to liberated nations to May 31

Meeting, June 21

• Report on economic steps to be taken in event of re-establishment of order in Russia

Eleventh meeting, June 26

• Allied economic policy in Russia

Meeting of April 18.

• Terms of reference of the committee.
• Raw Materials for Germany, Poland, and other countries - Memo on rations for Germany; Memo on supply of raw materials to other European countries; Memo on supply of textile raw materials to Poland
• War Stocks - Memo by Finance Section on prices to be asked for War Stocks; Memo on stocks to be disposed of by British government; Letter of American and Canadian Import and Export Co

Meeting of April 25.

• Supply of Raw Materials to Germany - Memo on German requirements; Extract from minutes of Finance Section
• Supply of raw materials to Romania, Serbia, and Czecho-Slovakia.
• Draft letter
• Supply of textile raw materials to Poland
• American and Canadian Import and Export Co., offer of animal oils for Germany

Meeting of April 28

• Supplies for Germany. Statement on position of Financial Section
• Supplies to Poland and Czecho-Slovakia. Consideration of action to be taken on minute of interviews with Polish and Czecho-Slovak representatives
• Supplies for Czecho-Slovakia. Letter regarding import of palm kernels copra and fish oil.
• Letter of Canadian Import and Export Co

Meeting of April 30.

• Preliminary report to raw materials section and finance section on urgent requirements of Poland and Czecho-Slovakia
• Supplies for Germany. Further examination of German raw material requirements

Meeting of May 2

• Supplies for Germany. Price of copper
• Arrangements for supply of cotton
• Note on attitude to be taken at interview with German economic delegates

Meeting with German delegates May 7

• Letter of transmission
• Urgent needs for coal mining industry
• German owned stocks
• Urgent needs for general industry
• Offer of supplies for urgent requirements of German coal industry
• Letter Shuman/Riley, list of supplies desired and available

Meeting May 9

• Supplies to Germany
• Urgent needs for coal mining industry German owned stocks
• Urgent needs for general industry Sales of War Stocks
• Principle of supply of particular commodities by countries which control the principal stocks
• Price of Swedish iron ore
• Supplies to Poland. Report on position with regard to supply of nitrate and textiles
• Supplies of Czecho-Slovakia. Question of transport via the Elbe
• Supplies to Serbia. Question of action to be taken on interview with Serbian representatives
• Supply of textile raw materials. Draft memorandum

Meeting May 13.

• Communications to German economic delegates at Versailles - Requirements for coal mines, German owned stocks
• Price of copper
• Price of tin
• Price of Swedish iron ore.
• Supplies for Serbia (including coal)
• Copper for Czecho-Slovakia

Meeting, May 31

• Sale of timber by Germany
• Surplus stocks of the U.S. Army and Navy
• Sales of government property
• Meeting with Austrian representatives June 16

List of Dyestuffs available in German factories 4/11/19

• Lucius and Bruning
• Chemische Fabriken vorm. Weiler-ter-meer
• Badischo Anilin and Soda Fabrik
• Leopold Cassella and Co
• Kalle and Co
• Friedr. Bayer and Co
• Aktien-Ges-Fu-Anilin Fabrikation
• Chemische Fabrik Griescheim-Elektron

Dyestuffs demanded by Italy and France

• Lucius and Bruning
• Chomische Fabriken vorm. Weiler-ter-Meer
• Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik

Communications and statistics concerning availability of German Potash and miscellaneous correspondence

• Galley proofs of material about dyestuffs
• Miscellaneous communication concerning German dyestuffs as payment for food from allies
• Cablegrams - dyestuffs
• Memo on chemical reparations

Chemical Alliance, Inc

• Report of section chairman January 22-23, 1919; history and activities
• Correspondence and resolutions, 1919, stating trade considerations of the American dyestuff manufacturers in the U.S. and negotiations to take over all enemy owned patents in this country
• Confidential draft - printed of - report of German Chemical holdings in U.S

Correspondence

• 1919-1920, letters of commendation for MacDowell
• 1920, letter from War Records Section of Illinois State Historical Society
• 1937-1938, Hoover War Library and Northwestern University
• 1938, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• MacDowell’s notes on original index for this material on American Commission to Negotiate Peace

Miscellaneous pamphlets

• American Contemporaries
• Map (1913) reciprocal rail movements of iron ore, coal, and coke in Europe
• Germany’s economic organization
• Soviet Russia A World Enigma
• The European situation by Walter Lichtenstein
• Post War monetary policies by H.G.P. Deans
• The Work of the Technical Division, Chemical Warfare Service, A.E.F., by Col. R.F. Bacon
• Journal of the Royal Society of Arts (June 27, 1924)
• Building for Peace by W.A. Noyes (1924)

Miscellaneous documents

• Strasbourg - Port du Rhin
• Chemical industries of the German Rhineland
• Potash development in S.E. New Mexico. \
• Muscle Shoals
• Comparison of prices during Civil War and Present War: (1918) War Industries Board
• Hoover War Library bibliography of Paris Peace conference, (1935)
• Bulletin of the Business Historical Society, Baker Library; membership pamphlet
• Reply of the French Government to note of British Government of August 11, 1923, relating to reparations (August 20, 1923)