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William A. Drayton Papers, 1913-1946 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6z09n8jx No online items Register of the William A. Drayton Papers, 1913-1946. Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Archives Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by James Ryan. Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6010 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 1998 Register of the William A. 74090 1 Drayton Papers, 1913-1946. Title: William A. Drayton Papers Date (inclusive): 1913-1946 Collection Number: 74090 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope(0.9 linear feet) Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, and photographs, relating to Serbia during and after World War I. Location note: Hoover Institution Archives. Creator: Drayton, William A. Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], William A. Drayton Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1974. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, and photographs, relating to Serbia during and after World War I. Biographical/Historical note American volunteer, Serbian army; member, Serbian delegation, Paris Peace Conference; Inter-Allied commissioner, Bulgarian Atrocities Commission. Subjects and Indexing Terms Commission interalliee sur les violations des conventions de la Haye et du droit international en general commises de 1915 `a 1918 par les Bulgares en Serbie occupee. Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) Serbia--History. World War, 1914-1918--Peace. World War, 1914-1918--Yugoslavia. World War, 1914-1918. Yugoslavia. Diary, November 11, 1918-December 17, 1918 Scope and Contents note Diary and diary notes, arranged chronologically. CORRESPONDENCE, 1917-1946 Scope and Contents note Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent. Register of the William A. 74090 2 Drayton Papers, 1913-1946. CORRESPONDENCE, 1917-1946 Box 1 Army and Navy Club of America Brandigen, E. D. Commission for the Peace Conference in Ljubljana Committee for a Fair Trial for Draja Mihailovich Curwen, Mary Drayton, Kolman Gavrilovitch, Milan Independent Jovanovich, M. Karovitch, Pavle MacKinnon, M. L. Milosavljevitch, Lazar New York Herald Pashitch, Nikola Phillips, William Sachutch, Kaross Serbian Red Cross Serbian Relief Fund Serbian Society of Great Britain U.S. A.E.F. Headquarters U.S. Embassy London, Office of the Military Attache U.S. Passport Bureau Vesnitch, Milenko Witton, M. SPEECHES AND WRITINGS Scope and Contents note Drafts of speeches and writings, arranged alphabetically by title. Box 1 "Dalmatia." "Financial Scheme for Serbia." SUBJECT FILE, 1913-1920 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, and printed material, arranged alphabetically by subject. Box 1 American Commission to Negotiate Peace, Paris, 1919 Banat, Serbian territorial claims, 1919 Biographical file "American Who Will Fight for Serbia." by Hayden Church, 1918 Certificate of exemption from military service Delegation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Letters to the mother of W. A. Drayton Letters of introduction and recommendation "A Young American Friend of Serbia." Bulgarian Military Occupation of Serbia, 1915-1918 Bulgarian-Serbian frontier claims and reparations, 1919-1920 Cer Mountain, battle, August, 1914 Box 2 Georgevitch, T. R., "The Truth about Rumanes in Serbia", Paris, 1919 Goricia, Italian occupation, 1918 Interallied Commission, Paris, 1919 Report on the Violations of the Hague Convention, by the Bulgarians in Occupied Serbia, 1915-1918 International credit and international government currency Italian occupied territories, 1918-1919, treatment of inhabitants Italian-Yugoslav territorial disputes, 1919 Register of the William A. 74090 3 Drayton Papers, 1913-1946. SUBJECT FILE, 1913-1920 Jugoslav Committee in London. "Austria-Hungary's Effort to Exterminate Her Jugoslav Subjects." Lazic, Ant., "Ethnographic Frontier of Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany." (In French) Montenegrin National Assembly, Deputies, 1906-1913 Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Commission on Reparations of Debts -- Project for Treaty with Bularia Delegation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Albania Dalmatian question Frontiers between the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Italy Goritza and Gradiska Istria Memorandum concerning the claims of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Military effort of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the war of 1914-1918 North Frontier Persecutions of Slovenes and Croats under Italian occupation Serbo-Bulgarian relations Triest Economic and Financial Section. Memorandum concerning the Peace Treaty with Austria Democratic Autonomist Party of Fiume "Report of a Yugoslav Interned in Italy," Paris, 1919 Serbia, World War I, Reconstruction and relief Serbian Army offensives, Autumn, 1918 Smodlaka, J., "Jugoslav Territorial Claims", Paris, 1918 MISCELLANY Scope and Contents note Calling cards and other miscellaneous materials, arranged as listed. Box 2 Calling cards Miscellaneous Envelope A PHOTOGRAPHS Scope and Contents note Includes 33 photographs in 1 envelope: 28 photos of atrocities committed by the Bulgarian Army in occupied Serbia, 1915-1918. 3 photos of William A. Drayton as an officer in the Serbian Army during World War I. 1 photo of Mary and Margaret Brebrier. Register of the William A. 74090 4 Drayton Papers, 1913-1946..
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