Contents

Collection Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement of the Papers

Selected Search Terms

Diary, 1914-1934

General Correspondence, 1894-1953

Office File, 1896-1933

Subject File, 1910-1936

Speeches and Writings File, 1907-1936

Miscellany, 1896-1936

Oversize

Chandler P. Anderson Papers

A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Charles Palm

2011

Biographical Note

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Scope and Content Note

The papers of Chandler Parsons Anderson (1866-1936) cover the period 1894-1953, with the bulk of the material from 1896 to 1929. The collection is organized into Diary, General Correspondence, Office File, Subject File, Speeches and Writings, Miscellany, and Oversize series.

Except for some letters that Anderson sent to his wife during his stays in Europe, the papers contain little that reveal his family life. The focus is on his career in international law, official activities in the Department of State, relationships with key State Department officials, particularly Robert Lansing and Elihu Root, and thinking on important matters of world affairs.

For the years between 1914 and 1928 and for most of 1934, Anderson kept a detailed typescript diary of his thoughts and activities. The diary includes descriptions of public and official opinion in Great Britain in 1914-1915, character descriptions of associates and individuals, and summaries of conversations with Lansing, Root, Woodrow Wilson, Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), Bernard M. Baruch, and others.

Most of the correspondence is located in the Office File. Among the significant correspondence in the General Correspondence series are copies of Anderson's letters in the letterpress books and the letters he sent to his wife while he was in Europe during 1914-1915 and 1918-1919.

The Office File contains records generated by Anderson as a government official and as a participant in various legal cases. The records contain information on subjects such as Anglo-American relations in North America, boundary problems between Central American countries, relations between the United States and Great Britain during 1914, the treatment of American economic interests by the Soviet Union in the 1920s, the Arms Limitation Conference of 1921-1922, and internal problems in Nicaragua during the 1920s.

The Subject File contains papers that Anderson collected as a result of his interests in various subjects. Some subjects relate to topical material in the Office File. Particularly significant are papers relating to the peace treaty with Germany and the League of Nations. Included are correspondence with senators, a paper showing Anderson's contribution to the treaty, and notes on a meeting with President Wilson.

The Speeches and Writings File contains drafts and printed copies of papers, articles, editorials, and book reviews written by Anderson. Most of the subjects in which he was involved are represented. He wrote an especially large number of articles on aspects of international law. Included in the Miscellany series are a biographical file, printed matter on international law, passports, invitations, autographs, and commissions.

Correspondents include William Jennings Bryan, Otis T. Cartwright, Charles Evans Hughes, David Starr Jordan, Philander C. Knox, Robert Lansing, Frank L. Polk, Elihu Root, James Brown Scott, and Charles Beecher Warren.

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Selected Search Terms

People

• Anderson, Chandler P. (Chandler Parsons), 1866-1936.
• Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965.
• Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925--Correspondence.
• Cartwright, Otis T.--Correspondence.
• Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948--Correspondence.
• Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931--Correspondence.
• Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921--Correspondence.
• Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928--Correspondence.
• Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928.
• Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924
• Polk, Frank L. (Frank Lyon), 1871-1943--Correspondence.
• Root, Elihu, 1845-1937--Correspondence.
• Root, Elihu, 1845-1937.
• Scott, James Brown, 1866-1943--Correspondence.
• Warren, Charles Beecher--Correspondence.
• Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.

Organizations

• Conference on the Limitation of Armament (1921-1922 : Washington, D.C.)
• Germany. Treaties, etc. United States, 1921 August 25.
• League of Nations.
• United States. Department of State--Officials and employees.
• United States. Department of State.

Subjects

• Boundaries.
• Disarmament.
• Fishery law and legislation.
• International law.
• International relations.
• Investments, American--Soviet Union.
• World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.
• World War, 1914-1918--Peace.

Places

• Central America--Boundaries.
• Germany--Foreign relations--United States.
• Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
• Nicaragua--History--1909-1937.
• United States--Foreign relations--Germany.
• United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Occupations

• International arbitrators.
• Lawyers.
• Public officials.

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Arrangement of the Papers

The collection is arranged in seven series:

• Diary, 1914-1934
• General Correspondence, 1894-1953
• Office File, 1896-1933
• Subject File, 1910-1936
• Speeches and Writings File, 1907-1936
• Miscellany, 1896-1936
• Oversize

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Container List

Diary, 1914-1934

Typescript diary and holograph drafts.

Arranged chronologically.

1914, Dec.-1918, Apr.

1918, Apr.-1922, Dec.

1923, Jan.-1928, Sept.

1934, Mar.-Nov.

Holograph draft, 1916, Jan.-May

General Correspondence, 1894-1953

Letters received with enclosures, copies of letters sent, and letterpress books of letters sent

Arranged chronologically.

Letters received

1894-1935

1953

Undated

Letters sent

1898-1914

1915-1935

Letterpress books

1908-1909, May

1909, May-1913

Office File, 1896-1933

Correspondence, transcripts of court proceedings, minutes of meetings, court awards and decisions, legal briefs, extracts from legal authorities, reports, appointment calendars, duplicate diary entries, notes, directories, clippings, press releases, bibliographies, printed and near-print material, maps. Arranged chronologically according to the office and position that Anderson held while generating the records.

Arranged by type of document, with key documents first in a grouping, or by chronological order within the grouping.

Secretary for U.S., Bering Sea Claims Commission, 1896-1898

Rules, brief, proclamations, correspondence

Transcript of interview with William McKinley, 1898, Nov. 19

Secretary for U.S., U.S.-Great Britain Joint High Commission on Canadian Questions, 1897-1900

Correspondence

1897-1900

Undated

With U.S. commissioners

Between Charles W. Fairbanks and Baron Farrar Herschell

Letter to William McKinley from Charles W. Fairbanks, 1899, Feb. 3

Official transcripts of proceedings and committee reports

Transcript of early commission proceedings prepared by Anderson

Summary report prepared by Anderson

Announcement of U.S. participation and appointments of United States commissioners

Committee assignments

Instructions to British commissioners

Confidential report on Baron Farrar Herschell

Bibliography and lists of supportive documents

Forms and form letters

Reference materials and clippings

Assistant counsel for United States, Alaska Boundary Tribunal, 1903

Correspondence, 1903

Authorization by U.S.-Great Britain Joint High Commission

List of delegates and rules of procedure

Briefs

Supportive documents

Notes and drafts of briefs

Lecture by John. W. Foster on tribunal

Clippings

Legal Adviser for State Department, Anglo-American negotiation of Canadian questions, 1905-1910

Work schedules and letter of commendation for services from Elihu Root

Summary of negotiations, 1905-1910

Proposals for negotiations, 1906

Clippings

Subject file

Alien labor question

Armament on the Great Lakes

Boundary treaty negotiations

Correspondence

Drafts of treaty

Reports

Great Lakes and the Lake of the Woods boundary line

Northwest boundary line

Passamaquoddy Bay and Northeast boundary

Reference material

Conveyance of Prisoners and Wrecking and Salvage Treaty

Fur seal herd in Alaska, answer to H. W. Elliot's claim of its ruin

Fur Seal Treaty negotiations, 1899-1906

Inland Fisheries Treaty negotiations

1906-1908

1908-1910

International Waterways Treaty of 1910

International Waterways Commission negotiations, 1906-1907

Clinton-Gibbons, negotiations, 1907

Anderson-Gibbons negotiations, 1908

Negotiations relating to Joint Commission of Inquiry proposal

Negotiations relating to problem of water level on the Lake of the Woods

Condemnation of property at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

Presidential signing, 1909, Jan. 11

Negotiations relating to Senate amendment

1909, Jan.-Mar.

1909, Mar.-Dec.

Senator William Alden Smith's opposition to treaty and accusation of Anderson

Correspondence subsequent to ratification, 1911-1918

Minnesota Canal and Power Co. project

Correspondence

1907-1909

Undated

Report on question of international relations, 1907

Reference materials

Northeastern Fisheries agreement, negotiations

1906-1908

1908-1909

Passamaquoddy Bay boundary dispute, 1908-1910

Reciprocal mining rights proposal

Treaty of 1891

U.S.-Great Britain Joint High Commission of 1898

Unofficial transcript of proceedings submitted to State Department by Anderson, 1905, Nov.

Report on questions raised by Commission, 1905, Nov.

Agent for United States, North Atlantic Coast fisheries arbitration, 1908-1910

Correspondence, 1908-1910

Letters received from Allen Bristol Aylesworth, 1909-1910

Letters of appointment to members of U.S. delegation

Proceedings and awards

Brief

Argument on servitude by George Turner

Summary reports

Draft of address to tribunal

List of members of delegations

Press releases

Notes

Reference material

Clippings

Counselor for State Department, 1910-1913

Summary reports to secretary of state

Appointment and work calendar, 1911, Mar.-1913, Apr.

Letterpress book, 1911, Jan.-1913, Apr.

Subject file

Arbitration, general

Arbitration Treaty with France

Arbitration Treaty with Great Britain

British-American relations

Camisole case

Cipriano case

Cuban Ports Improvement Co.

Favored national treatment (Reciprocity Act)

Fisheries, modification of North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration Award

German potash law

International Fur Seal Conference

Correspondence, 1911-1913

Treaty and protocols

Report to secretary of state

Notes and reference materials

Press releases

Clippings

Maiorano, Ceseano C.

Panama Canal tolls controversy

Russia

San Juan Naval Reservation

Clippings

Arbitrator, American-British Pecuniary Claims Arbitration, 1910-1924

Correspondence

1908-1914

1914-1824

Undated

Treaty and procedural rules

Minutes of meetings, 1920, Nov.-1921, Dec.

Documents submitted by claimants

Transmittals and receipts of memorials

Draft of awards

Case file

Argonaut and Colonel Jonas H. French

Coquitlam

Adams, David J.

Favourite

Gerring, Frederic, Jr.

Hemming, H. J. Randolph

Home Missionary Society

Jessie, Thomas F. Bayard, Pescawha

Kate

Newchwang

Sidra

Studer

Tattler

Wanderer

Arbitration, 1910-1924

Biographical file

Congressional appropriations

Clippings

Notes

Counsel for Costa Rica, Costa-Rica-Panama boundary dispute, 1913-1921

Convention submitting dispute to arbitration

Opinion of Edward White

Report of Commission of Engineers

Vols. 1-2

Vol. 3

Synopsis of case for Costa Rica

Argument for Costa Rica

Brief for Costa Rica

Brief of reply for Costa Rica

Reply for Costa Rica to Panama's protest of award

Panama's argument on jurisdiction of arbiter

Statement for Panama

Reply for Panama

Panama's protest of award

Map of boundary lines

Clippings

Notes

“Question of nullity of arbital awards,” by J. B. Moore

Statement by Panama legation counsel

U.S. notes to Costa Rica and Panama

Legal adviser for State Department, 1914-1915

Correspondence

1914-1915

With Ambassador Walter Hines Page

With American embassies in London, England, and Berlin, Gemany

With secretary of state

Transcripts of telegrams between State Department and American Embassy in London, England

Appointment and work calendar

Reports to secretary of state and president

Certification by secretary of state

Subject file

Joint State and Navy Neutrality Board

Seizures and neutrality violations

Treatment of prisoners of war in Great Britain

Frye, William P., case

Counsel for American meat packers, claims against Great Britain, 1915-1921

Correspondence, 1915-1921

Agreements

Maracas case

Vouchers and receipts of payment

Certificate authorizing full power of substitution

Report submitted to State Department

Summaries of meetings

Reference material

Diary, 1916-1919, relating to case (duplicate)

Clippings

Counsel for Costa Rica, objection to U.S.-Nicaragua Canal Treaty, 1916-1917

Counsel for War Industries Board, 1917-1919

Correspondence

1917-1918

1918-1919

Index to board's correspondence, 1918

Reports

Directory of members

Notes and reference material

Counsel for Nicaragua, boundary dispute with Honduras, 1918-1921

Correspondence, 1918-1921

Nicaraguan arbitration proposal

Brief for Nicaragua

Appendices to Nicaraguan brief

Nos. 1-15

Nos. 16-30

Brief for Nicaragua in reply

Honduras memorandum to U.S. secretary of state

Reply of Honduras

Notes and reference material

Counsel for Guatemala, boundary dispute with Honduras, 1918-1921

Correspondence

1918-1921

Undated

Documents submitted in mediation

Brief for Honduras

Brief for Guatemala

Corrections of brief

Early treaties

Bibliography

Reference material

Clippings

Notes

Counsel for Morris and Co. Sernia case, 1916-1923

Correspondence, 1916-1931

Notice of appearance, summons, brief, agreement

Reports

Opinion by Barry, Wainwright, Thacker, Symmers

Legal adviser for U.S., Washington Conference on Limitation of Armament, 1921-1922

Correspondence, 1921-1922

Four Power Treaty and drafts

Treaties on submarines and poisonous gas

Nine Power Treaty (with drafts)

Five Power Treaty (with drafts)

Credentials of delegates and list of members

Reports of committees

Proposal for Commission of Inquiry

Proposal for limitation of naval armament

Addresses by Charles Evans Hughes and Henry Cabot Lodge

Appeal by Korea

Press release, 1921, Dec. 10

Reference materials, clippings, miscellany

Arbitrator, American-Norwegian Shipping Claims

Arbitration, 1921-1926

Correspondence

1921-1926

With president of tribunal

With secretary of state

Transcript of proceedings (printed)

Annotated proofs of proceedings

Index markers to verbatim proceedings

Transcripts of verbatim proceedings

1922, July 25-28

1922, July 31-Aug. 17

1922, Aug. 21-Oct. 13

Miscellaneous drafts of verbatim proceedings

Award of tribunal

Dissenting statement by Anderson

Draft award of president of tribunal

Memoranda of Anderson

Memoranda of Norwegian arbiter

Notes of president's first statement

Notes on conferences

Diary, 1922, July-1923, Jan. (duplicate)

Press releases

Clippings

Paper on tribunal by Anderson's assistant

Counsel for Costa Rica, British-Costa RicanArbitration, 1922-1923

Correspondence

1921-1924

Undated

Agreement, list of exhibits, award

Extracts from legal authorities

Extracts for legal authorities

List of documents

Press releases and clippings

Notes

Reference materials

Legal adviser for International Harvester Co., claims against Soviet Union, 1923-1936

Correspondence, 1923-1936

Correspondence relating to fee arrangements

Diary, relating to case, 1923-1924 (duplicate)

Statement of claims

Translation of Soviet Civil Code, 1923

Press releases from State Department

Notes and extracts from legal authorities

Printed matter

Clippings about Soviet Union

Counsel for Nicaragua, claim for U.S. income tax refund, 1919-1923

Correspondence

Charter and financial statements

Tax returns

Counsel for Nicaragua, petition for removal of R. R. Hill from Nicaragua High Commission, 1923

Legal and foreign affairs adviser for Nicaragua, 1921-1932

Correspondence

1921-1925

1926-1932

Reports

Diary, 1925-1927 (duplicate)

Notes

Legal documents

Press releases

Clippings

Printed matter

American Commissioner, U.S.-Germany Mixed Claims

Commission, 1928-1933

Correspondence

Decisions, nos. 1-58

Report of American commissioner

Clippings

Subject File, 1910-1936

Correspondence, clippings, notes, printed and near-print material, and reports.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Board of U.S. General Appraisers

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Fur Seal Industry of Pribilof Island, Alaska

Inland fisheries

National Civic Federation

Pan American Financial Conference, 1915, 1920

Peace Treaty and League of Nations

Correspondence, 1918-1920

“Memo showing changes made in treaty at my suggestion”

Draft of Senate resolutions

Notes of meeting at President Woodrow Wilson's residence

Notes and reference material

Prohibition

Prisoners of war

World Court of International Justice

Speeches and Writings File, 1907-1936

Correspondence, bibliographies, drafts of writings, and printed copies of writings.

Bibliographies begin the series, and book reviews conclude it. Other material is arranged chronologically by date of publication or by date of composition if unpublished.

Bibliography of writings

Articles, speeches, and editorials

1907, “Extent and Limitations of Treaty-Making Power under the Constitution

1913

“The Final Outcome of the Fisheries Arbitration”

“Issues between the United States and Great Britain in Regard to Panama Canal Tolls” speech

1914, “Panama Canal Tolls”

1917, “Freedom of the Seas”

1918-1919, “Guatemala-Honduras Boundary Negotiations”

1919, “International Executives

1920

“The World Court Movement”

1920, “U.S. Congressional Peace Resolution”

1921

“American-British Claims Arbitration Tribunal

“Peace with Germany

1922, “The Power of Public Opinion for Peace”

1923, “Plan by Which the United States May Cooperate with Other Nations to Achieve the Peace of the World”

1924, “Exclusion Law and Diplomacy

1925

“Claims against Germany”

“International Control and Distribution of Raw Materials”

1926

“Title of Confiscated Property”

“Exploitation of the Products of the Sea”

1927

“Inviolability of Private Property against Confiscation”

“Basis of the Law against Confiscating Foreign Owned Property”

“Projects for the Codification of American International Law”

1928

“New Arbitration Treaty with France”

“Arbitration of Attorneys' Fees under the Settlement of the War Claims Act of 1928

1929, “Scope and Character of Arbitration Treaties”

1930, “Immunity of Neutral Sea Borne Commerce”

1931

“Final Liquidation of German War Reparations”

“Our Policy of Non-Recognition in Central America”

“Basis of an Advisory Opinion by the World Court on the Proposed Austro-German Customs Union”

“The St. Lawrence Waterway Project”

1932

“The Senate and Obligatory Arbitration Treaties”

“Advisory Opinions from Commissions of Inquiry”

“ Harmonizing the League Covenant and the Peace Pact”

1933, “ Production of Evidence by Subpoena before International Tribunals”

1934, “Recognition of Russia

1935

and “Assignment of Claims by the Russian Government to the United States”

“Treaties as Domestic Law”

“Recent Trade Agreements with Russia”

“Frustration of President Wilson's Attempt to Commit the Senate to Endorsement of League of Nations”

“The Price of Freedom of Seas”

1936

“Revision of Paris Peace Treaty to Protect American Interests”

“Monroe Doctrine Distinguished in Principle from Mutual Protective Pacts”

Undated, “Immunity of a State from Suit in the Supreme Court by a Foreign Government without State's Consent”

Book reviews, 1924-1936

Miscellany, 1896-1936

Biographical material, clippings, commissions passports, invitations, autographs, and printed matter.

Arranged by type of material.

Biographical file

Clippings

Commissions See Oversize

Printed matter

Printed matter

Printed matter

Oversize

Commissions.

Described according to the container and series from which the items were removed.

Commissions (Container 61)