| Author | Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929.
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| Title | Myron T. Herrick papers, 1827-1941 [microform].
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| Description | 49 rolls of microfilm.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, memoirs, newspaper and magazine clippings, memoranda, notes, receipts, deeds, programs and other memorabilia, passports, reports, appointment books, bound visitors' and engagement books, luncheon and dinner records, diaries, photographs, and scrapbooks. Includes correspondence covering Herrick's terms as United States Ambassador to France, particularly his second stint 1921-1929. Correspondents include Ida and William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Charles E. Hughes, Frank B. Kellogg, Aristide Briand, Georges Clemenceau, Raymonde Poincare, and Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Also included are materials relating to the 1927 transatlantic flight of Lindbergh and his reception in Paris. A diary kept by Carolyn P. Herrick, wife of Myron T. Herrick, describing a 1900 trip to Europe and cruise on the Mediterranean Sea, is contained in the collection. This microfilm edition contains an addenda of additional related materials housed at the Western Reserve Historical Society but not a part of MS. 2925 Myron T. Herrick Papers.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Cleveland, Ohio : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1994. 49 microfilm reels : positive and negative ; 35 mm.
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| Historical Note | Humanitarian, financier, industrialist, Governor of Ohio, and United States Ambassador to France. Herrick served as president and chairman of the board of the Society for Savings, Cleveland, Ohio. He also had numerous other local and national business interests. Herrick was involved in Ohio and national Republican Party politics, maintaining close ties with Marcus A. Hanna, William McKinley, and other party notables. He won election as Ohio governor in 1903, serving one term. He was appointed United States Ambassador to France in 1912, serving until November 1914. Herrick played a key role in wartime France, both in his participation in diplomatic relations between combatants and in various humanitarian aid pursuits. Herrick was reappointed Ambassador to France by President Harding in 1921, serving until his death in 1929.
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| Cum. Index Note | Register available in library.
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| Subjects | Ambassadors -- United States.
Disarmament.
France -- Foreign relations -- United States.
France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.
Governors -- Ohio.
Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929.
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Prohibition -- United States.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History.
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Teapot Dome Scandal, 1921-1924.
United States -- Foreign relations -- France.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
World War, 1914-1918 -- France.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Reparations.
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| Other Authors | Herrick, Carolyn Melville Parmely, d. 1918.
Herrick, Agnes Blackwell, d. 1956.
Herrick, Parmely W. (Parmely Webb), 1881-1937.
Herrick, Parmely W. (Parmely Webb), 1910-1957.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-
McKinley, William, 1843-1901.
McKinley, Ida Saxton, 1847-1907.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923.
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933.
Poincaré, Raymond, 1860-1934.
Briand, Aristide, 1862-1932.
Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937.
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948.
Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: MS. 2925 Microfilm Cabinet 55 Drawers 7-8
mq68988: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 42685] |
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