TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of William Voorhees Judson
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1896-1922
Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1897-1924
Series 4: Clay Judson Material, 1917-1947
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Inventory of the William Voorhees Judson Papers, 1888-1947
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2004. ©2004. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923 |
| Title | William Voorhees Judson Papers |
| Dates | 1888-1947 |
| Extent | 4 cubic ft. (6 boxes and 1 oversize box) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, manuscript works, documents, drafts, reprints, maps, charts and photographs relating to William Voorhees Judson, military officer, army engineer, political writer and speaker, and military attaché in Russia in 1917. Collection contains much material concerning the Russian Revolution, most of which has been published in Russia in War and Revolution; General William V. Judson's Accounts from Petrograd, 1917-1918, edited by Neil V. Salzman, Kent State University Press, 1998. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Judson |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 40 7 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
William Voorhees Judson Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of son Clay Judson, 1946, 1962; granddaughter Alice Ryerson Hayes, 1988.
Processed by
Amy Nyholm, 1946; Virginia H. Smith, 2002
Access
The William Voorhees Judson Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The William Voorhees Judson Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of William Voorhees Judson
American army officer, military engineer and diplomat.
William V. Judson was raised in Indiana, where he was born in 1865. After attending Harvard for a year, he transferred to the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1888 with an appointment as a second lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. He also graduated from the U.S. Engineer School in 1891, and for the next dozen years he was involved in various projects related to river and harbor improvements in the Midwest, New York, Puerto Rico, Texas and other southern locations.
In 1904-05, Judson was detailed as military attaché with the Russian Army in the Russo-Japanese War. His first-hand observations and his skilled reports from this experience led to his appointment as a member of the Elihu Root Mission to Russia in 1917. In the intervening years, among other activities, he continued to carry on work on harbor and lighthouse developments, (during which time he invented and patented a type of concrete caissons), consulted on the building of the Panama Canal, served for four years as Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and devised plans for canal expansion in the Great Lakes region.
An important period of Judson's career was spent in Petrograd, Russia in 1917. His duty with the Root Mission began in May, and when the Mission returned to Washington in July, he remained as a Brigadier-General assigned to duty as Chief of the American Military Mission to Russia and Military Attaché to the American Embassy at Petrograd. At odds with the American Ambassador David R. Francis over how the Bolshevik rise to power could affect the outcome of the war, Judson was recalled to Washington in January, 1918. However, his reports and recommendations regarding American-Russian relations, which reflected his unsuccessful attempts to effect a change in U.S. policy toward Russia, eventually earned him recognition and a Distinguished Service Medal.
Upon return to the U.S., Judson assumed command at the New York Port of Embarkation at Hoboken, N.J., overseeing the departure of more than five hundred thousand troops for France during the height of the influenza epidemic. Succumbing to the disease himself, Judson was honorably discharged from the national army and was reverted to the rank of colonel in the Army Corps of Engineers. With an office in Chicago, he resumed his engineering work as division engineer in charge of river and harbor improvements, which he continued until his death in 1923.
William V. Judson married Alice C. Clay in 1891 and had one son, Clay.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
The collection reflects the diversity of William V. Judson's career, consisting of correspondence of over twenty years; manuscript and printed memos, speeches, reports and articles both of engineering and diplomatic subject matter; certificates, clippings, maps and blueprints, and photographs. The materials are particularly rich relating to Judson's activities in Russia, most specifically during the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917. Also, correspondence of Judson's son Clay Judson regarding his father's career and death.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1896-1922. Box(es) 1
- Series 2: Works, 1901-1922. Box(es) 2-4
- Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1897-1924. Box(es) 5
- Series 4: Clay Judson Material, 1917-1947. Box(es) 6
- Series 5: Photographs, 1888-1919. Box(es) 6
- Series 6: Oversize Box
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927
- Goethals, George W. (George Washington), 1858-1928
- Judson, Clay
- Judson, William V. (William Voorhees), 1865-1923
- LaFollette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925
- Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of, 1853-1920 - Portraits
- Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924
Subjects
- Canals - Design and construction
- Chicago (Ill.) - History - 20th century - Sources
- Correspondence - United States - 1896-1925
- Engineering drawings
- Harbors - Design and construction
- Hydraulic engineers - United States
- Influenza - United States - History - 20th century - Sources
- Lakeshore development - Illinois - Chicago - History - 20th century - Sources
- Manchuria (China) - History - 20th century - Sources
- Manuscripts, American
- Maps, Military
- Military attachés
- Military engineers
- New York (N.Y.) - History - 20th century - Sources
- Panama Canal (Panama) - History - Sources
- Photographs - 1888-1919
- Puerto Rico - History - 20th century - Sources
- River engineering - History - 20th century - Sources
- Russian Revolution, 1917-1921 - Sources
- Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 - Sources
- Washington (D.C.) - History - 20th century - Sources
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Container List
Series 1: Correspondence, 1896-1922 |
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| The correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing letters, including a small group of letters to and from George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal. Also, several letters from General Hugh Lenox Scott in 1917 and one letter from Senator Robert M. LaFollette and one from President Woodrow Wilson. Except for letters to his wife and son, most of Judson's correspondence is typewritten copies. There are a few letters included that are neither to or from Judson. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by author. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Ansell, Samuel Tilden | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Baker, Newton Diehl to Sec. Of State | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Bakhmeteff, George to Oscar T. Crosby | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Beach, Lansing | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Berger, Victor | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Black, William M. | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Blake, Tiffany | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Boggs, Frank C. | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Bond, P.S. | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Bruce, William G. | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Burke, John | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Burleson, Albert S. | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Chambers, A.F. | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Cheney, Sherwood | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Clay, William R. | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Crowder, Enoch H. | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Crozier, William | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Davison, Charles S. | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Emery, Henry C. to William S. Culbertson | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Emery, Henry C. to William V. Judson | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Feiulle, Frank to George W. Goethals | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Flagler, Clement A.F. | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Flather, William J. | |||||||||
| 1 | 24-26 | Goethals, George W. | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Goethals, George, W. to Henry L. Stimson | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Goethals, George, W. to Francis E. Warren | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Hamilton, J. Kent | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Harding, Chester: (2 blueprints removed to Oversize Box, Folder 1) | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Hyzer, Edward | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Judson, W.V. to F.W. Altstaetter | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Judson , W.V. to Lansing H. Beach | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Judson, W.V. to William M. Black | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Judson, W.V. to Tiffany Blake | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Judson, W.V. to P.S. Bond | |||||||||
| 1 | 37-39 | Judson, W.V. to Albert S. Burleson | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | Judson, W.V. to Theo. E. Burton | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | Judson, W.V. to James B. Cavanaugh | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | Judson, W.V. to Sherwood Cheney | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Judson, W.V. to Chicago Golf Club | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Judson, W. V. to Chief of Military Intelligence Division | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Judson, W.V. to Chief of Russian General Staff | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Judson, W.V. to Isabelle Clay | |||||||||
| 1 | 47 | Judson, W.V. to Sally Clay | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | Judson, W. V. to Seymour Coman | |||||||||
| 1 | 49 | Judson, W.V. to Secor Cunningham Jr. | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Judson, W.V. to Mrs. Walter Farwell | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | Judson, W.V. to Clement A.F. Flagler | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Judson, W.V. to Robert H. Fletcher | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | Judson, W.V. to Augustus P. Gardner | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Judson, W.V. to George W. Goethals | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 | Judson, W.V. to Charles D. Hilles | |||||||||
| 1 | 56-57 | Judson, W.V. to Alice Clay Judson | |||||||||
| 1 | 58 | Judson, W.V. to Clay Judson | |||||||||
| 1 | 59 | Judson, W.V. to C. Keller | |||||||||
| 1 | 60 | Judson, W.V. to William S. Kenyon | |||||||||
| 1 | 61 | Judson, W.V. to Gen. A. MacKenzie | |||||||||
| 1 | 62 | Judson, W.V. to Robert R. McCormick | |||||||||
| 1 | 63 | Judson, W.V. to Gen. Peyton C. March | |||||||||
| 1 | 64 | Judson, W.V. to Thomas B. Mott | |||||||||
| 1 | 65 | Judson, W.V. to William A. Oldfield | |||||||||
| 1 | 66 | Judson, W.V. to E.L. Packer | |||||||||
| 1 | 67 | Judson, W.V. to Robert I. Randolph | |||||||||
| 1 | 68 | Judson, W.V. to Hugh Lenox Scott | |||||||||
| 1 | 69 | Judson, W.V. to Thomas D. Thacher | |||||||||
| 1 | 70 | Judson, W.V. to William B. Thompson | |||||||||
| 1 | 71 | Judson, W.V. to W.P. Wooten | |||||||||
| 1 | 72 | Judson, W.V. to W.E. Yates | |||||||||
| 1 | 73 | Kerth, Monroe | |||||||||
| 1 | 74 | Kingman, Dan C. | |||||||||
| 1 | 75 | Klapp, Eugene | |||||||||
| 1 | 76 | LaFollette, Robert M. | |||||||||
| 1 | 77 | Lansing [Robert] | |||||||||
| 1 | 78 | Leighton, Marshall to Harry Taylor | |||||||||
| 1 | 79 | Long, Breckenridge to Mrs. W.V. Judson | |||||||||
| 1 | 80 | Loweth, Charles | |||||||||
| 1 | 81 | MacKenzie, A[lexander] | |||||||||
| 1 | 82 | McCormick, Robert S. | |||||||||
| 1 | 83 | March, Payton C. | |||||||||
| 1 | 84 | Michie, [Robert E.L.] | |||||||||
| 1 | 85 | Milwaukee Journal | |||||||||
| 1 | 86 | Mott, T. Bentley | |||||||||
| 1 | 87 | Packer, E.L. | |||||||||
| 1 | 88 | Pomerene, Atlee | |||||||||
| 1 | 89 | Putnam, Rufus W. | |||||||||
| 1 | 90 | Robins, Raymond | |||||||||
| 1 | 91 | Scott, Hugh Lenox | |||||||||
| 1 | 92 | Sheriff, Andrew R. | |||||||||
| 1 | 93 | Sinclair, Arthur | |||||||||
| 1 | 94 | Stewart, J.W. | |||||||||
| 1 | 95 | Taylor, Henry | |||||||||
| 1 | 96 | Thompson, William B. | |||||||||
| 1 | 97 | Tompkins, J.A.B. | |||||||||
| 1 | 98 | Whitney, H.H. | |||||||||
| 1 | 99 | Wigmore, John H. | |||||||||
| 1 | 100 | Wilson, Woodrow to Albert S. Burleson | |||||||||
| 1 | 101 | Wooten, W.P. | |||||||||
| 1 | 102 | Unidentified (6) | |||||||||
Series 2: Works, 1901-1922 |
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| Documents, both manuscript and printed, relating to Judson's work as an army engineer and as a military attaché, consisting of articles, communiqués, memoranda, reports and speeches. The material covers his role as director of public works in Puerto Rico in 1903 and along the waterfronts of the Great Lakes and other waterways of the U.S., as consultant with George W. Goethals during the building of the Panama Canal, as military observer during the Russo-Japanese War, as Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, as military attaché in Petrograd in 1917, as commander at the Port of Embarkation of New York in 1918 and finally, as river and harbor improvement engineer in Chicago. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 2 | 103 | U.S. Patent Office. "William V. Judson of the U.S. Army, Structure for Use in Hydraulic Engineering," 1901 | |||||||||
| 2 | 104 | W.V. Judson, "Strategic Value of her West Indian Possessions to the United States," 1902 | |||||||||
| 2 | 105 | Report entitled "Military Policy in Statesmanship," 1905? | |||||||||
| 2 | 106 | Speech before the Society of Colonial Wars, 1905, Dec. 20 | |||||||||
| 2 | 107 | Notes extracted by W.V. Judson from "Heresies of Sea Power" by F.T. Jane, 1906? | |||||||||
| 2 | 108 | Speech before the Ladies of the Society of Colonial Dames, 1906? | |||||||||
| 2 | 109 | Report of Capt. W.V. Judson, attaché with the Russian army in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War, 1906, Feb. 15 | |||||||||
| 2 | 110 | Report of Capt. W.V. Judson, attaché with the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War (copy 2), 1906, Feb. 15 | |||||||||
| 2 | 111 | Excerpts from report on Russo-Japanese War, 1906-1907 | |||||||||
| 2 | 112 | Field service regulations. (Lecture before Officers School of the National Guard of the State of Wisconsin), 1906, Mar. 7 | |||||||||
| 2 | 113 | Report of Capt. W.V. Judson, Corps of Engineers, observer with the Russian Forces in Manchuria, 1907 | |||||||||
| 2 | 114 | Address to Shipmaster Association, Milwaukee, 1908, Jan. 28, second address, n.d. | |||||||||
| 2 | 115 | Studies for breakwater enrockment, with measurements for caissons. Blueprint. (See Oversize Box, Folder 2), 1909, Feb. 18, 25 | |||||||||
| 2 | 116 | W.V. Judson, "Structure for the Use of Hydraulic Engineering." Patent issued May 11, 1909. 3 copies, one with form and government seal, 1909, May 11 | |||||||||
| 2 | 117 | "Concrete-Steel Caissons: Their Development and Use for Breakwaters, Piers and Revetments" (3 copies), 1909, August | |||||||||
| 2 | 118 | Speech before the House of Representatives regarding District of Columbia bills, 1910? | |||||||||
| 2 | 119 | Speech asking support for Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 1910? | |||||||||
| 2 | 120 | Speech on foreign affairs, 1910? | |||||||||
| 2 | 121 | Speech, "You may ask what I mean by a federal city?" 1910? | |||||||||
| 2 | 122 | Statements concerning an appropriation bill in the District of Columbia, 1910? | |||||||||
| 2 | 123 | Report of hearing before the House Committee on the District of Columbia, 1910, Mar. 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | 124 | "Portions of a talk by Maj. W.V. Judson before the Washington Society of Engineers," 1910, May 20 | |||||||||
| 2 | 125 | Address of welcome to the American Prison Congress, 1910, Sept. 29 | |||||||||
| 2 | 126 | "Gentlemen of the University Club," 1911? | |||||||||
| 2 | 127 | Report of suggestions for expenditures and appropriations for governing the district of Columbia, 1911? | |||||||||
| 2 | 128 | Speech to Georgetown Assoc., regarding the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1911? | |||||||||
| 2 | 129 | Statement concerning District of Columbia parklands, 1911? | |||||||||
| 2 | 130 | Speech before Brookland Citizens' Association on government and growth of D.C., 1911, Jan. 18 | |||||||||
| 2 | 131 | Speech to Monday Club on improving D.C., 1911, Feb. 20 | |||||||||
| 2 | 132 | Speech to West Rock Creek Citizens' Association regarding improvements to D.C., 1911, Apr. 25 | |||||||||
| 2 | 133 | Address at presentation of flag to Hubbard School playground, 1911, Nov. 10 | |||||||||
| 2 | 134 | Speech, "Washington, the Model City" with printed copy, 1911, Dec. 13 | |||||||||
| 2 | 135 | Welcoming speech to American Civic Alliance, 1911, Dec. 28 | |||||||||
| 2 | 136 | Speech before alumni of Lehigh University, 1912? | |||||||||
| 2 | 137 | Speech on municipal art, 1912? | |||||||||
| 2 | 138 | Speech to the Six O'Clock Club (notes), 1912, Jan. | |||||||||
| 2 | 139 | Remarks at the dinner of the Washington Traffic Club, 1912, Feb. 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | 140 | Speech at the Gardner dinner, [1912] Feb. 23 | |||||||||
| 2 | 141 | "Washington, a Model City" addressed to the Harrisburg Board of Trade, 1912, May 14 | |||||||||
| 2 | 142 | Address of welcome to the New England Waterworks Association, 1912, Sept. 18 | |||||||||
| 2 | 143 | Speech to "Com. Of 100, Willard Hotel" on D.C. parks plan, 1912, Dec. | |||||||||
| 2 | 144 | Address of welcome to the American Institute of Architects, 1912, Dec. 10 | |||||||||
| 2 | 144a | Notes on work as District of Columbia Commissioner ("to be expanded per letter to Harding"), 1913? | |||||||||
| 2 | 145 | Speech to "Com. of 100, Willard Hotel" on D.C. parks plan, 1913, Jan. 22 | |||||||||
| 2 | 146 | "The Efficient City", address to the Monday Evening Club, 1913, Feb. 17 | |||||||||
| 3 | 147 | "National Responsibilities and Military Preparedness" copy 1, 1914-1915 | |||||||||
| 3 | 148 | "National Responsibilities and Military Preparedness" copy 2, 1914-1915 | |||||||||
| 3 | 149 | Speech, "Every American city dweller...," 1914, Jan. 13 | |||||||||
| 3 | 150 | Address to the Union League Club, 1914, May 12 | |||||||||
| 3 | 151 | Speech at University Club luncheon for Goethals, 1915, Jan. 23 | |||||||||
| 3 | 152 | Memorandum: Study of the Chicago Harbor Problem, 2 copies, 1915, Feb. 24 | |||||||||
| 3 | 153 | Professional Memoirs, pub. By the Engineer School, with a "Discussion" by Judson, pp. 175-180, 1915, April | |||||||||
| 3 | 154 | "Study of the Chicago River Problem," 1915, May | |||||||||
| 3 | 155 | Lecture to training camp at Fort Sheridan, 1915, Oct. 8 | |||||||||
| 3 | 156 | "Engineer Duties in Field War-Fare," 1916? | |||||||||
| 3 | 157 | Sketch of Concrete-Steel Caisson designed for use as a Submarine Torpedo Battery. Blueprint. (See Oversize Box, Folder 3), 1916, Nov. | |||||||||
| 3 | 158 | Article on the preparedness for war, 1917? | |||||||||
| 3 | 159 | Memorandum for special ambassador as to proper military organization for immediate establishment in Russia, 1917? | |||||||||
| 3 | 160 | Miscellaneous notes on the Russian situation, 1917? | |||||||||
| 3 | 161 | "Proposed organization American Munitions Section," 1917? | |||||||||
| 3 | 162 | "Memorandum as to Alexander Guchkoff, now Russian minister of war and of the navy," 1917, Apr. 21 | |||||||||
| 3 | 163 | "The British Military Mission in Russia," 1917, June | |||||||||
| 3 | 164 | Notes relating to Murman, 1917, July 16 | |||||||||
| 3 | 165 | Military notes. (Photo of Gen. Velitchko removed to Photographs, Box 6), 1917, July 17-Oct. 20 | |||||||||
| 3 | 166 | Memorandum from Military Attaché to Chief, War College Division, General Staff, on organization of office, 1917, July 19 | |||||||||
| 3 | 167-170 | Paraphrases of telegrams and messages sent from Russia to War College in D.C., 1917, July 19-1918, Jan. 30 | |||||||||
| 3 | 171 | Memo from Military Attaché to Chief, War College Division in D.C., 1917, July 31 | |||||||||
| 3 | 172 | Letters and memos to and from Ambassador David R. Francis, 1917, July 31-1918, Jan. 15 | |||||||||
| 3 | 173 | Memo from Military Attaché to Chief, War College Division in D.C. (estimate of Russian military situation), 1917, Aug. 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | 174 | "Significant quotations from my communications to our Government (War College)...," 1917, Aug. 7 - 1918, Jan. 16 | |||||||||
| 3 | 175 | Memos to Chief, War College Division, 1917, Sept. 3-Oct. 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | 176 | Memo to Chief, War College Division, recounting daily events in Petrograd, 1917, Oct. 10 | |||||||||
| 3 | 177 | Memo to Secretary, War College Division, re-counting daily events in Petrograd, 1917, Nov. 8-13 | |||||||||
| 3 | 178 | Diary of Brig. Gen. W.V. Judson, 1917, Nov. 14 - 1918, Jan. 21 | |||||||||
| 4 | 179 | Address concerning embarkation of army personnel, 1918? | |||||||||
| 4 | 180 | Diary, notes, lists. Back of diary used for financial records, 1919-1922 | |||||||||
| 4 | 181 | Notes for a speech on conditions in Russia, 1918? | |||||||||
| 4 | 182 | Notes from "The German forces in the field...," 1918? | |||||||||
| 4 | 183 | "To Write" - fragment list of topics, 1918? | |||||||||
| 4 | 184 | Communication to chief quartermaster of the General Staff Vodar in reply to Russian inquiry, [1918], Jan. 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | 185 | Orders to Lt. Col. Monroe C. Kerth, 1918, Jan. 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | 186 | Memo to Chief of French Military Mission, Petrograd, 1918, Jan. 12 | |||||||||
| 4 | 187 | Memo to Acting Chief of Staff, supplement to Feb. 26 memo. Enclosure to Judson, "Proposed Japanese Intervention in Siberia," 1918, Mar. 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | 188 | Memo no. 3 to Acting Chief of Staff, "Action in Russia," 1918, Mar. 8 | |||||||||
| 4 | 189 | Memo to Acting Chief of Staff on Japan/Siberian activities, 1918, Mar. 12 | |||||||||
| 4 | 190 | Memo to Acting Chief of Staff, "Instructions, etc. to Military Attaches et al.," 1918, Mar. 14 | |||||||||
| 4 | 191 | Report on the Russian situation, 1918, Mar. 16 | |||||||||
| 4 | 192 | Memo to A.S. Burleson concerning Ambassador Francis and "one Madame de C.," 1918, July 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | 193 | Program for proposed action in Russia, 1918, July 18 | |||||||||
| 4 | 194 | Memo to Chief of Staff regarding Generals Dieterichs and Horvath, 1918, Aug. 20 | |||||||||
| 4 | 195 | Memo to the Chief of Staff, on "Suggested Contact with Russia," 1918, Aug. 21 | |||||||||
| 4 | 196 | Memo for Director or Purchase, Storage and Traffic regarding "Demobilization," 1918, Nov. 9 | |||||||||
| 4 | 197 | Report concerning Gen. Peyton C. March, 1919? | |||||||||
| 4 | 198 | Speech before the Ladies and Gentlemen of the City Club of Milwaukee, 1919? | |||||||||
| 4 | 199 | Report to the Sec. of War on "Certain Events in Russia, 1917-1918," 1919, June 18 | |||||||||
| 4 | 200 | Proposed Chicago lake shore development, 1919, Sept. 17 | |||||||||
| 4 | 201 | Report on the proposed Chicago lake shore development, 1919, Sept. 19 | |||||||||
| 4 | 202 | Chicago River problem, extract from letter to Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1919, Nov. 13 | |||||||||
| 4 | 203 | Data for consideration of application for permits for filling under Chicago Lake Front ordinance. Map. (See Oversize Box, Folder 4), 1919, Nov. 13 | |||||||||
| 4 | 204 | Discussion "on Thompkins' paper" concerning caisson patent, 1919, Dec. | |||||||||
| 4 | 205 | Memo concerning care and protection of navigable waters, 1920? | |||||||||
| 4 | 206 | Report: "Chicago to Gulf," 1920? | |||||||||
| 4 | 207 | Memo to Sales Commissary Q.M.C. for supplies, 1920, Sept. 24 | |||||||||
| 4 | 208 | Report, "The Chicago Lake Front Problem," 1920, June 30 | |||||||||
| 4 | 209 | Reference Sheets, Milwaukee District on work to be done in harbors for fiscal year ending June 30, 1921 (3 sheets). (See Oversize Box, Folder 5), 1920, Nov.-1921, Feb. 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | 210 | Proposed application of funds asked for regarding Chicago harbor repairs, 1920, Nov. 12 | |||||||||
| 4 | 211 | Reference sheet, Chicago, Ill. District: work to be done in harbors for fiscal year ending June 30, 1921 (3 sheets). (See Oversize Box, Folder 6), 1920, Nov.-1921, Jan. | |||||||||
| 4 | 212 | Article on war, [Nov. 26, 1921] | |||||||||
| 4 | 213 | "Illiana Harbor", article printed in Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, 1922, July | |||||||||
Series 3: Miscellaneous, 1897-1924 |
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| Certificates, clippings, diplomas, documents, maps, memos to Judson, special military orders and reports by others, patent and engineering material, printed Congressional documents, and a miscellany of personal items. Subjects include the Russian Revolution, Manchuria in 1907, the District of Columbia, Chicago harbor and river improvements, and the Spanish influenza epidemic. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by type of material. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 5 | 214 | Appointment to Additional 2nd Lieutenant in Corps of Engineers (See Oversize Box, Folder 7), July, 1888. | |||||||||
| 5 | 215 | Bank statement, Dec. 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 216 | Calling card in Russian | |||||||||
| 5 | 217 | Certificate appointing Judson Brigadier General, signed by President Wilson. (See Oversize Box, Folder 8), Aug. 5, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 218 | Certificate for Distinguished Service Medal (See Oversize Box, Folder 9), Nov. 12, 1925. | |||||||||
| 5 | 219-220 | Clippings, 1907-1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 221 | Decorations given to members of the Foreign Service, including Judson (Order of St. Anne), [1917] | |||||||||
| 5 | 222 | Diploma from the U.S. Military Academy (See Oversize Box, Folder 10), June, 1888 | |||||||||
| 5 | 223 | Diploma from Harvard College (See Oversize Box, Folder 11), June 28, 1891 | |||||||||
| 5 | 224 | Distinguished Service Medal information, Nov., 1920; Jan., 1921 | |||||||||
| 5 | 225-227 | Embassy Translations: a collection of documents pertaining to the Russian Revolution, Sept., 1917-Jan., 1918. | |||||||||
| 5 | 228 | Engineer publications available for distribution from the War Department, Dec. 27, 1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 229 | Indiana Harbor, Ind.: Congressional report from War Department Board of Engineers, July 2, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 230 | Information and communiques exchanged between French and American Military Attaches, Jan., 1917-Jan., 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 231 | Invitation to lunch "Par Ordre de Sa Majeste le Roi" [1917] | |||||||||
| 5 | 232 | Maps: Official Russian maps, Petrograd (Five maps located in Oversize Box, Folder 12), 1915-1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 233 | Memo No. 1 on Chicago Harbor Problem, Dec., 1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 234 | Memo to Judson from Major Kerth regarding U.S. soldiers with Russian units for propaganda work, Nov. 1, 1917, | |||||||||
| 5 | 235 | Memo to Judson from Major Kerth regarding analysis of Lt. Col. Yates' correspondence, Jan. 14, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 236 | Memos and letter from Henry Miller sent to Ambassador, Oct. 10, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 237 | Memos and Notes by Thos. B. Mott regarding Judson and the Russian situation, Sept. 20-22, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 238 | Memos from Maj. Henry C. Emery regarding purchase of material in Russia, Jan. 21, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 239 | Memos on Judson's work as Commissioner of the District of Columbia, [1913-14] | |||||||||
| 5 | 240 | Military Service Record of William V. Judson, 1924 | |||||||||
| 5 | 241 | Newspaper: The New Russian Daily News (Located in Oversize, Folder 13), Dec. 15/28, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 242 | Notes from "Hamley's Operations of War," 1909 ed. | |||||||||
| 5 | 243 | "Observations from the Northern Front" [by a Y.M.C.A. worker], Jan., 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 244 | Official orders appointing Judson Chief of American Mission to Russia, July 9, 1917. | |||||||||
| 5 | 245 | Passport identification, June, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 246 | Patent for retaining walls, 1897 | |||||||||
| 5 | 247 | "Preparation for Peace": an address by Walter L. Fisher in The University Record, Jan., 1916 | |||||||||
| 5 | 248 | President Wilson's Message to Congress, Jan. 8, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 249 | Program and announcements of Engineering Council Conference, April 23-25, 1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 250 | Program of Joint Committee on Military Engineering, May 16, 1916 | |||||||||
| 5 | 251 | Report by British Military Equipment Section in Russia, Oct. 18, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 252 | Report for Judson on the situation in Russia from E.F. Riggs, Jan. 22, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 253 | Report of W.S. Crosley, Naval Attaché, sent to Ambassador Francis, June 30, 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 254 | Report of Lt. Col. Edward J. McClernand, observer with the Japanese forces in Manchuria (printed pub.), 1907 | |||||||||
| 5 | 255 | Report on the career of Judson as Washington, D.C. Commissioner by George H. Gall, Nov., 1912 | |||||||||
| 5 | 256 | Report on the Chicago River Bridges, Jan. 28, 1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 257 | Reports, memos, directives on influenza conditions, Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N.J., Sept.-Oct.,1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 258 | Reports on Spanish influenza and the military, Sept.-Nov., 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 259 | Special orders from the Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N.J., Oct., 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 260 | Statement regarding accomplishments of the "special war mission which recently returned from Europe" by Sec. of State Robert Lansing, Jan. 2, 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 261 | Statistics regarding the Chicago harbor breakwater (blueprints), 1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 262 | Transfer of ordnance property invoices, Sept.-Nov., 1918 | |||||||||
| 5 | 263 | U.S. Congress Acts, Bills and Reports, Feb., 1911-1914? | |||||||||
| 5 | 264 | U.S. Congress: Senate Bill No. 252 on Waterways, Mar. 13, 1919 | |||||||||
| 5 | 265 | U.S. Congress Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, List of members, 1912? | |||||||||
| 5 | 266 | U.S. Department of State press releases, May-July, 1920 | |||||||||
| 5 | 267 | U.S. Engineer Office, Dept. of Porto Rico Construction of Public Roads, 1900 | |||||||||
| 5 | 268 | U.S. War Department: Army Regulations, Nov., 1917 | |||||||||
Series 4: Clay Judson Material, 1917-1947 |
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| Correspondence of Clay Judson, bulk 1924, concerning the life and career of his father, William Voorhees Judson, plus miscellaneous letters of others, written after Judson's death in 1923. Also, several drafts of a biographical sketch of William V. Judson by Clay Judson, two copies of this sketch printed in the Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy June 12, 1924; and two copies of Logistic, 1946, 1947, containing articles about the use of caissons invented by Judson. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence arranged chronologically; works filed at the end correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 6 | 269 | Clay Judson to Mrs. William V. Judson, July 23, 1917 | |||||||||
| 6 | 270 | Clay Judson to William Thompson, June 28, 1921 | |||||||||
| 6 | 271 | Herman Bleyer to Clay Judson; Clay Judson to Herman Bleyer, April 6, 23, 1923 | |||||||||
| 6 | 272 | Leonard Wood to Mrs. William V. Judson, May 17, 1923 | |||||||||
| 6 | 273 | R. G. Alexander to W.P. Wooten, Jan. 18, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 274 | W.P. Wooten to Clay Judson, Jan. 18, 1824 | |||||||||
| 6 | 275 | Graham R. Taylor to Clay Judson, March. 7, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 276 | Clay Judson to Monroe C. Kerth; Monroe C. Kerth to Clay Judson, March 17, 1924; March 24, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 277 | John H. Dunlap to W.P. Wooten, April 28, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 278 | W.P. Wooten to Clay Judson; Clay Judson to W.P. Wooten, April 29, May 19, 1924; May 9, 19246 | |||||||||
| 6 | 279 | Eli A. Helmick to Clay Judson with enclosures on the career of W. V. Judson, May 21, 1924, | |||||||||
| 6 | 280 | Delmar Leighton to Clay Judson, May 21, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 281 | Lutz Wahl to W.P. Wooten with copy of "War Department, General Orders, No. 11" 1921, May 245, 1924, | |||||||||
| 6 | 282 | W.P. Wooten to Clay Judson; Clay Judson to W.P. Wooten, May 26, 1924; May 28, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 283 | Clay Judson to Seeman & Petersl; Seeman & Peters to Clay Judson, May 28, June 27, Aug. 6, 1924; June 4, 30, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 284 | Mrs. W.V. Judson to Clay Judson; Clay Judson to Mrs. W.V. Judson, [June, 1924]; June 12, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 285 | W.P. Wooten to Clay Judson; Clay Judson to W.P. Wooten, June 9, 12, 1924; June 10, 20, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 286 | R. G. Alexander to Clay Judson, June 11, 28, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 287 | Clay Judson to Assoc. of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy, June 19, 27, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 288 | W.P. Wooten to John H. Dunlap, July 8, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 289 | W.P. Wooten to Clay Judson with biographical enclosure; Clay Judson to W.P. Wooten, July 9, 1924; July 11, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 290 | Clay Judson to Eli A. Helmick, July 10, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 291 | Lucy M. Elliott to Clay Judson, July 31, Aug. 5, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 292 | Charles E. Judson to Clay Judson, Aug. 2, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 293 | Clay Judson to Harry Taylor; Harry Taylor to Clay Judson, Sept. 29, 1924; Oct. 21, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 294 | Charles King to Clay Judson, Oct. 7, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 295 | Peyton C. March to Clay Judson, Oct. 28, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 296 | Alexander A. McCormick to Clay Judson, July 24, 1925 | |||||||||
| 6 | 297 | Edwin C. Peters to Clay Judson, July 31, 1942 | |||||||||
| 6 | 298 | Laird Bell to Clay Judson, Dec. 14, 1942 | |||||||||
| 6 | 299 | Clay Judson to Lloyd Lewis with 2 copies of Logistics magazine, Feb. 14, 1947 | |||||||||
| 6 | 300 | Works: "William Voorhees Judson" by Clay Judson. Two drafts. | |||||||||
| 6 | 301 | Works: "William Voorhees Judson 1865-1923" published in the Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy, June 12, 1924 | |||||||||
Series 5: Photographs, 1888-1919 |
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| The bulk consists of scenes of road construction in Porto Rico (sic), 1900-1901, and of the building and installation of Judson's caissons in Lake Michigan (discussed in letter from J.A.B. Tompkins, Jan. 14, 1919). Also, portraits of Judson, 1888 and 1919; group shots of the West Point Class of 1888 and of the Root Mission delegation, 1917; and portraits of Marie, Queen of Romania and General Velitchko, both 1917. Includes 2 views of Manchuria, 1916. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 6 | 302 | William Voorhees Judson, portrait (See Oversize Box, Folder 14), 1888 | |||||||||
| 6 | 303 | U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Class of 1888 (See Oversize Box, Folder 15) | |||||||||
| 6 | 304-309 | Road Construction in Puerto Rico, 1900-1901 | |||||||||
| 6 | 310 | Views of Puerto Rico, 1900-1901 | |||||||||
| 6 | 311 | Views of Manchuria, 1906 | |||||||||
| 6 | 312-313 | Caissons construction, circa. 1908-1916 | |||||||||
| 6 | 314 | Marie of Edinburgh, Queen of Romania, portrait (See Oversize Box, Folder 16) 1917 | |||||||||
| 6 | 315 | Root Mission to Russia, 1917 | |||||||||
| 6 | 316 | Gen. Velitchko, Oct., 1917 | |||||||||
| 6 | 317 | William V. Judson, portrait, circa 1919 | |||||||||
Series 6: Oversize Box |
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| Blueprints, certificates, diplomas, maps, newspaper, photographs and statistical sheets. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by original box and folder number. | |||||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||||
| 1 | Blueprints removed from Box 1, Folder 30 (Correspondence) | ||||||||||
| 2 | Blueprints removed from Box 2, Folder 115 (Works) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Blueprint removed from Box 3, Folder 157 (Works) | ||||||||||
| 4 | Map removed from Box 4, Folder 203 (Works) | ||||||||||
| 5 | Reference Sheets removed from Box 4, Folder 209 (Works) | ||||||||||
| 6 | Reference Sheets removed from Box 4, Folder 211 (Works) | ||||||||||
| 7 | Military Appointment Document removed from Box 5, Folder 214 (Misc.) | ||||||||||
| 8 | Certificate removed from Box 5, Folder 217 (Misc.) | ||||||||||
| 9 | Certificate removed from Box 5, Folder 218 (Misc.) | ||||||||||
| 10 | Diploma removed from Box 5, Folder 222 (Misc.) | ||||||||||
| 11 | Diploma removed from Box 5, Folder 223 (Misc.) | ||||||||||
| 12 | Maps removed from Box 5, Folder 232 (Misc.) | ||||||||||
| 13 | Newspaper removed from Box 5, Folder 241 (Misc.) | ||||||||||
| 14 | Photograph removed from Box 6, Folder 302 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Photographs removed from Box 6, Folder 303 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Photograph removed from Box 6, Folder 314 | ||||||||||
Related Material
Appendix - Maps too large for Oversize Box, or more appropriately housed with Chicago maps, now cataloged and stored in the Newberry Map Collection:
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