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Robert Lansing COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: MA Date: 1/23/56 ROBERT (1864. - 1928) The papers of Robert Lansing, lawyer, State Department Counsellor, Secretary of State, member of American Peace Commission at Versailles for World War I, were deposited in the Library of Congress by Mrs. Robert Lansing and later made a gift. Restrictions were at that time placed on the diaries which have later been removed, Measure of size: Approximate number of items: 82 volumes In addition to this collection, the official papers of Mr. Lansing are in the National Archives. Tne collection is open to research under restrictions of the library of Congress. Inouiry about literary rights should be addressed to Mr. Lansing's nephews, John Foster Dulles or Allen Dulles, Robert Lansing II - 2 Biographical Note 1864, Oct. 17 Born, Watertown, New York 1886 B.A., Amherst 1889 Admitted to bar 1890, Jan. 15 Married Eleanor Foster 1889-1907 Member firm, i»ansing and Lansing 1892-93 Associate counsel for U. S. in Behring Sea Arbitration 1896-97 Counsel for U. S., Behring Sea Claims Commission 1903 Solicitor and counsel for U.S. before Alaskan Boundary Tribunal 1909-10 Counsel, North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration at The Hague 1912-U Agent of U.S., American and British Claims Arbitration 1915-20 Secretary of Stete in cabinet of Woodro-w Wilson 1918-19 Member, American Commission to Negotiate Peace 1920- Member firm, Lansing and Woolsey 1923-25 Counsel for Chile in Tacna-Arica Arbitration 1928, Oct. 30 Difld Author of: Government, Its Origin, growth and Form in the U. S. (with Ciary M. Jones). 1902. The Peace Negotiations. 1921. The Big Four and Others of the Peace Conference. 1921, Nojtes on Sovereignty. 1921. See: Who Was Who in America, 1897-1942, vol. I, Marquis. Robert Lansing III - 3 Description of Series The Lansing papers in the library of Congress have not been indexed, but have been spot-checked. The Library has an extensive list of subjects included. The collection consists of: 62 volumes of correspondence and other papers 7 desk books 13 volumes of diaries, unexamined until 194-9 on of restrictions account The papers concern chiefly Mr. Lansingfs services as Counsellor for the State Department, March 20, 1914 to June 23, 1915, and as Secretary of State, June 23, 191$ to February 13, 1920, with some material beyond that date and up to the time of his death in 1928,
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