Samuel Flagg Bemis papers

Collection

Identifier: camh-arc-004908

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Scope and Contents

The Samuel Flagg Bemis papers are comprised of correspondence, and plate patches for various editions of Bemis' books and notes and miscellaneous material on Jay's Treaty, acquired after publication of Bemis' 1923 study.

Other materials related to Jay's Treaty a Study in Commerce and Diplomacy include a printers copy and the monograph concerning the negotiations and questions surrounding the Jay Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain.

Dates

Creation: 1946 - 1968

Creator

Bémis, Samuel Flagg, 1891-1973 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no use restrictions on this collection. Publisher is responsible for complying with copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

American historian and biographer Samuel Flagg Bemis (1891-1973) taught at Yale University and was president of the American Historical Association. He specialized in American diplomatic history.

Bemis received his Ph.D. from Harvard University (1916) and taught at Colorado College, Whitman College, and George Washington University before taking a position at Yale in 1935.

His books included Jay's Treaty: A Study in Commerce and Diplomacy (1923); A Diplomatic History of the United States (1936); and John Quincy Adams and the Union (1956).