Walter J. Carrier Papers
00138

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Carrier, Walter J.
Title
Walter J. Carrier papers
ID
00138
Date [inclusive]
1914-1931
Extent
1.66 Cubic feet , 5 volumes in box.
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Scope and Contents note

The Walter Carrier papers consist of correspondence, government publications, scrapbooks, and volumes collected by Carrier during the years 1914-1931. The correspondence reveals Carrier's deep pacifistic beliefs. His views on such issues as World War I and the American intervention into Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the 1920s are of particular interest. The scrapbooks contain several pieces of correspondence as well as newspaper clippings.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections April 1979

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  March 2002

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Marie Saxton, 1969-05-27.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps.
  • United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
  • United States. Department of Commerce.
  • United States. Marine Corps.
  • United States. Shipping Board.

Genre(s)

  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Publications
  • Scrapbooks

Geographic Name(s)

  • Dominican Republic -- History -- American occupation, 1916-1924
  • Germany
  • Haiti -- History -- American occupation, 1915-1934
  • Ireland
  • Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • Puerto Rico -- Politics and government

Personal Name(s)

  • Saxton, Marie
  • Vaca, T. S.
  • Wheeler, Burton K., (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

Subject(s)

  • Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia
  • Commerce -- United States
  • International cooperation
  • Optometrists
  • Pacifism -- United States
  • Speeches, addresses, etc.
  • Trials -- West Virginia
  • War criminals
  • World War, 1914-1918

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Collection Inventory

Box

Correspondence 

1
Box Folder

 1914 

1 1

 1916 

1 2

 1917 

1 3

 1919 

1 4

 January - October 1920 

1 5

 November - December 1920 

1 6

 January - February 1921 

1 7

 April - September 1921 

1 8

 November - December 1921 

1 9

 January - March 1922 

1 10

 April - June 1922 

1 11

 July - September 1922 

1 12

 October - December 1922 

1 13

 January 1923 

1 14

 February - March 1923 

1 15

 April 1923 

1 16

 May - August 1923 

1 17

 January - April 1924 

1 18

 May - July 1924 

1 19

 August - October 1924 

1 20

 November - December 1924 

1 21

 January - March 1925 

1 22

 April - June 1925 

1 23

 July - September 1925 

1 24

 October - December 1925 

1 25

 1926 

1 26

 1927 

1 27

 January - March 1928 

1 28

 April - May 1928 

1 29

 June - September 1928 

1 30

 October - December 1928 

1 31

 1929 

1 32

 1931 

1 33

 n.d. 

1 34

Envelopes 

1 36
Box Folder

Personal Notes and Memoranda -- n.d. 

1 35
Box

Government Publications - Pamphlets 

2
Box Folder

"American Loyalty by Citizens of German Descent" -- August 1917 

2 1

"The Government of Germany" by Charles D. Hazen -- August 1917 

2 2

"Convention between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic" -- 1917 

2 3

"Why America Fights Germany" by John Tatlock -- March 1918 

2 4

"Investigating Strike In Steel Industries" -- Nov. 8, 1919 

2 5

"Additional Act Between the United States and Haiti Extending the Duration of the Treaty of September 16, 1915 -- 1919 

2 6

"Protocol between the United States and Haiti, Establishment of Claims Commission" -- 1919 

2 7

Department of State Press Release Concerning Withdrawal from Santo Domingo -- Dec. 24, 1920 

2 8

"Finances, Economic Development and Tranquility of Haiti" -- 1920 

2 9

"The Shipping and Merchant Marine Act" -- 1920 

2 10

"West Virginia Coal Fields Hearings", Vol. I -- 1921 

2 11

"West Virginia Coal Fields Hearings", Vol. II -- 1921 

2 12

Message by the President Appointing General John H. Russell as Commissioner to Haiti -- March 2, 1922 

2 13

"Corporate Powers of Association" -- March 13, 1922 

2 14

"Inquiry into Occupation and Administration of Haiti and the Dominican Republic" -- June 22, 1922 

2 15

"Memorandum of the Agreement of Evacuation of the Dominican Republic by the Military Forces of the United States" -- 1923 

2 16

"Report of the American High Commissioner at Port-Au-Prince Haiti" -- June 30, 1922 

2 17

Price list of Government Documents Concerning Laws -- January 1923 

2 18

"High Cost of Gasoline and Other Petroleum Products" -- March 4, 1923 

2 19

"Second Annual Report of the American High Commissioner at Port-Au-Prince Haiti" -- December 31, 1923 

2 20

"Additional Act Between the United States and Haiti Extending the Duration of the Treaty of September 16, 1915" -- 1923 

2 21

"Haiti, An Economic Survey" -- August 25, 1924 

2 22

"Third Annual Report of the American High Commissioner at Port-Au-Prince Haiti" -- 1924 

2 23

"Haiti, General Descriptive Data" -- 1924 

2 24

"Special Claims Convention between the United States and Mexico" -- 1924 

2 25

"Convention between the United States and Mexico, General Claims" -- 1924 

2 26

"Dominican Republic General Descriptive Data" -- 1924 

2 27

"Trade and Economic Review for 1923, Dominican Republic -- 1924 

2 28

"Convention and Protocol Between the United States and Costa Rica Facilitating the Work of Traveling Salesmen" -- 1924 

2 29

"Convention and Protocol Between the United States and Peru Facilitating the Work of Traveling Salesmen" -- 1924 

2 30

"Treaty Between the United States and Germany, Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights" -- 1925 

2 31

"Dollar Diplomacy at Work in Nicaragua and Mexico, Speech by Senator Burton K. Wheeler" -- 1927 

2 32

"Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board" -- June 30, 1928 

2 33

"Notes Exchanged Between the United States and Other Nations on the Subject of a Multilateral Treaty for the Renunciation of War" -- June 30, 1927 -- July 20, 1928 

2 34

"Publications of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce" -- September 1928 

3 1

"The United States Department of Commerce: Organization and Activities" -- November 1, 1928 

3 2

"Answers To Your Questions About the American Merchant Marine" -- November 1, 1928 

3 3

"Annual Report of the Director of the Bureau Foreign and Domestic Commerce" -- 1928 

3 4

"Practical Aids To American Exporters" -- 1928 

3 5

"Practical Aids to the independent Merchant" -- January 1, 1929 

3 6

Other Publications 

3
Box Folder

Michigan Public Act No. 71 for Regulation of Optometrists -- 1909 

3 7

"United States Marines" -- August 15, 1919 

3 8

No More War -- February 1923 

3 9

No More War -- December 1923 

3 10

"A Desirable Government" by J.F. Rutherford -- 1924 

3 11

"War Criminals - Who Were They? Why Were They?" by Louis E. Rowley -- 1924 

3 12

"Our Next Door Neighbor?" by Edwin W. Bishop -- 1928 

3 13

Brochures and Leaflets 

3
Box Folder

"The People's Legislative Service" -- (1923) 

3 14

"Outlaw War by Constitutional Amendment" -- January 1924 

3 15

"Dr. T.S. Vaca on the Stimson Peace Settlement" -- (c. 1927) 

3 16

"The American Peace Award" -- n.d. 

3 17

Newspaper Clippings -- 1923-1929 

3 18

"Nicaragua: The Next Step" Clipping from The New Republic -- January 23, 1929 

3 19

"Scrapbook No. 1" 

3 20

"Scrapbook No. 2" 

3 21

vol. 1: Scrapbook (Correspondence and Clippings) 

4

vol. 2: Evidence on Conditions in Ireland -- 1920-1921 

4

vol. 3: Government Reports on Porto Rico -- 1913-1920 

5

vol. 4: Inquiry Into the Occupation of Haiti and Santo Domingo -- 1921 

5

vol. 5: Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements between the United States and Other Powers, Vol. 3 -- 1910-1923 

5