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William F. Willoughby, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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Graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1885, served as statistical expert for the US Department of Labor, member of the International Jury of Awards, Paris Exposition of 1900, instructor of economics at Harvard University in 1901, treasurer, secretary, and president of the Executive Council of Puerto Rico (1901-1909), assistant director of the US Census in 1910, member of the US Commission on Economy & Efficiency in Government, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University in 1912, deputy legal adviser to president of China (1914-16), director of Institute for Government Research (1916-32), and consultant to the Library of Congress (1940-44).
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Papers 1818-1955, of William Willoughby, economist, government official, director for the Institute of Research. The papers of William F. Willoughby, mostly concern his service as treasurer and secretary of Puerto Rico and as deputy legal adviser to President Yuan Shikai of China during the period when Yuan made an unsuccessful attempt to restore the monarchy to China by having himself crowned emperor. The collection includes personal correspondence of Willougby with his twin brother Westel Woodbury Willoughby, sister Alice Estelle Willoughby, copies of official memorandum prepared for the Chinese and published writings. There are also genealogical materials concerning the Willoughby and Woodbury families.
Husband has been appointed justice of the peace, news of Martha's son, Frank Willoughby; news of Westel, Benjamin and Edmund [Willoughby?]. Ill health of Grandmother Willoughby. Death of Mrs. [?] Beadsley, mother of Mrs. [?] Woodruff. 4 pp. ALS.
Concerning members of the Willoughby family Including his sister Alice Estelle Willoughby; newspaper clipping, 7 Nov. 1932, from Boston Evening Transcript; and notes on Lynde family
The letters appear to have been organized by correspondent and then chronologically within these categories. Handwritten and typed.
Including pass, 1863, issued by provost marshal general's office; notification, 1890, of election to Phi beta Kappa (Hamilton College), appointment, 1869, of Willoughby as Judge Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia; genealogical correspondence; obituaries of Westel Willoughby; WFW's notes concerning his father; newspaper, 9 January 1840, Groton Balance; and M.M. Baldwin, Historical Sketch of the Town of Groton (Groton, 1868)
Concerning Westel Willoughby, M.D. and diploma, 1822, of Elisha Powell, Jr., from Albany University signed by Westel Willoughby, Joseph White, Jacob Hadley, D. Romlyn Beck and Jacob McNaughton, and John Tayler
Typescript reprint from Historical and Genealogical Register
Includes photograph
Includes notes, correspondence, and a photograph.
Includes photographs.
Letters written while serving in the 50th New York Volunteers and as a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1867. Includes printed biographical sketch of Charles Delano Hine from National Cyclopedia of American Biography and petition, 1890, that Orrin E. Hine be appointed to Board of Visitors of United States Military Academy, signed by Jno [John] Wise, S[ergeant].
Printed sketch of William Woodbury. Notes, 1874, concerning Raymond and Kendall families [by Louisa Raymond Woodbury?]. Engraving of Ingham Collegiate Institute, [?], New York.
Content concerning Levi Woodbury and the imprisonment of Bemis Woodbury.
Letter written from and describing "City of Paris (ship)," and England (Bradford, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Matlock Bath). 19 autograph letters signed.
3 pages.
Doings aboardship, including recitatium of James W. Riley. 4 pages.
Description of Liverpool, Manchester, etc. 8 pages.
Description of Manchester. 2 pages.
8 pages.
8 pages.
3 pages.
8 pages.
Response to his letter from Berlin. 2 pages.
6 pages.
6 pages.
1 page.
Description and comments about Matlack Bath. 8 pages.
Description of Leeds. 1 page.
4 pages.
Describes weekend in the English Lake region; comments about the English; describes Professor Lupton of Yorkshire College. 8 pages.
Comments about work. 4 pages.
Plans to join brother, Westel Willoughby. 4 pages.
5 pages. Includes two prints of "Grand Hotel - Scarborough."
Johns Hopkins graduates attending meeting of American Historical Association and his regret at being unable to attend. Discussion of handling unemployment in Cincinnati. Thank you and description of honeymoon trip. 3 autograph letters signed.
Mention of attending American Historical Association meeting. 4 pages.
Discussion of Philip Aynes, Cincinatti and handling of the unemployed. 3 pages.
Thank you to Hine for being best man, description of honeymoon and wedding trip. 7 pages.
His work and projects he is working on at home; reading German with [?] Weber; father returning from Richmond where he tried Storyman case; Katy Hine spent two days; H.C. Adams; disappointment at Westel leaving Stanford over wife's health; [Herbert Baxter?] Adams; purchase of clothes; marriage plans; and proposal to write books on workingman's insurance. 9 autograph letters signed.
Discussion of his work for the Department of Labor, his writing, organization of the Content Council in Washington for Social reform. 4 pages.
Discussion of his writings. Study of German. Autograph card signed. 4 pages.
Discussion of work, writing, reading. Autograph Card Signed. 4 pages.
Discussion of work, luncheon with Professor Adams, talk about economist and statistical societies of Paris. 4 pages.
3 pages. Plans to read paper on present economic tendencies before the Anthropological Society. Making of bibliography of history of Europe, 1870-1895 in English. Studying German.
3 pages. Mentions American Economic Association and American Historical Association.
5 pages. Discussion of book regarding Workingman's Sustenance, bibliography regarding labor problem.
3 pages. Discussion of writings. Family and social news.
2 pages.
9 autographed letters signed.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph Letter Signed.
Autograph Letter Signed.
Mentions Emile Levasseur, Jane Addams, McCormick family of Chicago. 50 autograph letters signed.
Giving lectures at Harvard and Radcliffe in economics. Concerns Frank William Taussig. Includes letter of [Jennie Rebecca (Woodbury) Willoughby] to Westel Woodbury Willoughby. 9 autograph letters signed.
2 pages.
2 pages.
4 pages.
3 pages.
3 pages.
2 pages.
4 pages.
4 pages.
3 pages.
6 pages.
1 page.
Mentions death of [Herbert Baxter] Adams. 20 autograph letters signed.
Describes his social life while serving as Treasurer of Puerto Rico. Has ordered investigation of financial affairs of San Juan. 3 autograph letters signed.
Describes his social life while serving as Treasurer of Puerto Rico. Concerns [?] Elliot, [?] Garrison, [?] Cruzen, William H. Hunt, Regis H. Post, [?] Sweet, Republican Party. 15 autograph letters signed.
Concerns social life and Americans governing Puerto Rico, [?] Bird, criticism of General Elliott's department; description of Judge [?] Sweet; shipping of Puerto Rican coffee, his opinions on Russo-Japanese War, problems with legislature of Puerto Rico, [?] Hartzell, application for Commissioner of Labor, entertaining Dr. [?] Day and railroad plan for [?] Vandergrift. 13 autograph letters signed (one incomplete)
Concerns his bill for a capital building in San Juan, a penitentiary, roads and bridges and a long-distance telephone system. His election as President of Executive Council. Opinion of [Beekman] Winthrop as governor. Arrival by Taft for a visit. His appointment and work as Secretary. Favorable opinion of Taft. Mentions [?] Word, [?] Groner, and [?] Graham. Relationship of Governor Regis H. Post and his wife. Service as acting Governor in Post's absence. Effect of Post's speech to school superintendents on his re-nomination as Governor. Social life. 26 autograph letters signed.
Relationship between Governor and Mrs. Regis H. Post; Social life among governing Americans; Willoughby's attitude toward Puerto Rican people; his work on The Official Gazette. 15 autograph letters signed.
Relationship between Governor and Mrs. Regis H. Post; Social life among governing Americans; Willoughby's attitude toward Puerto Rican people; his work on The Official Gazette. 16 autograph letters signed.
Concerning his [William F. Willoughby's] attempts to be appointed Governor of Puerto Rico and his fight with the Unionist Party over judicial appointments. 9 autograph letters signed and 2 typed letters signed.
Lecture at Princeton; he is for Roosevelt; thinks Westel is for Wilson; his main desire is that "Taft shall be overwhelmingly defeated." 4 autograph letters signed.
Concerning death of Yuan, ruler of China, polio epidemic, disappointment at Wilson's re-election in 1916, his work as Director of Institute for Government Research, demands made on China by Japan; entry of United States into World War I, and work done by Institute for Government Research for Council of National Defense. 22 typed letters signed and 15 typed letters signed.
Expressing his loneliness at being separated from her and his love for her. 4 autograph letters signed and one incomplete autograph letter.
Letters of J.H.O. Bunge to William F. Willoughby; pages, 1923, from Congressional Record concerning amendment process; letter, 1938, of Joseph Prendergast; and papers, 1955, concerning American Political Science Association.
Scope and Contents Dates of letters and topics covered: September 23, 1914. (2 letters) Trip on board S.S. China and reading about China. October 12, 1914. Written from Mukden, Manchuria about his trip to China. October 15, 1914. Written from Peking, working as Chinese, not American official. October 18, 1914. Doesn't believe in unchanging Chinese; believes that they are taking on Western things very rapidly. October 26, 1914. Interview with President Yuan. November 1, 1914. Sightseeing November 11, 1914. Office in President's Building; daily routine; writing memorandum on War; plans memorandum comparing constitution of China with constitution of other countries. November 19, 1914. Worry about Japan's plans for China. November 20, 1914. Description of Forbidden City, "The little 7 [sic] year old deposed Emperor still lives here"; describes Peking. November 21, 1914. Is to give advice and not wait to be called on. November 24, 1914. Outlines route he took to Peking; very few foreigners in Peking. November 27, 1914. Has been asked for advice on foreign policy. December 2, 1914. December 3, 1914. December 9, 1914. List of whom they are socializing with in Peking. December 10, 1914. Asked by President to prepare two memoranda, one on political problems and conditions in Mexico and other one on place of party organizations in the constitutional system of the leading countries and what role parties should play in China. December 22, 1914. December 26, 1914. Celebration of Christmas in China. December 19, 1914. January 7, 1915. (2 letters). New Year's calls; reception given by President; dust in Peking; Polish governess who speaks French and English; law on President's office in Peking Gazette; may change to Emperor. January 21, 1915. Writing memorandum on Presidential Election Law. January 27, 1915. February 9, 1915. Have moved from hotel to apartment; have six servants. February 14, 1915. February 27, 1915. "China might work out her own salvation, if other countries leave her alone. In a word, China must have her affairs for a time administered by outside help in precisely the same way that this was necessary in the case of Puerto Rico and the Phillipines." March 6, 1915. March 15, 1915. Has written anonymous article to be published in America on Japanese demands on China. Thinks Japan wants to make its Emperor the Empreror of China; "Now this may be a good thing for China and the World." March 24, 1915. Thinks mail being opened in Japan and read. March 29, 1915. Mailing letter via Russian P.O. March 31, 1915. Shopping and eating at Chinese restaurants. April 8, 1915. Raid on Trans-Siberian railroad by Pakenheim. May 4, 1915. May 20, 1915. Chinese yielded to Japanese terms. May 22, 1915. June 2, 1915. Talk of him taking charge of land tax system. August 24, 1915. Ill. Westel spent summer. September 18, 1915. Written from Pistaiho; wants to write two memorandas; "I want especially to put myself on record against any reversion to absolutism in which is likely to be a feature of a monarchy is one is established... Situation in regard to estabishment of a monarchy is not changed much... A possible compromise or intermediate step may be the declaring of Yuan President for life and by giving a life tenure to the President in the new consitution. If this is done the change to a monarchy could easily by accomplished at some future date. I think that Goodnow's position is now correctly understood by most of the leading men in Peking though the masses may think he was more responsibile for the mvement for a monarchy than he was." September 27, 1915. Trip to Pritaiho. October 7, 1915. Movement toward monarchy; being drawn into the controversy; has not openly opposed Goodnow's position; states what he will say in interview with President; will not give advice in regard to policial expediency; Will change advance or retard development of real conditional government? Will try to use influence to have the change take the right form rather then to favor or oppose the change itself; has about finished a memorandum on advisability of making the National Assembly a constituitive and advising body only. October 15, 1915. Low is asking for U.S. position if monarchy is estabished. October 18, 1915. Describes a trip. October 20, 1915. October 25, 1915. November 5, 1915. Formal presentation by Japan, England, Russia, and France to China that it is unwise to push the monarchical movement at the present time; China will reject this; enormous amount of repair and construction work being done in Peking. November 20, 1915. (2 letters) Proposition for China to join the Allies. December 3, 1915. Final decision has been made to change from republic to monarchy; incipiant revolt at Shanghai. December 17, 1915. Anderson and Donald's plan for China to join Allies; thinks Yuan has made a deal with Japan; Questions what Japan has offered China to keep her from making separate peace with Germany; "I am inclined to think that Yuan will make it an absolute government as he dares. I am by no means sanguine in respect to the ultimate result of the change." December 24, 1915. Working on article "Administration Reorganization - the First Step in a Program for Increased Military Preparedness." December 27, 1915. Formation of Chinese Social and Political Science Association; will publish Review in English only. January 4, 1916. Replacement of Cameron Forbes as governor of the Phillipines; [?] Harrison said he owed appointment to O. January 5, 1916. Summary of time spent preparng a report on th System of Financial Administration of Great Britain. January 11, 1916. January 20, 1916. Hopes formal ceremonies for crowning the Emperor will take place before he leaves. February 1, 1916. Monarchy indefinitely postponed due to representation by Japan; thinks government will control Yuan revolt. February 18, 1916. March 1, 1916. General feeling that Yuan is sorry he embarked on monarchical plan; evidence is overwhelming that there is now almost no personal loyalty to Yuan; he has lost the respect of China and is viewed as policial appointment who has always thought first of his own aggrandisement; with this feeling widespread I do not see how he can long control the situation; members of Citizens convention who had been elected to that body would be made members of the Si Fu Yuan; practically no case or care has been made for my services since I refrained from coming out in favor of a monarchy. March 26, 1916. Has just heard Westel will succeed him; President has just issued formal mandate abandoning the plan to establish the monarchy; he did this as it was evident that a landslide of provinces to the rebellion was about to take place. April 2, 1916. North could not put down rebellion in the South... the feeling here is not as much against the change from a Republic to monarchy as that Yuan in making the change has shown that he was willing to violate an oath of office; Morrison drafted memorandum recommending that Yuan immediately issue a mandate announcing that the establishment of the monarchy was definitely abaondoned; doubts decision was due to Morrison's recommendation; it almost immediately became evident that the rebel's would not be satisfied with the abandonment of the monarchy; they demand Yuan's elimination and the punishment of the promoters of the monarchy; worried about troops in the North attacking Peking; Japan has backed revolution in the South. May 12, 1916. (2 letters). Written from Toronto; Yuan has lost almost all his prestige; he is no longer the one strong man; does not think Cabinet system will work; is for strong President with an assembly to gather public opinion - not the seat of authority; "I see no hope for China unless she is prepared to act in a radical way."
Concerned about Japan and its leader Okuma; Japan's demands on China; U.S. military preparedness; change from republic to monarchy in China; and the memorandum of [Frank Johnson] Goodnow in relation to it; Citizen's Convention; revolt against Yuan in Yuman; Li Yuan-hung; relations of Japan and Germany; Rebellion of 1916; belief that provincial assemblies should be advisor and consultative bodies rather than full-fledged legislatures; and his opinion on where China's government will go. 3 typewritten copies signed.
Giving method for intervention into China calling for system similar to that in Phillipines; civil service system; and codified system of law.
Describes other foreigners in Peking; shopping in Chinese shopsl celebrating Christmas in China; and the weather. 3 autograph letters signed.
Includes newspaper clippings. 13 pages. Autograph manuscript.
15 pages. Autograph manuscript.
24 pages. Autograph manuscript.
1 volume. Includes: 1. The War, Its causes and the more imporant Consequences likely to Result from it 2. The Representation of China in the Conference to Determine the Terms fo Peace on the Conlcusion of the Present War. 3. The Surrender of Kiaochau by Japan to China. 4. The Correctness of the Procedure of the Japanese Minister in Presenting Certain Demands of His Government to the President of China. 5. The Japanese Demands upon China. 6. Political Conditions and Problems in Mexico. 7. The Place of Political Parties in Constitutional Government. 8. Some factors Involved in Securing Efficiency in the Organization of the Personnel in the Government Service. 9. The New Presidential Election Law. 10. Reform of the Land Tax System in China. 11. The Desirability of China Securing a Loan in the United States for the Purpose of Accomplishing the Reform of Her Currency, Banking, and Taxation Systems. 12. The Adjustment of the Financial Relations between the Central Government, the Provinces and the Local Governing Bodies. 13. The Establishment of a Central Board of Financial Control in China. 14. Some Observations on the Proposed change of the Government of China from a Republic to that of a Monarchy. 15. The Advisability of Providing in the Permanent Constitution that Full Administrative and Legislative Powers shall be Conferred upon the Chief Executive and that the National Assembly be an Advisory and Consultative Body only.
Manuscript Volume.
Scope and Contents Includes: "A National Budget System: The Most Important of all Governmental Reconstructions Measures"; (Washington D.C. Institute for Governmental Research, 1919); "The Good National Budget Bill," (Reprinted from National Municipal Review, Volume III, No. 5, July 1919) along with comment on the bill by R.E. Miles, Lent D. Upson, Thomas R. Lill, Frederick P. Gruendberg, H.M. Waite; "The Nature and Function of a Budget"; (from The Chinese Social and Political Science Review, Volume I, No. 1, [1915]); "The Budget as an Instrument of Political Reform," (reprinted from Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, Volume VIII, No. I, [July 1918]); "Unified Command of the Nation's Money"; (Nation's Business, [December 1918]); "Spending Billions at Haphazard"; (Leslie's Weekly, [August 2, 1919]); "Put the Government on a Business Basis"; (Leslie's Weekly, [December 27, 1919]); "The Good versus the McCormick Budget Bill"; (with Gaylord C. Cummin, National Municipal Review, [April 1920]); rebutted by Charles A. Beard and includes comments by Frederick P. Gruenberg, Lent D. Upson, F.L. Olson, R.E. Miles, Gardiner Lattimer, Harold L. Henderson, Robert E. Tracy, and James W. Routh, extract from Congressitional Record (May 11, 1920) re: Willoughby and printing his memorandum on the status of the Proposed Bureau of the Budget";; "National Budget System at Last"; (The Weekly Review, [June 18, 1921]); "Report of the Committee on Municipal Budgets";; "The Demand for a National Budget"; (prepared for Nation's Business, Chamber of Commerce of the United States); "National Budget Reform Now Up to the Senate"; (prepared for James W. Good); and "Demand for a National Budget System," (prepared for James W. Good); draft of A Bill to Provide for a National Budget System and for other Purposes; draft of a report of Senate Select Committee on budget (prepared at request of McCormick); and "National Financing - The Old Way and the New"; (Congressional Digest, November 1922). MsV.
Autograph Manuscript.
Concerning "The Appropriation System of the National Government," "The Coordination of the Administrative and Organization Work of the National Government," and "The Funding System of the National Government." Typed Manuscripts.
Books, articles, pamphlets, brochures, reports, etc.
2 copies.
4 copies
5 copies (1 annotated)
Testimony before the Select Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives on Bill for the Establishment of a national Budget System, 1919; testimony before the Committee of national budget and independent Audit, 1920; testimony before the committee on public lands; testimony before joint committee on the reorganization of the administrative branch, 1924
3 copies.
Reviewed by William F. Willoughby. 2 copies.
4 copies
Brochure.
Bound Volume. Contains 16 articles with table of contents.
Scope and Contents Scrapbook, "William F. Willoughby Newspaper Clippings"; includes biographical sketches of William Franklin Willoughby (including biographical information concerning Westel Woodbury Willoughby) from National Cyclopedia of American Biography and Who's Who in America as well as newspaper clippings, 1884-1925, concerning his high school and college career at Johns Hopkins, and concerning his appointments (and service) as treasurer of Puerto Rico, as assistant director of U.S. Census; to Commission on Economy and Efficiency; as deputy legal advisory to ruler of China, and as Director of Institute for Government Research; cartoon sketch of Willoughby by unidentified French artist; clippings, 1909, concerning Unionist Party of Puerto Rico; clipping, 1908, concerning fire aboard S.V. Luckenbach; clipping, [1909], concerning U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans; clipping, 1903, concerning resignation of John S. Hord as head of Internal Revenue for Puerto Rico; clipping, undated, giving Willoughby's reply to Samuel Gompers concerning labor in Puerto Rico; Willoughby's views on child labor; ticket, 1868, to impeachment of Andrew Johnson; menus, 1894-1914; music and theatrical programs (including cover, 1900, by Alphonse Marie Mucha); and marriage invitations and marriage announcement, 1897-1956, and undated of members of Willoughby family.
Scrapbook, "William F. Willoughby Personal Record," includes diploma, 1885, from District of Columbia Public Schools, program, 1885, of high school commencement; certificate, 1885, of matriculation at Johns Hopkins; passport, 1889; admission to bar, 1893; letters, 1894-1900, of introduction; appointments, 1894-1899, as statistical expert for Department of Labor; election, 1895, to Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.; marriage invitation, 1897; appointment, 1900, as member of International Jury of Awards, Paris Exposition; apponitments, 1900-1901, as Instructor in Economics at Harvard; clippings, 1901, concerning St. Louis World's Fair; letters, 1901-1905, concerning appointment as Treasurer of Puerto Rico (including letter signed by Theodore Roosevelt); appointment, 1907, as secretary of Puerto Rico (including letter signed by Elihu Root); resolutions, 1909, service on Executive Council of Puerto Rico; appointment, 1909, as assistant director of the U.S. Census (signed by William Howard Taft); letter, 1910, of Mirza-Ali-Kuli-Khan asking Willoughby to go to Persia; letters, 1911, of William Howard Taft asking Willoughby to become a member of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency and appointing him; letter, 1911, of Charles Nagel, Secretary of Commerce and Labor; elections, 1912, as McCormick Professor of Jurisdprudence at Princeton; passport, 1914, signed by Walter Hine page; passport, 1914, of introduction signed by William Jennings Bryan; contract (written in English and Chinese), 1913, between Chinese Government (bearing signature of Hsu Shih-chang), Frank Johnson Godnour and Willoughby; telegram and letter, 1916, concerning appointment as Director of Institute for Government Research; letter, 1921, of Warren G. Harding to James W. Good (concerning scheduling interview with Willoughby; appointment, 1920, as lecturer in political Science at Johns Hopkins; letter, 1921, and Decoration of Third Class of the Order of the Chia-Ho (Golden Grain) for work at Conference on the Limitation of Armaments; letter, 1923, of Lao K. Alfred asking Willoughby to go to China for six months; certificate, 1932, of election as Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences; appointment, 1932, as lecturer in political science at Johns Hopkins; appointments, 1940, as consultant in political science at Library of Congress; letter, 1907, of Beekman Winthrop concerning [Regis H.] Post and Puerto Rican politics; and letter, 1936, of Felix Frankfurter.