Volume 01: Letters written from France, January-July 1919

Title

Volume 01: Letters written from France, January-July 1919

Description

Volume I consists of typescripts of personal letters written by Goff to his wife, Anne Baker Goff, between January and July 1919, when he was serving in France on the legal staff of American General John J. Pershing. The letters
are edited versions of the original letters “with all personal items carefully eliminated.” The correspondence discusses Goff’s professional activities and daily life during the period of the Paris peace conference and the early months of the military occupation of defeated Germany. Goff provides an insider’s behind-the-scenes view of the various and complex military and political events during the time when peace was being reestablished in post-World War I Europe with particular understanding of these events from an American perspective. The letters provide glimpses of important figures such as Pershing, Woodrow Wilson, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and such issues as the peace treaty negotiations, the League of Nations, the perceived threat of the spread of Bolshevism, and other political and social matters of the time.

Creator

Goff, Guy Despard, 1866-1933 (Person)

Source

Guy Despard Goff Collection, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University

Date

1919

Rights

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Identifier

0527_B01_F01

Files

Citation

Goff, Guy Despard, 1866-1933 (Person), “Volume 01: Letters written from France, January-July 1919,” Archives of Appalachia, accessed March 28, 2024, https://archivesofappalachia.omeka.net/items/show/20082.