Dates: 1948-1998
The papers of Charles F. Knox primarily document his assignment to establish and participate in a U.S. mission in Israel in the period from July 1948 to March 1949. The collection contains correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, passports, photographs and printed materials.
Size: About 300 pages.
Access: Open.
Copyright: Copyright in the unpublished writings of Charles F. Knox, Jr. in these papers has been donated to the United States of America. In addition, documents prepared by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in documents which do not fall into these two categories is presumed to remain with the authors of the documents.
Processed by: Carol Briley (1998); David Clark (2013).
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1906, November 10 |
Born, Maplewood, New Jersey |
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1929 |
B.S., Georgetown University |
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1930-c. 1953 |
State Department official |
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1930-1936 |
Assistant Business Specialist, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce |
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1947-1948 |
Counselor of U.S. Mission to Israel, Tel Aviv |
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1949=1952 |
Consul General, Curacao, Dutch West Indies |
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c. 1953 |
Retired from the State Department |
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c. 1953-1973 |
Consultant and Advisor on International Affairs for Latin American |
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1982, April 27 |
Died, Sarasota, Florida |
The papers of Charles F. Knox, Jr. document the establishment and operation of the first U.S. mission in the State of Israel and contain letters Knox wrote to his sister, Jesse Knox, while he was assigned to Israel during the period from July 1948 to March 1949. Knox's letters document the difficulties that he encountered in establishing the first U.S. mission in war torn Tel Aviv in 1948-49. The difficulties of his life in Israel are clearly portrayed as is the lack of support given to the mission by the State Department. There are also in the collection a few items of correspondence that Knox wrote to State Department officials, a photo album and snapshots depicting scenes in Israel, and two maps of Israel. The collection also contains correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, passports, and printed materials.
Other materials relating to the founding of Israel in the Library's holdings are in the papers of Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, Edward Jacobson, David K. Niles, Herschel V. Johnson, Clark M. Clifford, Harry Rosenfield, and A. J. Granoff, and in the records of the Weizmann Archives. The Library's oral history interviews with Clark M. Clifford, Abraham Feinberg, Loy Henderson, Harry Rosenfield, and Edwin Wright also contain information relating to the founding of Israel.
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SUBJECT FILE, 1948-1998 Correspondence, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, a chronology, personal information, and printed materials. Arranged alphabetically. |
Box 1
- Chronological Survey of Events, 1948-1949
- Correspondence
- Maps of Israel, ca. 1948-1949
- Notes on Israel, 1970-1971
- Personal
- Photographs
- Printed Materials