Dates: 1923-1978.
Foreign Service Officer, 1926-1953
The papers of S. Walter Washington consist of articles, conference agendas and reports, correspondence, handwritten notes, legislation, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and speeches related to his career in the U.S. Foreign Service, as a university teacher, and as a lecturer on foreign policy.
Size: 7 linear feet, 5 linear inches.
Access: Open
Copyright: The donor’s copyright interest in this collection was given to the United States of America. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents in the collection presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Erwin J. Mueller (1979); David Clark (2025).
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Samuel Walter Washington was born in Charles Town, West Virginia on September 30, 1901. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Viriginia Military Institute. He attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in jurisprudence. He taught at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1924-1926. Washington worked in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1926-1953. He served in Europe, Japan, Latin America, and Turkey. He was an advisor to the U.S. delegation to the 1947 UNESCO Conference in Mexico City. From 1953-1960, he was a lecturer in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. He taught at the University of Puerto Rico from 1961-1969. Washington died on April 3, 1978, in El Paso, Texas.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The papers of S. Walter Washington consist of articles, conference agendas and reports, correspondence, handwritten notes, legislation, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and speeches related to his career in the U.S. Foreign Service, as a university teacher, and as a lecturer on foreign policy. The collection is arranged in one series, a Subject File.
The Subject File consists of articles, conference agendas and reports, correspondence, handwritten notes, legislation, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and speeches related to his career in the U.S. Foreign Service, as a university teacher, and as a lecturer on foreign policy. Many of the folders contain speeches or interviews by S. Walter Washington in addition to newspaper clippings related to the specific country or topic. The documents relate to countries in Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Most of the documents in the series are from the 1970s and primarily relate to energy, foreign aid, foreign policy, the military, the United Nations and weapons.
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SUBJECT FILE, 1923-1978 Articles, conference agendas and reports, correspondence, handwritten notes, legislation, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and speeches. Arranged alphabetically. |
SUBJECT FILE, 1923-1978
Box 1
- Afghanistan
- Africa - General
- Agrarian Reform – Latin America
- Albania
- Alliance for Progress
- Andean Pact
- Angola
- Antarctica
- ANZUS (Australia and New Zealand)
- Arms Control
Box 2
- Argentina
- Articles and Clippings
- Articles, Lectures and Studies by S. Walter Washington [1 of 2]
- Articles, Lectures and Studies by S. Walter Washington [2 of 2]
- Asia - General
- Austria
- Balkan States
- Bangladesh
Box 3
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benelux Countries
- Bolivia
- Booklets [1 of 4]
- Booklets [2 of 4]
- Booklets [3 of 4]
- Booklets [4 of 4]
- Boundary Disputes
Box 4
- Brazil
- Britain
- British Honduras
- Burma
- Canada - General
- Canada and Pan America
- Caribbean States
- Central America - General
- Ceylon
- Chile
Box 5
- China [1 of 2]
- China [2 of 2]
- China-Soviet Relations
- Colombia
- Communism and Socialism
- Copyrights
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
Box 6
- Cyprus
- Desert Areas
- Diplomacy - General
- Dominican Republic
- Eastern Europe – General
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Energy - Nuclear
- Energy - Oil
- Environmental Problems
- Ethiopia
- European Economic Community [1 of 2]
Box 7
- European Economic Community [2 of 2]
- Finland
- Food Supplies and Production
- Foreign Aid
- Foreign Service
- Foreign Trade
- France
Box 8
- German Democratic Republic
- German Federal Republic
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Hemisphere Hotline Reports, 1976-1977
- Hispanidad
- Honduras
- Human Rights
- Iceland
- Immigration and Migrations
- India
Box 9
- Indian Ocean
- Indonesia
- Intelligence Agencies
- International Development
- Inter-Americas – Diplomatic Recognition
- Inter-Americas – United Fruit Company
- International Finances - World Bank and International Monetary Fund
- International Terrorism
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
Box 10
- Japan [1 of 2]
- Japan [2 of 2]
- Jordan
- Korea
- Land Reform - Third World
- Latin America – African Relations
- Latin America – Arms Limitation
- Latin America – Economic System
- Latin America – Free Trade
- Latin America – French Influence
- Latin America – General
- Latin America – German Influence
- Latin America – Japanese Relations
- Latin America – Military Intervention
- Latin America – Political Asylum
- Latin America – Press Coverage
- Latin America – 7th National Conference, U.S. Commission for UNESCO
Box 11
- Latin America – Soviet Activities
- Latin America – United Nations
- Latin America – U.S. Business Interests
- Latin America – U.S. Foreign Policy
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Malaysia
- Micronesia
- Middle East – General
Box 12
- Militarism and Civil Authority
- Military Assistance Program
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Multinational Corporations
- Namibia
- Narcotics - Drug Traffic
- NATO and Foreign Alliances
- Netherlands – Caribbean
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Africa – General
- Organization of American States
Box 13
- Pakistan and Neighboring States
- Palestinians
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Persian Gulf States
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Population Trends
- Portugal
- Portuguese Africa
Box 14
- Puerto Rico
- Red Sea
- Rhodesia
- Romania
- Saudi Arabia
- Scandinavian Countries
- South Africa (Republic of)
- Southwest Asia – General
Box 15
- Space Programs
- Spain
- Subcontinent (India and Pakistan)
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan (Formosa)
- Territorial Waters
- Thailand
- Tibet
- Trinidad and Tobago
Box 16
- Turkey
- United Nations
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Uruguay
- U.S., Foreign Policy
- U.S. Information Agency
- U.S. State Department
- Weaponry sales and suppliers
- World economic crisis - underdeveloped nations
- USSR - USA
Box 17
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Weaponry Sales and Suppliers
- West Indies
- World Economic Crisis – Underdeveloped Nations
- Yugoslavia
- Zaire