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Harvey Treadway Goodier letter: from Andrew Dickson White

Collection — manuscript box: 12 - folder 1

Identifier: 41-5-m.260

Scope and content

Letter of congratulation to Goodier from Andrew Dickson White on Goodier 's appointment as a student interpreter at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.

Dates

1915.

Creator

Goodier, Harvey Treadway, 893-1976. (Person)
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Foreign Service officer. Harvey T. Goodier attended Cornell in 1914 and 1915. He was appointed a Student Interpreter in Japan in October 1915 after passing the examination; appointed Interpreter at Yokohama in 1918 and Vice-Consul in Yokohama, also in 1918; and various other postings. He became a Foreign Service Officer in Japan in 1921. In 1935, he was named as U.S. Consul at Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.