Collection Summary
Ellen Newbold La Motte
Collection on Opium Traffic
1919-1933
1919-1933
MSS35170
La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961
360 items
18 containers plus 2 oversize
7.2 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Nurse, superintendent of the tuberculosis
division of Baltimore (Md.) Health Department, traveler, and author. Material
relating to the League of Nations and the control of narcotic drugs, including
mimeographed and printed matter originating from the proceedings of the League of
Nations Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs, in reports
of the committee to the League of Nationals Council, minutes of the Council, and
reports of league members.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold), 1873-1961.
Organizations
League of Nations.
League of Nations. Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs.
League of Nations. Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs. League of Nations. Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs records.
League of Nations. Council.
Subjects
Drug control--International cooperation.
Drug control.
Drug traffic.
Drugs.
Narcotics.
Opium trade.
Occupations
Authors.
Nurses.
Provenance
The collection on opium traffic of Ellen Newbold La Motte, nurse,
superintendent of the tuberculosis division of the Baltimore (Md.) Health
Department, traveler, and author, were given to the Library of Congress by La
Motte from 1934 to 1940.
Processing History
The La Motte Collection was processed in the 1940s and rehoused in
2002. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Ellen Newbold
La Motte is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The Ellen Newbold La Motte Collection on Opium Traffic is open to
research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior
to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed
to retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Ellen Newbold La Motte Collection on
Opium Traffic, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1873
Born, Louisville, Ky.
1902
Graduated, Johns Hopkins Training School for Nurses,
Baltimore, Md.
1904
1905
Assistant superintendent, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis,
Mo.
1905
1910
Tuberculosis nurse, Instructive Visiting Nurses Association,
Baltimore, Md.
1910
1913
Superintendent, Tuberculosis Division, Baltimore Health
Department, Baltimore, Md.
1914
1916
Served with American Ambulance Service, Paris France, and as
nurse in French army field hospital in Belgium
1916
Published
Backwash of War.
New York and London: G. P.
Putnam’s Sons
1919
Published
Civilization.
New York: George H. Doran
Co.
Published
Peking Dust.
New York: The Century Co.
1920
Published
Opium Monopoly.
New York: Macmillan Co.
1925
Published
Snuffs and Butters.
New York: Century Co.
1930
Awarded Lin Tse Hus Memorial Medal by the Nationalist
Government of the Republic of China
1961
Died
Scope and Content Note
The collection of Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873-1961) on opium traffic spans the years 1919-1933
and consists mainly of material relating to the League of Nations and the control of
narcotic drugs, including mimeographed and printed matter originating from the
proceedings of the League of Nations Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and
Other Dangerous Drugs, in reports of the committee to the League of National
Council, minutes of the Council, and reports of league members.
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection is organized by type of material with oversize items
files at the end.
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Committee minutes
1
Sessions
1
8th,
26 May-8 June 1926
26 May-8 June 1926
1
9th,
17 Jan.-1 Feb. 1927
17 Jan.-1 Feb. 1927
2
10th,
1929
1929
2
10th,
26 Sept.-8 Oct. 1927
26 Sept.-8 Oct. 1927
2
11th,
12-27 Apr. 1928
12-27 Apr. 1928
3
12th,
17 Jan.-2 Feb. 1929
17 Jan.-2 Feb. 1929
3
13th,
20 Jan.-14 Feb. 1930
20 Jan.-14 Feb. 1930
4
14th,
Jan.-Feb. 1931
Jan.-Feb. 1931
4
15th,
15 Apr.-4 May 1932
15 Apr.-4 May 1932
5
Seizures-illicit
transactions
5
1925
1925
5
1926
1926
5
1928-1930
1928-1930
5
Reports to the League of Nations Council
5
1924
1924
5
1926
1926
5
1928
1928
5
1930
1930
5
1932
1932
6
Annual report of
government
6
1921-1928
1921-1928
6
1930-1933
1930-1933
6
Second Conference verbatim,
1924-1925
1924-1925
7
Permanent Central Board,
1927-1933
1927-1933
7
Conference on Limitation of
Drugs,
1925-1931
1925-1931
8
Verbatim minutes First and Second
Conferences,
1923-1925
1923-1925
8
Council meetings,
1929-1931
1929-1931
8
Miscellaneous
documents
8
1922-1932
1922-1932
9
1919-1926
1919-1926
10
1924-1932
1924-1932
10
1923
1923
11
1924-1930
1924-1930
11
1923-1925, 1931
1923-1925, 1931
12
1925-1930
1925-1930
(2
vols.)
12
1921-1931
1921-1931
13
1919-1930
1919-1930
13
1925-1931
1925-1931
14
1920-1925, 1928-1931
[
See
Oversize
](OV14A)
1920-1925, 1928-1931
14
1925-1926
[
See
Oversize
](OV14B)
1925-1926
14
Scrapbooks
14
(1 vol.)
15
(3 vols.)
16
(4 vols.)
17
(3 vols.)
18
(1 vol.)
OV 1
Oversize
OV 1
Committee minutes
OV 1
Miscellaneous
documents
OV 1
1920-1925, 1928-1931
(Container 14)
1920-1925, 1928-1931
OV 2
1925-1926
(Container 14)
1925-1926