Henry straight

Payne whitney

Willard Dickerman Straight papers, Collection Number: Microfilmed papers of Willard D. Straight consist of personal and official correspondence, both original and typescript copies, and reports chiefly concerning his association with the Chinese Imperial Customs Service Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff, and J. Morgan and Company Willard D.

Straight was born on January 31, in Oswego, New York. His father died in ; the following year Straight and his family moved to Japan. In his mother died and he returned to Oswego. Also in , he illustrated Verse and Worse for J. He served as a Reuters war correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War in , traveling to Japan and Korea in and China in Morgan in Seoul, Korea.

The consulate closed in November, and Straight was appointed to the same post under Morgan in Havana, Cuba.