In my box I remember finding a lot of pictures of Bankroft, from his time at Knox all the way through to the last years of his life. It also had a lot of material from his time as ambassador including some manuscripts of his speeches. I think it’s useful no matter which portion of his life in particular you’d want to research, but it seems especially important to his middle years and his time as an ambassador. It wouldn’t be very likely to know a whole lot of detail about Brankroft himself, but it would most certainly provide some insight into his work and some of the things he did at Knox. For example one of the envelopes held a long series of pictures from the “Knox Shakesphere Club’s” trip to Morrocco, as well as many pictures of him I believe at the embassy and the speech manuscripts. It’d be better to provide a more general overview than detailed accounts of him (manuscripts aside).
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You’ve piqued my interest in the Knox Shakespeare Club! You’re right that we don’t get much of the personal Bankroft through this box, that you’d get more information about his professional life. If you’re a scholar of diplomacy, that may be very exciting, if not–you may have to look in another box.