John T. Nightingale Collection
Title
John T. Nightingale Collection
Creator
John Trowbridge Nightingale
Date
1907-1921
Description
Papers and effects of John Trowbridge Nightingale (1888-1954), businessman, military veteran and aide to President Wilson. He was Wilson’s personal baggage handler and train scheduler during the Paris Peace Conference from 1918-1919. Later he was a partner in Spencer Trask & Company until 1939, when he established the firm of Nightingale and Company, investment brokers. He was at the time of his death president of Cromwell & Company, investment counselors.
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Contributor
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Language
English
Collection Items
John T. Nightingale Collection
The Nightingale Collection consists of military service documents, both official and personal, diary pages, 7 issues of “The Hatchet,” personal/business correspondence, and dogtags and a WWI Croix de Guerre medal. The collection originated in…