Institute of Current World Affairs
Published: 1927
Total Pages: 446
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Typescript copies of letters, written from July 10, 1927, to December 22, 1928, by Eyler Newton Simpson, field representative in Mexico for the Institute of Current World Affairs, to Walter S. Rogers, director of the Institute. The letters detail the progress of Simpson's studies of Mexico, his efforts to make contacts and obtain information, and his attempts to suit his activities and reports to the requirements of the newly-formed Institute. Miss Keith Coppage, Simpson's colleague, is mentioned often. Simpson's letters portray the life of a U.S. citizen residing in Mexico in 1927-1928 and shed light on the social conditions, customs, political situation and current events in Mexico in the late 1920s; the 1927 campaign for the presidency of Mexico is described in some detail, while relations between Mexico and the U.S. are mentioned often.